Athletics

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

orange post on a football field with the Harvard Athletics shield

What Does the $2.8B NCAA Settlement Mean for Harvard?

Athlete-payment case will change little for Ivy League athletes.

by Max J. Krupnick

Photograph of the Murr Center

Taking Stock of Harvard’s Athletics Culture

Outgoing athletics director Bob Scalise on recruitment, sports and society, and the educational role of sports

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard senior Cody Chrest runs with ball in hand

Football 2019: Harvard 31, Holy Cross 21

Harvard prevails at Holy Cross Homecoming. 

by Dick Friedman

Portrait of Robert L. Scalise

Harvard Athletics Director to Retire

Scalise has been Nichols Family Director of Athletics for the past 18 years.

by Jonathan Shaw

Sophomore Jon Sot averaged a staggering 56.3 yards on three boots. Meanwhile, a second Crimson punter, junior Sean McKeough, also had a booming day, averaging 41.2 yards on four kicks.

Football 2019: Harvard 35, Cornell 22

Harvard defeats Cornell in its third straight win.

by Dick Friedman

Paul Lee (left) holds the Little Red Flag replica in 2012. Also shown (clockwise from top left) are Spencer Ervin, Jeffrey Lee, and Stephen Goodhue.

Who has attended the most Harvard-Yale Games?

Who’ll carry the traditionalists’ Little Red Flag?

Articulating a vision for Crimson athletes—and fellow students

Articulating a vision for Crimson athletes—and fellow students

The Harvard women’s lacrosse team takes the field.

Tackling harassment, athletics, and barriers to foreign scholars and students

Tackling harassment, athletics, and barriers to international scholars and students

by John S. Rosenberg

Two Harvard football players tackle a player from Brown.

Harvard football 2019 opening games

In the early season, an infusion of new talent and a hot quarterback buoyed the Crimson football team.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard freshman Khalil Dawsey blocks the punt of Howard's Isaiah Moore.

Football 2019: Harvard 62, Howard 17

Harvard defeats Howard in another rout.

by Dick Friedman

A scan from the program for the eighth annual conference of the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Technology, including the words "peer learning" and a drawing of a lightbulb.

Eighth Annual HILT Conference Focuses on Peer Learning

The eighth annual conference of the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching

by Jonathan Shaw