Philadelphia may not be buying Beckham, but $47 million in state funding might be the golden goal in the contest to bring a Major League Soccer franchise to the City of Brotherly Love.
Last Thursday, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell formally committed money from state grants and loans to aid a Chester project which would include a $115 million stadium, a 200,000-square-foot convention center, retail space and apartments along the Delaware River.
Senior night for the men's squash team will definitely be one they will never forget. But not for good reasons.
The Quakers fell 9-0 to No. 2 Princeton last night, and only one match lasted longer than three games. They are now just 39-6 against the Tigers over the past five seasons.
The Penn women's tennis team can now leave the Levy Pavilion courts without having lost there.
The Quakers won't return home until April 11, when it will be warm enough to play outdoors. And in their indoor finale, they slipped by an all-international Old Dominion 4-3 to remain undefeated in their spring season.
The last time Columbia's All-Ivy forward John Baumann suited up against the Quakers, he let up six runs on five hits in 6.1 innings.
That's not your typical basketball stat line. Baumann was on the mound for the Lions, not the hardwood.
By excelling at both sports, he joined an elite group of athletes when he was named All-Ivy first-team in basketball and second-team in baseball for the 2007-08 season.
Giving new meaning to charity stripe
Grandieri's efforts to honor fallen friend stymied by University officials
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A captain in his senior season, Penn's Brian Grandieri has hit his share of big shots in his career. But even he'll tell you that the most meaningful points he ever scored weren't for Quakers coaches Fran Dunphy or Glen Miller.
They were for Evan Brady.
A neighbor, schoolmate and childhood friend of Grandieri, Brady was a standout lacrosse player for Rose Tree Media Optimist Youth Club, and seemed set to continue playing at Malvern Prep, a Catholic school outside of Philadelphia.
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