Sports Features
Baseball Issue | Yurkow continues to build program in third season
Being great, but not the very best. It happens to a lot of people. Scottie Pippen. Art Garfunkel. Pepsi.
Softball Issue | After consecutive championship series defeats, Penn softball looks to break through in 2016
They've been so close, they could almost taste it. For consecutive years, Penn softball has reigned supreme in the Ivy South Division.
Softball Issue | Penn softball sparked by infusion of freshman talent
Following last May’s season-ending loss in the Ivy League Championship Series to Dartmouth, Penn softball said a heartfelt goodbye to a talented group of graduating seniors.
10-seeded Penn women's basketball gets ready to dance
Penn is having deja vu all over again. Two years ago, the Quakers beat Princeton on the road to clinch the Ivy League title and then traveled to College Park, Md., to face Texas.
Softball Issue | Replacing Borden will be no easy feat for Leslie King's Red and Blue squad
In poker and in softball, having an ace dramatically increases the likelihood of victory. In the initial stretches of the season, however, it is clear that Penn softball will have to bet with different odds.
Ivy League announces postseason basketball tournament
The Ivy League Council of Presidents voted to approve a four-team post-season tournament for men’s and women’s basketball.
Steele | No end in sight for Penn women's basketball's dominant run
Not long ago, none of this would have seemed possible
Clutch shooting proves Chambers was worth Penn women's basketball's wait
It's hard to imagine Kasey Chambers scripting it any better.
Heelys back in style for Penn women's basketball
The popular wheel-heeled sneakers of elementary school days are making a comeback among team members.
Matt Howard flourishes under Penn basketball coach Steve Donahue's new system
Setting career-bests in nearly every statistical category imaginable, the 6-foot-4 junior has seized a central role for Penn, leading a team already surpassed last season’s win total in both conference play and the regular season as a whole.
Lauren Whitlatch makes waves as she sinks buckets for Quakers
After attempting just six three-pointers her entire freshman year, Lauren Whitlatch emerged as the Quakers’ new sharpshooter heading into her sophomore season.
Penn women's tennis' Marta Kowalska goes from Poland to Penn
Photoshopping Vladimir Putin amongst other things onto pictures of her teammate in play, Marta Kowalska, with her friend and doubles’ partner OJ Singh, crafts a Facebook-worthy cover photo to advertise this weekend’s match against Maryland.
For Penn swimming's Eric Schultz, personal achievement comes second to team ambition
When Eric Schultz was a senior at La Salle College High School and considering Penn as the place he would spend the next four years swimming, he never dreamed of becoming an Ivy League champion.
Darien Nelson-Henry embraces his leading role with Penn basketball
Nelson-Henry has as dominating of a presence as life allows.
Penn squash's Max Reed reflects on an unconventional journey to the top of his sport
As Drake so eloquently said, “Started from the bottom, now we here.” For Max Reed, that story is all too true. The freshman from Lebanon, N.H., has taken a unique and — at times — bumpy path in his short career, but certainly is back on top.
Penn alum, swim coach Brendan McHugh looks to Olympic bid
A coach, a lawyer and a swimmer walk into a bar. Sounds like the beginning of bad joke.
Penn women's squash ready to prove status among nation's elite
Looking at the ranking of the men’s and women’s college squash tells two very different stories.
Penn men's tennis's freshman rookie has big dreams and bigger goals
Penn may not be best known for cranking out young superstars, but after this year, they just might.
With Nationals on the horizon, Penn women's squash's Yan Xin Tan scores Richey Award nomination
Runa Reta. Katie Patrick. Lissa Hunsicker. Come Sunday, senior co-captain Yan Xin Tan hopes to add her name to the list above as just the fourth Richey award winner in school history..