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Sports
Quakers down Brown, earn share of Ivy title
The women’s soccer team clinched a share of the Ivy League championship on Sunday with a defeat of the Brown Bears.
Women’s basketball team picked to finish No. 2 in Ivy League
Penn looks to build upon last season’s success, which saw the Quakers finish 22-9, runners-up in the Ivy League Tournament, and champions of the Big 5.
Field hockey team blanks Yale
The Quakers move above .500 with a 2-0 road win over the Bulldogs.
Women’s soccer one-ups Yale, stays undefeated on the road
The Quakers are rolling at 11-1-1 after defeating Yale 2-1 on Saturday in Connecticut.
Wrestling team grapples on the green
The Penn wrestling team headed outside on to officially kick off its season with its annual “Grapple On The Green” open practice on College Green.
Men’s basketball team picked second in Ivy Preseason Media Poll
The reigning Ivy League champions return four starters from last year’s squad, which finished 24-9 overall and 12-2 in regular-season conference play.
Rumble, young man, rumble
Breaking tackles with Karekin Brooks, the featured running back on the Penn football team.
Clutch pick earns Diakite Ivy Rookie of the Week
The freshman defensive back made the game-saving interception in Penn’s 13-10 win over Columbia on Saturday.
Quakers cut down Big Green
The women’s soccer team defeated Dartmouth over the weekend to improve to 10-1-1.
Football team wins ugly, holds off Columbia
The Quakers defeated the Lions 13-10 on Saturday at Franklin Field to improve their record to 4-1.
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Penn’s female rowers have a new teammate. She’s 10.
With the help of Penn’s women’s rowing team, the sport is bringing Keira McGrenehan joy and relief as she manages ulcerative colitis through a national program called Team IMPACT, which connects kids with serious and chronic illnesses to college athletic teams.
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ESPN
The Ivy's last stand: Penn's 1979 Final Four run marked end of an era
An Ivy League team in the Final Four? Yep. Coach Bob Weinhauer’s basketball team didn’t seem to belong— the Quakers came from a bookworm conference that didn’t, and still technically doesn’t, allow athletic scholarships. Somehow, they found a way to accomplish a ludicrous goal and advance to the Final Four. It’s a feat no Ivy team has accomplished since.
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ESPN
‘Professor Cope’: NFL linebacker’s offseason job? Teaching ‘Life 101’
Brandon Copeland, the New York Jets linebacker heading to free agency next month, and a Wharton graduate, returns to his alma mater to teach Inequity and Empowerment, Urban Financial Literacy along with Brian Peterson, the director of Makku, Penn's Black Cultural Center, calling the course Life 101.
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Philly.com
Why this New York Jets linebacker wants to help Penn undergrads manage their money
Brandon Copeland, a Penn alum and New York Jets linebacker, wished he’d taken a personal finance course to learn the basics of budgeting, investing, retirement planning, and career basics. Now he’s teaching that very undergraduate class.
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Philly.com
Penn looking to put one championship behind while chasing another
The next challenge for men’s basketball is an exclusively Ivy League competition, six straight weekends of grueling Friday-Saturday back-to-backs, on the heels of the Big 5 win at the Palestra.
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