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Sacramento Kings name Monte McNair ’06 as General Manager

Alissa Selover

Monte McNair ’06 was named as the Sacramento Kings’ general manager. This announcement comes after Vlade Divac stepped down from this role last month. McNair played football at the University and studied computer science.

SPORTS | 09/17/2020

Bella Alarie ’20 signs with Under Armour

Bella Alarie ’20 signs with Under Armour

Alissa Selover and Tom Salotti

Bella Alarie ’20 has signed with Under Armour, the company announced, and is one of “three rookie basketball stars” to join its lineup. Alarie was drafted fifth overall in the 2020 WNBA draft by the Dallas Wings.

SPORTS | 07/28/2020

Princeton will not cut any varsity teams

Princeton will not cut any varsity teams

Tom Salotti

An athletics department spokesperson confirmed to The Daily Princetonian that there are no plans to eliminate any of Princeton’s varsity sports teams. Brown and Dartmouth recently announced the elimination of multiple varsity rosters.

SPORTS | 07/27/2020

Ivy League cancels fall athletic competition

Alissa Selover, Tom Salotti, and Josephine de La Bruyere

At a webinar attended by over 700 Princeton student-athletes via Zoom, athletics director Mollie Marcoux Samaan announced that the Ivy League would not allow any fall athletic competition.

SPORTS | 07/08/2020

Senior quarterback Kevin Davidson signs with Cleveland Browns

Josephine de La Bruyere

Senior captain and quarterback Kevin Davidson will sign with the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent, NFL Network reporter Tom Pelissero reported Saturday night.

SPORTS | 04/25/2020

Bella Alarie ’20 selected fifth overall in WNBA draft

Molly Milligan and Ben Burns

Princeton’s Senior Bella Alarie was selected by the Dallas Wings on Friday night with the fifth pick in the 2020 WNBA Draft. Alarie, a three-time Ivy League Player of the Year, is the second Princeton player ever selected in the WNBA Draft.

SPORTS | 04/17/2020

Campus Rec offers intramural e-sports on PS4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices

Campus Rec offers intramural e-sports on PS4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices

Emily Philippides

Princeton University Campus Recreation recently released information regarding intramural e-sports, which offers students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to engage in friendly virtual competition in a variety of games on PS4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and even mobile devices.

SPORTS | 04/13/2020

Princeton will not grant eligibility waivers to spring athletes who withdraw, Marcoux announces

Alissa Selover, Tom Salotti, and Josephine de La Bruyere

Princeton University will not allow student-athletes who withdraw this spring to preserve an extra year of eligibility, Athletic Director Mollie Marcoux announced in an email on Thursday to spring sport athletes.

SPORTS | 04/09/2020

A season, lost: Princeton athletes reflect on cancellation of collegiate sports

Stadium bleachers on a sunny day with fences in the foreground.

A season, lost: Princeton athletes reflect on cancellation of collegiate sports

Christopher Murphy and Rachel McQuigge

The life of a Division I athlete is one of rigor and routine. Preseason. Competition season. Postseason. Repeat. The goal of a Division I athlete is to be game-ready, race-ready, match-ready by the time the season’s first whistle blows — and to be even better by the time the season’s last buzzer sounds. Two tweets in 25 hours and 18 minutes upended the rhythms, the lifestyles, and the dreams of 20 teams.

FEATURES | 04/08/2020

NCAA grants extra year of eligibility to spring athletes, denies it to winter ones

Josephine de La Bruyere

The NCAA will extend an extra year of eligibility to spring sport athletes whose seasons were cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Division I Coordination Committee announced Monday night.

SPORTS | 03/30/2020

NCAA cancels all winter and spring championships

Josephine de La Bruyere

The NCAA Media Center announced March 12 that the Association will be cancelling all winter and spring championships.

SPORTS | 03/12/2020

Ivy League cancels all spring athletic events through end of academic year

Alissa Selover

The Ivy League Presidents announced on March 11 that all Ivy League athletic events through the remainder of the academic year will be cancelled due to further developments in the outbreak of COVID-19.

SPORTS | 03/11/2020

Ivy League cancels basketball tournament due to COVID-19 threat

Alissa Selover

The Ivy League Presidents made the decision to cancel the men’s and women’s basketball tournament.

SPORTS | 03/10/2020

Empire State Building lights recognize college football's 150th anniversary

Zachary Shevin

The Empire State Building was lit up in orange and red to celebrate the first-ever college football game, played between the University and Rutgers.

NEWS | 11/07/2019

NCAA to allow compensation for college athletes

NCAA to allow compensation for college athletes

Sam Kagan

Under new guidelines, the NCAA will allow student athletes, including those at the University, to be compensated.

NEWS | 11/06/2019

Former Princeton basketball star Devin Cannady signs contract with Brooklyn Nets

Jack Graham

Princeton basketball star Devin Cannady signed a contract with the Brooklyn Nets, the team announced Tuesday night.

SPORTS | 10/15/2019

John Lovett, Stephen Carlson sign NFL contracts

Jack Graham

Shortly after the NFL draft last weekend, Princeton quarterback John Lovett and wide receiver Stephen Carlson signed free agent contracts with the Chiefs and Browns respectively

SPORTS | 04/30/2019

Women's basketball head coach Courtney Banghart to leave for UNC

Jack Graham

Courtney Banghart will become the head coach at UNC after 12 years leading Princeton’s women’s basketball program.

SPORTS | 04/30/2019

Former Princeton standout Mike Ford makes MLB debut for Yankees

Mark Dodici

Mike Ford made his Major League Baseball debut last weekend, becoming the seventh player to make it to the sport’s highest level after playing at Princeton for current head coach Scott Bradley.

SPORTS | 04/25/2019

Cannady ’19 enters plea deal, receives conditional discharge

Emily Spalding

Standout men’s basketball player Devin Cannady ’19 entered a plea agreement on Mar. 11 for the four charges brought against him after he allegedly threw a punch at a Department of Public Safety Officer in Wawa on Jan. 18. Three of his four charges were dismissed. For the fourth charge, Cannady received a conditional discharge, and he will serve 20 hours of community service as part of the agreement. According to his attorney, Cannady has plans to return to the University in the fall and will be preparing for the NBA draft while on leave.

NEWS | 03/12/2019

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