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Sports Features

09/22/20 6:58pm
Last Thursday, 2020 graduate and former Penn track and field standout Nia Akins was announced as Penn’s first-ever top 30 honoree for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
09/21/20 7:35pm
In the sports world, the coronavirus has taken away many opportunities from Penn athletes, but it has also opened the door for athletes to step up and contribute to their teams in new ways. 
09/21/20 7:00pm
As Penn athletes continue to wait to see when they will be able to suit up for the Red and Blue again in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, four former Quakers are making their mark in the NFL. 
09/18/20 12:47am
Women have been present at the University since the late 1800s, but the first mention of a formalized association of women’s athletics at Penn is found in the 1917 women’s yearbook.
09/16/20 10:01pm
Al Bagnoli was named head coach in 1992 and didn't take long to establish himself as the most successful coach in the history of Penn football.
09/16/20 8:04pm
Class of 2004 graduate Kevin Stefanski made his professional head coaching debut for Cleveland Browns last Sunday.
09/15/20 10:38pm
Penn football regained the Ivy League title in 1988, its fifth in the previous six years and first after missing out in the 1987 season.
09/14/20 9:26pm
As the fall semester begins, Penn men’s basketball finds itself scattered across the country, trying to piece together preparation for an uncertain season.
09/13/20 10:13pm
For the first time since 1904, the Quakers accomplished a perfect season, en route to their fifth straight Ivy League championship.
09/13/20 9:19pm
Training together is impossible with the team divided, but a few of Penn's men's cross country runners are traveling way outside the box and using this time to get a leg up on the competition.
09/13/20 7:10pm
Men's soccer coach Brian Gill is providing leadership to his team during this trying time, as he does all he can to unify a team spread out across the country. 
09/09/20 9:39pm
In coach Jerry Berndt fifth year, the Quakers finished the 1985 season with a 7-2-1 record — including a 6-1 Ivy League slate — repeating as back-to-back outright championships.
09/09/20 9:37pm
Right in the middle of Penn football's hot streak was the 1984 season, where the Quakers went 8-1 overall and 7-0 in Ivy League play.
09/09/20 9:32pm
So close, yet so far. For the second straight season, Penn football was on top of the Ivy League, once again sharing the title with Harvard.
09/08/20 9:50pm
Boasting a strong senior class headlined by center Matt Hermann, wideout Billy Murphy, and quarterback Eddie Jenkins, the Red and Blue finished third in last season's CSFL standings.
09/08/20 9:41pm
Under coach Bob Seddon, the star-studded roster boasted talent from the most experienced veterans to the greenest rookies.
09/08/20 12:29am
Williams outlined a number of concrete actions for Penn Athletics to undertake in an effort become an “anti-racist organization."
09/07/20 8:30pm
According to Penn Athletics’ statement from Athletics Director M. Grace Calhoun, approximately 30 Black athletes from Penn met with the athletics administration to construct a concrete plan to move forward.
09/07/20 8:25pm
In July, the Ivy League canceled all athletics until at least Jan. 1, putting the status of the basketball season up in the air and leaving athletes scrambling for answers. 
09/06/20 9:15pm
For the first time in Penn history, the process of getting to know their new coaches and teammates would have to be done completely off the field, if it could be done at all.