tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62520580961865663462024-03-19T00:40:32.574-04:00TigerBlogTigerBlog will be updated and maintained by the Princeton Office of Athletic Communications. In addition to information from the Department of Athletics, it will also offer an opportunity for fan feedback.
The blog will be a supplement to the information available on goprincetontigers.com. Princeton fans are encouraged to check the blog for a less formal look at Princeton sports. Updated every working day, almost always by noon.Princeton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.comBlogger4013125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-79123045646989773332024-03-19T00:40:00.058-04:002024-03-19T00:40:00.148-04:00On To The NITIt was the day before the opening round of the 1998 NCAA men's basketball tournament in Hartford.TigerBlog went into the pre-tournament meeting, which included coaches, administrators, athletic communications reps and TV people. It was standard stuff, running through a pre-tournament checklist that is exciting the first time you experience it and then becomes like the safety instructions before aPrinceton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-86327551860940082292024-03-18T00:08:00.120-04:002024-03-18T00:08:00.127-04:00Tournament TigersWelcome to today's segment of "Records That May Never Be Broken."First, there is Kaitlyn Chen, who is now the three-time Ivy League tournament Most Outstanding Player. In the history of the Ivy League, for all of the tournaments its run in all sports, no player has ever matched that achievement. In fact, only one — Yale men's lacrosse player Ben Reeves — has ever been the Ivy tournament Most Princeton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-70354157194751528442024-03-15T00:30:00.074-04:002024-03-15T00:30:00.131-04:00Tournament TimeIf all goes well for Princeton and Cornell fans, then Sunday would offer a pretty good TV doubleheader.Princeton and Cornell will play in men's lacrosse Sunday at 2 on ESPNU. That game, which will be on Sherrerd Field, is a definite. The Ivy League men's basketball tournament championship game will tip off at noon on ESPN2 Sunday. If both teams win their semifinal games tomorrow, then it Princeton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-54648264228829495672024-03-14T00:36:00.088-04:002024-03-14T00:36:00.134-04:00Ivy Madness EveShould TigerBlog start with the history that Caden Pierce made yesterday? He'll get back to that in a second. First, this is how easily TigerBlog can be distracted:He wanted to read about Wagner's NEC championship in men's basketball, something accomplished with only seven healthy players and with three road wins, including the final over Merrimack. Wagner defeated the top three seeds in thePrinceton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-65699557867407427072024-03-13T00:06:00.064-04:002024-03-13T00:06:00.129-04:00A 46-Year-Old Record And The Woman Who Holds ItThere exists within Princeton Athletics a bridge between generations that keeps the connections within programs strong.The ones who played here previously know what their athletic experience meant to them, and they in turn want the current athletes to be able to have something similar during their time as Tigers. It's why alumni support is so great for things like TAGD and why so many former Princeton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-780880222413702592024-03-12T00:16:00.073-04:002024-03-12T00:16:00.153-04:00Spring Break UpdateTigerBlog likes to drive to campus by coming up Nassau Street and turning onto Washington Road, down to Faculty Road. Usually, both Nassau and Washington are jammed with people, especially if TB drives down Washington Road when classes are letting out. He sees all kinds of Princeton athletes, some he knows and most he doesn't, and it's a great reminder that Princeton Athletics have always Princeton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-84942838271529577712024-03-11T00:26:00.086-04:002024-03-11T00:26:00.137-04:00Ivy Champs x 2Ah, the perfect one-handed bounce pass for the uncontested layup.This past Saturday afternoon at Jadwin Gym, late in the third quarter, Kaitlyn Chen and Madison St. Rose executed it to perfection.Chen dribbled with her left hand on the right side of the court, heading back to the middle. St. Rose cut perfectly behind the Penn player who was guarding her. Without flinching, Chen threw a Princeton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-66481886644453981612024-03-08T00:27:00.068-05:002024-03-09T15:26:40.260-05:00CelebrationsHappy Birthday wishes to the great John McPhee, who turns 93 years old today.If you recall, back on his 90th birthday, McPhee and TigerBlog bicycled 11 miles together. That is a pretty good life goal — riding 11 miles on your 90th birthday. McPhee goes way, way back