Sports Features
New coach Alex Tirapelle changing the mentality of Penn wrestling
Alex Tirapelle, the new head of Penn’s wrestling program, won’t be turning any heads with his style of coaching.He wouldn’t have it any other way.
Whiting twins are double trouble for Penn Cross Country
A casual observer at the recent Princeton Invitational may have been a bit confused by the sight of the same Penn cross country runner crossing the finish line twice in a one-second span.
Special teams: Setting a 'Golden' standard for Penn football
Going to a Penn football practice, everything has a structure. Each player knows where he is supposed to be, when he is supposed to be there and which coach will be working with him.
Penn wrestling's Lorenzo Thomas is everyone's All-American
Penn may not boast many All-American athletes, but senior wrestler Lorenzo Thomas is anything but boastful about his resume.
Takeaways from Penn women's basketball's opening scrimmage
This weekend, we got our first taste of Penn women’s basketball as the team took the court for their Red and Blue scrimmage. While it’s always tough to take too much away from a scrimmage, here are some of our first insights into the Quakers’ upcoming season.Finding where the Wild Things are
Wild Things, Lamas’ brain child has become an engrained part of the fabric of Mt. Airy.
Penn runner training for race of a lifetime
Aadu, an Engineering junior with an ideal 6-foot-2, 155-pound runner’s frame, wants to experience the hurt of each half-mile. He wants to struggle through it, to feel as if he won’t make it and finally push through.From Ironman to brain surgery and back again
Competitive racer Candace Gantt returned from intensive brain surgery to complete an Ironman and raise awareness about traumatic brain injuries alongside Penn’s Center for Brain Injury and Repair.
No shirts, no shoes, just spray tans: Meet Mr. and Ms. Penn
The best bodies at Penn came together in Zellerbach Theatre to compete for the titles of Mr. and Ms. Penn on Wednesday night.Sports Quotient blog launched by Penn undergrads
On Sept. 5, Zachary Weiner and his colleagues launched The Sports Quotient, a blog dedicated to covering and debating all things sports.
Perseverance and pride on the ice
Penn doesn’t have a varsity figure skating team. But maybe now that 2012 graduate Ami Parekh is looking to become the first figure skater to go to the Olympics from the University, they may look to promote the club sport.
The Chief of Boathouse Row
Every few minutes, someone walking by greets Chief with a quick hello, and many come over to spend a few minutes chatting with the old man. He’s a “people person,” according to loyal customer and friend Fritz Spang, who stops by daily at the end of his routine two-and-a-half-mile walk.
Francia heads to second career Olympics
In her seven years on the national team, Francia and her crew have won five World Championships in the eight, and she has also excelled in national and international races in the pair. She was also part of the eight that won gold in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Leitner seeks roster spot on World Cup team
After advancing past the first round of tryouts for the U.S. National Lacrosse team for the second-straight year, the former Penn goalkeeper will head to Baltimore for the second round at UMBC from July 27-29, in an effort to make the national team and earn a spot on the 2013 Federation of International Lacrosse World Cup roster.
Europe or bust for Eggleston
Last Thanksgiving, 2011 graduate and former basketball standout Jack Eggleston was not taking a break from work to celebrate the day with friends and family in his home state of Indiana. Instead, he was sitting in his apartment in Leverkusen, Germany, waiting for basketball practice to start.
Beck takes talent to elite Philadelphia squad
Erin Beck doesn’t know how long she’ll play soccer after she graduates next May, but this summer, she’ll be playing alongside the country’s top players in the newly formed Women’s Premier Soccer League Elite.