"I can tell why this guy's got a lot of steals: He's got really long arms," senior basketball team captain Noah Savage said, reminiscing on his first impression of Sydney Johnson '97, the first-year head men's basketball coach.
For the women's basketball team, the pre-conference season will be anything but a warm up. It'll be a trial by fire.
Senior forwards Kyle Koncz and Noah Savage have been around long enough to have known three coaches ? a testament to the trying times that Princeton basketball has endured in recent years.
Opponents be warned: The 2007-08 edition of senior forward Meagan Cowher promises to be better than ever.
First-year women's basketball coach Courtney Banghart may be new to Princeton, but she's right at home in the Ivy League.
For the first time in nearly two years, the Princeton football team will take the field on Saturday against a league opponent without any chance of capturing the Ivy League title.
One day after Yale and Princeton face off in their annual football extravaganza, the men's soccer team (5-8-2 overall, 3-2-0 Ivy League) will take on the Bulldogs (3-7-5, 1-2-2) in its final appearance Sunday at 4 p.m.
A lot of Princeton grads find good jobs. Some find jobs they really like. Marc Ross '95 was lucky enough to find both.The sociology major and former All-Ivy wide receiver has spent the last 12 years working as an NFL scout, traveling the country in search of new talent."There are so many things I love about my job ? working for a first-class organization, working with great people," Ross said.
In the last 20 years, technological advances have made pro athletes more famous than ever before.
The men's and women's swimming and diving teams return this year with a legacy in their hands. Both teams have won seven of their last eight league championships and return as two-time defending champions.
With the recent addition of Whitman College and the ongoing construction of numerous academic buildings like the Frank Gehry-designed science library, students will see world-class improvements in campus facilities in upcoming years ? for most aspects of their student life.One aspect of student life where substantive facility improvements are still strongly needed, however, is at Dillon Gym.Dillon was constructed in the 1940s for a significantly smaller male-only student population, and it is now bursting at its seams.
A 42-3 loss at Homecoming. A 47-0 loss at Senior Night. An 18-30 loss was the best result of the season.
A team can outshoot, out-corner and out-pressure an opponent, but a win is not guaranteed unless that team brings more focus to the game.
Achilles' shield, forged by the Olympian god Hephaestus, was more than just a necessary instrument for battle.
Here's something you probably did not know. Just as Fall Break was beginning, one of the most expensive sporting events in the world was taking place 50 minutes from campus.That would be the Breeders' Cup.
Just as the cold and blustery wind found its way to Princeton, the women's tennis team migrated to warmer climates.
One rower alone cannot win the race; only the power of the rowers as a unit and their ability to perform perfectly simultaneous strokes can ultimately propel them to victory.The Tigers showed that they had mastered that idea at the Princeton Chase, where all four squads placed in the top five against a range of competitors, including rivals Yale and Dartmouth.The Princeton Chase is an invitational head-race hosted annually by the University during the last weekend of October.
The sprint football team brought another winless season to a close Friday, falling to Penn at home on Powers Field.
