The Nawrocki brothers’ parents “discouraged” them from watching pro wrestling, Penn senior Luke recalls, but the boys always found ways around it. Soon enough, the whole family watched as Chris tried out for the WWE on the “Tough Enough” reality show.

Beauregard-Breton’s cross-country career did not start until two years ago, when she was recruited to run for the Deerfield Academy, a prestigious Massachusetts preparatory school.

After months of hard work, perseverance and a freshmen infusion, the Penn swim teams have put last year’s fatigue behind them, and they’re ready for a season on top.

Though they try to present an honest and fair representation of the action on the court, it can sometimes be hard to repress their undying school spirit.

Following the largest single-season turnaround in program history, the team looks to demonstrate that its Ivy preseason No. 4 ranking is no mistake.

In a short two-month span, the Red and Blue went from a 7-0 opening loss to American to playing powerhouse Princeton to a tie for most of the season’s final game.

Coach Rob Eiter has put together an incredibly challenging schedule, which will feature four of the top-10 finishers from last year’s NCAA Championships.

The 1985 College graduate visited the Penn Bookstore on Saturday to discuss the book’s 10th anniversary, for which a newly updated edition was printed this year.

The defense — the last piece of the puzzle — has fallen into place just in time. Harvard is on the horizon and a title lays in the balance.

Penn women’s soccer had a historic season, but fell short of receiving an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament Monday as the seedings were revealed.

Against the six-time defending Ivy champs, the Red and Blue were the ultimate underdog against Princeton — and they went the distance. The fact that the Quakers ultimately lost, 3-0, almost doesn’t matter

Three weekends ago, in the middle of that five-game losing streak, Brown and Yale came to the Palestra and defeated the Quakers, 3-2 and 3-0, respectively. This weekend, Penn wanted retribution. It was partially attained.

At the 75th minute, sophomore forward Stephen Baker scored the game-winning goal, giving the Quakers their first win since Oct. 8 against Columbia.

Though Penn did not capture another Ivy League title Saturday night, it was all smiles for the Quakers as they beat Princeton, 3-1, in front of a boisterous home crowd.

In football, as in life, timing is everything. At no point was this more evident than in the first quarter of Penn’s 37-9 victory over Princeton Saturday at Franklin Field.

Rosen sank two of three, missing the third on purpose, to give Penn a 74-72 win over visiting Carleton — located in Ottawa, Ontario — in the Red and Blue’s final tune-up before the regular season starts Friday at the Maryland-Baltimore County.

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