11/15
Greg Johnson
Managing Editor
Greg Johnson covers Penn Athletics and Recreation, which includes sports teams, intramural sports, and the Penn Relays. He manages the annual Research at Penn publication, which highlights notable research from all 12 schools at Penn.
Padilla named Big 5 Player of the Week
The do-it-all guard had 22 points, five rebounds, four assists, three blocks, and one steal in the women’s basketball team’s season-opening win against Hartford on Sunday.
Squash teams squish Dickinson, F&M
The top-ranked men’s team and eighth-ranked women’s team both swept Dickinson and Franklin & Marshall on Sunday at the Penn Squash Center.
Field hockey team ends season on high note
Penn defeated Dartmouth 2-1 on Saturday, wrapping up their season with a three-game winning streak and third-place finish in the Ivy League.
Penn versus Cornell used to serve up Thanksgiving specials
Penn and Cornell face off for the 127th time on Saturday at Franklin Field. Forty-three of the first 45 meetings were held on Thanksgiving Day.
Guarding the goal with Gracyn Banks
The senior captain discusses her role as a center back, the field hockey team’s brutal schedule, playing for USA Field hockey, her work as a field hockey coach and referee, and her plans for next year.
Penn haunts Brown, secures first Ivy win
The football team bowled over Brown 45-17 on Saturday at Franklin Field. The Quaker defense had a season-high eight sacks.
How the recent NLRB memo affects college athletes
Karen Weaver, an adjunct assistant professor at the Graduate School of Education, discusses the recent memo from the NLRB general counsel stating certain ‘student-athletes’ are actually employees.
Making plays with Mia Shenk
The senior on the women’s soccer team chats about what she enjoys about the game, her responsibilities as a forward, her young but talented team, how she has grown as a player, and her plans for the future.
McKever puts up Derrick Henry numbers in win over Caldwell
The sprint football team handed Caldwell its first loss of the season on Friday behind a 146-yard, three-touchdown excursion by senior running back Laquan McKever.
Women’s basketball picked 2nd, men 4th, in Ivy preseason poll
Both teams are back in action in November for the first time since March of 2020. Ivy League play for the Quakers begins on Jan. 2 against Brown.