Philadelphia has legit former hoopers on the roster, and Cooper DeJean showed off his skills by throwing down an alley-oop ...

The Eagles aren’t just great on the gridiron. Earlier this week, the Birds took their talents to the Palestra to play a few ...

Philadelphia has legit former hoopers on their roster, and Cam Jurgens and Cooper DeJean dominated during the Eagles' organized basketball outing at Palestra ...

Not just any basketball court, but the world-famous Palestra on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. The Eagles released a video of the day’s activities, which included free-throw ...

Pat Chambers is the youngest of 12, one of nine boys and three girls born into his Philadelphia Irish Catholic family. He also was one of many basketball-obsessed kids trying to catch a game, or ...

Finally, 619 days after the previous college basketball game was played in the Palestra, the cathedral hosted another Tuesday night. It wasn’t a great game by any stretch: Pennsylvania was up 9 ...

“What makes the Palestra so special?” he asked. I tried to explain, telling him that it was oldest college basketball arena in use today, that it was home to great traditions, such as the ...

There are no lockers. Players often walk into one of the visitors locker rooms at the Palestra and stop short, amazed at the sight of so little. Dan Harrell, the long-time Palestra custodian ...

He just didn’t know it would become a place of worship. The Palestra, named by a Greek studies professor at Penn, has welcomed the basketball devout and inspired songs of praise, poetry and ...

The new plaque outside the Palestra, installed by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, celebrates the historical significance of the arena. Credit: Anna Vazhaeparambil The Cathedral of ...