with Princeton Athletics, all the way to when he was a kid and his father was the Princeton Athletics team physician. McPhee Princeton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-60173556136631068692024-03-07T00:24:00.113-05:002024-03-07T00:24:00.133-05:00Today's Title Is TitlesAs he has written many times before, TigerBlog has had many different titles during his time with Princeton Athletics.In fact, he is now on his 11th — Senior Writer/Historian. His first was Manager of Sports Media Relations, and, if he recalls correctly, this is how it went from there:* Assistant Director of Athletic Communications* Assistant Director of Athletic Public Affairs for Media Princeton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-58230217688152220982024-03-06T00:20:00.087-05:002024-03-06T00:20:00.243-05:00Play Of The DayPrinceton men's lacrosse attackman Coulter Mackesy caught a pass from goalie Michael Gianforcaro on the Princeton side of the midline Friday night at North Carolina in a game the Tigers would win 15-9.When he looked up, he saw a 10-man ride, which meant the goal was empty. Mackesy turned and tossed the ball towards the net, which was probably 45 yards away. Swish.The next morning, that play was Princeton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-30692071277644008182024-03-05T00:11:00.041-05:002024-03-05T00:11:00.245-05:00Photos By Brian McWaltersIf you were in the Raleigh-Durham airport Sunday in the late afternoon, there appeared to be a better than 50 percent chance that you were wearing a shirt, jacket, sweatshirt or hat that identified a college team for whom you were rooting.At least that's how it seemed to TigerBlog, who was there in, of course, Princeton stuff. While he waited for his flight to Newark, it seemed like everyone elsePrinceton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-87268195754487634992024-03-04T00:22:00.072-05:002024-03-04T00:22:00.139-05:00Everything You Need To Know Okay, here's everything you need to know about Princeton men's basketball sophomore Xaivian Lee in a nutshell:Princeton was playing Cornell Saturday night in a game the Tigers had to have in order to have a chance at an Ivy League title and the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Ivy tournament. A seven-point Princeton lead had turned into a five-point deficit with a little more than four minutes toPrinceton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-32049324815808379152024-03-01T00:34:00.060-05:002024-03-01T09:37:56.435-05:00Thoughts From Gate A13 Want to hear something TigerBlog did that was pretty dumb? Yesterday, as you know, was the last day of February. TB needed to get his car registration renewed, so he went online Tuesday morning and took care of it. He also needed to get his car inspected by the end of the month, so he made an appointment with his guy Ron, the official mechanic of TigerBlog. He took the car over toPrinceton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-37748047296721308592024-02-29T00:28:00.159-05:002024-02-29T00:28:00.132-05:00Blog 4K — The Best Of TigerBlogOkay, what's so special about today?If you were paying attention, TigerBlog twice mentioned that today would be a special day here. For starters it's February 29, a date that only comes along once every four years. Today may or may not still be Sadie Hawkins Day. It depends who you ask.
Traditionally, today would be a day where women were allowed to ask men
to dance, or to get married. Princeton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-79727698803803618522024-02-28T00:05:00.064-05:002024-02-28T00:05:00.141-05:00This And ThatComing tomorrow, a special edition TigerBlog. For today ...*The women's lacrosse team plays its home opener tonight at 7 on Sherrerd Field. Admission is free.In its most recent game, Princeton defeated Penn State 18-13 and did so in amazing fashion. Penn State's Kristin O'Neill scored with 5:14 to go in the third quarter to make it a 13-9 game — in favor of the Nittany Lions.You can do the Princeton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-33728192983323272802024-02-27T00:12:00.084-05:002024-02-27T00:12:00.128-05:00No. 25 And No. 25MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD HEPS STORYWOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING IVY CHAMPIONSHIPS STORYWOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD HEPS STORYSo TigerBlog was out to eat the other night when he got up to use the restroom.When he went to wash his hands, he saw that 1) there was only one sink and 2) that there was an older man using it. And using it. And using it. This man was scrubbing his hands quite thoroughly.TB waitedPrinceton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-11401590084083081252024-02-26T00:06:00.070-05:002024-02-26T00:06:00.121-05:00A Men's Hoops Sweep On The RoadYou know what's next to impossible to do? Not find