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Thanks to a partnership between the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Africana Studies, the Wharton Coalition for Equity and Opportunity (Wharton CEO), and the Wharton Sports Analytics Business Initiative (WSABI), the 2023 Race and Sports event returned on Thursday, April 27 during the Penn Relays weekend. This year’s event was especially meaningful as it marked ...Read More

After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Wharton Sports Business Summit is back and better than ever! Join us on October 21, 9:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. ET, at Jon M. Huntsman Hall. Read More

Penn students Jake Federman (CAS’25), Naomi Korn (CAS’24), Justin Lipitz (W’23), and Elan Roth (CAS’25) for placing top-4 in the 2023 Syracuse University Basketball Analytics Competition! Read More

Adi Wyner, Faculty lead of the Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative Explains the Impact of Sports on Finances in Penn Today. October 26, 2022 Philadelphia is potentially on the verge of crowning itself as the new city of champions with the Phillies set to play in their first World Series since 2009, the Eagles 6-0 and ...Read More

After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Wharton Sports Business Summit is back and better than ever! Join us on October 21, 9:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. ET, at Jon M. Huntsman Hall. Read More

Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative (WSABI) partnered with Learn Fresh to host an educational session in conjunction with the 2022 NBA Math Hoops National Championship Weekend, bringing together 28 students from across the country for a weekend of learning, competition, and fun! The weekend was co-hosted by Learn Fresh, along with the Philadelphia 76ers ...Read More

Penn students Zach Bradlow (Penn ’22),  Zach Drapkin (W’22), Sarah Hu (W’23), and Ezra Troy crowned 2022 Football Analytics Blitz champs!   Read More

Wharton students Zach Drapkin (W’22) and Sarah Hu (W’23), Wharton Undergraduate Sports Business Club (USBC) Board Members,  share their “once-in-a-lifetime experiences” interning for their favorite NFL teams with the Daily Pennsylvanian. Nearly every young sports fan dreams of one day growing up to work for their favorite team. Similarly, nearly every one of them also gives up ...Read More

The 2021 Diamond Dollars Case Competition winners were announced Friday, March 12 during the SABR Virtual Analytics Conference. The winning teams selected were from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, Cornell University, Syracuse University, and the Horace Mann School in New York City. The University of Chicago team — which was picked to deliver an encore ...Read More

Wharton’s Americus Reed and Abraham J. Wyner explain how athletes’ endorsement contracts might be more relevant than their sports performance, and how all are at stake when allegations of misconduct arise in Penn Today. October 14, 2021 During the U.S. Open last month, an ad for Rolex ran throughout commercial breaks showing a montage of top-ranked tennis ...Read More