Sports Columns
Pride | Football is the biggest wild card in Penn Athletics
Senior Sports Editor Brandon Pride argues that Penn football's two non-conference games before it faces off against Dartmouth will be key in the team's quest to find its identity.
Guest column by McCaleigh Marr & Lauren Joost | Simone Biles proved the scary reality of the twisties and mental health in the sport of gymnastics
While many look to dismiss Simone Biles' mental health troubles as trivial and meaningless, her struggles are not far removed from what many gymnasts end up experiencing during their careers.
Belgrad | Grizzlies’ recent victories prove progress is perfection
In all likelihood, the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference Memphis Grizzlies will fall short of a ring this year, but the team’s 2020-21 campaign embodies the motto “Progress is perfection.”
Landau | The Ivy League could be playing basketball right now
If the one and only goal of the Ivy League presidents was to mitigate COVID spread, they would indeed cancel the season. But that clearly isn’t the case.
March | Baseball diamonds are a girl’s best friend
Girls don’t play baseball — that’s for boys, of course. Girls play softball. It’s not sexist, or anything … it’s just how it is. I know that. But no one’s ever been able to give me a reason why.
DiGrande | Athletes have a platform, and they have a right to use it
Athletes are celebrities. Millions of fans, many of them children, look up to their favorite sports stars as role models for how they should act.
DiGrande | The Ivy League cannot be alone in its decision to cancel fall sports
To effectively combat the spread of coronavirus, the other NCAA Division I conferences throughout the country should join the Ivy League in canceling fall college sports.
Pride | A spring football season is the Ivy League's only option
A spring season would not only keeps players safe, it would expose Ivy football to a national audience and allow for a postseason to take place.
DiGrande | Is football worth the price?
We need to think critically about the benefits and drawbacks of both options: allowing the game to continue as is, injuries and all, while examining the consequences of eliminating the program altogether.
Ross | Despite its early end, my lacrosse career was my Penn identity
I’m grateful for every moment that this program has given me. I’m grateful for the opportunity that my coaches gave me when they let me come to Penn and for everything that they’ve taught me here.
Guest column by Eytan Deener-Agus and Julia Comer | A High Tide Hey Day and Graduation
Not only were Penn’s classes pushed online, students required to leave campus, and in-person graduation canceled, but our frisbee season was cut short — an abrupt and far-too-early end to the seniors’ tenure as college ultimate players.
Papazekos | The Ivy League's decision to cancel the basketball tournaments was mindless
While the coronavirus is legitimately concerning, the logical jump from wanting to limit the size of large crowds to an outright cancellation of the tournament is not obvious when there were other options on the table.
Bunche | Penn women's basketball has an uphill battle to an Ivy League title
The team's win over Brown officially clinched the Quakers’ trip to Ivy League Tournament, most likely as the second or third seed depending on the results of next week's games.
Papazekos | Penn's win over Brown was a return to normalcy, but there's still work to do
That’s my biggest takeaway: Penn rescued hope from the jaws of defeat with their normal basketball. But the fact that hope needed rescuing is more noteworthy than the successful rescue itself.
Papazekos | Penn's catastrophic finish at Yale lowers the margin for error
Some stats from that last minute and thirty-nine seconds: Zero points scored. Thirteen points allowed. Seven turnovers. Two reviews at the monitor. One astounding loss.
DiGrande | Princeton is the team to beat, and Penn can't get the job done
After Tuesday night's 80-44 drubbing of Penn, the No. 23 Tigers have won 18 straight games, are a perfect 10-0 in Ivy League play, and stand at 22-1 on the season.
Notebook: Six things we learned from Penn men's basketball's weekend trip to New England
AJ Brodeur scored just 20 points between two games in New England over the weekend.
Guest Column by Steven Tydings | Low basketball attendance reflects 'modern realities' of student life
I was there the day The Line died. To be more accurate, I was The Line the day The Line died.
Joffe | It all comes back to AJ
Senior forward AJ Brodeur has been a consistent presence on the court from the moment he stepped into the Palestra almost four years ago.