out the score of a game you want to watch after the fact. TigerBlog tried it twice this weekend and went 0 for 2. The first time was Friday night, when he didn't want to know the result of the Princeton-Harvard men's basketball game. The second time was Saturday night later, when he didn't want to know the result of the Princeton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-50640389909557991482024-02-23T00:34:00.084-05:002024-02-23T00:34:00.128-05:00Road HoopsWelcome to the final weekend of February.Of course, this being a leap year, you get an extra day to enjoy the shortest month of the year. That would be Feb. 29, which is this coming Thursday. Teaser: This coming Thursday will also have a special edition of TigerBlog. You'll have to wait six days to find out what it is. Meanwhile, this pushes March 1 back to this coming Friday. Does Princeton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-90008669992643458612024-02-22T00:20:00.061-05:002024-02-22T00:20:00.139-05:00A Thursday Catch-UpTigerBlog had lunch with Craig Sachson yesterday, and that alone was enough to make yesterday an excellent day. It's been nearly five years since Craig left Princeton and the world of college athletics, one he'd been in for more than 20 years. He started as an intern at Princeton when TB called him out of the blue at the Trenton Times, where Craig had been working and where TB had first Princeton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-48313976853403339122024-02-21T00:19:00.028-05:002024-02-21T00:19:00.240-05:00On Your Marks ... When TigerBlog heard that Kate Joyce was taking photos for Princeton Athletics, he thought that could possibly make for a good feature story.When he heard the rest of it from her, and saw some of her photos, he was pretty much amazed.Joyce, a senior, is a two-time All-American javelin thrower for Princeton. If you want to know why she won't be a three-time All-American, you'll have to read the Princeton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-4255992904921291082024-02-20T00:18:00.073-05:002024-02-20T00:18:00.128-05:00InfluentialBecause the Silver Waves Media Group's listing of the 100 Most Influential People in women's college basketball was done in alphabetical order by first name, the person directly ahead of Carla Berube was ... ?Think about it for a few paragraphs.It reminded TigerBlog of his college yearbook, in which the person ahead of him was Laurene Powell. Perhaps you recognize her more as Laurene Powell Princeton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-47672704439653697712024-02-19T00:17:00.095-05:002024-02-20T09:48:44.951-05:00Happy Presidents' DayToday is Presidents' Day.As you probably know, there have been two U.S. Presidents who have graduated from Princeton — James Madison and Woodrow Wilson. Some others have come close, such as Adlai Stevenson, who twice lost to Dwight Eisenhower, and Bill Bradley, whose timing was just a bit off.And then there is Princeton grad Aaron Burr, Class of 1772. His father, also Aaron Burr, was Princeton's Princeton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-13121633147166140652024-02-16T00:17:00.000-05:002024-02-17T09:07:24.602-05:00The Weekend In HoopsPrinceton and Penn have played a total of 249 games in men's basketball since they first got together on Valentines' Day 1903.Penn holds a slim lead in the series, 126-123. If you're TigerBlog, you look at that number and marvel. Why? Because you have to factor in two numbers: with Mitch, and without Mitch. In games in which Mitch Henderson has either played or coached, Princeton is Princeton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-88459246695318966962024-02-15T00:46:00.015-05:002024-02-15T00:46:00.246-05:00Guest TigerBlog - Karim Elbarbary And The Championship EmotionsTigerBlog has tried basically every form of exercise there is at some point during his lifetime.His least favorite is easily running. His favorite? Bicycling and his years in lunchtime basketball are close to the top, but he'd have to say it's the 15 years or so he spent playing squash, mostly against his former colleague and longtime friend Craig Sachson. That was before he had surgery on both Princeton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252058096186566346.post-36292830432184878022024-02-14T00:18:00.118-05:002024-02-14T00:18:00.155-05:00Shoveling Into SpringWell, it was only 10 days ago TigerBlog that was out at the pool in Florida. Yesterday? There were six inches of snow to be shoveled. That's probably what he deserved for his week in Florida, but what did the rest of you do to deserve this? The forecast here was for mostly rain, with a foot of snow in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Instead, it appears that the bulk of the storm was Princeton OAChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276155026437227396noreply@blogger.com0