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...
View ArticleBlanchat: 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...
View ArticleBaseball: 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...
View ArticleBaseball: 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...
View ArticleBaseball: 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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