Category: Princeton Tigers
George Clooney, Oliver Stone And Ivy League Football
Hollywood, however indirectly, has been recreating pieces of college football history. In theaters now is Leatherheads and how a Princeton QB saved the NFL, and W which describes George W. Bush's days as a cheerleader at Yale and some (in)famous postga… more »
Ben Brielmaier Signs With CFL's Toronto Argonauts
Leave it to a Princeton alum to discover that the world of Canadian professional sports extends beyond hockey.
Former Princeton football co-captain Ben Brielmaier '06, who helped Princeton to a 7-3 record in his final season, signed Thursday with th… more »
New League, New Look for QB Jeff Terrell
Austin's indoor football team opens season Saturday, with an Ivy League Player of the Year likely starting at QB.
The game is the same, the name hasn't changed and the uniforms are identical.
That's what will be familiar Saturday night when the Au… more »
How Dartmouth & Princeton Fans Perceive Reality
This new book by this Salon staff writer on "The Machinist" talks about how reality is subjective - and as an example, pulls in an interesting example from the football game that determined the 1950 Ivy League Championship.
Note: Over the next few da… more »
Questions Remain With Cornell Financial Aid Packages
This is the final part of a three-part series in which The Sun explores Cornell’s difficulties in athletic recruiting because of non-competitive financial aid packages.
The question Cornell coaches and Director of Athletics Andy Noel want answered is… more »
Financial Aid Threatens Ivy Competition
This is the second part of a three-part series in which The Sun explores Cornell’s difficulties in athletic recruiting because of non-competitive financial aid packages.
On Tuesday, The Sun reported that Cornell is losing athletic recruits to the oth… more »
Perry rejoins UD football coaching staff
The ex-Hen who had spent 25 years with Tubby Raymond leaves Princeton to rejoin his alma mater.
NEWARK – Gregg Perry, who spent 25 years as a University of Delaware assistant football coach, is coming back to the Blue Hens’ staff, UD coach K.C. Keele… more »
Financial Aid Packages Threaten Cornell Athletics
This is the first part of a three-part series in which The Sun explores Cornell’s difficulties in athletic recruiting because of non-competitive financial aid packages.
One Cornell recruit faced the decision of a lifetime: come to one of the top athl… more »
New Book From Princeton Alum Details Ivy FB History
In the cutthroat world of book publishing, it's rare for a publisher to approach a novice author with a book idea. But that's exactly what happened to Mark Bernstein '83. Four years ago, Bernstein noticed a passing reference in the "Philadelphia Inquire… more »
Ivy League Documentary Now Completed
For Love & Honor Productions is proud to announce the completion of Eight: Ivy League Football and America, an original feature-length documentary film (TRT 96 minutes).
A world premiere, hosted by the Ivy Football Association, will be held on Th… more »
Chat With Princeton WR Adam Berry
Rising senior Adam Berry knows what it's like to celebrate an Ivy League championship. With only 10 games remaining in his football career, Berry wants that feeling one more time. As the spring season gets closer, Berry took some time to chat with GoPri… more »
Carlisle Indian School Football Team is Subject of New Book
A recent book about the Carlisle Indian School football team talks about turn of the century football teams who played the famous school who counted Jim Thorpe as one of their members, and their links with many current Ivy League and Patriot League scho… more »
Housekeeper's Boys Shine in Classroom
"She's an incredible woman. I mean, her sons are going to Princeton and Columbia. It was all I could do to get my kid to CSUN." - Ruth Griffiths
Let me tell you about Ruth Griffiths' housekeeper and part-time caregiver over in Lake Balboa, Lupe Lopez… more »
Ivy League director Orleans to retire
The only full-time executive director the Ivy League has employed is retiring.
Jeffrey H. Orleans will step down June 30, 2009, after 25 years of service to the Ancient Eight. Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania and chair of the… more »
The Great Divide
Financial-aid initiatives spur fears of Ivy League arms race.
Since its formation in 1954, the Ivy League has been perhaps the most stable conference in Division I. It has enjoyed a remarkable level of parity and is still the only D-I league whose me… more »