Sports Columns
Henderson | Small sports are making a big splash for Penn Athletics
Football and men’s basketball. Men’s basketball and football. Men’s basketball. Football.
Wenik | Penn basketball needs to find an offensive identity
Take a step back into the world of 1990’s rap, if you will, and pause to consider Penn coach Jerome Allen surveying the state of his team with a withering look somewhat akin to the gaze of the Nurse Ratched figure in Eminem’s “The Real Slim Shady” video. “I don’t really know where we’re at,” he said when asked to describe his team’s progress following last night’s 82-67 loss to La Salle.
Wenik | Greg Louis' emergence key as Penn basketball looks to upset Vanderbilt
About a half-hour before one of Penn basketball’s typical Tuesday evening practices, assistant coach Ira Bowman was counting out Greg Louis — literally.
Higgins | Education comes on and off the field for Penn Athletics
When was the last time you heard of a Penn athlete who achieved national celebrity status? For most current Penn students, the answer to this question is probably “never.” This is not necessarily a problem of student apathy towards Penn athletics, however, but rather a reflection of Penn’s priorities as a university.
Tydings | The right timing for Penn Athletics' top rivalry
This season, the two schools will tip off for the 231st and 232nd time in the historic matchup on dates that are inconvenient for the majority of Penn’s student body. But that is this year. It absolutely shouldn’t become a trend, especially if you want students to be engaged with the best of Penn traditions.
Henderson | Student attendance still lacking for Penn Athletics
Now that it is about to wrap up, what can we say about Grace Calhoun’s first semester as Penn’s athletic director? One thing is for sure: is is moving in the right direction toward addressing student apathy.
Steele | What it takes to make the ultimate decision for Penn basketball
No matter what Penn basketball accomplishes -- or doesn't accomplish -- this year, every single narrative surrounding the program will tie into the degree of proverbial heat underneath the chair of a certain coach in his fifth full season.
McGinnis | Tough fall season yields key lessons for Penn
But say what you want about the lack of titles — Penn Athletics has plenty to learn from and build off of the fall that was.
Wenik | Don't count Penn basketball out
It seems that there are four constants in the world today (to borrow a frequently posted tweet from CBS college basketball insider Jon Rothstein): Death.
Kasper | Penn basketball searching for identity
Following the Quakers’ 83-77 loss to Lafayette Saturday night, Penn basketball coach Jerome Allen said the 2013-14 edition of the Quakers are sorting out who they are.
Wenik | Cheers to 23 seasons of Al Bagnoli for Penn football
The way Penn football celebrated at midfield after defeating Cornell, giving retiring coach Al Bagnoli a ceremonial Gatorade shower, you’d almost have thought the Quakers somehow managed to capture a 10th Ivy title for their leader on some sort of technicality.
Powers | Penn basketball showing glimmers of hope
Against a more experienced and talented Lafayette squad that was hot from the start, Penn made an impressive comeback effort that put its full potential on display despite ultimately falling short, 83-77.
Tydings | Rider highlights lack of frontcourt depth for Penn basketball
Fans can hate on Nelson-Henry and Louis for their lack of consistency all they want but at the end of the day, they are what keeps Penn from having to go to a frontcourt of only freshmen with sophomore forward Dylan Jones out for the game in street clothes.
Tydings | Growing pains inevitable for Penn basketball
The one constant between both Penn men's and women's basketball coming out of the weekend are the growing pains that come with young squads.
Henderson | Something old, something new for Penn basketball
If Saturday’s season opener against Delaware State was only 35 minutes long, the conversation about Penn men’s basketball would probably be different.
Powers | A performance to be proud of for Penn football
It sure would have been nice to send off the program’s winningest coach with another victory in his final game at Franklin Field, but Penn football showed a lot to be proud of in its loss to Harvard.
McGinnis | Plenty to learn from Tennessee trip
Normally, a 45-point blowout is cause for major concern. But this isn’t most matchups, and as coach Mike McLaughlin and the rest of the team knew going in, this would have to be a game to build off of.
Steele | Time to honor Al Bagnoli
Although this will also be his last campaign on the Quakers’ sideline, Bagnoli made it perfectly clear before the year started that he never wanted his impending retirement to overshadow what his players did on the field.
Penn Basketball Supplement | Time for results from Red and Blue
Understandably, the team wants to stress the process and not the results this year. That makes perfect sense with a young roster that was projected to finish seventh in the Ancient Eight in the Ivy preseason poll. But there will need to be results this year alongside the all-important process.