Athletics

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

Harvard Faculty Debate Plan to Cap A Grades

At a lively meeting, faculty members weighed a grade inflation plan that most agreed is imperfect.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Profile of Harvard quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick '05

Though the Harvard football team runs one of the most sophisticated offensive sets in the country, the team also likes to play what they call...

by Craig Lambert

A review of the 2003 Harvard's football 2003 season

Ryan Fitzpatrick '05, the football team's multi-talented quarterback, is a gamer. After breaking a bone in his throwing hand in the season's...

by Bethell, John T

Ryan Fitzpatrick: The best Harvard quarterback since Barry Wood '32?

What's up with Ryan Fitzpatrick? Might this soft-spoken junior from Arizona be the most talented quarterback to play football for Harvard since...

by Bethell, John T

Harvard's sailing team captured the National Co-ed Championship in Grosse Point

In June, Harvard's sailing team captured the National Co-ed Championship in Grosse Point, Michigan. It was the first such title since 1974 and...

A Satisfying Season

A wipeout on the slippery Astroturf of the University of Pennsylvania's Franklin Field dished the football team's hopes of gaining a second...

Taut and Suspenseful

In a shootout between the defending champions of the Ivy and Patriot Leagues, the football team fell to Lehigh, 36-35, in the final minute of...

by Bethell, John T

Harvard football undefeated in 2001

After a pair of 5-5 seasons sullied by inopportune turnovers and second-half meltdowns, head football coach Tim Murphy took a new pedagogical...

by Bethell, John T

Loaded for Bear

An impressive win at the outset of what will be a slightly truncated season gave grounds for optimism about the football team's Ivy League...

by Bethell, John T

Outpointed

Football dreams intercepted

by Bethell, John T