Athletics

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

How a Harvard Hockey Legend Became a Needlepoint Artist

Joe Bertagna’s retirement project recreates figures from Boston sports history.

by Schuyler Velasco

Crimson Football 2016: Harvard 17, Holy Cross 27

The Crusaders play spoiler. 

by Dick Friedman

Crimson Football 2016: Harvard 29, Cornell 13

Crimson players prove their grit.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard Football Early Season Successes

A successful beginning of the football season

by Dick Friedman

Kathy Delaney-Smith, Harvard women's basketball coach, profiled

Basketball coach Kathy Delaney-Smith lives up to, and inspires, with her motto.

by David L. Tannenwald

Lavietes Pavilion's New Look

Upgrading a venerable basketball arena

by John S. Rosenberg

Winter hiking in the Blue Hills Reservation

Appalachian Mountain Club’s winter hiking in the Blue Hills

by Nell Porter-Brown

Crimson Football 2016: Harvard 31, Georgetown 17

Harvard extends its Stadium night-game unbeaten streak to 14.

by Dick Friedman

Crimson Football 2016: Harvard 32, Brown 22

Harvard toughs out “a typical Brown game.”

by Dick Friedman

Crimson Football 2016: Harvard 51, Rhode Island 21

A fine start to Harvard’s 143rd football season

by Dick Friedman

Harvard renovates Allston basketball arena

A mid-course change in Allston yields renovated basketball facilities.

by John S. Rosenberg