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Lit by Lightning" describes Thorpe's football breakthrough with the Carlisle Indian School against Penn in 1907.
Franklin Field was a crazy place. People took their football seriously. Hell, they’d run on the field to get at the players and coaches.” This raucous fandom manifested itself into one of the great ...
Franklin Field, named after Benjamin Franklin, first opened on April 20, 1895, with the first running of the Penn Relays. The chairman of Penn’s track committee at the time, Frank B. Ellis, was ...
Franklin Field has hosted the Penn Relays since 1895. That makes this three-day event older than the modern Olympics. This quintessential Philly event is also the largest track and field event in ...
Franklin Field in Philadelphia is set to host the 129th annual Penn Relays, making it one of the oldest and largest meets. The first year of competition was April 21, 1895, ...
Scroll through the list of athletes coming to Franklin Field this weekend for Grand Slam Track, and you’ll see a lot of familiar names. Gabby Thomas won three gold medals at last summer’s ...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS)—The venerable old brick building still holds a special place for those who played there and for those who used to walk past it on the University of Pennsylvania's campus every ...
Our Wakisha Bailey spent the morning at Franklin Field talking with some of the athletes. Here's what they had to say about this year's experience.
PHILADELPHIA - Two New Jersey track and field legends returned to Franklin Field for this year’s Penn Relays, competing in the women’s Olympic Development 800-meter run on Saturday afternoon.