Athletics

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

Harvard Alum Wins Economics Nobel Prize

Philippe Aghion helped show how “creative destruction” drives growth.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Crimson Football 2018: Harvard 52, Columbia 18

A Senior Day, and game, to celebrate

by Dick Friedman

Crimson Football 2018: Dartmouth 24, Harvard 17

For the third time against a tough foe, too little, too late.

by Dick Friedman

Crimson Football 2018: Harvard 21, Princeton 29

Harvard gives the Tigers a good game. 

by Dick Friedman

Dick Friedman on early season Harvard football

The early season holds no easy wins for Harvard football.

by Dick Friedman

Saber champion Eli Dersh­witz looks to the 2020 Olympics.

Ranked first in the world, fencer Eli Dersh­witz looks to the 2020 Olympics.

by Lydialyle Gibson

A melting pot: Harvard’s 1968 football team

How the Crimson squad from the immortal ’68 Game revealed a transforming Harvard

by George Howe Colt

Jill Vialet and Playworks

Social entrepreneur Jill Vialet ’86 on “positive chaos” and fixing recess

by Nell Porter-Brown

Crimson Football 2018: Harvard 33, Holy Cross 31

A loss turns into a win—just in the kick of time.

by Dick Friedman

Crimson Football 2018: Harvard 16, Rhode Island 23

A quick and aggressive opponent makes the Crimson look sluggish.

by Dick Friedman