Sports Features
Ivy League announces new media deal with ESPN
Earlier today, the conference signed a 10-year deal with ESPN for the broadcasting giant to be the exclusive national media rights partner of the conference.
Gabby Rosenzweig ready to lead Penn women's lacrosse into showdown with Dartmouth
This Saturday, Penn will travel to New England to face Dartmouth in a battle for the top spot in the Ivy League. Presumably, few players will have more of an impact on the game than sophomore Gabby Rosenzweig.
Track meets aren't enough competition for these Penn Student Government candidates
With elections of Penn’s two branches of student government underway, two Penn track athletes are running for office with the hopes of utilizing what they have learned on the track to help them as student representatives.
Speed kills, and Penn's record-setting crop of women's sprinters has tons of it
The sprinters on this year’s squad are quite the decorated group. They’ve been shattering school records left and right, completely rewriting the record books.
Fresh off historic indoor season, Penn track and field has no plans to slow down
After a historic winter indoor season, Penn men’s and women’s track will look to carry the success over to the outdoor season this spring. With the women coming in first for the first time since 1996 at the Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships, and the men’s second place finish marking their best since 2002 at the Heps, the team’s goals this season are set higher than ever.
Penn women's lacrosse's mindset remains the same despite several rule changes
This season, the NCAA is instituting a few new, important rule changes that look to increase the pace of the game and improve player safety.
Last year's early NCAA Tournament loss provides motivation for Penn women's lacrosse
A year ago, the Quakers bowed out of the postseason in a Round of 32 upset loss to Navy, marking the first season since 2013 that the dynasty didn’t win at least one NCAA Tournament game.
Led by senior stars, Penn women's lacrosse is locked and loaded with offensive talent
After winning last year's Ivy title, fans can expect more of the same from Penn women's lacrosse this season as the Red and Blue are returning their top six scorers from last season.
Gabe Kleiman leads unproven Penn baseball pitching squad seeking to improve consistency
The pitching group for the Quakers looks drastically different than it did a year ago, and it has been difficult to get everyone on the same page in terms of consistency. But one player that has been key in providing stable leadership and performance is Kleiman.
Penn baseball set to reload following loss of several MLB draft picks
But even after losing a program-record three players to the professional ranks, not to mention two more former first team All-Ivy picks who didn’t hear their names called, Penn is dead set on reloading rather than rebuilding.
Penn baseball battles unconventional foe with annual efforts to take down cancer
For the past five years, the team has been working with the Vs. Cancer Foundation, shaving their heads annually in order to gain support and fundraising for childhood cancer research.
Year in and year out, Penn baseball's freshmen are ready to compete from the start
Each season, the program recruits players who can fill voids in the lineup and contribute right away, and Yurkow works with them as soon as they arrive on campus.
After 26 seasons, Ivy League baseball abandons divisional format
For the 2018 season, Ivy League baseball has created a new schedule format, much simplified from its original organization.
Justin Watson shows out at Penn football's Pro Day in advance of NFL Draft
After a record-setting four years with Penn football, wide receiver Justin Watson is trying to take his game to the pros. And Monday was a big step towards that.
Penn men's lacrosse still fueled by pursuit of Yale months after Ivy tourney defeat
And when that defeat comes to end your season, in a playoff showdown against your bracket’s No. 1 seed, in only the second four-overtime game in your program’s history, that sting gets just a bit stronger.
One potential rule change may change the pace of play for Penn men's lacrosse
Allegedly, a shot clock is coming full time next season. Coach Mike Murphy believes this will undeniably speed up the game.
With key pieces returning, Penn men's lacrosse's offense is loaded with talent
With Penn men's lacrosse's returning players accounting for 212 out of the 220 points scored last season, this offense should have nothing to fret about.
Meet the families and fans of Penn men's basketball who traveled to Kansas
Though Penn's fans were heavily outnumbered by Kansas' fans in Wichita, the Quaker faithful more than made themselves heard.
Take a look back at Penn men's basketball's history in the NCAA Tournament
“I think they’re gonna compete, and make Penn proud,” said class of 1979 Penn basketball legend Tony Price. “They’ve done that all year, I’m very proud of the team.”