Shi: NBA or college ball?
Everybody likes to complain about the NBA, I have heard the same argument over and over for why college basketball is superior. The sad part, though, is that all the criticism is true.
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Beyond Title IX
Julie Foudy ’93 was just one year old when the groundbreaking Title IX equality law, passed in the summer of 1972, kick-started a revolution in women’s college sports by enforcing a balance between the funding of men’s and women’s programs. Looking back from the clarity of our position 40 years later, the impact of Title IX is obvious and striking. Over the past two weeks, The Daily has told the story of Title IX and women’s sports at Stanford, from the program’s history to the experiences of both players and coaches. But what is next?
M. Basketball: Close shave as Stanford pulls away from Seattle late
After coming up short in three out of four games over Thanksgiving break, the men’s basketball team desperately needed a win against the Seattle University Redhawks on Wednesday night. That’s exactly what they got, surviving a sloppy first half and coming on strong late to win going away, 68-57.
Football: Stanford set for primetime showdown with Huskies
Coming off an incredible 21-14 victory over USC, the Cardinal will face a different kind of animal tonight against the Washington Huskies: its first road test of the season at CenturyLink Field, one of the loudest stadiums in the nation that boasts a crowd capacity of 67,000.
Ryan Mayfield, Stanford superfan
Ryan Mayfield ’13 has been featured on Sports Illustrated and ESPN’s websites as the football fan of the week. Every Saturday last quarter, he could be found covered in Cardinal gear at Stanford Stadium, and over winter break, he made his national television debut at the Fiesta Bowl. The Daily’s Kimberly Bacon caught up with Mayfield to talk about his life as Stanford’s “superfan.”
GameDay: Out in full force
It was 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, and for the first time in its 18 years broadcasting live from college campuses, ESPN College GameDay was hosting its national pre-game show at Stanford.
Football: ESPN College GameDay has Cardinal fans stirring in first visit to the Farm
When ESPN’s College GameDay program set up shop last October at the University of Missouri for the Tigers’ showdown against then-No. 1 Oklahoma (a remarkable game as upsets go), an estimated 18,000 fans showed up to watch Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and the boys do their thing live and in person.
Football: Card overcomes slow start to stay unbeaten
It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t easy. And it sure wasn’t perfect. But thanks to an effective second half that allowed the team to pull away from Oregon State, the Cardinal kept its record unblemished and its national title hopes intact with a 38-13 win