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

Cartoon of a man in a suit and two football players throwing footballs.

Do Ivy League Athletes Outperform in Careers?

How does undergraduate participation in varsity sports enhance career success?

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard player 6 runs with the ball as UNH player attempts to tackle him

Harvard Football- Harvard 28-New Hampshire 23

A solid bounce-back win against a rugged nonconference foe

by Dick Friedman

Harvard player 11 runs with the ball with other Harvard players fending off Brown players

Harvard Football-Brown 31- Harvard 28

The first Ivy game yields a ghastly last-minute defeat.

by Dick Friedman

Coach Aurich on the field in Harvard Football Stadium with players in red behind him

Football: Harvard 35 - Stetson-0

A new coaching tenure begins with a romp in the rain.

by Dick Friedman

Five Questions With Captain Shane McLaughlin ’25

Learn about the 150th captain of Harvard football.

by Dick Friedman

Coach Andrew Aurich standing in the center among a crowd of football players in the foreground

Harvard Football: New Season, New Coach

The 2024 Crimson preview 

by Dick Friedman

Kristen Faulkner

Harvard at the Olympics

Crimson athletes win 13 medals

by Max J. Krupnick

women's hockey image of a rink and a hockey stick

Former Women’s Hockey Coach Sues Harvard

Katey Stone alleges gender bias in handling of abuse allegations that led to her retirement.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Sophia Montgomery

Reading the Winds

Thai sailor Sophia Montgomery competes in the Olympics.

by Max J. Krupnick

Eli Dershwitz against Brown (at Yale) in 2019

Harvard Crimson Fencers at Paris 2024 Olympics

Eight Olympics-bound Harvard fencers

by Max J. Krupnick