April 27, 2011 at 8:58 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Princeton, Today's News
C. Young (1-0) 4.2 IP 4 H 3 ER 2 BB 3 K 2.65 ERA. 88 pitches, 53 strikes.
A rocky return in a short outing for Chris Young still wound up as the Mets' fifth straight victory.
Mitch Henderson has come back to his roots.
Like the coach who preceded him, Henderson is also a big soccer fan.
Seth Davis and Jeff Goodman add their two cents about this spring's coaching carousel.
Former Princeton player Lincoln Gunn now has a blog.
Did Yale center Greg Mangano really declare for the NBA Draft?
April 25, 2011 at 9:58 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Today's News, Trading Cards, Will Venable
The normally optimistic Will Venable is struggling with a slow start in San Diego. Venable is hitting .177 through 18 games.
Sydney Johnson talked to the Connecticut Post about a variety of topics.
A guard who had interest in Princeton before committing to Gonzaga has transferred to Fairfield.
Georgetown's Hollis Thompson declared for the NBA Draft but did not hire an agent.
Chris Young will return from the disabled list tomorrow and start versus the Washington Nationals.
A senior from western Pennsylvania says his top two choices are William & Mary and Princeton.
April 21, 2011 at 9:46 am
Filed under Basketball, Judson Wallace, Northwestern, Pete Carril, Princeton, Today's News
Photo credit: Fox Sports
Here are the official Princeton and Northwestern press releases about the hiring of Mitch Henderson.
If you want to learn more about Henderson, revisit a 1999 interview we did where he responded to your questions and check out his answers in this more recent glossy pamphlet put together by his representation.
The Daily Princetonian talked to Douglas Davis about his new head coach and has a piece about the Friends of Princeton Basketball.
It sounds like there was legitimate concern in State College yesterday that Dan Earl would leave the Nittany Lions if his brother Brian was named the head coach at Princeton.
Arne Duncan began his address at Princeton yesterday with an anecdote about Pete Carril.
Gran Canaria's Judson Wallace was named Third Team All-EuroCup by Eurobasket.com.
Northwestern junior forward John Shurna has declared for the NBA Draft but will not retain an agent.
April 19, 2011 at 9:25 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable
An awesome new feature has been added to the KenPom web site: Coaching resumes! Now you can compare and contrast composite profiles from 2003 to the present day for John Thompson III, Bill Carmody, Sydney Johnson, Joe Scott, Chris Mooney and Craig Robinson.
Will Venable had a two run single (video) that rallied the Padres past Houston on Sunday.
April 15, 2011 at 10:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News
Desmond Hubert (not pictured above) has committed to North Carolina.
No continued issues for Chris Young after yesterday's bullpen session.
More on the Georgetown basketball banquet.
Richmond's Chris Mooney will speak at the Salem Civic Center on Monday.
April 14, 2011 at 10:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Princeton, Today's News
The Daily Princetonian talked to several different people, including myself, looking for the reason(s) Coach Johnson left for Fairfield.
This list of potential replacements does not break any new ground.
SportsProf however, makes the argument for Larry Brown.
The Town Topics has run their story on Coach Johnson, talking to Noah Savage about the departure.
It is no surprise that Tommy Amaker was able to leverage his offer from Miami into better resources and increased pay for his assistant coaches at Harvard.
Chris Young has biceps tendinitis and his start on Friday has been pushed back to Sunday.
April 8, 2011 at 10:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Fairfield, Recruiting, Today's News
The Princeton Packet talked to a pair of Tiger recruits about Coach Johnson's departure. Current players have been asked to not comment on the situation. The paper also attempts to work through why Johnson left.
Fairfield believes Johnson is part of their vision.
Bill Bradley spoke Thursday at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort and Spa.
April 7, 2011 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Fairfield, Matt Henshon, Today's News
Fairfield introduced Sydney Johnson as the program's new head coach yesterday. You can watch the full presentation here (video) and read quotes from Johnson's subsequent conversation with the media here.
Former Princeton player Matt Henshon nails many key issues in Johnson's departure from a variety of angles.
The Associated Press, the Connecticut Post, the Fairfield Mirror and the Trenton Times have more.
Current Fairfield Director of Basketball Operations Tyson Wheeler will serve as an assistant coach on Johnson's staff. There is no word on who Johnson's other assistants will be.
In the eyes of Andy Katz it all came down to money. While I personally don't think this was the only factor, Katz makes a few sound points.
Yale's James Jones and several returning Fairfield players share their impressions of Coach Johnson.
Chris Young joined ESPN 1050 after his first win for the Mets.
April 6, 2011 at 8:58 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Fairfield, Princeton, Today's News
C. Young (1-0) 5.1 IP 5 H 1 ER 4 BB 7 K 1.69 ERA. 103 pitches, 59 strikes.
Chris Young was a huge part of New York's 7-1 win in Philadelphia. Young struck out seven (video) and became the first Mets pitcher to record two hits in one inning.
The Daily Princeton has more on Sydney Johnson's departure, a decision that leaves many questions.
On the excellent new site Big Apple Buckets, factors I had not initially considered are added - including the Stags' and the Tigers' basketball budgets as well as Princeton's basketball budget compared to other Ivy programs.
You can stream Johnson's introductory press conference here at 11:00 am ET.
I know Derek's Dreams is a cause important to many in the Princeton basketball community. Their second annual fundraising dinner is tonight in Belleville.
April 4, 2011 at 8:38 am
Filed under Audio, Baseball, Basketball, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable
Princeton finds no solace in their performance against Kentucky.
Future Tiger Bobby Garbade was named to the Elite 10 Boys Basketball Team.
A second Princeton recruit, Denton Koon, talks about being a finalist for the DiRenna Award.
Will Venable (video) made a nice diving catch on opening day.
Northwestern's Michael "Juice" Thompson now has his own web site.
Curious what coaches in the 2011 NCAA Tournament earn? The USA Today has updated their database.
I was asked back on WNYC's national morning program The Takeaway earlier today, talking about "One Shining Moment" as part of a piece titled "When Bad Music Happens to Good Sports." You can listen to my appearance here or stream the audio above.
March 31, 2011 at 10:48 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Fairfield, Gabe Lewullis, Georgetown, Princeton, Today's News
There's a full page advertisement in this week's Sports Illustrated highlighting the work of Gabe Lewullis with Our Future Stars. Lewullis can be seen on CBS this weekend at 3:30 pm ET for Buick's "Human Highlight Reel" - a piece that focuses on his current career as well as past basketball success.
Chris Young ended his spring happy with his health.
President Barack Obama gave a speech at Georgetown yesterday about America's energy security. Here's a photo of him being greeted by a familiar face.
As for the Fairfield job, all I have learned is that this is more of a real consideration than I had expected. There's a lot of message board chatter out there and it is impossible to tell what's true or not but it appears based on what I have heard that this coaching change is not an impossibility.
March 30, 2011 at 10:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Matt Henshon, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable
There's an unexpected report out there about Sydney Johnson and the open coaching position at Fairfield. When I first read about this possibility I was surprised, until I learned that the school's president is a Princeton alum. Will try and get more information today.
A poem about Will Venable in the style of Walt Whitman?
More quotes by Matt Henshon from Harvard Law School's Sports Law Symposium.
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