Sports Features
'A long shot': Inside Penn alum Regina Salmons' journey to the Olympic Games
After a college career at Penn in which she improved dramatically, Salmons is now on track to compete at the highest level there is in the rowing world.
Penn rowers prepare for Under-23 World Rowing Championships
This July, eight members of Penn rowing will be competing in the Under-23 World Rowing Championships. All three Penn rowing programs will be present when the event takes place in the Czech Republic.
Franklin Field goes Hollywood: Remembering the time 'Invincible' shot at Penn's stadium
Although the Eagles stopped playing at Franklin Field in 1970, the story of Vince Papale, who played for the Eagles in the late 1970s, was filmed there because of its storied history with the team and for financial considerations.
Penn men's soccer participates in anti-racism experience "A Long Talk About The Uncomfortable Truth"
As a way of promoting diversity and having necessary conversations around race, Penn men's soccer participated in "A Long Talk About The Uncomfortable Truth." By doing so, they became the first men's team in the Ivy League to engage in the program.
From open practices to the playoffs: looking back at the 76ers' history with the Palestra
In 1967, the East Division Finals between the Sixers and Celtics began at the Palestra with the Sixers' typical arena occupied for the night. Decades later, the Sixers would also hold some open practices at the the Palestra.
International men's rowers face a unique set of challenges upon arrival
For 13 members of Penn men's rowing, numerous adjustments are necessary in order to thrive in a completely different country. These range from athletic adjustments to cultural adjustments.
Close friendship leads to doubles success for Smith and Hildebrandt of Penn men's tennis
In addition to being two of Penn’s best singles players, Smith and Hildebrandt are Penn’s No. 1 doubles pairing this season.
DP Sports Player of the Week: Haley Rizek
For the first time this season, Penn women’s track and field were able to compete in the heptathlon. And despite not competing in any multi-events for over a year, junior Haley Rizek recorded the program’s fifth-best score in program history in the heptathlon this past weekend.
Penn Fellowship of Christian Athletes in Action combines faith with athlete experience
Penn FCAIA prides itself on being able to use the power of sport, which its website describes as “a universal language.”
Origin stories: Penn wrestling
Wrestling holds a very special place in the hearts of many lifelong Quakers.
Meet Penn baseball's assistant coaches
Head coach John Yurkow is not without the help of his three trusty assistant coaches that work behind the scenes to make sure the Quakers are ready come game day. The Daily Pennsylvanian takes a look at Penn baseball's assistant coaches:
The City of Brotherly Love and Basketball: the history of the Big 5
In 1954, Penn president Dr. Gaylord Probasco Harnwell – the namesake of Harnwell College House – announced the formation of a new method of intercollegiate basketball competition. Rather than playing in a conference, five Philadelphia-area schools would play a round-robin series of games for a city championship.
Looking back at Penn women's basketball's March Madness runs
The Quakers have gone as the Ivy League representative to the NCAA Tournament five times in program history, all since 2000.
Tracing Penn baseball's many home bases
We take a look at every stadium the Penn baseball team has called home over the years.
Penn men's soccer announces Class of 2025 recruits
Penn men’s soccer is adding eight new players to be a part of the Class of 2025. The eight soon-to-be-Quakers are Tommy Altirs, Brandon Curran, Ben Do, Charlie Gaffney, Stas Korzeniowski, Aaron Messer, Nico Pereira, and Cullen Scott.
Student-athletes react to Penn's in-person fall announcement
Ten days after a return to in-person classes for fall 2021 was announced, the Quakers moved into Ivy Phase IV and spring sports teams are now being allowed to have in-person competitions against local universities. As shifts towards a post-pandemic college atmosphere occur, we take a look at what the fall will look like on campus.
How Tony Price took Penn men’s basketball to the Final Four in 1979
Arguably the best campaign in Penn history, the Red and Blue finished the 1978-1979 regular season with a 13-1 Ivy record and a 21-5 mark overall, entering the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament as Ivy League and Philadelphia Big 5 champions. And leading the way for this historic Quakers team was junior Tony Price.
Origin stories: Penn men's basketball
On March 20, 1897, the Quakers faced off against Yale in their first-ever basketball game, which also served as one of the first intercollegiate five-on-five basketball games ever. Penn lacked a coach or captains for that game, and dropped the contest in the Bulldogs' home court by a score of 10-32.
Penn sprint football participates in Walk-A-Thon to raise money for cerebral palsy research
On Sunday Mar. 21, coach Jerry McConnell's football team took part in a Walk-A-Thon for the Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania to benefit funding for cerebral palsy research, raising over $4,500 for the cause.