Elite Expectations for a Championship Squad
Basketball: women look to repeat as Ivy champs, men to contend.
The Optimistic Realist
“Realist optimist” Brandon Copeland W’13’s NFL run.
The Return of Al Bagnoli
Former Penn football coach Al Bagnoli returned to Franklin Field for the first time as a visitor — and was promptly handed a bad loss.
Uncovered Memorabilia
One alum saved and mounted several pieces of torn-down goalpost from Penn football's 1959 championship season, and is gifting his unique memento to the University 57 years later.
Greater Expectations
Starting over, in football and field hockey.
His Olympic Torch Still Burns
For Brandon Slay W’98, it’s “an honor” to be back in the Olympics — for a third time.
Grappling with Tragedy
Alumni wrestlers teamed up for documentary, Team Foxcatcher.
Elite Eight Finish for Women’s Lacrosse
Ivy champs women’s lacrosse reach NCAA quarterfinals.
Scoreboard
From April 4 to June 6
The Next Step
After finishing their record-breaking track & field careers at the NCAA Championships, 2016 graduates Sam Mattis and Thomas Awad are looking ahead to the Olympic trials -- and beyond.
‘A Magic Moment’
In a thrilling conclusion to his final Penn Relays, senior Thomas Awad led Penn to its first relay championship in 42 years.
Launching Mat
Wrestling alumni-led Beat the Streets helped freshman Jon Guevara.
Quaker Women Take The Ivy Crown
Women’s basketball team are Ivy champions.
First NCAA Champion in Penn Swimming History
Chris Swanson W’16 is Penn’s first-ever NCAA champ in swimming.
Ivy League Eliminates Tackling From Football Practice
Ivy coaches vote unanimously to cut tackling from football practices.
Scoreboard
From Feb. 8 to April 3
Hall Call
Members of Penn's 1970-71 men's basketball team honored with Big 5 Hall of Fame induction, reminisces about historic season.
Mattis Madness
On a historic day for Penn sports, Wharton senior Sam Mattis took a big step toward the Olympics with a record-setting discus throw.
Happy Reunion
Spurred on by a feature in this magazine, the central players of Penn's storied 1965-66 basketball team reunited for the first time in 50 years.
Shining Moment
After winning its second Ivy League women's basketball championship in three years at Princeton, Penn returned home for a special net-cutting celebration at the Palestra.
Rookie Revolution
Thrown right into the fire, Penn's talented freshmen are showing that better days may lie ahead for the men's basketball program: "I think the future is going to be very good to us."
Throwing Weight
Sam Mattis’ Olympic hopes; women’s lacrosse is “on a mission.”
Scoreboard
From Dec. 8, 2015 to Feb. 7, 2016
March Madness Missed
What’s more frustrating than playing Ivy League men’s basketball in the same era as Bill Bradley? Winning the University’s first official Ivy championship the year after he graduated, and then being kept out of postseason play because of a fight between the League and the NCAA. Fifty years later, Penn’s 1965-66 squad still wonders what might have been.