The new head coach of the Cherokee High School basketball team is former Princeton player Ed Persia.
Georgetown is the subject of Tuesday's ESPN Summer Buzz series.
The 2010-11 Cornell basketball schedule has been officially released, confirming the dates of four Princeton games we originally reported back in May.
Will Venable flipped the page on a 3-for-28 July with a three run home run (video) to open the scoring in San Diego's 10-5 win over the Dodgers.
Richmond coach Chris Mooney is #6 on Rivals' list of Top 10 Coaches Under 40. Sydney Johnson earns an honorable mention.
Youth Noise has an exclusive interview with Craig Robinson.
Chris Young still has a long way to go before he returns to a major league lineup, but he has increased his throwing distance.
A senior forward from New York State expects to play at Yale, choosing the Bulldogs over interest from Penn, Harvard, Dartmouth and Princeton.
Like Gabe Lewullis, John Rogers (center) is also in Sports Illustrated's "Where Are They Now?" issue. Rogers can be found in a special section about YouTube sensations.
Bob Scrabis gets a brief mention in the same SI as part of "Men Of The Moment," which updates the lives of significant players from the last quarter century of NCAA Tournaments. Unfortunately, the picture accompanying Scrabis' blurb is actually one of Kit Mueller!
Northwestern is off to a good start with their 2012 recruiting class.
The Wildcats' Alex Marcotullio averaged 13.9 ppg for Great Britain at the FIBA U20 European Championship.
Gabe Lewullis is in this week's Sports Illustrated as part of the magazine's annual "Where Are They Now?" issue.
In a surprise decision, Northwestern's Kevin Coble, who missed last season due to injury after leading the team in scoring as a junior, will forgo his senior season and not return to the Wildcats.
15 home games highlight the Denver basketball schedule for 2010-11.
Richmond will play Wright State as part of the Chicago Invitational Challenge.
Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson is #17 on The Oregonian's list of the Top 25 Most Influential People in Oregon Sports.
Will Venable filled in at first base for the Padres last week and was the subject of a practical joke after borrowing All-Star Adrian Gonzalez's glove.
Five former Princeton players make WEEI's list of the Top NBA Ivy Leaguers.
The John Thompson III Foundation has relaunched their web site.
John Thompson III and Georgetown are ready to move on from how last season ended.
A prospect from California shares some of what he learned at Princeton's basketball camp this summer.
Will Venable returned to the Padres' lineup yesterday, walking twice and getting hit by a pitch.
Venable is part of an article on mlb.com about the family tradition in the San Diego outfield.
The Golden State Warriors have signed Harvard's Jeremy Lin to a two year deal. Lin will likely become the first Ivy League graduate since 2003 to play in the NBA.
Brian Taylor did a short Q&A on the Princeton Athletic Department web site.
Confirming what we have been reporting for the past two months, Saint Joseph's officially announced they will play Princeton at Jadwin Gym this season. A date for this game has not yet been announced.
In other scheduling news, Memphis will host Georgetown on December 23rd.
After going 1-14 at the plate with eight strikeouts during a five game stint with Lake Elsinore, Will Venable will continue his rehab at San Antonio, the Padres' AA affiliate.
There's "tempered excitement" from Chris Young about the preliminary rounds of his throwing program.
Incoming Tiger freshman Ben Hazel is quoted in a Washington Post article about his Kenner League squad, D.C. Legends.
A senior wing from Virginia lists Princeton as one of his favorites.
Northwestern has added a second guard to their class of 2011.
Will Venable has started a rehab assignment with the Lake Elsinore Storm, San Diego's Single A affiliate. Venable will be with the team through Sunday.
Pete Carril's 80th birthday is the subject of a TigerBlog post. Carril had high praise for Sacramento Kings first round draft pick DeMarcus Cousins after Wednesday's NBA Summer League game.
Princeton's 2010-11 women's basketball schedule has been released. It should not be too hard to figure out when the Tiger men's Ivy games will be played based on this information. These dates jive with details we uncovered back in early May.
