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Carrie Moore

Carrie Moore is in her first year as Delaney-Smith head coach of women's basketball.

Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletics Communications

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Carrie Moore’s first season coaching the women’s basketball team 

1.12.23

Carrie Moore

Carrie Moore is in her first year as Delaney-Smith head coach of women's basketball.

Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletics Communications

Carrie Moore’s first season coaching the women’s basketball team 

1.12.23

Portrait of Edwin Bancroft Henderson

Edwin Bancroft Henderson

Portrait in the public domain

Edwin Bancroft Henderson and the history behind the Harvard-Howard game

12.15.22

People playing dodgeball on indoor trampolines

A rousing game of trampoline-dodgeball

Photograph courtesy of Launch

Trampoline parks—fun for all ages 

January-February 2023

Harvard’s Truman Jones (90) and Khalil Dawsey corral Yale running back Joshua Pitsenberger.

DOUBLE TEAM Harvard’s Truman Jones (90) and Khalil Dawsey corral Yale running back Joshua Pitsenberger. Defensive lineman (and Crimson captain) Jones led the team with six sacks and was named to the All-Ivy first team.

Photograph by Juilian Giordano/The Harvard Crimson

Kings of the road, the football team struggled at home—and in The Game.

January-February 2023

Yale mascot Handsome Dan XIX and a Harvard University Police dog at The Game

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(1/5) DOG DAY AFTERNOON Yale's Handsome Dan XIX and a Harvard University Police dog wondered what the ruckus was all about. 

Photographs by Julian Giordano/The Harvard Crimson

A tough finish to a quirky season

11.20.22

Harvard quarterback Charlie Dean surveying the Penn defense, on his way to one of the best days in Harvard quarterback history.

SPREADING THE WEALTH Enjoying one of the best days for a quarterback in Harvard annals, Charlie Dean (11) surveys the Penn defense. The Crimson senior signal-caller riddled the Quakers, completing 29 of 38 passes for 316 yards and four touchdowns while connecting with nine receivers.

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Dean passes the Quakers silly—and Eli’s coming!

11.13.22

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(1/4) CRUNCH TIME Harvard's Joe Young is converged upon by a beehive of Columbia tacklers. The Crimson senior wideout snared three passes, one for 22 yards.
Photograph by Angela Dela Cruz/The Harvard Crimson

Sloppy play and a wily Lion create a nightmarish loss.

11.6.22

Harvard quarterback Luke Emge in his first start of 2022

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(1/3) BACK IN THE SADDLE In his first start of 2022, Luke Emge was well protected (only one sack) and in command, completing 11 of 17 passes for 195 yards and a touchdown, and running for a crucial first down.
Photograph by Gil Talbot/Harvard Athletic Communications

A needed restorative is marred by an injury.

10.30.22

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