UPDATE: Football fights, but Oregon runs away, 55-31

Card climb from 21-3 hole with four straight TDs, but Ducks score last 31
By Daniel Novinson
SPORTS| Superior speed is as absolute as gravity in today’s college football. The slower team can soar for awhile, but they always crash back to Earth.

Card tramples SJSU

By Daniel Novinson
SPORTS| The lowly San Jose State Spartans (0-3) were just what the doctor ordered: Stanford (1-1) claimed its first win in 308 days — its first in the new stadium and its first under rookie Coach Jim Harbaugh on Saturday night. The 37-0 thrashing was the first shutout win for the Cardinal since 1996.

Oregon to provide tough test

By Daniel Novinson
SPORTS| It may still be summer, but don’t be fooled — Saturday’s visit from Oregon might just be Stanford’s most important game of the season. Saturday night, under the glare of the stadium lights and the eyes of thousands of new students, Jim Harbaugh will find out whether he has made any progress in his nine months here.

UCLA pounds Cardinal in opener

By Daniel Novinson
SPORTS| The Jim Harbaugh era started much the same way the Walt Harris era ended — in lopsided defeat. Still, even in a 45-17 UCLA rout, Stanford showed flashes of respectability missing from the Farm since Tyrone Willingham patrolled the sidelines here six years ago.

Stanford Football 101

By Denis Griffin
SPORTS| Writing a column on Stanford football to an audience that’s probably going to consist primarily of fresh guys and gals on the Farm is an interesting challenge.

What to expect from Jim Harbaugh

By Christopher P. Anderson
SPORTS| First-year head football coach Jim Harbaugh has only been a full-time coach for less than a decade after a long playing career. But he had a head start on some of his colleagues — he was born into the profession.

Q & A with Richard Sherman

By Jack Salisbury
SPORTS| A First Team Pac-10 All-Freshman selection in 2006, Richard Sherman was one of the few bright spots during a 2006 Cardinal season mired by lackluster efforts and embarrassing losses.

Statistical Analysis

By Christopher P. Anderson
SPORTS| 7.7 yards per pass attempt and the over 60 percent completion rate are both very good for a ball-control passing game like Jim Harbaugh’s West Coast scheme.

Volleyball survives preseason unscathed

By Rebecca Harlow
SPORTS| After 10 straight wins to open the 2007 preseason, the No. 2 Stanford women’s volleyball team faced its toughest test last weekend and just passed.

Card leads loaded Pac-10

By Rebecca Harlow
SPORTS| Just as in years past, the Pacific-10 Conference is once again the strongest in women’s volleyball in 2007, with six of the top 25 teams in the country.

Women’s soccer ranked No. 1 after torrid start

By Scott Bland
SPORTS| For the No. 1 Stanford women’s soccer team, a monster schedule has turned into the Card’s best friend in the young season.

With all its goalscorers returning, women’s soccer looks to avenge last season’s Sweet 16 disappointment

By Scott Bland
SPORTS| After suffering a heartbreaking defeat in the NCAA Round of 16 last year, the Stanford women’s soccer team is back with a strong sense of purpose, and it’s showing in the early stages of this young season.

Men’s golf shooting for another NCAA title

By Roxie Dickinson
SPORTS| The Stanford men’s golf team could not have larger shoes to fill going into the 2007 fall season.

Golfer ends spectacular collegiate career

By Samuel Chen
SPORTS| Tangtiphaiboontana, who graduated with a degree in biological sciences in June, played in a total of 44 events for the Card during her four-year collegiate career.

Men’s soccer striving for NCAA respect

By Haley Murphy
SPORTS| After the Stanford men’s soccer team was overlooked by the NCAA College Cup selection committee in 2006, despite finishing the season ranked third in the Pacific-10 Conference, no one doubted that head coach Bret Simon would return with a motivated and formidable squad.

Sports Briefs

By Jack Salisbury
SPORTS| The winningest coach in Stanford basketball history officially stepped back onto campus on Aug. 30, but not to correct players’ shooting form or run rebounding drills.