May 22, 2010 at 9:40 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Judson Wallace, Mason Rocca, Northwestern, Oregon State, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable
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Will Venable broke out of a prolonged slump with four hits against the Dodgers on Wednesday. Sliding up to the leadoff spot, Venable nearly hit for the cycle and reached base five times. It was the third four hit game of Venable's major league career.
Venable later joined Sports Radio San Diego (.mp3) to discuss his evening.
The Padres have shut down Chris Young's throwing and placed him on the 60 day disabled list.
Judson Wallace and Benetton Treviso were blown out by Montepaschi Siena 118-79 in the first game of their Lega A quarterfinals.
Mason Rocca scored 14 points and grabbed nine rebounds in Armani Jeans Milano's 72-65 win over Sigma Coatings Montegranaro on the other side of the bracket.
Rocca also represented AJ Milano at a press conference (video) to announce an exhibition game in Italy this October between his squad and the New York Knicks. See a photo of Rocca and Danilo Gallinari here.
Georgetown Director of Basketball Operations Matt Henry will leave the Hoyas to join Robert Burke on the Mount St. Mary's staff as an assistant coach.
Oregon State has added two big men to its 2010 recruiting class.
Northwestern coach Bill Carmody is encouraged by Kevin Coble's rehab effort.
May 12, 2010 at 10:14 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Bill Bradley, Chris Young, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Trading Cards
A second MRI confirmed a shoulder strain for Chris Young. He will be re-evaluated in a handful of weeks.
Padres announcer Dick Enberg talked with CBS-8 in San Diego. One of his stories was about how Young gave him a game ball autographed by the team after an Spring Training win.
Back in February, we reported that Bill Bradley would be honored by the NABC with their Court of Honor Award. The gala event is on Monday night, and you can find all the details here.
The Carroll County Times and Frederick News Post have pieces on Robert Burke's hiring at Mount St. Mary's.
If you were at Bob Ruxin's excellent reception after the Princeton/Harvard game, you would have noticed an exceptionally tall high school student there as part of of the Milton Academy basketball team. While the Tigers were one of his potential collegiate destinations, he will instead play for Boston College, Steve Donahue's first official recruit.
A 6'10" sophomore center from Illinois has Princeton on his lengthy list of prospective schools.
Northwestern will host Georgia Tech in the 2010 Big Ten/ACC Challenge.
Sean Gregory interviews Ice Cube.
April 30, 2010 at 10:40 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Craig Robinson, Denver, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Video
The Chris Young rehab start that was supposed to happen yesterday has been pushed back. He is now likely to throw for AAA Portland on Sunday at Salt Lake City.
A diving catch by Will Venable (video) ended San Diego's 4-1 win over Florida on Tuesday.
TigerBlog took Wednesday's piece on this site about going to Harvard in 1989 and ran with it.
More from the Craig Robinson media bonanza: Video from his appearance on Charlie Rose, a feature on the ESPN web site, audio of his visit to NPR's Tell Me More and a Marin Independent Journal article on his visit to Dominican University.
Oregon State will visit Colorado in the 2010 Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood series.
A 6'8" guard from Louisiana has signed with Denver.
The Valley News has an worthwhile piece on new Dartmouth head coach Paul Cormier.
April 27, 2010 at 9:08 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Gabe Lewullis, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Stephen Goldsmith, Today's News, Will Venable
Chris Young has been tentatively cleared to pitch on Thursday for San Diego AAA affiliate Portland.
Will Venable was 0-3 at the plate last night, striking out three times. The Padres fell 10-1 at Florida.
Northwestern is still in the mix for a point guard from Las Vegas.
It was 15 years ago this week that Gabe Lewullis chose Princeton.
Congratulations to our own Stephen Goldsmith, who had a picture from this site selected as one of last season's most memorable photos by College Hoops Journal.
April 23, 2010 at 10:15 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News
Cornell has their man. Virginia Tech assistant Bill Courtney is the new head coach of the Big Red. Look for a press conference today at 3:00 pm ET.
Pete Carril analyzes the Sacramento Kings' season before heading home to Princeton.
