Wonderful story and photos in this past Sunday’s New York Times on Vandy slugger Pedro Alvarez, who as an 18-year-old turned down a million dollar signing bonus from the Red Sox in order to pursue his education, and college baseball, at Vanderbilt. Great profile of Alvarez’s stellar career so far and of his supportive family. [...]
Blogging to you this morning from the press riser in Memorial Gym, as parents and soon-to-be graduates filter in for this morning’s Senior Class Day events featuring humanitarian and pop star Bob Geldof. If you’re not going to be here, you can watch the event live at www.vanderbilt.edu or www.vanderbilt.edu/news. For a full schedule of [...]
Congratulations to Vanderbilt’s fantastic Shan Foster for being named SEC Player of the Year. Foster’s electrifying performances on the court this year coupled with his work in the classroom and in the community make him well-deserving of this honor.
It’s a four-peat for Vandy–Commodore Derrick Byars won last year, Dan Langhi in 2000 and Will Perdue [...]
Three thousand NCAA delegates are descending on Nashville as we speak for the association’s 102nd annual convention this weekend at Opryland. A highlight is sure to be a discussion of universities using YouTube, featuring our own Vice Chancellor Mike Schoenfeld, Obadiah Greenberg from YouTube, and peeps from Duke and Berkeley. If you haven’t been to [...]
From Vanderbilt Athletics:
Record-breaking Vanderbilt wide receiver Earl Bennett announced today that he intends to make himself available for the 2008 NFL Draft.
Bennett, the Southeastern Conference’s career leader in receptions, made the announcement during a press conference held Thursday on campus attended by Head Coach Bobby Johnson, several Vanderbilt coaches and staffers, and numerous Commodore teammates.
Bennett [...]
Coach Bobby Johnson is sticking with the ‘Dores, Vandy Athletics announced this afternoon. Coach has removed his name for consideration for the head coaching job at Duke. Color the Commodore Nation happy! Get the whole story here.
I crawled out from under my virtual rock long enough last night to watch the Commodores beat Wake Forest in a heckuva (I guess it should be heckuvan) exciting game - 83-80, touch and go until the last second of course in fine Commodore tradition. So, hey, turns out it’s basketball season! Turns out the [...]
The Vanderbilt-Georgia game, a centerpiece of this year’s homecoming weekend, will be televised nationally by ESPN2. The sold-out game kicks off at 5 p.m. on Oct. 13.
Vandy fans are still recovering from the nail-biter that was our last ESPN2 appearance - vs. Florida on Nov. 5, 2005. That game ended with No. 13 Florida [...]
Lynn Fuchs, Nicholas Hobbs Chair in Special Education and Human Development, has been tapped by President Bush to be one of the United States’ reps at the opening ceremonies of the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Shanghai, China, on Oct. 2. Congratulations, Professor Fuchs. Get the whole story.
Pardon the exclamation point, but I am delighted by this development. The news came like a nice cool breath of fresh air in this sweltering August, when we found out today that our beloved baseball coach, Tim Corbin, turned down yet another suitor and is staying at Vanderbilt. Get the scoop.
