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Wednesday News:

Georgetown coach John Thompson III was part of a group of college coaches backing health care reform who appeared on Capitol Hill yesterday.

Northwestern picked up a high profile recruit - four-star Georgia shooting guard Jershon Cobb. The Daily Herald offers several additional thoughts following the Wildcats' second full-team workout.

Sean Gregory interviews Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald.

Former Georgetown forward Jeff Green was back on campus this summer, working towards his degree. He is expected to graduate in 2012.

The emergence of Will Venable is one of Five Things To Reflect On for Bleacher Report.

If you're not reading Craig Moore's blog, where the Wildcat sharpshooter writes about his experience playing overseas, this mailbag is a good place to start.

This morning I was able to confirm news of Princeton's second 2010 verbal commitment. Look for a piece about the next Tiger big man on the site later this week.



Will Venable on NBC Bay Area.

A short piece on Will Venable from the San Francisco NBC affiliate.



Three schedule cards.

Steve Goodrich on the front of the 1997-98 pocket schedule card.

Gabe Lewullis was pictured on the following season's card.

Here's Konrad Wysocki from a slightly wider fold-out schedule card printed six years ago.



2010 Recruiting Class.

Photo: Jamie Harms

Links to profiles and news on the Princeton class of 2010.

Chris Clement - 6'0" : 185 lbs - Stony Point

TJ Bray - 6'4" : 185 lbs - Catholic Memorial School

Daniel Edwards - 6'8" : 230 lbs - Highland Park

Ben Hazel - 6'4" : 185 lbs - Our Lady of Good Counsel

Tom Noonan - 6'7" : 210 lbs - Penn Charter



Will Venable hitting mechanics.

Slow motion video of Will Venable hitting against the Giants.



Friday News:

Princeton has announced a few tweaks to the 2009-10 schedule. Two date changes and several minor start times. Those adjustments have been made to the site's schedule page.

Rivals is counting down all 347 Division I programs. Princeton places close to the middle at #156.

Tiger assistant Scott Greenman is pictured in Northfield Mount Hermon's photo gallery of college coaches that have recently visited the school.

Jeff Goodman had a post about Richmond on his Fox Sports blog.

Finally, congratulations to former Tiger Matt Sargeant, who we hear was named "the voice" of Buzztime's Sports Network. If you find yourself in one of the 4,000+ bars that have a Buzztime machine, check out Matt's commentary.



Tuesday News:

Northwestern will play 20 home games at Welsh-Ryan Arena this season. The Wildcats' full schedule was announced yesterday.

Will Venable may have been 0-4 at the plate in San Diego's extra inning loss to Arizona last night, but on Sunday Venable had two hits, including his eleventh home run of the season (video) as the Padres beat the Rockies 7-3.



Friday News:

Georgetown has released its 2009-10 men's basketball schedule.

The John Thompson III Foundation hosts its Third Annual Foundation Weekend on September 18th and 19th.

Two recaps of the talk Bill Bradley and Ken Dryden participated in called Lives on the Run: Sports, Service and Leadership - one in the Cornell Daily Sun and the other in the Ithaca Journal.

A local guard who had Princeton on his short list of suitors has opted to play at Drexel.



Wednesday News:

Will Venable hit his 10th home run of the season (video), a solo shot to center in the top of the seventh inning, as San Diego came back to beat San Francisco, 4-3.

Lafayette announced their 2009-10 basketball schedule. In addition to a game at Princeton, the Leopards will visit Georgetown on November 28th.

Richmond has released the dates for their Atlantic 10 slate, completing their schedule for the upcoming season.

A 6'2" guard from western Pennsylvania who "also drew interest from Princeton" committed to Cornell.

Soft Pretzel Logic goes one-on-one with new Ivy League Executive Director Robin Harris.



Sean Gregory vs. Novak Djokovic.

Sean Gregory gets tennis tips from the fourth-ranked player on the ATP Tour.



Chris Young billboard.

Chris Young may be out for the season, but his presence still looms large outside Petco Park in the form of this enormous billboard. Thanks to the reader who sent this snapshot from San Diego along!



Thursday News:

Got plans on Friday? Going to the California State Fair? You can meet Sacramento Kings GM Geoff Petrie at the County Exhibits Building from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm.

A California center who played for Scott Greenman at the 2009 Maccabiah Games has decided to play collegiately for Yale.

San Diego swept a three game series against Washington with a 7-0 victory yesterday afternoon. Will Venable was 2-4 on the day and drove in the game's final run.

Related to the link I shared on Friday about St. John's retaining someone to use Twitter during basketball games comes this piece on colleges hiring official "Sportswriters".



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