Men's golf coach at a Division I school, President and CEO of the Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry, husband and father of two young boys: Rob Powelson was used to doing it all. But now he's shaving away one of his commitments, resigning as Penn's men's golf coach to make more time for the others - especially the latter one.

If school policy and the law weren't enough to keep Penn athletes away from marijuana, the NCAA has just upped the ante. According to a June 22 USA Today article, the NCAA may expand its drug testing program to include year-round screening for street drugs such as marijuana and cocaine.

No one can accuse Dartmouth's Ben True of not being 'true' to his word, at least not this outdoor track season. Crossing the finish line at 3:59.99 during the U.S.A. Track and Field New England championship held at MIT, True joined an elite group of less than 300 American men who have ran a sub-four minute mile.

Texting recruits may not be totally dead INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA will reconsider three rules, including one that bans coaches from sending text messages to recruits, at its Aug. 9 board of directors meeting. The board could reaffirm the text messaging decision, reject the decision or create new legislation.

Looking for the best volleyball experience she could find, Deitre Collins-Parker went from Ithaca, N.Y. to Athens, Ga. and back again in a few short months - but don't call her indecisive. After all, Collins-Parker had much more than her own coaching career to think about.

Penn has 26 varsity head coaches. Only one won a national coach of the year award during the 2006-07 season: women's lacrosse coach Karin Brower. Led by Brower's self-described "straightforward and honest" coaching style, the Quakers achieved their best season ever, including their highest national ranking.

Palestra documentary to air on ESPN ESPN will air the feature-length documentary film "The Palestra: Cathedral of Basketball" on two of its channels starting in July. The documentary is the work of Mikaelyn Austin, a filmmaker and former Penn women's basketball player.

Usually, when someone from your alma mater calls, they're asking for a gift. But for men's soccer coach Rudy Fuller, it's Georgetown that's been doing the giving. The Penn coach has the Hoyas to thank for his college degree and his first coaching job, but the most recent gifts were just as helpful.

The winds of change have been blowing through the Ivy League in the past few months. Sydney Johnson and Tommy Amaker were hired to coach men's basketball at Princeton and Harvard, respectively. Two weeks ago, the Crimson snatched Traci Green from Temple to lead its women's tennis team.

Bloggers beware - if the NCAA has its way, reporting on sporting events still in progress could be a thing of the past. A reporter for the Louisville Courier-Post, Brian Bennett, was ejected from an NCAA Tournament baseball game between Louisville and Oklahoma State on June 10 after posting live updates of the game on a weblog.

The weaknesses on Darren Ambrose's women's soccer team are no secret. His squad managed only four goals in seven Ivy League games in what he called "a learning year," a constant source of frustration for a coach used to putting his teams near the top of the league.

Pencil it in: Quakers face NJIT on Jan. 5 Another piece of the men's basketball scheduling puzzle has been filled in. The New Jersey Institute of Technology announced its 2007-08 schedule earlier this week and it includes a Jan. 5 meeting with the Quakers.

"Tradition breeds success." The older generation exudes it, the younger generation echoes it. This is perhaps how all things are done at Penn, a school rife with tradition - toast, ivy, and all. There may be no tradition in which Penn has been more nationally-recognized than the men's 800-meter race.

Every little boy dreams of one day being able to play professionally for his local team. Mark Zoller, a Blue Bell, Pa. native, recently took a step towards fulfilling this dream. The recent Penn grad and All-Ivy basketball player worked out on Tuesday with the Philadelphia 76ers at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

hat do Jerome Allen, Tim Begley, Ira Bowman, Michael Jordan, Mark Zoller and Ibrahim Jaaber have in common? They were all Quaker basketball greats, for one. But they also all hailed from either New Jersey or Southeastern Pennsylvania, and they were all recruited by Fran Dunphy.

More awards for women's lacrosse A week after the IWLCA honored goalie Sarah Waxman and defender Hilary Renna with All-America awards, womenslacrosse.com heaped more recognition on the Quakers. Karin Brower was named National Coach of the Year after leading the team to a 16-2 record and its first ever Final Four berth.

When he was in kindergarten, Sean Estrada was just like all the other kids. Now there's one big difference. The recently-graduated Penn offensive lineman always wanted to play for the San Francisco 49ers, and 17 years later, the Santa Ana, Ca. b native is suiting up for his favorite team.