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

Harvard’s 1912 baseball team. Wingate (front at left, holding cap) was Fenway’s first batter.

Fenway Park's first pitch: 1912 Harvard vs. Red Sox game

Account of the first game at Fenway Park in 1912, Harvard vs. Red Sox

by Christopher Klein

Harry Lewis explains how baseball explains everything

New book shows how baseball words apply to all of life.

Triple image of a double threat: Baskind stands between her two sports' goals

Melanie Baskind stars in lacrosse and soccer at Harvard

Lacrosse and soccer star Melanie Baskind scores with synergy.

by Craig Lambert

Knicks basketballer Jeremy Lin on Sports Illustrated cover

The magazine will put the red-hot New York Knicks guard on the front of its next issue.

Jeremy Lin

Jeremy Lin of New York Knicks sets new Harvard mark

Lin scored 28 points, the most in an NBA game by a player who came from the Crimson.

Yale hires Harvard football coaches

Four of Harvard's nine varsity football coaches have reportedly been hired by the Yale program, including Tony Reno, Yale's new head coach.

Women's soccer and men's heavyweight crew have banner seasons in 2011

Women's soccer and men's heavyweight crew have banner seasons.

Quarterback Collier Winters dove for Harvard’s third touchdown in a 37-20 defeat of Penn.

Harvard football's record-setting season

The Crimson football team won the Ivy trophy, and records fell.

by Cleat

Joe Restic, retired Harvard football coach, dies

Joe Restic was head coach for 23 seasons.

Harvard men's basketball receives a national ranking

The men's basketball team makes the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time.