The Stanford Chronicle
Tessa Brandvold
Sports Correspondent. Tessa Brandvold covers Stanford’s Olympic sports, club and intramural athletics, and the business of college sports for The Stanford Chronicle, from championship programs to conference realignment and athlete pay.
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Twenty-Six Kills and Fifty Years: Julia Blyashov and the Long Memory of Stanford Volleyball
A career-high 26 kills from Julia Blyashov carried Stanford past Duke in a 31-29 fourth set, a timely reminder, in the program's 50th season, of the depth that…
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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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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…