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Sports
Penn unveils one of America’s finest squash facilities
Penn unveils one of America’s finest squash facilities
The grand opening of the revitalized Penn Squash Center was held over Homecoming Weekend.
Trifecta of runners awarded All-Ivy honors
Trifecta of runners awarded All-Ivy honors
Three runners on the women’s cross country team are All-Ivy selections, the most in school history.
Clutch play lifts Penn men’s basketball over Alabama
Clutch play lifts Penn men’s basketball over Alabama
The Red & Blue defeated Alabama 81-80 on Tuesday in Tuscaloosa, their first-ever win over an SEC opponent on their home court.
Showstopper O’Neill named Ivy Defensive Player of the Week
Showstopper O’Neill named Ivy Defensive Player of the Week
The junior linebacker had two sacks, two picks, a fumble recovery, and a touchdown against Brown.
A football man: Bert Bell, Penn, and the Philadelphia Eagles
A football man: Bert Bell, Penn, and the Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles co-founder Bert Bell starred on the Penn football team and was later a coach, before embarking on his NFL career.
Rarefied air
Rarefied air
One of only a few female members of a college men’s basketball staff, Penn’s Sarah Parks has jumped into her new gig.
Quakers keep Bears at bay
Quakers keep Bears at bay
The field hockey team beat Brown 3-2 over the weekend in Rhode Island.
Ryan Betley feels primed to finish on top
Ryan Betley feels primed to finish on top
Back from a knee injury that derailed his junior season, Ryan Betley rejoins a senior core that’s revived Penn men’s basketball.
Bend it like Breukelen
Bend it like Breukelen
Breukelen Woodard of the women’s soccer team talks transferring to Penn, adjusting to the Ivy League, the job of an attacking midfielder, and her fondness for classic rock.
Seven-touchdown outing scores Jenkins Player of the Week
Seven-touchdown outing scores Jenkins Player of the Week
Senior captain Eddie Jenkins’ second seven-touchdown game of the season has warranted Player of the Week distinction from the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL).
In the News
6ABC.com
Super Bowl ticket surprise for Penn football players who gave gift of life
Sam Philippi and Anthony Lotti are two of the five Quaker football players in the past 12 years who have given the gift of life to total strangers, donating bone marrow after being matched in their yearly drive in conjunction with the Andy Talley Bone Marrow Foundation.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn’s depth thrills Steve Donahue as Quakers aim for Ivy League rivals
Heading into his fifth season as the Penn men’s basketball head coach, Steve Donahue knows who three of his five starters will be: guards Devon Goodman and Ryan Betley and AJ Brodeur, all seniors. The other two spots have lots of possibilities.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Kendall Grasela embraces leadership role for Penn women’s team
The senior point guard cites her patience as a freshman with little court time and watching her older brothers play as the keys to her patience and the reward of being captain.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn’s Ryan Betley back for one more year (but just one)
Five minutes into Ryan Betley’s 2018-19 Penn Quakers season, his season was over. Following a torn patellar tendon and surgery that took out his season, and months of recovery, Betley is looking at a fifth season—just not at Penn.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn’s offense comes alive in 28-24 win over Lafayette
The win had plenty of offensive highlights, with senior quarterback Nick Robinson and sophomore wideout Ryan Cragun, senior tailback Karekin Brooks, and wideout Rory Starkey, and ends a four-game Quakers losing streak dating back to last season and sends them into next week’s Ivy League and home opener with Dartmouth on a winning note.
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