Sports Features
Nia Akins selected as top 30 honoree for NCAA Woman of the Year
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.
A coronavirus check-in with Penn gymnastics
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.
Checking in with Penn football alums in the NFL after Week 2
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.
A century of progress: Looking back at women's athletics at Penn over time
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.
Penn football Ivy League title look back: 1993
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.
Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski brings 'Pennsylvania kind of football' to the NFL
Class of 2004 graduate Kevin Stefanski made his professional head coaching debut for Cleveland Browns last Sunday.
Penn football Ivy League title look back: 1988
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.
A coronavirus check-in with Penn men's basketball
As the fall semester begins, Penn men’s basketball finds itself scattered across the country, trying to piece together preparation for an uncertain season.
Penn football Ivy League title look back: 1986
For the first time since 1904, the Quakers accomplished a perfect season, en route to their fifth straight Ivy League championship.
From Philadelphia to Colorado, five cross country runners reap benefits of group training
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.
A coronavirus check-in with Penn men's soccer
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.
Penn football Ivy League title look back: 1985
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.
Penn football Ivy League title look back: 1984
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.
Penn football Ivy League title look back: 1983
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.
How Penn sprint football plans to replace MVP quarterback Eddie Jenkins
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.
A look back at Penn's elite men's soccer teams of 1971 and 1972
Under coach Bob Seddon, the star-studded roster boasted talent from the most experienced veterans to the greenest rookies.
Jelani Williams: 'Penn as an institution has to do more for West Philly'
Williams outlined a number of concrete actions for Penn Athletics to undertake in an effort become an “anti-racist organization."
Penn basketball players react to Black Lives Matter and Penn Athletics' plan of action
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.
A coronavirus check-in with Penn women's basketball
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.