The Padres are confused by Chris Young not making the NL All-Star Team.
Chris Young says that an All-Star selection won't define his season.
The San Diego Union Tribune offers up a Q&A with Chris Young.
Will Venable was 2-4 on Saturday, but the San Antonio Missions fell 3-2 to Wichita.
6-5 swing player Tyler Thompson from Batavia, IL will visit Princeton and Cornell in August.
Don't forget to vote for Chris Young!
In a feature from Black Athlete Sports Network on basketball great Dave Bing, I learned the following:
One university that didn't recruit him was Princeton, exactly where Bing wanted to go. He and his 3.1 grade-point average applied, but the school said no.
Bing went on to Syracuse, but he never forgot how he felt.
"For the first time in my life, I was rejected because somebody told me that I wasn't good enough. . . . I was devastated! I decided (on) my second choice, Syracuse University, and I made up my mind that I would never again put myself in a position where I would have to face rejection,"
6-7 forward Nikita Mescheriakov has received a full scholarship from Georgetown as a member of the class of 2011.
A brief quote from Princeton recruit Kareem Maddox from his graduation ceremony.
The Princeton Summer League began on Monday evening at Community Park. Chris Petrie scored 14 points for Coldwell Banker in a 55-51 loss to Mercedes. Last night Petrie had 12 points as Coldwell Banker defeated Cool Runnings 41-29.
In a 4-3 loss to Corpus Christi yesterday, Will Venable was 1-3 with a walk.
Will Venable was 1-5 with a double as San Antonio scored six runs in the ninth inning for a 11-9 victory over first place Frisco on Wednesday. Venable went 2-5 on Thursday as the Missions rallied from down seven for a 10-8 win.
6-6 wing player John Corrigan has accepted an offer to play basketball for Navy, choosing the Midshipmen over Princeton, Lehigh, Lafayette, Columbia and Yale.
Could Dave Blatt be joining the Celtics?
C. Young (6-3) - 7.0 IP 3 H 0 ER 4 BB 5 K 2.19 ERA. 117 pitches, 70 strikes.
Chris Young held the Dodgers in check over seven scoreless innings and San Diego made the most of their two hits in a 1-0 victory last night.
Down in Texas, Will Venable went 1-2 with a walk in a 6-2 San Antonio loss.
Princeton recruit Bobby Foley received a $1,500 scholarship as a finalist for The Times-Dispatch/Sports Backers Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Judson Wallace with five points on 2-5 shooting as the Eisbaren lose the first game of their first round BBL best-of-five series versus Koln 61-60.
An article on mlb.com focuses on the 15 stolen bases Chris Young has allowed this season.
Princeton recruit Kareem Maddox took second place in the CIF-Southern Section Divisional Finals Division III boy's high jump.
San Antonio Missions manager Randy Ready tries to help Will Venable out of a 0-12 stretch by moving him into the leadoff position.
The Providence Journal looks in detail at the relationship between Brown head coach Craig Robinson '83 and his brother-in-law, presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Two new signings for Northwestern's 2008 recruiting class. 6'5" junior Nick Fruendt has committed to play basketball for Bill Carmody and the Wildcats. He'll be joined in Evanston by 6'8" Glenbard West junior John Shurna.
Will Venable had most of yesterday off for the Missions, but came off the bench to add a pinch hit single in a 3-2 San Antonio win.
Will Venable's weekend went as follows: Friday, 1-4 at the plate in a 1-0 loss to Midland. Saturday, a 1-2 performance as part of a 2-1 San Antonio victory. Sunday, 3-4 slugging as the Missions move into first place in the South division of the Texas League. Venable is now batting .341 for the season.
Over in Germany, Venable's former teammate Judson Wallace scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, but Bremerhaven lost 82-64 to Ludwigsburg on Sunday. The Eisbaren are 21-11 on the season and currently tied for fourth place with Koln.
6'8", 250 lb forward Phillip 'Tree' Thomas has signed to play basketball for Idaho. In the article about his signing, Princeton is listed as one of the "other schools that recruited Thomas."
