No. 2 Seed Bartoli Advances At Bank Of The West Classic
Marion Bartoli won 11 consecutive games to beat Mallory Burdette of Stanford University, 7-5, 6-0, in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic on Thursday.
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Marion Bartoli won 11 consecutive games to beat Mallory Burdette of Stanford University, 7-5, 6-0, in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic on Thursday.
Four days after capturing the singles' title at Wimbledon, the fourth-ranked and top-seeded Serena Williams beat reigning NCAA champion Nicole Gibbs 6-2, 6-1 in the second round of the Bank of the West on Wednesday.
Nicole Gibbs, a junior at Stanford, said she has never played better in her life. Now she gets to play the match of her life.
The school said Monday that Sauer died Sunday night in White Plains, N.Y., while playing in an adult league recreational basketball game. The 6-foot-7, 225-pound forward from Pittsburgh was part of a Stanford team that reached four straight NCAA tournaments under former coach Mike Montgomery.
Stanford has extended its unprecedented run of overall athletic dominance.
One Bay Area family is celebrating a high school graduation that they never thought they would see thanks to a recent heart transplant at Stanford's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.
A Stanford University professor has won a $500,000 award from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology program in recognition of his inventions.
Stephen Piscotty is a projected first-round pick in Major League Baseball's draft. He showed why Sunday night.
The president and provost of Stanford University who clamped down on student protests during the Vietnam War era has died.
Three people have a new chance at life after they received heart transplants at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. The transplants took place over a three-day span earlier this month.
With new fees and rising tolls, not to mention the traffic, driving in the Bay Area isn't easy. But a new program aimed at reducing congestion is paying off for some drivers.
Change is in the air across the Pac-12 Conference again. Andrew Luck and LaMichael James are sporting NFL uniforms. A third of the teams have new coaches and even the role of the Rose Bowl might be morphing into something else.
A system giving Californians warning of an impending earthquake may not be operational any time soon despite the success of similar programs in other countries.
Stanford athletic director Bob Bowlsby has accepted the Big 12 Conference commissioner job to replace the ousted Dan Beebe, people with direct knowledge of the situation said Thursday.
Stanford University's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital has given two-year-old twins who were born attached at the chest and abdomen and underwent separation surgery six months ago a clean bill of health.
Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck has been selected first overall in the NFL draft by the Indianapolis Colts, followed by Baylor QB Robert Griffin III, who was taken by the Washington Redskins.
Uncertainty at the very top disappeared a while ago, since the Colts announced they will take Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck.
A person with direct knowledge of the situation says the Indianapolis Colts are taking Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck with the No. 1 pick in next week's NFL draft.
Stanford star Nnemkadi Ogwumike was selected with the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks on Monday.
Stanford University is studying a new approach to relieving rush hour traffic - paying employees to commute during off hours. Stanford employees can enroll in the program, which is called CAPRI, or Congestion and Parking Relief Incentives, which aims to reduce traffic.
The third-seeded Cardinal (26-11) won their second NIT title, the first coming in 1991.
Stanford sisters Nnemkadi and Chiney Ogwumike are thrilled to take on one mighty, Mile High challenge: stopping 6-foot-8 Baylor star Brittney Griner and the unbeaten Lady Bears.
Third-seeded Stanford (25-11) will meet No. 6 seed Minnesota in the championship game Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.
The Stanford University athletics community is mourning the loss of a sophomore player on the women's volleyball team who died at Stanford Hospital on Sunday.
