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Checking in with Penn football alums in the NFL after Week 12
During this craziness, let’s check in on how the Penn alumni Kevin Stefanski, Justin Watson, Greg Van Roten and Brandon Copeland fared in Week 12.
Penn rowing at the Olympics: Nearly a century of history and a recent flourish of success
Penn's history with Olympic rowing dates back to 1924, when Sidney Jellinek and Eddie Mitchell, along with coxswain John G. Kennedy, helped capture Olympic bronze for the United States in men’s coxed fours.
Career businessmen and Wharton alums Josh Harris and Steve Cohen are now sports owners
While two seemingly unrelated businessmen may seem to only have sports ownership in common, they share another connection: They’re both Wharton graduates.
Penn men’s basketball Ivy League title look back: 1993
Determined not to be second-best again, Dunphy pulled out all the stops and led his Quakers to an undefeated season, finishing 14-0 in the Ivy League and 22-5 overall.
Penn men’s basketball Ivy League title look back: 1987
With a strong freshman class joining a team that had all its starters from the previous year returning, the Quakers entered the 1987 season as favorites to win the league.
Origin stories: Penn women's basketball
Regardless of the level of competition, any great team you come across will be led by a great coach. Within the first three years after the creation of Penn women's basketball, the Quakers played without a coach entirely.
Penn men’s basketball Ivy League title look back: 1981
Penn went 20-8 in 1980-81, including a dominant 13-1 Ivy League record. It even took a rematch with Princeton to decide who would win a bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Penn men's basketball Ivy League title look back: 1982
For the first time in 55 years of games at the Palestra, the squad would start off the season with newly replaced floors since its construction.
Years later, former Penn coach Al Bagnoli's impact still felt on Penn football
Make no mistake about it though: all the little bits that Al Bagnoli contributed to Penn football over the years made a bigger impact than anyone in the program's history.
Checking in with Penn football alums in the NFL after Week 10
Now past the halfway point for most teams, NFL teams are beginning to gear up for the playoffs or position themselves for next season.
Penn men's basketball Ivy League title look back: 1975
As another Ivy League title launched Penn into the national spotlight, the Quakers set their sights on dominating all the way to the NCAA Tournament finals in San Diego.
Penn track and field at the Olympics: A connection that goes back 120 years
For many athletes, competing at the Olympic Games is the ultimate dream. But for several Quakers on Penn's track and field team, this dream has been a reality since 1900.
Checking in with Penn football alums in the NFL after Week 9
Week 9 of the 2020 NFL season has arrived, providing viewers with a better idea of how the league is shaping up come playoff time.
All-time Penn women's basketball team: Starting five
The Daily Pennsylvanian recently compiled a pair of Penn men's basketball all-time starting five lineups, but now it's time for our top lineup for the women.
Ranking the top five coaches in Penn men's basketball history
Over the years, numerous talented men have been at the helm of the team that calls the Palestra home. We take a look at Red and Blue's greatest coaches of all time.
Penn men's basketball Ivy League title look back: 1980
The year is 1980. Penn men’s basketball is in the midst of one of its most successful eras. Having won back-to-back titles, the lights were shining extremely bright on these Quakers.
Penn men's basketball Ivy League title look back: 1978
1978 was a turbulent year for Penn men’s basketball, but timely decisions and quick recoveries from tough losses brought an Ivy League title to the Red and Blue.
Penn men's basketball Ivy League title look back: 1974
Coming into the 1973-74 Penn men’s basketball season, saying that expectations were high was an understatement.
All-time Penn men's basketball team: Small-ball lineup
After creating a Penn men’s basketball all-time starting five, with so many talented players coming through the program over the decades, it only makes sense to present a second lineup.