Athletics

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

Tina Fey and Robert Carlock Talk Collaboration, Joke-Building at Harvard

The duo behind 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt shared insights as part of the Learning from Performers series.

by Schuyler Velasco

Harvard squeezes by Dartmouth, 14-13, for twenty-first straight win

Harvard squeezes by Dartmouth, 14-13, for its twenty-first straight win.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard buries Princeton with a “swarm of points,” 42-7

Harvard buries Princeton with a “swarm of points,” 42-7

by Dick Friedman

Harvard football squad numbs Lafayette’s Leopards, 42-0

On a sparklingly cold day, the Crimson numbed the Leopards. 

by Dick Friedman

Profile of Harvard women's basketball player Shilpa Tummala

Post-surgery, a top athlete reestablishes herself.

by David L. Tannenwald

Harvard football rolls out a formidable early season

Formidable early-season football

by Dick Friedman

Allston science center unveiled, online learning, faculty awards, and more

University news briefs: retaining recruits, online learning, appointments, awards, and more

Tim Murphy is Harvard’s greatest football coach

Harvard’s greatest football coach—and one of the best anywhere

by Dick Friedman

Harvard puts Cornell away, 40-3, and is 2-0 in Ivy play

A semblance of a competitive game becomes a rout.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard football 2015: the Crimson scores 45, Georgetown 0

With a seventeenth-straight victory, coach Tim Murphy announces, “The preseason is over.”

by Dick Friedman

Harvard football 2015: the Crimson trounces Brown, 53-27

The Crimson’s first Ivy contest proved “one of those days when we got on a roll.”

by Dick Friedman