Athletics

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

A football player in a red uniform points while holding a ball, with teammates nearby.

Crimson Football: Harvard 30, Holy Cross 7

After a 5-0 start, the Crimson girds for the battle of Ivy unbeatens.

by Dick Friedman

Charley Butt

Charley Butt succeeds Harry Parker as Harvard head crew coach

Harvard's longtime lightweight men's head rowing coach, Charley Butt, will succeed Harry Parker as coach of the varsity heavyweights.

Winning oarsmen (left to right) James O’Connor, Josh Hicks, Charles Risbey, and Andrew Holmes celebrate.

Harvard heavyweight four-oared crew wins at Henley Royal Regatta

Harry Parker's last crew takes the Visitors’ Challenge Cup at England's Royal Regatta

Harry Parker at the 2013 EARC Sprints, where his varsity eight once again took home the gold.

Harry Parker, Harvard rowing coach, dies

The head men's heavyweight crew coach at Harvard for 51 years died at age 77.

A bowler delivers.

Cricket club at Harvard

The Crimson Cricket Club, bowling and batting

Teams from Boston College, Boston University, Harvard-Radcliffe, Holy Cross, Northeastern, and MIT went head to head in five crew events, all wearing identical “Row For Boston” T-shirts, designed by Corinne Wee ’13.

Harvard's Corinne Wee shows support with Row for Boston T-shirts

Senior Corinne Wee’s T-shirts put unity on display at the Women's Crew Beanpot this past weekend.

Photograph by Gil Talbot/Harvard Athletic Department

Women’s water polo player Aisha Price is one of Harvard’s leading scorers

Women’s water polo player Aisha Price is one of Harvard’s leading scorers.

A video of Nico Weiler discussing the art of the pole vault

Nico Weiler and the art of the pole vault.

Weiler on his way up to clear the bar (green, at left). Note the bend in his pole, far below. The orange foam pads cushion landings.

Harvard's Nico Weiler is a pole vault champion

Nico Weiler clears inhuman heights, and not by human instinct.

by Craig Lambert

Photograph by Jim Urquhart/Reuters/Corbis Images

Harvard basketball shocks New Mexico in 2013 NCAA tournament upset

The Crimson shocks New Mexico in NCAA tournament upset, loses in 2nd round.

Vote for the greatest moment in Harvard sports history

From Charlie Brickley’s amazing 1913 Yale Game feat to the fourteenth-seeded men's basketball win over New Mexico in 2013, vote for the greatest moment in Harvard sports history.