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Sports Features

10/19/15 2:13am
Still Columbia. As the 2015 season has developed and Columbia football has attempted to regain any semblance of dignity after two consecutive winless seasons, I've frequently used the above phrase to describe the product the Lions have put on the field in five games. Although not inherently connected to what we've seen from Columbia in years past, there are certain aspects of the Light Blue's play that reminds us that this team went 0-for-its last 24 until its win over Wagner on Oct.
10/19/15 2:12am

Twin brothers headline Penn cross country's class of 2020 commits

Penn’s prospects are doubling
10/15/15 5:57am
Soccer is without doubt the world’s sport. Outside the United States, the majority of athletes grow up playing soccer at some point in their lives.
10/15/15 5:49am
To improve is to change. To perfect is to change often.
10/14/15 12:33am
They are not the faces of Penn football. But at the end of Saturday’s game, Fordham fans knew who they were.
10/14/15 12:31am
Which Penn athlete has been the midseason MVP in the fall season?
10/13/15 12:37am
In addition to their accomplishments on the pitch, Penn’s soccer teams have continued to succeed off the field.
10/13/15 12:35am
As the old adage goes: “Actions speak louder than words.” However, the exception to this rule is the Penn volleyball bench, whose words are pretty darn loud.
10/13/15 12:33am
For any given pass in the game of football, the chances are high that a particular receiver will see the ball come his way. Think of the great quarterback-wide receiver tandems of all time: Montana to Rice. Manning to Harrison.
10/13/15 12:30am
What are you planning on doing after graduation? Heading to grad school? Getting a job on Wall Street? 2015 College graduate Ronnie Glenn is taking none of the typically prescribed post-grad paths.
10/11/15 11:46pm
Marcus Jones may be the busiest man in Penn Athletics.
10/07/15 4:13am
Anyone who has watched college football in the last decade show know that strength of schedule for teams on the national stage matters. A lot.
10/05/15 11:17pm
For Penn field hockey, the plan is pretty simple: find a way to win Ivy contests, even when those results don’t come easy. And sitting on a 7-1 record with two wins in conference, that is exactly what it has done.
10/05/15 11:17pm
It’s time to hit the refresh button for Penn Athletics. In the eyes of Athletic Director Grace Calhoun that means new uniforms, new initiatives, new programming and, most importantly, a new vision.
10/03/15 3:17pm
Follow along live as senior sports editor Riley Steele, senior sports reporter Steven Tydings and associate sports editor Jacob Adler cover Penn football's Ivy and home opener against Dartmouth.
10/02/15 3:21am
Rewind to four weeks ago.  It was a clear late-August day and Sasha Stephens had just stepped onto Rhodes Field clad in Red and Blue for the first time.
10/01/15 1:53am
Unlike last year, Penn volleyball coach Kerry Carr has the veteran firepower needed to keep the team from being reliant on freshmen.
09/30/15 1:11pm
Penn football’s recent upset victory over Villanova — the program’s first in more than 100 years — has sent tremors throughout the Penn Athletics community.
09/30/15 9:59am
They say defense wins championships. But while its too early to talk about championships for Penn field hockey after only one Ivy League contest, it looks like the team’s offense is ready to prove this well-known maxim wrong. After losing to Liberty on the first day of the 2015 season, the Quakers’ attack has been nothing short of unstoppable in the three weeks since.
09/29/15 11:24pm
Tear, strain, break, and fracture. In the midst of a season packed with daily practices and arduous games, injuries are an unfortunate and inevitable part of all sports. For Penn women's soccer, injuries are the ill-fated reality with which they must deal.