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Penn Athletics extends and expands sponsorship deal that includes Palestra court naming rights

Penn Athletics has agreed to extend and expand a sponsorship agreement with Macquarie Asset Management, a global asset manager.

Standing near the goalpost in the endzone at Franklin Field, Laquan McKever holds a football and wears a Penn jacket.

Q&A

Breaking tackles with Laquan McKever

The senior running back discusses his sprint football career, how the pandemic reignited his passion for the game, adjusting to the speed of the sport, how he became a Colts fan living in North Jersey, and his plans for the future.

Wearing her white Penn jersey, Kayla Padilla of the women's basketball team prepares to shoot a foul shot at the Palestra.

Padilla’s big-time performance nets Big 5 award

The junior guard on the women’s basketball team has been named Big 5 Player of the Week for the second time this season.

Wearing their white Penn jerseys, five members of the women's basketball team stand at center court.

Penn eats up UC San Diego, loses heartbreaker to Memphis

At play in Los Angeles over the Thanksgiving break, the women’s basketball team upended UC San Diego 58-51 on Friday and fell to Memphis 73-68 in overtime on Saturday.

From left to right, Gracyn Banks holds a field hockey stick on her left shoulder while leaning against a goal at Vagelos Field; Jordan Obi goes up for the shot against King's College at the Palestra.

Three cheers for two Quakers

Gracyn Banks of the field hockey team and Jordan Obi of the women’s basketball team have been honored, in turn, by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association and Ivy League.

Guard Jonah Charles, while being guarded by a defender, makes a move to the basketball with the ball against Old Dominion.

Dingle, Charles pilot Penn to wire-to-wire win

The sophomore guard and junior guard scored 16 points apiece in the men’s basketball team’s 71-63 victory over Old Dominion on Sunday.

rigSophomore forward Jordan Obi goes up for the shot against King's College at the Palestra; junior center Max Lorca-Lloyd dunks the ball against Lafayette at the Palestra.

Penn’s hoop teams victorious in home openers

On Tuesday at the Palestra, the women’s basketball team conquered King’s College 91-55 and the men’s basketball team lassoed Lafayette 85-57.

Autumn Leak, holding a blue and white volleyball, sits on a bench outside of the Palestra. She is wearing a blue Penn volleyball shirt.

Q&A

Killing time with Autumn Leak

The junior co-captain on the volleyball team chats about her role as an outside hitter, the art of the volleyball kill, overcoming anxiety, competing against her sister, and her plans for the offseason.

ESPN

Penn guard Jelani Williams' first college basketball home game was 1,795 days in the making

Jelani Williams, a senior, was profiled for his accomplishments on Penn’s basketball team. "All of the stuff he went through and how he handled it was, to me, a lesson in perseverance that all of us should learn from," Coach Steve Donahue said.

Philadelphia Inquirer

Penn men’s basketball players who sit for the national anthem explain their protest

“We want people to notice,” says senior Lucas Monroe, a captain. “We want them to ask us about it. … People see us sitting for the flag. Obviously, some people don’t like it.” He means really thinking about it. “We see racial gaps in pretty much every aspect of life, whether that be the health care system, education, housing. So for us, it’s about bringing light to the fact that while the anthem says that America stands for freedom and justice and equality for all—the land of the free—we want to highlight the fact that it doesn’t always live up to that,” says Jelani Williams.

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