Sports Features
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.
NFL player Brandon Copeland returning to Penn as a professor this spring
Copeland, who played for the New England Patriots this year, teaches a course on financial literacy with Dr. Brian Peterson.
Trump commutes sentence of Medicare fraudster involved in Penn basketball bribery scandal
Philip Esformes, who orchestrated a $1 billion Medicare scheme, used proceeds to pay former Penn men's basketball coach Jerome Allen a $300,000 bribe to ensure his son's admission to Wharton.
A tale of two Olympians: Penn in the Winter Games
Penn and the Olympics have had a long and storied relationship. Since the start of the Olympics in 1900 in Paris, Penn seized every opportunity to send many of its star athletes to compete for their country.
Penn Athletics Year in Review
March 10, 2020 was a fateful day for Ivy League athletes, and, as we would later find out, an omen of things to come not only for the sports world, but the planet as a whole.
Penn men's basketball Ivy League title look back: 1996
After losing stars Jerome Allen and Matt Maloney to the NBA, however, there were big questions about how the Red and Blue would hold up in 1995-96.
Penn women's soccer's Raun and Wilensky empower women athletes through Voice in Sport
Both Raun and her senior teammate Jadyn Wilensky are active contributors to Voice in Sport, an advocacy platform based in New York and launched by Stef Strack in 2019.
Checking in with Penn football alums in the NFL after Week 13
It is now past Week 13 of the 2020 NFL season, and viewers now have a clear idea of how the playoffs are shaping up with only a month left to go in the regular season.
Penn Athletics teams use mental performance program to train during pandemic
During a year when athletes have been forced to sit out of competition, many have taken the opportunity to focus on their mental performance.
Origin stories: Penn baseball
The earliest baseball played at Penn predated the Civil War, although the lack of records suggests that games were largely informal.
Penn men's basketball Ivy League title look back: 1999
Coming off a tough losing streak against the Princeton Tigers and no Ivy League titles in the previous three years, the Quakers knew that something had to change.
Three recommendations for the next Penn Athletics Hall of Fame class
On April 13, 1996, Penn inducted its inaugural Athletics Hall of Fame class. Since then, 10 more classes have been elected, with the most recent inducted on May 4, 2019.
Penn alumnus Zach Leonsis making strides in the world of Washington sports business
Although Leonsis is involved in just about every facet of Monumental Sports, his main focus revolves around the media business, venture capital acquisitions, and merger opportunities.
Penn men's basketball Ivy League title look back: 1994
The 1994 team was led by senior forward Barry Pierce and junior guards Jerome Allen and Matt Maloney, who all averaged nearly 15 points a game.
Analyzing Penn's NFL Draftees: When were they drafted and how successful were they?
The Daily Pennsylvanian is taking an in-depth look at Penn's NFL draftees to analyze when they were selected and how successful their professional careers were.
Penn men’s basketball Ivy League title look back: 1995
1995 was yet another impressive year for the Penn's men basketball squad, clinching their third consecutive Ivy League title and securing a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the 13th time in history.
Only in Philadelphia: A look back on the day Eagles fans booed Santa at Franklin Field
Eagles fans have a long reputation for being exceptionally hostile, the most notorious example coming when they booed Santa Claus, an event which occurred at Penn’s own Franklin Field in 1968.
Black Tuesday: A look back at one of Penn men's basketball's darkest moments
The Quakers-Tigers series has all the components of a good sports rivalry: close geographical proximity, distinct styles of play, and passion for the game on both sides.
Reliving Penn football's 2015 instant classic overtime Homecoming win against Princeton
After trouble in the first half, Penn football rebounded from a 20-10 deficit to score an epic 26-23 overtime victory against Princeton on Nov. 7, 2015.