Associated Press/Christopher Barth
In the wake of the passing of Butch van Breda Kolff (right), the majority of today's articles are about his life.
The Princeton athletic department press release has the following quote from head coach Sydney Johnson:
"We lost one of our program's most important figures yesterday," says Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson '97. "He was a central figure in establishing Princeton as one of the top 20 college basketball programs of all time. Our players, coaches and fans are honored to be associated with Coach van Breda Kolff and we offer our deepest condolences to his family and dear friends."
Harvey Yavener of the Trenton Times talks to former Princeton coach Pete Carril and current Tigers Athletic Director Gary Walters about the man they called "Coach."
The New York Times remembers Uncle Butch.
Columnist Ed Laubach with the Express-Times writes about the life of Butch van Breda Kolff, speaking to Moravian College president Chris Thomforde along with Coach Carril (who mentions he would like to coach again as an assistant).
But I think my favorite find while searching the newswire was this 1967 piece from Time Magazine, "Tiger In The Ivy."
The Princeton Packet's Bob Nuse would still love to see the "Carril Classic" happen at Jadwin Gym. While Nuse knows this would never come together, what about having three teams from the "Princeton family" of coaches play three different teams in a tripleheader at Jadwin?
Will Venable homered for the second consecutive game, but Frisco got the better of San Antonio, 6-4.
While Chris Young won't be rejoining his Padres teammates in Philadelphia this weekend, there is hope that he will return to the rotation next week.
