Cardinal Silences Rattlers

Men's Hoops Editor Ray Salloom provides the Bootleg faithful a look at the game flow, stats, and facts after Stanford cruised to a 99-69 win over the Florida A&M Rattlers at Maples Pavilion on Saturday afternoon. Read on and see how the Cardinal used several runs to put away the Rattlers in the first half before leading the rest of the way to their second victory of the season.   Full Story

Men's Hoops Editor Ray Salloom provides the Bootleg faithful a look at the game flow, stats, and facts after Stanford's tough 83-81 loss at the hands of Oral Roberts at Maples Pavilion on Wednesday night. Read on to see exactly how the Cardinal were able to come back from a double-digit deficit early and an eight-point margin late, but unable to prevent Oral Roberts from winning at the buzzer.   Full Story

Men's Hoops Editor Ray Salloom provides the Bootleg faithful a look at the game flow, stats, and facts after Stanford's 70-53 win over Cal Poly on Sunday night. Read on to see exactly how the Cardinal were able to get off to a fast start and maintain their lead for the rest of game over a Mustangs team which hung around for most of the evening.   Full Story

Men's Hoops Editor Ray Salloom provides the Bootleg faithful a look at the game flow, stats, and facts after Stanford lost to the University of San Diego, 77-64, in their opening night loss at the Jenny Craig Pavilion. Check out how the Cardinal stuck around for most of the contest before the Toreros came up with a final run to complete their victory.   Full Story

A deal that would have sent catcher Chris Snyder from the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Toronto Blue Jays for first baseman Lyle Overbay fell through last week. But the fact that the trade was even being discussed speaks volumes about how comfortable the D-backs are with beginning next season with rookie Brandon Allen manning first base.   Full Story

BERKELEY, CA -- No. 13 California opened the season with a 75-70 win over Murray State on Monday night at Haas Pavilion in the 2K Sports Classic. Jerome Randle led the Bears with 18 points and Theo Robertson added 14 as Cal improves to 1-0. The Bears host Detroit on Wednesday night...    Full Story

MadFriars.com annually ranks the top 60 San Diego Padres Prospects, and the best news is it gets harder and harder to do every season. That is a credit to the strengthening of the farm by the San Diego Padres’ front office and development staff. Take advantage of our Buy One Month, Get One Month Free promotion - EXTENDED through WEDNESDAY midnight!   Full Story

DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke redshirt senior defensive tackle Vince Oghobaase has been selected to play in the 85th East-West Shrine Game on January 23, 2010 in Orlando, Fla. The contest will kick off at 3 p.m. and be televised live by ESPN2.    Full Story

As expected, the Arizona Diamondbacks have declined to exercise their 2010 club option on infielder Chad Tracy. Additionally, pitchers Yusmeiro Petit and Doug Slaten have been claimed off waivers while the D-backs outrighted outfielders Trent Oeltjen and Alex Romero to Triple-A Reno. Pitcher Daniel Cabrera elected to become a free agent rather than accept his assignment to Reno.   Full Story

DURHAM, N.C. - Junior forward Kyle Singler was one of 50 players selected to the 2009-10 Naismith Award preseason watch list on Thursday. A total of nine ACC players were named to the list.   Full Story

A few years back there was a perception that Duke Basketball was unaccessible to all but a select few. Over the last few years, however, there has been a comprehensive effort to change that view from within. TDD spoke with David Bradley, the program's recruiting coordinator and editor of Duke Blue Planet to learn more.   Full Story

Last Friday night Countdown to Craziness featured more than one noticeable debut. Aside from the public getting an initial look at the Blue Devils, a number of noticeable upgrades to Cameron Indoor Stadium were unveiled. It's part of an ongoing process amongst the various Blue Devil athletic programs. So what's new? What's next? What's hoped for? TDD investigates.   Full Story

California held its first men’s basketball press conference on Thursday and Cal Sports Digest was there to bring you all the hoopla…   Full Story

Scout’s No. 11 2010 center Dwight Powell is all Stanford’s after committing to the Cardinal this past weekend. Here’s the interview with Powell himself, only on TheBootleg.com.   Full Story

Nolan Smith scores a game high 25 points at the First Annual Countdown to Craziness event hosted by the Duke Basketball Program.   Full Story

San Diego Padres vice president of scouting and player development Grady Fuson discusses the prospects that saw action with the Eugene Emeralds in 2009.   Full Story

As Stanford basketball fans await word on who’ll join Anthony Brown in the 2010 class, The Bootleg caught up with Brown to get the inside scoop on his Stanford commitment. Many of Stanford’s recruits are facing similar situations as Brown did, and while only time can tell whether they’ll reach the same decision, here are Anthony Brown’s reasons for settling on the Cardinal.   Full Story

Summary: Revamped swings and adjustment periods are common to hitters in the Northwest League. Several San Diego Padres prospects were immune to the migration to wood bats, however, and proved they could use the lumber quite effectively this season for the Eugene Emeralds.   Full Story

Peoria, AZ: No better time to practice high pop ups than with a morning sun the backdrop. Some San Diego Padres prospects had a tough time.   Full Story

Surprise, AZ: The San Diego Padres went on the road to Surprise to face the Texas Rangers and came away with the win. The started off facing the Rangers top signed pick, Tanner Scheppers.   Full Story

Peoria, AZ: Situational hitting has been something the San Diego Padres have struggled with at each level. Their prospects, therefore, are being asked to do more of it in practice – the hope is they will then bring it into the game.   Full Story

Peoria, AZ: With no game scheduled on Wednesday, the San Diego Padres played an intrasquad game against their brethren – showing off some of the execution they applied earlier in the day.   Full Story

Peoria, AZ: The San Diego Padres took on the Texas Rangers in Instructional League play on Tuesday, losing 10-9. There were, however, plenty of highlights.   Full Story

Little brother South Carolina State came to town and gave South Carolina a competitive game for a half, but the Gamecock offense exploded with three touchdowns in the third quarter, and big brother put the expected whoopin’ on little brother before sending them home to Orangeburg on the short end of a 38-14 score.   Full Story

Eugene, OR: An 18-game hitting streak greeted Nate Freiman to the professional ranks after being drafted by the San Diego Padres. The tall first baseman has had to adapt along the way and has made the transition look fairly easy.   Full Story