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On January 1, 1917, 25,000 people packed into the extra grandstand seating at Tournament Park in Pasadena, Calif. to witness a game that would change the landscape of College Football forever.
From Bo Jackson to Deion Sanders, dual-sport athletes are commonly understood concept in the sports world. However, dual-sport coaches practically don't exist anymore in high-level collegiate or professional athletics. For Bob Seddon, this unconventional concept was his reality for 14 years.
In 1980, athletes from the United States and 28 other countries went to Franklin Field instead of the Olympics.
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Ever since word got out that first-year students have been violating Penn’s COVID-19 guidelines, I’ve had to set the record straight countless times: I was not at one of those parties. Just this past week, I was met with a frenzy of varied reactions to our so-called “not-so-quiet Quiet Period.” A professor sarcastically called me out in class for attending these social gatherings. An off-campus classmate fervently went on an Instagram tirade about our irresponsibility. And my parents called to remind me always to wear a mask — even when indoors — concerned that one week into the semester, we would already be sent home.
Colin Chambers may have been born to be a Penn basketball player.
Mark Ein doesn’t live with many regrets.
Penn replaced QuakerNet with MyPenn as its alumni database system, garnering largely positive reactions from student and alumni users who appreciate its revamped features.
Students are calling on Penn to fire a professor after a video of him using a Nazi phrase and salute at an archaeological conference gained attention on social media on Saturday.
Penn students and professors expressed disappointment with the Jan. 6 breaching of the United States Capitol and the University's failure to condemn President and 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump's incitement of the mob.
March 10, 2020 was a fateful day for Ivy League athletes, and, as we would later find out, an omen of things to come not only for the sports world, but the planet as a whole. For many, the moment the conference brass handed down its decision to cancel the men’s and women’s post-season tournaments is when the COVID-19 pandemic truly became real.
Penn and the Olympics have had a long and storied relationship. Since the start of the Olympics in 1900 in Paris, Penn seized every opportunity to send many of its star athletes to compete for their country, particularly in track and field. As records have shown, the men and women athletes associated with the University have competed in almost all of the summer games, bringing home honor, glory, and an array of medals.
College senior Chloe Gong was named one of the youngest bestselling authors this year, according to The New York Times.
2020 is a critical year, one where even in the absence of Ivy League sports, Penn athletes used their platforms to raise awareness of the Black Lives Matter movement and ongoing issues of racial injustice and police brutality. Without the attention and involvement of Black athletes, Penn Athletics’ Plan of Action would never have come to fruition, as athletes have continued to ask more of the university in giving back to the West Philadelphia area and the greater Philadelphia community. The Daily Pennsylvanian strove to document these changes, in addition to looking back on the buried early history of Black athletes at Penn.
Yes, he’s allergic to peanuts. No, that’s not his fun fact.
Some professors say the virtual format of the fall semester has worked better than they had anticipated, crediting the surprising success to the hard work and flexibility of their students.
In Bob Weinhauer’s five-year head coaching trajectory at Penn, he accomplished a feat that no other Ivy League school has achieved since: in 1979, he led Penn men’s basketball to the NCAA Tournament Final Four.
2020 will likely be remembered as one of the most unique years in sports history with the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 12, the Ivy League became the first major athletic conference to cancel its spring sports. Though Penn's athletic teams hoped to take their seasons a bit further into the playoffs, both Penn basketball teams wound up having to be satisfied with just clinching spots in the Ivy League tournament. The women’s team finished their season with a 20-7 record, 10-4 in conference play. The men’s team finished at a 16-11 record, 8-6 in the Ivy League. Both teams performed well at the end of the season, riding a three-game win streak that they sought to add to in the playoffs against their shared opponent in Yale.
Exactly one month after Election Day, Penn Democrats held a virtual meet-and greet with Penn graduate and State Rep. Jennifer O’Mara, one of the youngest members of the Pennsylvania State Legislature.
Forty-eight percent of female collegiate athletes experience depression or anxiety symptoms. That’s a statistic emphasized by Penn women’s soccer sophomore Peyton Raun when talking about why she joined Voice in Sport.
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