Articles by John Phillips
05/14/14 5:49pm
Senior Farewell by John Phillips | How I learned to stop worrying and love the DP
I graduate in a week as I write this column. My bound volumes from my time as an editor still sit in the sports office at the DP. I’m going to wait until the very last moment to take them out. 04/28/14 10:41pm
A community spelled P-E-N-N
Going to college is a stressful experience, a whirlwind of uncertainty. From classes to clubs to what they’re wearing in the morning or what they’re doing that night, one thing all freshmen come to realize is that they aren’t in Kansas anymore. 04/20/14 10:01pm
Penn softball takes South division control
After winning three of its four contests against the Tigers, the Quakers are now sitting pretty, with a 2.5-game lead over trailing Columbia. 04/14/14 9:28pm
Phillips | A hard, long look into the mirror for Penn basketball
On Monday night, the problems with Penn basketball came to a head, as The Daily Pennsylvanian confirmed that freshman Tony Bagtas , sophomore Julian Harrell and junior Henry Brooks were off of the team 03/08/14 9:00pm
Penn basketball holds on against lowly Cornell, 69-65
Going up against the worst team in the Ivy League, Penn held on thanks to Dau Jok's 21 points, defeating Cornell, 69-65. 03/07/14 11:52pm
Phillips | Allen has lost Penn basketball
There are a lot of bad teams in college basketball, but Penn is not just bad. The Quakers are an undisciplined, insubordinate squad. 03/03/14 5:26pm
Phillips | A tale of two Allens
Allen Iverson and Jerome Allen shared an NBA court once. Both had similar dreams, but only one is still being lived. 02/11/14 7:02pm
Freshman forward rounding into form for Penn basketball
With offers from Stanford and Virginia Tech on the table, Howard ultimately chose to play for Penn, providing coach Jerome Allen with a player boasting an incredible basketball IQ. 02/10/14 4:33pm
Phillips | Time to forget Penn basketball's flaws
This is the time of year when you suspend all the cynicism. Penn basketball takes on Yale on Friday, a matchup of young squads trying to keep the illusion of relevance up for yet another week. Each team wants a chance at turning a fling into something real. 02/08/14 9:40pm
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly | Penn basketball vs. Columbia
Penn beats Columbia for an Ivy sweep, Harvard loses to Yale and all of a sudden, the Quakers have a pulse in the Ivy League. Here’s the Good, the Bad and the Ugly from the Quakers’ win over the Lions. 02/03/14 9:37pm
Phillips | Identifying the problem is just the first step
Either Allen finally unlocks the code to this team that he’s put together, or it won’t be his team for much longer. 01/29/14 5:35pm
Phillips | Second is best for Quakers in Ivies
With league play kicking into full gear this weekend, I’ll take my chance at predicting how the 14-game tournament that is the Ivy season will pan out for the Quakers with these four predictions 01/16/14 9:39am
Ivy League mid-season teleconference: Highlights from coach Jerome Allen
Jerome Allen spoke on the mid-season Ivy League teleconference about the struggles his team has had with turnovers and the balance his team has. 01/15/14 5:06pm
Phillips | The holiest cathedral but a different kind of rock
For one day, church services will be conducted again at the Palestra, the Cathedral of Basketball. 01/11/14 9:28pm
Phillips | After that win, I've finally found my hat
Coach Jerome Allen loves verbally taking his hat off to opposing teams or players. But now, columnist John Phillips takes his hat off to Penn’s coach. 12/09/13 7:22pm
Phillips | Five predictions more reliable than Penn basketball
I’ve seen more Penn sports than I’d like to admit in the last year (including, miraculously, covering five of Penn basketball’s nine victories since January), so I’d like to think that my look into the next semester’s worth of Penn sports will yield some strong predictions. 12/03/13 11:28pm
Phillips | The guy next door, your old friend and that girl in class
There are natural comparisons in life, and it’s hard not to compare Penn to Drexel, Villanova and Harvard. 11/26/13 9:09pm
Penn basketball blows out Niagara, 85-66
Sophomore Tony Hicks went for 33 points on 12-for-20 shooting, allowing the Quakers to cruise to victory. Penn defeated Niagara, 85-66. 11/21/13 11:06pm
Phillips | Max Polkinhorne couldn't spear a victory for Penn men's soccer
On a night when sophomore goalie Max Polkinhorne electrified the large crowd at Rhodes Field, it was Providence’s keeper, Keasel Broome, who ended the night dancing before Penn’s student section. 11/18/13 4:36pm