Articles by Mike Tony
05/15/14 5:24pm
Senior Farewell by Mike Tony | Round goes the wheel
But I also feel compelled to acknowledge that the DP is where I discovered myself as a journalist, even though it took me a couple of years to develop my voice here. 05/15/14 4:20pm
SquashSmarts: Education with a Penn pipeline
SquashSmarts was originally founded in response to falling high school graduation rates in Philadelphia and has done much more than just that 05/15/14 6:30am
Direct appeal coming for former Penn basketball player Gilliams
Trying to discern the real Tyrone Gilliams remains a fool’s errand for many who have heard his drumbeat of popularity, even if that drumbeat is muted for now. 04/30/14 8:27pm
Kathy Change: Her legacy burns on
"I’ve tried to do this several times before,And failed.If this is the right thing to do,Heaven help 04/28/14 11:27pm
A team means family
Greg Ambrogi and Justin Reilly proposed to their former classmates a mentoring network of Penn athlete alumni to be a resource for current student-athletes. The program is now gaining momentum 04/28/14 9:57pm
Uncovering the other across the river
It’s April Fools’ Day in Camden, N.J., and the joke is on everyone near the intersection of Cooper and 4th Streets on the campus of Rutgers University-Camden — just a 10 minute train ride away from Center City on the PATCO Speedline. 04/23/14 7:29pm
Penn and concussions: Tackling the problem head-on
As the anniversary of Owen Thomas' death nears, Penn athletes remember concussion histories while Penn and others take steps to fix the important problem 04/16/14 6:32pm
Penn alum aiding Malaysia airplane recovery effort
Following a four-year Penn men’s lacrosse career, Mike Glynn became a U.S. naval aviator and is now aiding in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. 03/25/14 5:32pm
Friends remember Penn hoops alum Matt White one year later
A year later, White's friends remember him while his widow Garcia-Pellon;s defense negotiates outlines of plea at case status hearing Wednesday 03/24/14 11:07pm
Tony | Calhoun will hit the ground running ... eventually
A new era for Penn Athletics has arrived. And it feels really weird. 03/23/14 8:20pm
New Penn AD to be announced Monday
The university’s next athletic director will be introduced at a press conference at the Palestra at 1 p.m. Monday, preceded by a university-wide announcement at noon. 03/17/14 7:08pm
Playing for Liberty
Street Soccer Philadelphia is a nonprofit group dedicated to helping the homeless rebuild their lives through soccer. And it's worth a closer look. 03/12/14 2:03pm
Tony | The state of Penn basketball is truly unacceptable
All that’s left to say after the final permutations of “This is unacceptable” for this season have been uttered is that that culture needs overhauled as soon as possible. 03/09/14 10:15pm
Tony | An ugly win that seemed like an uglier loss for Penn basketball
The Big Red couldn’t give the game away, though, because the Quakers wouldn’t take it. A night after Princeton came into Newman Arena and blew out Cornell by 40 points, Penn won by just four, seeing every mistake the Big Red made and raising it another. 03/07/14 9:03pm
Penn basketball flames out at Columbia, 74-55
The loss marks the Quakers’ third straight and the seventh loss of the season by 17 points or more 03/05/14 6:07pm
Program supporters weigh in on the state of Penn basketball
The Daily Pennsylvanian reached out to several prominent donors and members of the Penn Athletics Board of Overseers for their reactions to the state of Penn basketball. 03/05/14 6:02pm
Donors examine the future of Penn Athletics
Several prominent donors and members of the Penn Athletics Board of Overseers offer their perspectives on the athletic director search. 03/01/14 11:33pm
Tony | Point a finger, shake a hand
No more chances for this class of Quakers to rejuvenate the Red and Blue faithful at the Palestra. No more opportunities to get fans believing instead of grieving at the Cathedral again. 02/13/14 11:54am
Tony | If you hold an open forum and there is no one there to hear it ...
The advisory committee searching for Penn Athletic Director Steve Bilsky's successor held an open forum for students to discuss its search process and solicit feedback Wednesday afternoon at Houston Hall. But only one student showed up. 02/09/14 6:44pm