Another perspective on the Georgetown banquet from guhoyas.com.
Two recruiting updates off of Twitter: 7'1" Lawrenceville School center Mat Piotrowski has decided on a school and a local guard who Princeton had been interested in will head to the Patriot League to play soccer.
CBS and Turner have won the bidding war for the NCAA Tournament, which will expand to 68 teams next season. No word on if the presumed four play-in games will include the eight lowest seeds or eight teams on the bubble.
April 20, 2010 at 9:42 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Recruiting, Video
The Princeton-bound guard is profiled by FOX 6 in Milwaukee.
April 18, 2010 at 9:58 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable
Georgetown sophomore Greg Monroe has declared for the NBA draft and will hire an agent.
ESPN's Tim Kurkjian has an excellent feature on Padres outfielder Will Venable.
Chris Young may miss more time than originally expected.
A web site called Josh's Sports Journal has analysis of Princeton's recruit T.J. Bray in their final senior rankings.
April 16, 2010 at 10:12 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable
The Capital Classic was held last night at American University. Princeton recruit Ben Hazel scored 13 points in 14 minutes as the District All-Stars beat the Suburban All-Stars, 109-100.
In the evening's other game, Georgetown recruit Markel Starks was the MVP for the Capital All-Stars, who defeated the U.S. All-Stars, 117-108. Starks had 18 points in 18 minutes of play.
Will Venable (video) hit his third home run of the season in San Diego's 6-2 loss to Atlanta.
Word is that there are five finalists for the open Dartmouth coaching job.
As you may have heard by now, Hartford head coach Dan Leibovitz stepped down to join Jerome Allen's staff at Penn. After just one week on the job as an assistant with Steve Donahue at Boston College, former Penn assistant John Gallagher was quickly hired as the new Hartford coach. Got that?
April 12, 2010 at 10:33 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable
Chris Young was placed on the 15 day disabled list retroactive to April 7th.
Here's video of Will Venable clearing the bases with a triple in San Diego's 15 inning win over Colorado on Saturday night.
Princeton recruit T.J. Bray can add Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Boys Basketball Area Player of the Year to his resume.
April 10, 2010 at 10:22 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Howie Levy, MCCC, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News
A story from the Princeton Athletic Department about the basketball team's involvement in the Friends of Jaclyn program.
Uh oh. Here we go again? Chris Young will miss the Padres' home opener with tightness in his right shoulder.
Postgame video of Princeton recruit T.J. Bray after his team won the WIAA Division 2 state title and he was named Wisconsin's "Mr. Basketball."
Bray will play in a Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association all-state game on June 19.
Here's a season-ending feature on Howie Levy's Mercer County Community College squad.
Joe Scott thinks the basketball is beginning to bounce Denver's way.
As anticipated, Columbia coach Joe Jones officially resigned yesterday to become the Associate Head Coach at Boston College.
April 7, 2010 at 10:02 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable
C. Young (1-0) 6.0 IP 1 H 0 ER 3 BB 5 K 0.00 ERA. 86 pitches, 49 strikes.
The return of Chris Young to the mound for the first time in 10 months was a rousing success. Young pitched six innings of shutout, one hit baseball as San Diego defeated Arizona 6-3. You can watch highlights of Young's night here.
Teammate Will Venable provided Young with support, hitting a solo home run to right field in the fourth inning.
Tiger recruit Ben Hazel, who I can confirm did receive official admission to Princeton, was named Honorable Mention 2010 All-Met Boys Basketball.
Northwestern backup center Kyle Rowley is transferring.
April 5, 2010 at 8:31 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable
Princeton recruit Chris Clement scored 20 points for the North team in a 104-93 loss at the 2010 Dennis Johnson Memorial Boys High School All-Star Classic.
The Padres begin their season in Arizona this afternoon with Will Venable starting in right field. Watch video of Venable smacking his third of four home runs this spring training.
Chris Mooney's new contract is believed to include a sizable raise.
Georgetown sophomore Greg Monroe was named Pete Newell Big Man of the Year by the NABC.
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