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UPDATE: Men’s hoops takes down ASU in Pac-10 opener

UPDATE: Men’s hoops takes down ASU in Pac-10 opener

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) – A tough defense and domination at the free throw line meant victory for Stanford in its Pac-10 opener.
Anthony Goods scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half to lead four Stanford players in double figures Thursday night and the Cardinal spoiled the Pac-10 debut of Arizona State coach Herb [...]

December 29 2006 | By Associated Press | Posted in News | Read More »

UPDATE: No. 14 women’s basketball crushes Arizona

UPDATE: No. 14 women’s basketball crushes Arizona

STANFORD, Calif. (AP)–Candice Wiggins is back in the lineup for No. 14 Stanford and her return comes just in time. With No. 10 Arizona State coming to town on Saturday, the Cardinal need every available body.
Stanford’s two-time All-American and Pac-10 Player of the Year, who sat out Stanford’s first two conference games of the season [...]

December 29 2006 | By Associated Press | Posted in News | Read More »

UPDATE: Volleyball Finishes Second in NCAA

UPDATE: Volleyball Finishes Second in NCAA

After trouncing No. 4 Washington to reach the title match, the No. 2 Stanford women’s volleyball team saw a late rally fall short as top-ranked Nebraska claimed the four-game win and the 2006 NCAA championship in Omaha, Neb on Dec. 16. Stanford did not capture its second title in three years but did reach the [...]

December 21 2006 | By Rebecca Harlow | Posted in News | Read More »

UPDATE: How Harbaugh stacks up

UPDATE: How Harbaugh stacks up

Though Jim Harbaugh hasn’t connected with a receiver in five years, he connected with Bob Bowlsby on the athletic director’s criteria for the new coach.
Recruiting Prowess: “we need a person who is a relentless recruiter…to go out and find the student-athlete prospect…who is academically capable of benefiting from a Stanford education and athletically competent.”
At non-scholarship [...]

December 20 2006 | By Christopher P. Anderson | Posted in News | Read More »

UPDATE: Men’s hoops survives in Fresno

UPDATE: Men’s hoops survives in Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. – The game was billed as a homecoming for Stanford freshmen and Fresno natives Brook and Robin Lopez, but it was sophomore forward Lawrence Hill who stole the show. Hill, who finished with a Stanford-high 17 points, hit two free throws with 14.7 seconds left to give the Cardinal a 69-67 win in [...]

December 19 2006 | By Patrick Fitzgerald | Posted in News | Read More »

UPDATE: Michelle Wie to attend Stanford

UPDATE: Michelle Wie to attend Stanford

Women’s golf phenom Michelle Wie announced Tuesday that she would enroll at Stanford University this fall, after receiving acceptance to the school last Friday.
The senior at Punahou High School in Honolulu said she will head to Stanford with the intention of completing her degree. She has spent most of her childhood on the golf course, [...]

December 19 2006 | By Alex Gyr | Posted in News | Read More »

UPDATE: Harbaugh named football head coach

UPDATE: Harbaugh named football head coach

The Stanford Athletic Department confirmed Monday that University of San Diego head football coach Jim Harbaugh will be named Stanford’s next head coach. Harbaugh will be officially introduced in a press conference Tuesday afternoon.
Harbaugh will become the Cardinal’s third head coach in the past six years. The former Palo Alto High School quarterback and collegiate [...]

December 18 2006 | By Christopher P. Anderson | Posted in News | Read More »

UPDATE: Santa Clara beats up on Cardinal

UPDATE: Santa Clara beats up on Cardinal

With two weeks to prepare for Saturday night’s matchup with Santa Clara, the Cardinal should have been ready for the Broncos. Instead, it looked like nobody on Stanford’s roster had picked up a basketball in the 13 days since their last game.
Santa Clara stifled Stanford’s offense all night, holding the Cardinal to just 27.5 percent [...]

December 16 2006 | By Alex Gyr | Posted in News | Read More »

UPDATE: Volleyball into Final Four

UPDATE: Volleyball into Final Four

Austin, Texas-After a one-year absence, the No. 2 Stanford women’s volleyball team is back in the Final Four. The Cardinal dropped only one game in the Austin Regional this weekend, sweeping No. 13 California on Friday before beating seventh-seeded No. 8 Texas in four games the next night. The Cardinal will play No. 3 and [...]

December 9 2006 | By Rebecca Harlow | Posted in News | Read More »

GSC approves continued subsidy of GO-Pass

GSC approves continued subsidy of GO-Pass

In a tightly packed and tense meeting, the Graduate Student Council voted Wednesday night to keep the controversial Caltrain GO-Pass program alive for 2007.
Reaching into its reserve funding, the GSC debated for over an hour – longer than the usual twenty minutes allotted to funding issues – before voting to agree to a new subsidy [...]

December 9 2006 | By Niraj Sheth | Posted in News | Read More »