Athletics

Coverage of the Harvard sports and athletics—from team achievements to individual standout stories.

Statue of a historical figure, against a colorful, stylized letter background.

Harvard Faculty Debate Plan to Cap A Grades

At a lively meeting, faculty members weighed a grade inflation plan that most agreed is imperfect.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard basketball defeated in NCAAs

Harvard men's basketball team falls to Vanderbilt in NCAA competition

The 1946 team: Coach Stahl stands at left in back; Don Swegan wears #14, third from left. [Jack Clark apparently missed the photo.]

Harvard basketballers recall 1946 NCAA tournament game at Madison Square Garden

Reminiscences from the Crimson's last NCAA tournament turn

1946 Harvard basketball team

Harvard men's basketball's last NCAA appearance: looking back to 1946

The basketball team’s brief NCAA appearance in 1946

Harvard men's basketball garners first NCAA tournament berth since 1946

Harvard men gain first NCAA basketball berth since 1946.

Harvard squash women win national College Squash Association title

The team beats Yale in the final.

Harvard’s 1912 baseball team. Wingate (front at left, holding cap) was Fenway’s first batter.

Fenway Park's first pitch: 1912 Harvard vs. Red Sox game

Account of the first game at Fenway Park in 1912, Harvard vs. Red Sox

by Christopher Klein

Harry Lewis explains how baseball explains everything

New book shows how baseball words apply to all of life.

Triple image of a double threat: Baskind stands between her two sports' goals

Melanie Baskind stars in lacrosse and soccer at Harvard

Lacrosse and soccer star Melanie Baskind scores with synergy.

by Craig Lambert

Knicks basketballer Jeremy Lin on Sports Illustrated cover

The magazine will put the red-hot New York Knicks guard on the front of its next issue.

Jeremy Lin

Jeremy Lin of New York Knicks sets new Harvard mark

Lin scored 28 points, the most in an NBA game by a player who came from the Crimson.