Will Venable has been on a hot streak as he learns to have fun during a pennant race. Venable was a perfect 3-3 at the plate last night in San Diego's 3-1 loss to the Dodgers, raising his average to .249.
Looking to slip back into first place, Chris Young gets the start for the Padres tonight at home versus Cincinnati. First pitch is scheduled for 10:05 pm ET.
Craig Robinson can be found in Washington, DC this weekend at the National Book Festival. Robinson discussed his team's tempered expectations for 2010-11 earlier this week with Jeff Goodman of Fox Sports.
Joe Scott and the Denver Pioneers hope to impress the WAC and/or the WCC and gain possible membership in either conference. Would certainly make more geographical sense than the Sun Belt.
Dare to dream? One of the top centers in the class of 2011 released a list of seven schools he's focusing on. Included alongside Villanova, Ohio State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, Virginia and Wake Forest is Princeton.
A 6'8" senior wing from Georgia has offers from Boston College, Harvard, Penn and Princeton but his coach hopes to drum up interest from Georgia Tech.
Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports reports that Chris Young will make his return to the Padres as the starter in Saturday's game versus Saint Louis.
Yesterday was the first official chance Craig Robinson had to work with his team. He tells The Oregonian about what he saw.
Bill Carmody will be in California this week to watch a 6'9" prospect work out.
Carmody lauded his team's development while in Italy to the Chicago Tribune.
Dave Blatt is weighing leaving the Russian national team, claims Haaretz.
The John Thompson III Foundation will hold its Fourth Annual JTIII Foundation Community Festival on September 25th.
Finally, the Charleston Classic brackets are set. Georgetown will open against Coastal Carolina in the first of four games on November 18th.
Penn is the last of the eight Ivy schools to unveil their 2010-11 schedule.
John Shurna made all seven of his three point attempts as Northwestern won their second straight game against Italian competition.
Tuesday's rehab start for Chris Young went well. Young allowed two hits (one a solo home run) over three innings for AAA Portland and threw 24 of his 31 pitches for strikes.
Richmond will play Georgia Tech on December 18th in the Bahamas.
Paul Buker of The Oregonian got a first-hand look at Oregon State's 2010-11 squad during informal five-on-five action.
Denver dropped its second straight to a top-flight Spanish opponent.
Princeton has announced three additional details about this season's schedule: The game at Duke will start at 5:00 pm ET. ESPNU has picked up the Tigers' home game with Harvard and when Princeton hosts Penn, tipoff is at 7:00 pm ET.
Having successfully completed a second simulated game late last week, Chris Young is returning to the mound. He'll be making a rehab start for the Portland Beavers in Reno on Tuesday.
Speaking of Beavers, the 2010-11 Oregon State basketball schedule has been released. This year's DC-area game is against Howard the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
Denver improved to 2-0 in Spain with an 81-79 victory over Lobe Huesca.
CB Gran Canaria officially introduced Judson Wallace as the newest member of their team.
A near-7 footer from central PA has committed to La Salle over apparent interest from Princeton and other Ivy programs.
Harvard is the latest member of the Ancient Eight to unveil their full basketball schedule.
Northwestern has named seniors "Juice" Thompson and Jeff Ryan their captains for the 2010-11 season. The Wildcats leave for four games in Italy on Saturday.
Charlotte will visit Oregon State on Thanksgiving eve.
Watch an interview with John Rogers on "Intelligent Investing with Steve Forbes" from earlier this summer.
Northwestern has an early jump on practicing, given 10 sessions to prepare for the Wildcats' trip to Italy later this month. Senior guard Michael "Juice" Thompson wants to ask Kevin Coble to consider returning to the team.
Going to Spain at the end of August, Joe Scott and Denver are halfway through their NCAA-allocated practices.
A senior big man who was planning to go the DIII route changed his plans when Temple offered him a scholarship, telling the Tri-Town News that Princeton's staff wanted him to take a post-grad year at a prep school.
Craig Robinson will speak at the Albany Area Oregon State fall sports kickoff barbecue on August 27th.
Bleacher Report argues why Chris Young's return needs to be to the San Diego bullpen.
A diving catch by Will Venable (video) saved a run in the Padres' 1-0 win over the Cubs on Tuesday night.
Appalachian State will visit Georgetown on December 12th.
The Columbia basketball schedule has been unveiled.
Princeton coach Sydney Johnson, Georgetown head coach John Thompson III, Richmond's Chris Mooney and Oregon State coach Craig Robinson will all be interviewed on ESPNU at 6:00 pm ET today during an hour-long special edition of "Katz's Corner." These pieces were recorded in Orlando, Florida late last month during the AAU Super Showcase.
Former Marin Independent Journal columnist Dave Albee shares a nice story about Padres outfielder Will Venable.
The Wall Street Journal offers a feature on John Rogers and Ariel Investments. Great photo of a young Rogers working as a Chicago White Sox vendor.
Oregon State will have the services of 6'9" onetime UTEP signee Eric Moreland in 2010-11. Moreland was cleared to play immediately for the Beavers by the NCAA and will have four years of eligibility remaining.
Denver is heading on a two week tour of Spain later this month, where the Pioneers will play six professional Spanish teams.
Richmond guard Kevin Anderson answers the Times-Dispatch's questions.
Texas-Pan American will host Northwestern and visit Oregon State this season.
A hodgepodge of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family that don't fit anywhere else. First up, Sean Gregory learns soccer tips from the New York Red Bulls' Chris Albright.
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."
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Sun. 11/10 vs. Florida A&M
Sat. 11/16 at Butler
Wed. 11/20 vs. Lafayette
Sat. 11/23 at Rice
Tue. 11/26 vs. George Mason
Sat. 11/30 at Bucknell
Sat. 12/7 vs. FDU
Wed. 12/11 at Rutgers
Sat. 12/14 at Penn State
Fri. 12/20 vs. Portland*
Sat. 12/21 vs. Pacific*
Tue. 12/31 vs. Kent State
Sat. 1/4 at Liberty
Sat. 1/11 at Penn
Sun. 1/26 vs. Kean
Fri. 1/31 at Harvard
Sat. 2/1 at Dartmouth
Fri. 2/7 vs. Columbia
Sat. 2/8 vs. Cornell
Fri. 2/14 at Brown
Sat. 2/15 at Yale
Fri. 2/21 vs. Dartmouth
Sat. 2/22 vs. Harvard
Fri. 2/28 vs. Yale
Sat. 3/1 vs. Brown
Fri. 3/7 at Cornell
Sat. 3/8 at Columbia
Tue. 3/11 vs. Penn
2,503 - B. Bradley, 1962-65
1,625 - I. Hummer, 2009-13
1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
1,546 - K. Mueller, 1987-91
1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
1,428 - B. Earl, 1995-99
1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
1,321 - G. Petrie, 1967-70
1,292 - H. Haabestad, 1952-55
1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
1,239 - B. Taylor, 1970-72
1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
1,133 - F. Sowinski, 1975-78
1,130 - R. Hielscher, 1991-95
1,122 - C. Thomforde, 1966-69
1,099 - T. Manakas, 1970-73
1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
1,088 - C. Belz, 1956-59
1,079 - B. Hauptfuhrer, 1973-76
1,076 - B. Roma, 1976-79
1,071 - C. Mooney, 1990-94
1,064 - A. Hyland, Jr., 1960-63
1,062 - L. Brangan, 1957-60
1,057 - A. Hill, 1973-76
1,054 - D. Mavraides, 2007-11
1,044 - S. Johnson, 1993-1997
1,031 - J. Hummer, 1967-70
1,010 - W. Venable, 2001-05
