Chris Young and the San Diego Padres host Pittsburgh tonight at 10:05 pm ET.
The Jerusalem Post and ESPN's Chris Sheridan both have more on David Blatt and the Russian victory in EuroBasket '07.
Greg Mangano, who was considering Princeton, has decided to attend Yale.
C. Young - 7.0 IP 6 H 3 ER 1 BB 5 K 2.77 ERA. 114 pitches, 70 strikes.
Chris Young had perhaps his best start since his oblique injury on Friday night in San Diego, throwing seven quality innings. The Padres rallied to win the game in ten. San Diego is two games behind Arizona for the NL West lead and 1.5 games in front of Philadelphia for the NL Wild Card berth.
Will Venable went 2-4 with double on Friday as San Antonio defeated Springfield 3-2 to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five Texas League Championship. Saturday night the Missions won the title, building an 11-0 lead as Venable was 3-5 with two runs scored. San Antonio took the deciding game 11-7. Venable had a .387 batting average in the series.
David Blatt coached Russia to victory in the 2007 European Basketball Championship. Russia upset Lithuania before defeating Spain in the final 60-59. The title was Russia's first in 22 years.
The above screenshot comes from Rivals' wireless service, but there's no story that goes along with it. Is this Texas point guard Sydney Johnson's second recruit of the week or is there an error in the Rivals database? We're trying to find out more.
Update: According to Shaw's high school coach, "Brandon has not been offered any type of commitment from Princeton."
Will Venable was 3-5 for San Antonio as the Missions took the second game of their best-of-five with Frisco 6-1. The Missions have three chances to eliminate the RoughRiders this weekend.
Some players on the Princeton recruiting radar: 6-5 John Carrol guard Mike Maczko will take a visit to Princeton. 6-10 forward Greg Mangano from Notre Dame-West Haven has Princeton as one of five finalists for his services. Another big man, 6-10 Emerson Kampen from Indiana says Princeton and IPFW currently top his list.
"I really like those two at this moment," Kampen said. "I wouldn't say I've narrowed it down to just those two, but I really like those two a lot."
San Antonio scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning to rally past Frisco 5-3 in the first game of their Texas League playoff series. Will Venable was 0-3 at the plate. The two teams meet again this evening. Venable is also the feature of a profile in this week's Town Topics.
Chris Young is "status quo" for Sunday's start in Colorado against the Rockies.
Georgetown has released its 2007-08 basketball schedule.
6-8 245 lb Mitty forward Enoch Andoh has accepted a scholarship offer to attend Bucknell. Princeton is listed as a school Andoh selected the Bison over.
C. Young (9-6) - 4.0 IP 4 H 5 ER 2 BB 6 K 2.63 ERA. 69 pitches, 43 strikes.
Chris Young allowed two early home runs, including a fourth of the season to Tony Clark, as the Padres dropped the middle game of their series with Arizona 9-1.
"It's frustrating because I don't want it to take too long. ... Maybe my expectations have been too high," Young said. "I'm not as consistent with my location. My mechanics get out of sync and it's hard to work on it between starts. I know I can be better."
Following up on yesterday's blurb about possible recruit Brandon Shaw, here's a message board thread we turned up with a bit more information.
New England Recruiting Report is reporting that 6'7" New Hampton School forward Patrick Saunders (right) has committed to play basketball at Princeton.
Rivals has the following to say about Saunders in November of last year:
Keep an eye on New Hampton junior Patrick Saunders. The 6-foot-7 forward is a basketball player. He knows what to do with the ball when he has it. He knows what to do without it. A smart passer and a good shooter, Saunders would be a great get for a Princeton-style oriented offense. He was an efficient seven of nine from the floor to the tune of 15 points against the Patterson School.
Saunders is head coach Sydney Johnson's first publicly-known recruit.
Here is Princeton's press release about the 2007-08 basketball schedule.
"We will certainly have our work cut out for us this season,” says head coach Sydney Johnson. “Apart from playing in the Big East - which is the best conference in America - I can't imagine a tougher schedule for our team. That being said, true players want to play against the best competition and playing these caliber of programs is what Princeton basketball is all about."
Chris Mooney's Richmond team has also released its non-conference schedule for the upcoming season.
Will Venable was 0-4 on Saturday in San Antonio's 4-3 win over Arkansas. On Sunday Venable went 0-4 as the Missions took out the Travelers 11-4. Arkansas bested San Antonio 4-0 last night, with Venable going 0-4 a third time.
Two mentions of possible Princeton recruiting targets: Max Kenyi, a 6'5" Gonzaga High School swingman, has Princeton on his list. In a blog post about Harvard coach Tommy Amaker, Andrew Van Nest is discussed. Van Nest is a 6'10" forward who is considering Harvard "ahead of Penn, Princeton and Northwestern."
C. Young (9-3) - 7.0 IP 2 H 0 ER 3 BB 6 K 1.85 ERA. 116 pitches, 77 strikes.
Chris Young outperformed fellow All-Star Cole Hamels by the slimmest of margins on Thursday night in San Diego. Young pitched seven innings of two-hit shutout baseball as the Padres took the first game of their series with Philadelphia 1-0. Young has started all five of the games this season that San Diego has won with just a single run.
Faced with the same decision he had the last time Young was on the mound, manager Bud Black decided to leave Young in for the seventh inning despite a pitch count in the high nineties. Young struck out two and retired the side in order in the seventh, his 116th pitch a lazy fly ball to left field.
Will Venable was 2-4 a double and a run scored in San Antonio's 9-5 win over Frisco. The Missions are 16-9 in the second half of the season, with a 2.5 game first place lead.
Gonzaga junior center Ian Hummer is the son of former Tigers notable Ed Hummer. He's on the recruiting radar for several Ivy programs, but Princeton is not mentioned by name.
Lt. Pete Hegseth was on MSNBC's Hardball recently. Here's a transcript.
San Diego is in Arizona to start the second half of the season. Chris Young will be on the mound tonight for the Padres. 9:40 pm ET first pitch.
Will Venable was 2-5 with a run scored in San Antonio's 7-6 victory over Midland.
6-6 forward/center Jamie Bercier says he has received interest from Princeton, among other schools.
Will Venable was 0-3 with two runs scored as San Antonio took over first place in the South division of the Texas League with a 5-1 win over Wichita.
Should Chris Young be allowed to play in the All-Star Game? Derrek Lee thinks so.
Princeton recruit Bobby Foley will be playing in the Virginia High School Coaches Association East-West All-Star Game tomorrow night in Hampton.
Tim Sullivan of the San Diego Union Tribune isn't mincing words about Chris Young's omission from the NL All-Star team.
Fellow Padres starting pitcher Jake Peavy is out stumping for Chris Young on the "campaign trail."
Heck, even fellow Final Vote finalist Carlos Zambrano had the following to say:
"The only thing I'm surprised at is that Chris Young wasn't on the team. He deserves to go, and he's doing good this year. I think, honestly, he's the one that deserves to go."
Will Venable was 3-4 with a run scored on Monday night, but the San Antonio Missions fell 4-3 to Wichita.
6-5 guard Bret Marfurt from Batavia, IL says he has interest from Princeton, among several Ivy schools.
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