Athletics
Coverage of the Harvard sports and athletics—from team achievements to individual standout stories.
Harvard Football: Yale 45, Harvard 28
A wild weekend: a debacle in The Game, then a berth in the playoffs.
A melting pot: Harvard’s 1968 football team
How the Crimson squad from the immortal ’68 Game revealed a transforming Harvard
Crimson Football 2018: Harvard 33, Holy Cross 31
A loss turns into a win—just in the kick of time.
Crimson Football 2018: Harvard 24, Cornell 28
A galling defeat
Crimson Football 2018: Harvard 16, Rhode Island 23
A quick and aggressive opponent makes the Crimson look sluggish.
Crimson Football 2018: Harvard 31, Brown 17
An unexpectedly tough win in Providence
Crimson Football 2018: Harvard 36, San Diego 14
A strong start, and for Crimson running back Aaron Shampklin, a breakout day
Harvard “return man” Justice Shelton-Mosley, profiled by Dick Friedman
Justice Shelton-Mosley needs only the tiniest bit of space to go the distance.
Harvard and the making of Big Football
Boosting the game, and The Game
Harvard football 2017 season wrap-up
A humbling defeat in The Game caps Harvard’s dreariest season in 17 years.
Crimson Football 2017: Harvard 3, Yale 24
You can’t win if you can’t score.