An amusing post on the Basketball U site is about a game in the Del Co Pro-Am Summer League where many current Penn players and Ugonna Onyekwe lost to a team featuring Kit Mueller. While the most exasperated version of this retelling has since been edited overnight, it still makes for interesting reading.
Let's get ahead of ourselves, shall we? Rivals names Princeton coach Sydney Johnson as one of five head men who could make a big leap after the 2010-11 season.
Princeton Alumni Weekly remembers Marvin Bressler.
I'd never been able to bring myself to watch the final seconds of Princeton's 1991 NCAA Tournament loss to Villanova since I saw it live, but the Tigers' last shot can now be streamed here. Coach Carril's disgust as he walks off the court sums it all up.
A guard from Illinois has committed to Northwestern over interest from Princeton, Harvard and Bucknell.
The NCAA has announced how their new 68 team format for the tournament will be bracketed.
In our most recent interview with Princeton head Coach Sydney Johnson, he discussed the two Tigers playing basketball this summer in Georgetown's Kenner League.
It turns out two additional players are competing in a similarly sound league closer to campus. Sophomore-to-be Will Barrett and junior guard Douglas Davis are both participating in the Philadelphia Area College League (formerly the Sonny Hill League) at Charles Y. Audenreid High School.
Someone at the gym on Thursday reveals that Davis and Barrett faced off on opposing teams, part of squads loaded with Villanova and Penn players. At the close of a physical game in a sweltering gym, Barrett hit a three with five seconds left to tie the score before Davis nailed the game-winning triple at the buzzer.
Marvin Bressler is remembered on the Princeton web site and on TigerBlog.
Northwestern's John Shurna was named to the named to the United States Select Team.
Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson tells the Gazette-Times about his busy off season.
Will Venable could begin to take batting practice again this weekend.
So it begins. The Hoops Report projects Princeton as the nation's 65th best team for 2010-11.
Will Venable will likely need a rehab stint in the minor leagues before he returns to the Padres lineup.
Chris Young has begun to make progress, according to San Diego manager Bud Black.
Georgetown head coach John Thompson III remains the school's highest-paid employee.
Hoya guard Chris Wright is at the Lebron James Nike Basketball Camp.
Soft Pretzel Logic offers more on Harvard's NCAA violation.
Back strain has landed Will Venable on the 15 day disabled list retroactive to July 2nd.
The Kenner League kicked off yesterday in Washington, DC. I asked those in attendance to report back on the performances of the two Princeton players taking part. Here are a few lines on Ian Hummer from the first half of his first game.
Conor Neu is interviewed on the Princeton Athletic Department web site.
The Oregon State 2010-11 non-conference basketball schedule is taking shape.
Buried on the Gazelle Group web site are some fascinating promotional .pdfs for their clients, including Craig Robinson, Chris Mooney, Joe Scott and Mitch Henderson. It is interesting to see how each individual is marketed by their representation.
Harvard has "declared an unintentional secondary violation in connection with conversations in the summer of 2007 between current Assistant Men's Basketball Coach Kenny Blakeney and members of the Harvard coaching staff that occurred before Mr. Blakeney was employed by Harvard."
For the first time in forever, Northwestern will play in the New York area. The Wildcats are scheduled to participate in the Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden in December along with St. John's, Davidson and one team TBA.
Here's additional confirmation of Princeton's return trip to Monmouth this season. If you've been keeping close track, that brings the number of games on the Tiger schedule that have been revealed on-line to 25. Expect three more road games and two more home games to fill out the schedule. It looks like one of the games at Jadwin is the last to be confirmed.
Kam Williams interviewed Craig Robinson for The Skanner News.
Chris Young suffered another setback and will not be throwing again anytime soon.
Some tiny adjustments to his batting stance have benefitted Will Venable. The San Diego outfielder has missed his team's last two games due to back stiffness.
Georgetown has announced which teams their players will be on in the Kenner League. I do not have word if any Princeton players will be participating in Kenner, like they did last season.
The job listing has been posted for the position of Director of Basketball Operations at Princeton.
