Category: Penn Quakers
Speedy Big Man To Join Penn "D" Line
The Scarsdale, N.Y. native Joe Silberzweig will be suiting up for Al Bagnoli at Penn.
Lineman Joe Silberzweig excelled on both sides of the ball at Scarsdale High.
Now, the 6-foot-1, 280-pounder is set to throw the offensive playbook out the windo… more »
Financial Aid Threatens Ivy Competition
This is the second part of a three-part series in which The Sun explores Cornell’s difficulties in athletic recruiting because of non-competitive financial aid packages.
On Tuesday, The Sun reported that Cornell is losing athletic recruits to the oth… more »
Financial Aid Packages Threaten Cornell Athletics
This is the first part of a three-part series in which The Sun explores Cornell’s difficulties in athletic recruiting because of non-competitive financial aid packages.
One Cornell recruit faced the decision of a lifetime: come to one of the top athl… more »
New Book From Princeton Alum Details Ivy FB History
In the cutthroat world of book publishing, it's rare for a publisher to approach a novice author with a book idea. But that's exactly what happened to Mark Bernstein '83. Four years ago, Bernstein noticed a passing reference in the "Philadelphia Inquire… more »
Ivy League Documentary Now Completed
For Love & Honor Productions is proud to announce the completion of Eight: Ivy League Football and America, an original feature-length documentary film (TRT 96 minutes).
A world premiere, hosted by the Ivy Football Association, will be held on Th… more »
Ivy League director Orleans to retire
The only full-time executive director the Ivy League has employed is retiring.
Jeffrey H. Orleans will step down June 30, 2009, after 25 years of service to the Ancient Eight. Amy Gutmann, president of the University of Pennsylvania and chair of the… more »
The Great Divide
Financial-aid initiatives spur fears of Ivy League arms race.
Since its formation in 1954, the Ivy League has been perhaps the most stable conference in Division I. It has enjoyed a remarkable level of parity and is still the only D-I league whose me… more »
Financial Aid Changes May Influence Ivy League
Columbia Spectator columnist mulls the impact of financial aid policies at Harvard, Yale and Princeton and how it could affect the rest of the Ivy League.
With recent changes in the financial aid programs at Harvard and Yale, a new question faces the… more »
Ivy League Lures Four Long Island Football Stars
Mike Catapano knows how fleeting a football career can be. The 6-4 Chaminade fullback played a total of only seven varsity games his junior and senior years because of two broken hands and shoulder surgery. Each setback was more frustrating than the las… more »
College Coaches Live Nomadic Lives
Respected Express-Times columnist Ed Laubach talks about the new darling of the NFL Giants' coaching staff in Steve Spagnulo, coordinators at the FCS level, and Spagnulo's link to a little school in Easton, PA.
Bet you can't name the offensive and de… more »
Iona Prep (NY) Cousins Set to Sign
More FCS Signings from Lower Hudson County, NY.
Since the first day Sean O'Connor started playing football with the White Plains Bernies, he was on the offensive line and Ryan O'Neil was at quarterback. But for O'Connor, his duties since Pop Warner h… more »
Penn Grads to Work on Franklin Field
The Athletic Department has selected the Crawford architectural firm to design the Franklin Field Pavilion, with construction slated to begin this summer.
The project will turn the northern concourse of the stadium into a state-of-the-art weight trai… more »
Ivy Leaguers Make Their Presence Felt on Giants' Roster
The USA Today peeks into the life of NFL players who graduated from the Ivy League.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — One of three Ivy Leaguers on his team's roster, New York Giants' linebacker Zak DeOssie fields the question with a smile, then knocks the stereotype… more »
PA/NJ Recruits Choose CAA, Ivy, Patriot League Schools
Four new commits coming to the FCS - including a highly-touted quarterback for Colgate.
Audubon High's Steve Rizzo, one of South Jersey's premier quarterbacks last season, has made an oral commitment to attend Colgate, Green Wave coach Ralph Schiavo… more »