Blog Posts by Ben Rosen

02/25/12 10:38am

Eggleston's Take: This is everything, ain't it?

He tosses a couple blades of grass in the air and watches them blow away. Turning back to his caddie, a smile spreads across Roy McAvoy's face as he says, "This is everything, ain't it?
02/09/12 3:39pm

Jeremy Lin gets the best of Wizards, Ryan Wittman tells dad he guarded Lin better

Last night the Jeremy Lin train rolled through the woeful Washington Wizards, 107-93, behind another great game from the hottest Asian-Ivy-League-turned-pro-athlete to hit New York since, well, ever. On the losing end was the Wizards interim coach Randy Wittman. Name ring a bell?
02/08/12 4:25pm

ESPN recognizes Penn-Princeton as one of the great college basketball rivalries

Penn is making another appearance in the national news as Rivalry Week continues. Though the Quakers don't play the Tigers this week, ESPN listed the Penn-Princeton rivalry as one of the great rivalries in college basketball. When you attend one of the schools, "a dislike for the other is handed out with your dorm key," Dana O'Neil writes. ESPN lists eight categories, choosing "a game -- not the game, mind you, but a game, as in an example -- that encapsulates that quality." O'Neil categorized Penn-Princeton as the 'History' rivalry, noting that in the 56 years since the Ivy League formed in 1956, Penn or Princeton has won or shared the league title 47 times.
02/01/12 11:46pm

St. Rita's Max Kurucar commits to Penn

We've known since Sept. 27 that St. Rita of Cascia's Tony Hicks would be playing for Jerome Allen next year.
01/26/12 12:41pm

Penn robots play NHL Hitz

This isn't the first time a video of Penn engineered robots playing sports has appeared on the Buzz.
01/14/12 11:10pm

VIDEO: Postgame interviews from Cornell

The Quakers roll home to Philadelphia 2-0 after a narrow win at Columbia Friday and a solid 12-point victory over Cornell, the first at Newman Arena for any of Penn's current players.
12/31/11 2:47pm

The Conflict of an Ardent Duke Fan on New Year's Eve

Our friends over at the Duke Sports Blog sent us the story of a lifelong Duke basketball fan who just can't cheer against Penn tomorrow. I have always been a college basketball fan because I enjoy the fact that many a game, and even championship, has been decided by kids who will never again touch a basketball competitively. I have been an ardent Duke fan since the early 1980s and, like any other college basketball fan, rode the rollercoaster of the many highs and lows.
12/28/11 1:24pm

Mark DeRosa signs with Nationals

The Washington Nationals officially announced today that they have agreed to a one-year contract with utilityman Mark DeRosa. The former Penn shortstop and quarterback played the last two seasons with the San Francisco Giants, with whom he won the World Series in 2010.
11/29/11 5:02pm

Harvard basketball, 2011-12: Best Ivy League team ever?

I covered a bit in my column today how Harvard is shaping up to be the overwhelming favorite in the Ivy League this season.
11/11/11 12:00pm

This Week on 33rd Street: tip-off

We're back for another season of This Week on 33rd Street! And this year we're actually on 33rd Street, coming (not so) live from the Palestra.
06/24/11 12:02pm

Meaningless Capital One Cup results

I was alerted this morning by a breaking press release that Penn's own women's athletics program finished No.
02/06/11 12:49pm

Game 18- Harvard: The Good, Bad and the Ugly

Last night's game against Harvard was absolutely an instant classic. It's pretty difficult to summarize all the ups and downs, but here goes: The Good: I could go with anything from Zack Rosen's clutch play down the stretch to the incredibly electric atmosphere in the Palestra, but I've got to make this one about the whole Penn team's true grit in the comeback and overtimes. They were down 18 with 15:43 left, but they weren't out.
01/31/11 1:02am

Penn Track at Navy and Penn State

Saturday, Conner Paez led the men's team at the Wesley A. Brown Invitational at the Naval Accadamy. Paez, Penn's standout freshman, cruised to an impressive 8:22 3k.
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