Sports Columns
Wenik | Learning to say "yes"
“No.” Penn women’s soccer coach Darren Ambrose didn’t have much to say to me when I asked him what changed in the second half of his team’s 8-0 win over NJIT, the first game I ever covered (they only scored three goals in the final 45 minutes).
Nowlan | With Penn baseball, there's reason for both frustration and optimism
There’s really only one way to describe the end of Penn baseball’s season: Frustrating.
Steele | The state of Penn Athletics
Hopefully there's more of this on the way. As the 2014-15 academic year draws to a close, so too do the seasons for Penn Athletics' spring sports.
Tydings |To take next step, Penn basketball should up schedule ante
Scheduling big opponents used to be a staple of the Quakers’ slate.
Steele | Why you should care about the Penn Relays
Towards the end of spring break, the basketball teams -- and respective fan bases -- from Harvard and Yale gathered at the Palestra for the Ivy League's one game playoff.
Dyer | Penn baseball back for round two with Columbia
Exactly one year ago today, Penn baseball stood tied atop the Lou Gehrig Division heading into a four-game series against Columbia. Some outside the program viewed their success as unexpected, shocking even.
Nowlan | Penn baseball living up to diamond standard
A lot of things don’t live up to the hype.
Wenik | Time will tell if Donahue's vision pans out for Penn basketball
The number 20 was plastered all over the Palestra Tuesday afternoon for the introductory press conference of new basketball coach Steve Donahue. It was proudly emblazoned on the Penn jersey that adorned the podium on the dais.
Nowlan | Why can't baseball be Penn's major spring sport?
I should start by coming clean: Baseball is my favorite sport.
Tydings | Penn basketball flips script while snapping losing skid
There’s no place like home. Penn basketball has been desperately searching for a victory for exactly a month now, losing five straight games on the road with only a brief return to the Palestra in mid-February.
Henderson | Penn women's basketball has established winning culture
A couple months ago, at the beginning of the season, Penn’s underclassmen bore a striking resemblance to wannabe New Yorkers.
Henderson | As Penn women's lacrosse gets into gear, it's time to watch the throne
Penn women’s lacrosse has been perched atop the Ivy League throne for so long that it’s the only view any player on the current roster has known in her collegiate career. It’s mindboggling to look at the Quakers’ continued string of success.
Nowlan | Effort not there for Penn basketball
Well, this is getting pretty familiar. On a snowy Boston night at a sold-out Lavietes Pavillion, the Quakers were handed another humbling loss by Harvard, a 69-46 defeat that emphasized just how far Penn is from the Ancient Eight’s top tier. It was the fourth consecutive loss for the Quakers, with each defeat coming by at least 16 points.
Kasper | Penn basketball continues to break hearts on Valentine's day
Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel once said that the opposite of love was not hate, but indifference.
Tydings | Penn basketball simply not on Harvard's tier
That was ugly... I mean really ugly. There were no redeeming qualities for Penn basketball’s blowout loss at home against Harvard.
Tydings | Individuals working with game plan flip script for Penn basketball
It means that with the game on the line and Alex Mitola in possession of the ball, it wasn’t Dartmouth celebrating a win: It was Penn and that’s something to hang your hat on, at least for one day.
Henderson | Small sports are making a big splash for Penn Athletics
Football and men’s basketball. Men’s basketball and football. Men’s basketball. Football.
Wenik | Penn basketball needs to find an offensive identity
Take a step back into the world of 1990’s rap, if you will, and pause to consider Penn coach Jerome Allen surveying the state of his team with a withering look somewhat akin to the gaze of the Nurse Ratched figure in Eminem’s “The Real Slim Shady” video. “I don’t really know where we’re at,” he said when asked to describe his team’s progress following last night’s 82-67 loss to La Salle.
Wenik | Greg Louis' emergence key as Penn basketball looks to upset Vanderbilt
About a half-hour before one of Penn basketball’s typical Tuesday evening practices, assistant coach Ira Bowman was counting out Greg Louis — literally.