Athletics

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

A woman gazes at large decorative letters with her reflection and two stylized faces beside them.

The True Cost of Grade Inflation at Harvard

How an abundance of A’s created “the most stressed-out world of all.”

by Lindsay Mitchell

Yale’s defense held Gino Gordon ’11, Harvard’s all-Ivy running back, to 36 yards rushing, but couldn’t keep him out of the end zone. Gordon rushed for short-yardage touchdowns in both halves of The Game. At the team’s postseason banquet he received the Crocker Award as the team’s most valuable player.

Image gallery from the 2010 Harvard-Yale football game

A gallery of images from the 2010 Harvard-Yale football game

Harvard-Yale football game results: Harvard wins 28-21

The football team wins its fourth straight over the Elis.

by Bethell, John T

November 13, 2010: Penn 34, Harvard 14

Quakers quash Crimson quest for Ivy laurels.

by Bethell, John T

November 6, 2010: Harvard 23, Columbia 7

Next stop: Franklin Field.

by Bethell, John T

October 30, 2010: Harvard 30, Dartmouth 14

Polished performances, on both sides of the ball.

by Bethell, John T

October 23, 2010: Harvard 45, Princeton 28

Running backs Gordon and Scales rush for 338 yards.

by Bethell, John T

Quarterback Andrew Hatch’s forte is passing, but Brown’s defenders kept him on the run in a 29-14 blowout.

Harvard football 2010: Holy Cross, Brown, and Lafayette

Quarterback Andrew Hatch returns to the Harvard fold.

by Bethell, John T

Illuminated, artificial-turf Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium opens at Harvard

The new Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium hosts its first games.

Cross-country captain Daniel Chenoweth running hill repeats at Fresh Pond

Profile of Harvard runner Daniel Chenoweth

Senior cross-country captain Daniel Chenoweth outruns the competition.

by Jonathan Shaw

October 16, 2010: Lehigh 21, Harvard 19

A 17-point lead, gone with the wind.

by Bethell, John T