Sports & Athletics

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

orange post on a football field with the Harvard Athletics shield

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What Does the $2.8B NCAA Settlement Mean for Harvard?

Athlete-payment case will change little for Ivy League athletes.

by Max J. Krupnick

Only 4:09 minutes into the game, surprise Crimson starter Andrew Casten scored the season's first points--and the first of his three touchdowns—on a three-yard plunge. Casten averaged nine yards a carry.

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Football: Harvard 41, Holy Cross 18

Harvard beats Holy Cross in the opening game of its 2014 football season.

by Dick Friedman

John Harvard's Journal | September-October 2014

“Cleat” Hands Off

Football scribe John T. Bethell hangs up his cleats after 43 seasons; Dick Friedman goes on duty.

“In the secondary, we’re the last line of defense,” says Norman Hayes, a speedy, versatile defender. “If we get beat, it’s likely to mean a touchdown.”

John Harvard's Journal | September-October 2014

Run Backward, on a Mission

Norman Hayes explains how he plays defense for the Harvard football team as a cornerback and nickel back.

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.