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

Charles Brickley, 1914

Harvard’s G.O.A.T.

Remembering Charlie Brickley at the Crimson’s football sesquicentennial

by Dick Friedman

Harvard sophomore safety Ty Bartrum runs an intercepted St. Thomas pass back 96 yards for a touchdown.

Exceeding Expectations

Footballers’ fast, impressive start

by Dick Friedman

Harvard football player tackles Cornell linebacker who has the ball

Football 2023: Harvard 41, Cornell 23

The Crimson stays unbeaten as Murphy ties a record.

by Dick Friedman

Holy Cross player has ball and Harvard players try to tackle with additional Holy Cross players in pursuit

Harvard 38, Holy Cross 28

The Crimson springs a major upset.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard Football player 29 runs with football with Brown players running after along with other Harvard players

Football 2023: Harvard 34-Brown 31

The Crimson outlasts the Bears in an Ivy nighttime shootout.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard football player 21 runs with ball towards a touchdown with St. Thomas players pursuing

Harvard 45, University of St. Thomas 13

For Crimson football, another opener (its 149th!), another show

by Dick Friedman

Football field

Harvard Football: 2023 Season Preview

Celebrating the Crimson’s sesquicentennial

by Dick Friedman

Team photo, Boston Tigers in 1940, Arthur Augustus “Fats” Johnson at far right

Arthur Augustus Johnson

Brief life of a Black baseball impresario: 1890-1951

by Kasey Uhlenhuth , Harry R. Lewis

Balcetis smiling and holding the NBA championship trophy, with his arm around his wife

Harvard’s NBA Champion

Denver Nuggets assistant general manager Tommy Balcetis ’10 

by David L. Tannenwald

Right-hander Jay Driver mid-pitch

Jay Driver’s Major League Dreams

Harvard pitcher Jay Driver hopes to be selected in the Major League Baseball draft.

by Max J. Krupnick