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

Maksim Korolev running last fall in the NCAA Cross-Country Regionals at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx

Distance runner Maksim Korolev has set Harvard and Ivy records.

Distance runner Maksim Korolev has set Harvard and Ivy League records in cross-country and track.

Tommy Amaker

Harvard men's basketball threatens Michigan State in an NCAA loss

Harvard’s men’s basketball team lost, 80-73, to Michigan State in the NCAA tournament, giving them a scare.

1911 Chicago Cubs player cards from the pre-Wrigley Field era, when baseball and smoking were <i>both</i> all-American

The sabermetric revolution

Economist Andrew Zimbalist analyzes the sabermetric revolution

Harvard's Jonah Travis goes up for a layup.

No shame in Harvard loss to Michigan State

Gutsy play ends in 80-73 loss.

In the NCAA basketball tourney, Agunwa Okolie handles the ball for Harvard. The Crimson will face Michigan State on March 22.

Harvard beats Cincinnati in NCAA basketball

Twelfth-seeded Crimson beat fifth-seeded Cincinnati in NCAA basketball.

Senior captain Laurent Rivard drives past Princeton's Ben Hazel at Lavietes Pavilion. The Crimson swept both the Penn and Princeton home-and-away series this year for the first time in history.

Basketball, swimming, and squash win titles and set records

Harvard basketball, swimming, and squash teams won Ivy titles and set some individual records this spring.

Men's squash captured the national championship against Trinity College at the season-ending tournament of the College Squash Association. The women (pictured above) will vie to repeat as national champs next weekend at Princeton’s Jadwin Squash Courts.

Harvard's men's squash team wins the 2014 national championship

Take national title from Trinity College, 9-0

Sean and Chris Satterthwaite

Three brothers, the Satterthwaites, compete in Ivy League swimming.

Chris, Tim, and Sean Satterthwaite all compete in Ivy League swimming meets.

by Craig Lambert

The men's and women's squash teams pose with their coaches—and their trophies.

Harvard squash teams win Ivy titles

Heading to nationals, men's and women's teams undefeated

Harvard and Northeastern in 2011 Beanpot action

Veterans of the first Beanpot hockey tournament socialize annually

Five men who played in the original Beanpot hockey tourney, or one of the first ones, meet each year before the annual fray.