Philadelphia; Friday, 7 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Pennsylvania plays Brown after Sam Brown scored 30 points in Pennsylvania's 93-78 win over the Columbia Lions. The Quakers are 4-4 in home games. Pennsylvania ranks seventh in the Ivy League with 28.

Ivy League Executive Director Robin Harris announced in an email to Ivy League players and coaches that the Ancient Eight will be opting out of the House v. NCAA settlement that aims to allow schools to pay past and current student-athletes.

This past weekend, the men’s and women’s fencing teams, ranked eighth and sixth in the nation respectively, faced tough competition at the Philadelphia Invitational hosted by Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania. The teams walked away with several statement wins and valuable momentum ahead of the Ivy League Tournament.

Sometimes, a player comes along who alters the entire trajectory of a program. Wyatt Henseler was that guy for Penn. But now, as Henseler moves on to

The Ivy League announced Tuesday that it will opt out of a proposed National Collegiate Athletic Association settlement, declining to provide current and former student athletes with direct compensation through revenue sharing.

No. 3 Penn men’s fencing team came out victorious after this weekend’s Philadelphia Invitational, and has high hopes going into the remainder of the season looking towards the Ivy League Championships.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The Ivy League will not join the antitrust settlement that will allow schools to pay their players directly, a decision that leaves the conference of eight elite academic institutions clinging to college sports’ amateur model even as it is increasingly abandoned by the NCAA’s biggest powers.

Instead of making blockbuster trades to bring in veteran players to improve the lineup today, they elected to stand pat, hoping their homegrown and highly drafted talent can work its way to the majors over the next few seasons to help revitalize a team that has real World Series aspirations. It's also a roster that is aging.

Men’s squash is 7–0 to start their season, including two teams ranked nationally in the top-five. They are set to vie for both the Ivy League title and the national championship.

With the sun cascading through skylights above, the men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in the Penn 10 Elite at the Ott Center in Philadelphia this Saturday. Earning three medals on the women’s side and one on the men’s, Brown showed out in the field events.

Jim Jump doesn’t buy David Brooks’s critique of the “meritocracy” but writes that his argument merits consideration nevertheless.

Smokey Joe’s, a bar nicknamed “the Pennstitution,” has served Penn students since 1933. The walls of a bar affectionately known as “Smokes” are filled with sports memorabilia dating back to when Ivy League football reigned supreme and Penn basketball games routinely packed the Palestra.