Read the full article here So an oblong ball is rocketing in your direction, as are an army of really big, really fast guys wearing different color shirts than you are. Itβs a damp, cold day. Itβs a split-second choice to try to field said oblong ball or see if itβll roll out of […]
Published on GoPrincetonTigers.com | Read the full article here Fred Samara, the longtime head coach of track and field at Princeton, is on the phone. βI have a funny story for you,β he says. His story predates his 47 Ivy League Heptagonal championships as the head coach, and the 64 total heβs won counting his […]
BY JAY GREENBERG Stephen Thomas, for two seasons the special teams coordinator and inside linebackers coach, is the latest Princeton assistant taking a step up the coaching ladderβin his case to an assistant position with the Detroit Lions. His successor in the coordinatorβs role, Mike Mendenhall, will be the sixth in that position during the nine-year […]
Click on the link below to watch the full video. Video includes tribute and the speech. Princeton’s Jason Garrett 2019 Ivy Football Association Honoree
Published on GoPrincetonTigers.com | Read the full article here Andrew Aurich ’06 has succeeded in every role he has held as a member of the Princeton football program, and head coach Bob Surace believes he will continue to do so as his responsibilities increase. Aurich, a member of the offensive staff in each of the Tigers’ last three […]
BY JAY GREENBERG James Perry is a mad scientist. Angry at his quarterbacks occasionally, but we mean more his compulsion to pose something different and more confusing than ever to the enemy. βJames was the most creative coach I ever have been around,β said Andy Aurich, named on Friday Princetonβs new offensive coordinator. βWhether it be […]
Published on GoPrincetonTigers.com | Read the full article here It appearsΒ Chad KanoffΒ has picked up right where he left off. Kanoff, the 2017 Bushnell Cup winner who broke a handful of Princeton and Ivy League records during a historic Tiger career, made the most of his first preseason game with the Arizona Cardinals Saturday night. His […]
BY JAY GREENBERG (Second of two parts) The suicide bomb that could haveΒβand probably should haveβkilled 1st Lt. Victor Prato on November 13, 2017 blew the doors off a 20-ton armored vehicle, sent the hood 300 meters, and ejected the lieutenant, sending his helmet plus facial and ear protections flying. Having been rammed on the […]
βEleven-thousand paratroopers have gone to Afghanistan on nine-month tours.Β Β Four of them were killed or critically injured and one of them was my son. What are the odds of that? And yet, another quarter of an inch and his spinal cord would have been completely severed and he never would have walked again.Β Β If the explosion had […]
BY JAY GREENBERG The athletic budget to cover 20 programs at Weequahic High School in Newark is down to $6700 a year, stretching Joe Harveyβs commitment to t he football team well before his wallet. βLast year he bought us shoulder padsβ11 sets, more than we asked for,β said Athletic Director Gary Westberry. βA […]
