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 31, Brown 17

An unexpectedly tough win in Providence

by Dick Friedman

Crimson Football 2018: Harvard 36, San Diego 14

A strong start, and for Crimson running back Aaron Shampklin, a breakout day

by Dick Friedman

Arne Duncan at Harvard Institute of Politics

Arne Duncan ’86 discusses education, politics, and Harvard basketball at the Institute of Politics.

by David L. Tannenwald

Harvard “return man” Justice Shelton-Mosley, profiled by Dick Friedman

Justice Shelton-Mosley needs only the tiniest bit of space to go the distance.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard and the making of Big Football

Boosting the game, and The Game

by Dick Friedman

Harvard Will Adjust Coaches’ Pay, Per State Law

Harvard Athletics overhauls coaches’ compensation. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Quinn Hoffman plays baseball at Harvard

For Quinn Hoffman, baseball is the family business.

by Erick Trickey

Harvard basketball teams fall short of the 2018 NCAAs

The basketball teams fall short of the NCAAs.

by David L. Tannenwald

Harvard late-winter and early-spring sports wrap-up

Late winter and early spring highlights

by Lydialyle Gibson

Riding Boston’s Neponset River Greenway

Cycling the Neponset River Greenway

by Nell Porter-Brown