Sports & Athletics
Coverage of Crimson sports and athletics—from team achievements to individual standout stories.
What Does the $2.8B NCAA Settlement Mean for Harvard?
Athlete-payment case will change little for Ivy League athletes.
by Max J. Krupnick
Harvard Twice Strikes Gold and Silver in Beijing
Harvard athletes competing in Beijing won two gold and two silver medals over the weekend...
Harvard Olympians Compete in Beijing
Nine Harvardians, including two undergraduates, will compete in the Beijing Olympic games during the next two weeks, in the sports of...
Alumni Olympic Rowers... and Facebook Litigants
Two members of the 2008 U.S. men's Olympic rowing team hold Harvard degrees: Cameron Winklevoss ’04 and Tyler Winklevoss ’04...
Broken Baseball Bats: A Harvard (Statistician's) View
Major League Baseball has retained Carl Morris, professor of statistics and professor of health care policy, to assist in its analysis of the seeming upsurge in broken baseball bats this season...
All Eyes on China
T minus two weeks to the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in China. Amid the media throng, several Crimson correspondents offer insightful reports...
What Next for Ivy League Sports?
Ivy league executive director Jeff Orleans to retire
by Jonathan Shaw
Leap, Arch, and Tuck
Citius, Altius, Fortius—that’s the Olympic motto: faster, higher, stronger. Altius is Becky Christensen’s specialty. The...
by Jonathan Shaw
Questions about Recruiting
An article alleging that Harvard had lowered academic standards for recruits to its men’s basketball program, and might also have skirted...
Hockey Wrap-Up
Women’s Hockey The top-ranked icewomen (32-2, 22-0 Ivy) dominated the East all season but fell to fourth ranked Wisconsin in the NCAA...
Vaillancourt Honored as Best on Ice
Sarah Vaillancourt ’09 was awarded the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, designating her the top female hockey player in the country...