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M. Tennis: A day in the life of Bradley Klahn
It’s 9:30 a.m. on a cool Thursday morning, and Bradley Klahn is setting out traffic cones on a tennis court. “My serve’s been such a rollercoaster lately,” he says, placing 10 cones from left to right...
View ArticleAthletic Director Bowlsby officially heading to Big 12 in mid-June
On Friday, Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby was introduced as the new commissioner of the Big 12 Conference, officially making his move away from the Farm after six years at Stanford. Bowlsby’s...
View ArticleBlanchat: Athletic director job search too important to rush
Nobody ever says, “Go east, young man.” Everybody knows that you have to go west to make a name for yourself. But (now former) Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby, didn’t get the message when he was...
View ArticleBlanchat: Dissecting Stanford’s woes at receiver
Since the NFL draft, I’ve been spending a lot of time sifting through the Internet in order to learn about the situations that the former Stanford football players are now in. After all, football...
View ArticleBlanchat: In support of the Andrew Luck Directorship
On Tuesday afternoon, the Stanford football program officially jumped the shark. How exactly did the Cardinal leap from the land of the normal to the realm of the ridiculous? Because on Tuesday, an...
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Blanchat: Stanford stars struggle to break through in MLB
As the MLB draft approaches and the NCAA tournament opens up this Friday, it’s easy to spend a lot of time checking out the top prospects who are hoping to spur their teams on to victory in Omaha this...
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Baseball: Looking back at Stanford’s back-to-back titles
With the 2012 NCAA baseball tournament opening up on Friday, it’s the season to remember when, 25 years ago, the Stanford baseball team was the king of college baseball. In a back-and-forth affair, the...
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Baseball: Pittsburgh Pirates select Mark Appel with eighth overall pick
With the eighth pick in Monday’s MLB first-year player draft, the Pittsburgh Pirates selected Stanford righthanded pitcher Mark Appel. Appel, a Pac-12 All-first team selection and Collegiate Baseball...
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Baseball: Seven Stanford players selected in MLB draft
In the midst of a run to the Super Regionals of the College World Series, seven Stanford baseball players were selected in the MLB’s first-year player draft this Monday through Wednesday. The bevy of...
View ArticleBlanchat: Fathers and sons and sports
It’s almost over. It’s the fourth quarter. It’s the bottom of the ninth. We’re halfway up the 18th hole. In reality though, it’s the end of spring quarter, and I’ve got a little more than one week left...
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M. Tennis: Rocking the Rainbow Warriors
After suffering defeats to USC and UCLA this past weekend, the No. 9 Stanford men's tennis team came back to decisively defeat Hawaii on Tuesday. (NICK SALAZAR/The Stanford Daily) After a long weekend...
View ArticleBlanchat: Jacobs needs to practice what he preached
So here we are in mid-February, the most awful time of the sports year. Football season is over, the eternity that is the NBA season is only half-over and we’re still a few weeks away from March...
View ArticleM. Tennis: Cardinal looks to continue dominance over BYU
After grabbing a big rebound win against Hawaii on Tuesday, the Stanford men’s tennis team looks to continue its win streak this Friday against BYU. The No. 9 Cardinal (5-1) dropped its two biggest...
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M. Basketball: Regular season title hopes likely dashed against UCLA
Freshman guard Chasson Randle scored 16 points on the night, but Stanford committed 22 turnovers as a whole and fell short against UCLA 72-61 (MIKE KHEIR/The Stanford Daily). On a Thursday night in Los...
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Baseball: Talking shop with Stewart and Kauppila
Sophomore Lonnie Kauppila, who played second base last year, will be making the transition back to shortstop, where he has played for his entire life. Kauppila and the No. 2 baseball team will kick off...
View ArticleBlanchat: Is Billy Beane a genius or a madman?
Billy Beane is a genius. Or he’s a madman. I’m just not sure which one. Every single day, the Oakland Athletics’ general manager continues to defy all logic. In their most recent mind-boggling...
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Baseball: Piscotty powers Card past Pacific
Tyler Gaffney (above) had three hits on Tuesday, but fellow junior Stephen Piscotty was the hero of the night, clobbering a two-run homer to give the Card a 9-7 victory over Pacific. (SIMON WARBY/The...
View ArticleBlanchat: Time has come for Dawkins to go
Five weeks ago today, I wrote a column profusely praising the Stanford men’s basketball team. But oh, how things have changed since then. Five weeks ago, the Cardinal was 15-3, and it looked like...
View ArticleFootball: Shaw discusses major coaching staff changes
With the Stanford football team opening its first spring practice session on Monday afternoon, head coach David Shaw sat down with the media on Thursday to discuss some of the major changes for the...
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Football moves into spring practice with wide-open QB race, without...
For the first time in over three years, the Stanford football team will take the field without Andrew Luck on the roster — but when the Cardinal’s spring practice opens on Monday afternoon, the QB...
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