Former Princeton recruit Jeff Peterson signs the dotted line on a Letter of Intent to play basketball at Iowa.
The Daily Pennsylvanian has some thoughts on Princeton's hire of Sydney Johnson.
Frank Deford visited Princeton yesterday for a lecture entitled "Sports: The Hype and the Hoopla."
Your daily Texas minor league baseball update: Will Venable 0-4 at the plate, Frisco bests the Missions 5-4.
Stephen Goldsmith/princetonbasketball.com
Many articles below about yesterday's press conference with Sydney Johnson.
The native of Towson, Md., said assistant coach Tony Newsom will remain on staff as his No. 1 assistant and he has candidates in mind for the two other spots, not giving specifics on the futures of Mike Brennan and Howard Levy. It's possible Brennan will get the coaching spot that Johnson vacated at Georgetown.
The Tigers players also are feeling more connected the more they get to work with Johnson. Mike Strittmatter went through his first workout Monday afternoon.
"Coach Johnson was there and 10 minutes into it, Brian Earl showed up," said the junior forward. "I've heard that Coach Scott was a good player, but I've never seen game film of him. I've seen game film of Coach Johnson and Brian Earl. They looked like they could play with us now and at least hold their own. It's impressive for us. It's not like we wouldn't listen to them if they hadn't played here, but it lends more credibility."
Princeton introduced Sydney Johnson as its new basketball coach on Monday.
Johnson takes over for Joe Scott, who resigned last month to take the head coaching position at the University of Denver. Before Johnson took the job, however, someone else also was in the running: former 76ers coach Larry Brown.
Multiple sources told Comcast SportsNet that Brown met with Princeton officials last week regarding the head coaching position.
Dana Pennett O'Neil - Phillynews.com
Princeton recruit Jason Liberman will receive the The Jules D. Mazor Award - given to the Outstanding Jewish High School Scholar Athlete of the Year Award - on April 29th at the Suffolk YJCC in Commack, NY. This award will be presented by the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
Will Venable picks up two more hits and San Antonio returns home with a 2-0 win over Frisco.
Princeton recruit Kareem Maddox scored 20 points and snatched 9 rebounds for the West team, but it was the East that won the Battle of the Valley Senior All-Star Game. Maddox did take home the slam dunk contest title.
San Antonio puts another one in the win column, 3-1 over first place Midland. Will Venable was 2-5 at the plate. Venable also threw out a runner at home.
Around the newswire today...
The Wisconsin State Journal adds another candidate to the list of possible Princeton coaches.
The Princeton Athletic Department provides some further detail on the awards and award winners from last night's basketball banquet.
Georgetown's Jeff Green says there is a '70-30' chance he will return to the Hoyas next season instead of heading off to the NBA. Roy Hibbert puts his odds at '50-50.'
Gregg Lange writes about the 1966-67 Princeton Tigers, calling that squad the program's best ever.
Jeff Peterson has given an oral commitment to Iowa and has until Monday to sign a letter of intent.
Air Force assistant and former Falcon A.J. Kuhle plans to join Joe Scott's staff at Denver once his contract is finalized. A source says former Princeton assistant Robert Burke was a candidate for the Air Force job, and that discussions reached the negotiation stage before Jeff Reynolds was hired.
Will Venable goes 0-3, as the Missions are shut out.
Around the newswire today...
Jeff Peterson (left) says he will decide between Iowa, Saint Louis and Princeton 'in the next day or so.'
Update: Saint Louis just fired their head coach, another twist in this saga. Two of Peterson's finalists are schools without coaches and one is a school coached by someone who did not recruit him.
Princeton recruit Bobby Foley scored seven points for the victorious North in the 804 North vs. South All-Star Game. Foley also made it to the finals of the 3-Ball contest, where he lost 9-8.
6'2" Del Campo senior and golf/basketball standout Eric Salazar has been accepted at Princeton and mentions he may try to walk on to the basketball team this fall.
It is the Daily Princetonian's turn to say there isn't much new to say about the Princeton coaching search.
Will Venable goes 3-5, raising his average to .400. Missions win again.
