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 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
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
"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
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
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
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
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
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
The loss marks the Quakers’ third straight and the seventh loss of the season by 17 points or more
03/05/14 6:07pm
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
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
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
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

Thousands raised in Holleran's memory

After the death of Madison Holleran, fundraisers prompted by friends, family, and strangers emerge from her memory.
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