Lottich playing pro ball in Japan

By Sam Svoboda
SPORTS| I’d like to think that I’m fairly similar to Matt Lottich ‘04. We both came to Stanford from Chicago, we both played three sports in high school and we both bought Slingboxes so we could follow our beloved (yet increasingly woeful) Chicago sports teams while away from home. That’s where the similarities in our paths diverge, though.

Island style on the Farm

By Christina Nguyen
SPORTS| Meet Jordan Inafuku. A native of Hawaii, he’s traveled the world playing competitive volleyball. Just a freshman, he’s now the starting libero on the men’s volleyball team.

Softball ranked 17th, ready to start season

By Sara Normington
SPORTS| In a poll released Tuesday by ESPN/USA Softball, Stanford was ranked No. 17 in the country.

Santana a big deal for NL

By Denis Griffin
SPORTS| As followers of this column — if any such readers exist — will know by now, I really have some deep-seated sports withdrawal issues at this time of the year.We are now entering the February doldrums, that dreaded time after this weekend’s Super Bowl when the NBA, NHL and college basketball are all mired in the midst of regular season marathons, pro and college football are on hiatus and there’s still quite some time before pitchers and catchers even report to spring training.