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Young re-signs with Rangers after flirting with Kings

Former Princeton two-sport star Chris Young '02 confirmed to The Daily Princetonian last night that he has signed a three-year contract extension with the Texas Rangers, with a club option for a fourth year.Young said the Dallas Morning News' report that the deal with Rangers is worth $1.25 million was incorrect, but he declined to specify the true amount.He also confirmed that the deal with the Rangers was accelerated by the Sacramento Kings' offer of a two year guaranteed contract.

SPORTS | 11/14/2004

Yale ground game dooms football's bid to end streak

NEW HAVEN, CONN. ? Standing five feet, seven inches tall and weighing 190 pounds, Robert Carr looks more suited for carrying an equipment bag than a football team.But on a cold and windy Saturday afternoon, as Princeton and Yale renewed their rivalry for the 127th time on the sunken field of the ancient Yale Bowl, Carr hoisted the Elis onto his deceptively strong shoulders and hauled them to victory.In a middling game worthy of the opponents' mediocre records, both squads seemed to waste more chances than they capitalized upon.

SPORTS | 11/14/2004

M. water polo advances to Final Four

Our collective memory is replete with epic battles: the Battle of Troy, Rocky Balboa vs. Apollo Creed, the Thrilla in Manila, Braveheart ? and now the 2004 Eastern Championship.

SPORTS | 11/14/2004

W. hockey starts weekend strong, fizzles vs. Harvard

After playing 41 minutes of excellent offense and scoring three goals, women's hockey's front line went ice cold for the rest of the weekend.Princeton (3-2-1 overall, 2-2 Eastern College Athletic Conference) managed to hold off Brown (3-2-0, 2-1-0) for a 3-2 victory Friday night.

SPORTS | 11/14/2004

Owings, Stephens lead m. basketball over Bucknell

SYRACUSE, N.Y. ? They may not have been in mid-season form, but on this opening night of the 2004-2005 season, the performance the men's basketball team turned in was good enough to earn a "W."Despite shaky rebounding and a few offensive lapses, Princeton (1-0) controlled play most of the way and pulled away in the final 10 minutes for a 61-48 victory over Bucknell (0-1).Sophomore forward Luke Owings, making his first career start, led the way with 21 points, including four three-pointers.

SPORTS | 11/11/2004

M. soccer needs win, help to make NCAA tournament

It's crunch time. With the postseason looming and one game left, men's soccer (8-4-1 overall, 3-1-2 Ivy League) is hoping to beat Yale and sneak into the playoffs.Even if the Tigers beat Yale (6-10, 3-3), Brown must also take down Dartmouth for Princeton to win a share of the Ivy League championship.

SPORTS | 11/11/2004

No. 6 Syracuse next for m. hoops

SYRACUSE, N.Y. ? After taking care of business against Bucknell, 61-48, the men's basketball team will get the opportunity it came here looking for: a chance to play No.

SPORTS | 11/11/2004

Title hopes on line as w. volleyball faces Dartmouth, Harvard

Here's a quick game of good news, bad news. Good news ? the women's volleyball team is still alive in the race for the Ivy League title heading into this weekend's action.

SPORTS | 11/11/2004

O'Brien forges trail for w. basketball

As Princeton students scan the Course Offerings catalogue over the next few weeks, most will keep their eyes peeled for the perfect class ? one that combines some extracurricular interest with the area of study they have chosen to pursue.Unfortunately "Transatlantic Approaches to MC Hammer's 'U Can't Touch This' " and "Beirut and the Human Response" will exist forever only in the imagination.One can then imagine the sense of serendipity that Katy O'Brien, a junior pursuing a degree in Political Economy and the starting point guard for the Princeton women's basketball team, must have felt upon learning at the beginning of this school year of a course to be taught in the Fall semester called "The Political Economy of Sports.""It is very relevant to my experience as a student-athlete," O'Brien said of the class.

SPORTS | 11/11/2004

Out of Ivy championship race, football limps to Yale

For the seniors on the football team, the time has come when the word legacy seems very important.

SPORTS | 11/11/2004

W. soccer opens NCAA tourney vs. Central Conn.

Senior forward Esmeralda Negron carried the ball upfield, played it out to the right after the Penn keeper came out of the box and sent it into the back of the net over the diving goalie's body.

SPORTS | 11/11/2004

Eastern Championship up for grabs for men's water polo

The men's water polo team is undoubtedly the barracuda in a small pond. The No. 12 Tigers handily won the Southern Championship and have dominated their opponents with a 22-4 overall record this year.

SPORTS | 11/11/2004

W. hockey to host two ranked teams

Beat up, banged up and in the middle of one of the more grueling parts of its schedule, the women's hockey team now faces a key weekend series the Tigers hope can set the tone for the rest of their season.Princeton, currently No.

SPORTS | 11/10/2004

Men's basketball tips off season against Bucknell

The men's basketball team tips off a new season in Syracuse, N.Y., nearly seven months after their season came to an abrupt end in Denver.

SPORTS | 11/10/2004

Contention over Ivy football rules

Although every other Princeton sport competes in the postseason, football, a Division I-AA sport, must content itself with contesting only for an Ivy League championship.In 1951, the emerging coalition of Ivy League athletic programs adopted an eight-point code of amateurism to govern its collegiate football teams.

SPORTS | 11/10/2004

Hunt on for replacement cross country course

If history has shown one thing, it is the certainty of change. For Princeton's cross country runners, then, it is not surprising that historic Princeton Battlefield Park will no longer be their home course.While the Tigers have been running meets at the park since 1992, the New Jersey State Department of Parks and Recreation has decreed that the Tigers cannot hold competitions there any longer because of its historical significance.The Princeton women's teamwon the last meet held at the Battlefield against Harvard and Yale.

SPORTS | 11/10/2004

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