Athletics

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

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

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

by Max J. Krupnick

An Ivy win and a terrible injury mark Harvard football's early season

An Ivy win and a terrible injury mark Harvard football's early season.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard men's hockey goalie Merrick Madsen

Merrick Madsen was the brick wall in net for last season’s Frozen Four team.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Crimson Football 2017: Harvard 41, Georgetown 2

A steamrolling at RFK Stadium

by Dick Friedman

Crimson Football 2017: Harvard 45, Brown 28

Harvard cruises in its home opener.

by Dick Friedman

Crimson Football 2017: Harvard 10, Rhode Island 17

The Crimson drops its first season opener since 2011.

by Dick Friedman

Athlete Activism and Harvard Men's Basketball

Sociologist Harry Edwards and broadcaster James Brown weigh protest and progress in sports, and in Harvard basketball.

by David L. Tannenwald

Harvard field-hockey’s driving coach

Under coach Tjerk van Herwaarden, Harvard field hockey ascends.

by Erick Trickey

Title IX at 45

How Title IX expanded women’s opportunities in sports

by Alisha Ukani

Harvard athletics wrap up

Track and field, golf, crew, tennis

by Lydialyle Gibson

Day trips on the Merrimack River

Paddling the Merrimack in Lowell and Lawrence

by Nell Porter-Brown