The Stanford Chronicle
Sports
The Farm’s games, seasons and dynasties, reported with an eye on the long tradition behind every scoreboard.
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Birdies for Her: Stanford’s Golf Champions Win at Home, and Play for Something Larger
The defending national champions won the Stanford Intercollegiate by 19 strokes, Meja Örtengren took the medal, and the PlayForHer campaign behind the event reported more than $170,000 raised…
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Fifty Years of Champions, and a Map That No Longer Makes Sense
Stanford arrives at its third ACC season with the longest title streak in college sports, a football team relearning how to win, and an old question made urgent…
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Tavita Pritchard’s First Autumn, and the Patience a Rebuild Requires
Seven games into his tenure, Stanford's new head coach has a 3-4 record, a breakout running back and a schedule that will test whether the Cardinal can finish…
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Two Programs, One Pavilion, and a Winter of Proving
The men must replace a scoring star now in the NBA. The women, with no seniors and a demanding schedule, are chasing their first NCAA Tournament as an…
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The Streak at Fifty: How Stanford’s Olympic Sports Became the Standard
A men's gymnastics title in April extended Stanford's run of NCAA championships to half a century. Behind it lies a model of breadth that the new economics of…
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The Other Varsity: Club Teams, Intramural Leagues and the Price of Playing for Love
Roughly fifty club teams and more than twenty intramural leagues give Stanford students a place to compete for the love of it. A change in how clubs are…
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Paying the Players: What Revenue Sharing and the ACC Bargain Mean for Stanford
In the first year of direct payments to college athletes, schools distributed $1.8 billion. Stanford, carrying a reduced conference share and 36 varsity teams, is betting on philanthropy…