Sports & Athletics

Children explore a forest pond with sticks and nets, searching for creatures in the shallow water.

Harvard Squared | May-June 2025

Springtime with Mass Audubon

Springtime with Mass Audubon

by Nell Porter-Brown

John Harvard's Journal | July-August 2014

Sports Wrap

Harvard crew has a winning season

Dan Boyne demonstrates the <i>ardha matsyendrasana</i> (“half lord of the fishes”) yoga posture.

John Harvard's Journal | July-August 2014

Yoga for Lacrosse

Stretching for success

by Craig Lambert

The undefeated varsity heavies in action at the Sprints

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Harvard Heavyweight Crew Wins Eastern Sprints

Takes heavyweight final and the 2014 Rowe Cup

Edward O. “Ned” Gourdin set the world record in the long jump at Harvard Stadium in 1921. His leap of 25 feet 3 inches stood as the Harvard record for 93 years.

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Harvard Long Jump Record of 93 Years Broken

The then-world record jump surpassed by a freshman

Beach, with his daughter Emily, shortly after finishing

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Ben Beach, Iron Man of the Boston Marathon

Record-holder Ben Beach '71 has run every Boston Marathon since 1968.

Maksim Korolev running last fall in the NCAA Cross-Country Regionals at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx

John Harvard's Journal | May-June 2014

Speed to the Maks

Distance runner Maksim Korolev has set Harvard and Ivy League records in cross-country and track.

Tommy Amaker

John Harvard's Journal | May-June 2014

Roundball Royalty

Harvard’s men’s basketball team lost, 80-73, to Michigan State in the NCAA tournament, giving them a scare.

1911 Chicago Cubs player cards from the pre-Wrigley Field era, when baseball and smoking were <i>both</i> all-American

Montage | May-June 2014

Baseball by the Numbers

Economist Andrew Zimbalist analyzes the sabermetric revolution

Harvard's Jonah Travis goes up for a layup.

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Harvard Scares Michigan State

Gutsy play ends in 80-73 loss.

In the NCAA basketball tourney, Agunwa Okolie handles the ball for Harvard. The Crimson will face Michigan State on March 22.

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Harvard Upsets Cincinnati in NCAAs

Twelfth-seeded Crimson beat fifth-seeded Cincinnati in NCAA basketball.