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Friday, Jan. 2, 2026
The Daily Pennsylvanian

Amy Gutmann


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Before coaching at Penn, Jack McCloskey was also a three-sport student athlete for the Quakers.

On Thursday June 1st, Penn Athletics lost a legendary member of its community. Former Penn student athlete and basketball coach, Jack McCloskey, the General Manager and architect of the Legendary “Bad Boys” Pistons, died of Alzheimers at the age of 91. As a beloved and well renowned figure in the world of sports, many people in the Penn community and beyond expressed their sorrow in light of the tragic news.


Penn football rising junior Sam Philippi is splitting his time this summer between training and an internship at a law firm in Orange County, California.

Many athletes wearing the Red and Blue will trade in their uniforms for suits and ties during the summer for a 10-week crash course of knowledge and experience in various industries such as finance, engineering, medicine and technology. But just because an athlete may have an internship doesn’t mean their normal commitments as a college athlete are ending.





Penn men's heavyweight rowing did not place extremely high, but it also featured one of the youngest rosters at the regatta.

Jet lag was not a factor for Penn men’s Rowing as both the lightweight and hreavyweight teams travelled to Sacramento this weekend for the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championship Regatta. Both teams turned in solid performances that they are hoping will build some momentum going into next season.