12/30/16 11:10pm
For a decade, DPOSTM seemed too big to fail. But on Tuesday, they did just that.
The Weenies defeated Sports by a score of 16-14 on a chilly afternoon at Franklin Field in the 2016 Kamin Cup, ending a 10-year winning streak for DPOSTM.
12/12/16 10:55pm
Sports has won 10 straight Kamin Cups, but News and the Weenies will be looking to rewrite the transcript on Tuesday at Franklin Field.
03/29/16 1:59am
Everybody hears it when they head off to college: You get what you put in.
A season of blood, sweat and tears paid off for Penn men's basketball when the team clinched a one-eighth share of the Ivy League title earlier this month.
03/29/16 1:52am
Ending months of speculation, Penn Athletics confirmed on Monday that former Associate Director of Athletic Communications Eric Dolan is the player to be named later in the 2015 trade with Stanford that landed women’s soccer coach Nicole Van Dyke in University City.
“Clearly I didn’t make this move willingly,” Dolan said in a phone interview from a beach just outside Palo Alto, Calif.
03/29/16 1:51am
In a surprising turn of events, Penn track and field’s throwing star Sam Mattis was suspended by the USTFCCCA for throwing his coach, Tony Tenisci, a whopping 68.12 meters at last weekend’s Penn Challenge.
Anyone who reads the sports section of the Daily Pennsylvanian would know that Mattis throws heavy things often.
03/29/16 1:51am
PENN PARK – In a development that sent waves throughout the rec league community, numerous media outlets reported that, in a recent match, college junior and Penn club tennis athlete Blake Henson played okay.
03/29/16 1:51am
The 2015-16 season featured many high-profile returns at the Palestra. Steve Donahue, who came back to the program after over a decade spent coaching other teams.
01/23/16 5:30pm
"The only thing DPOSTM has to fear is DPOSTM itself," Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said, probably.
Fresh off its undocumented 10th straight win in the annual Kamin Cup, DPOSTM took to high-rise field on Saturday afternoon facing blistering conditions.
01/15/16 8:36pm
It was a rough afternoon for DPOSTM, but at least they preserved their dignity.
12/09/15 5:20am
When Weenies then-junior fullback/safety Matt Mantica proclaimed that the end of DPOSTM’s run of success was in sight at last year’s Kamin Cup, the incoming president’s prediction seemed ludicrous.
03/25/15 1:55am
PHILADELPHIA — She had no idea where she was.
Freshman Ilana Bernstein ventured out Wednesday afternoon, looking to find "yet another boring history recitation." But what she found was more shocking and appalling to her than any TA could ever be: a Penn sporting event.
"It was honestly the most scarring thing I've seen at Penn," Bernstein said.
03/25/15 1:54am
As if the consistent national athletic attention and overwhelming adoration from Pennsylvania’s adolescent population wasn’t enough, Penn State has gained another round of ammo to hold against its longtime Philadelphia rival.
To the surprise of the tens of collegiate track and field fans on campus, Penn President Amy Gutmann announced on Tuesday that the historic Penn Relays will be moving to Penn State.
“Does this in any way affect Fling?” asked one particularly devoted supporter during Calhoun’s ensuing question and answer session.
In what can only be described as one of the great clerical mix-ups in the history of track and field, the first annual Relays — which was held in 1895 — was mistakenly held at Penn and not Penn State, as the events bylaws originally intended.
12/11/14 5:37pm
Junior quarterback Riley Darrel Steele provided the heroics, throwing for six touchdowns and running for another to lead DPOSTM to a thrilling 63-56 comeback victory over the Weenies. The win marks Sports’ ninth straight victory in the annual rivalry.
12/10/14 8:22pm
After being named Rookie of the Year after last season’s Cup, Matt Mantica is looking to ‘disrupt’ Sports’ offense as the new man in charge. The former Quidditch star has a few tricks up his sleeve while he tries to make his side relevant in the game.
12/11/13 1:55am
Jimmy Lengyel looks poised to lead DPOSTM, but Matt Mantica is sure to make Lengyel’s life a living hell in coverage and lead News to victory.
04/04/12 12:50am
After being snubbed from the NCAA Tournament with a 29-7 record, the Dragons have been invited to join the Big 5 and replace Penn as the token member on 33rd Street.
04/04/12 12:38am
Tuesday evening at the ESPN Sports Science laboratory, Rob Belcore performed what seemed impossible four years ago: he jumped over a piece of paper.
04/04/12 12:34am
On Tuesday, Penn Athletic Director Steve Bilsky announced he would be installing an AstroTurf field in the Penn Park space between the tennis courts and the South Street Bridge.
04/04/12 12:31am
On Wednesday, Penn’s athletic director Steve Bilsky announced that Penn would add a varsity team next year: Quidditch.
04/08/09 5:00am
Rollie Peterkin stepped onto the electronic scale, unsure of what he might see.
The red digits on the scale's display proceeded to flash convulsively. In less than five seconds, the display read "Error."
Here, in the Penn wrestling team's Pottruck Wrestling Complex next to the Palestra, Peterkin decided to try the other scale.
