Athletics

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

Harvard football player #15 smiles and waves while holding the football

Crimson Football: Harvard 14, Brown 10

Xaden Benson’s “helmet trick” was the decisive factor in the Ivy opener.

by Dick Friedman

Carroll Lowenstein standing at the base of staircase

Harvard Football Great Performances: Carroll Lowenstein ’52

A performance for the ages—in just nine throws

by Dick Friedman

A ball flies through the air off the foot of Vic Kennard.

Harvard Football Great Performances: Vic Kennard ’09

An "indelible feat of foot" leads Harvard over Yale. 

by Dick Friedman

Ric Zimmerman leans forward with football in hand

Harvard Football Great Performances: Ric Zimmerman ’68

A late drive leads to a legendary ’66 win over Dartmouth.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard's Colton Chapple throws a football to an out-of-frame receiver.

Harvard Football Great Performances: Colton Chapple ’13

An all-time performance in an all-time loss

by Dick Friedman

Charles Brickley pictures alone in an old-fashioned football uniform

Harvard Football Great Performances: Charlie Brickley ’15

A Harvard great with an all-time boot

by Dick Friedman

A Harvard player catches a ball at eye level.

Harvard Great Performances: Carl Morris ’03

2000-02: a Crimson Wide Receiver's Fab Four

by Dick Friedman

Photograph of Louisa Thomas standing outside

Profile of Louisa Thomas, “New Yorker” sports critic

Louisa Thomas takes a different view.

by Jacob Sweet

In Harvard Yard, workers unload gigantic heads of lettuce and other greens from a truck prominently labeled United Farm Workers as students celebrate the University's decision to support the union workers by buying only UFW-certified produce.

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Master Yon Lee extends his hands in a tai chi pose.

Tai chi master Yon Lee

The healing of Master Yon Lee

by Jacob Sweet

Outdoors at Boston's Armenian Heritage Park

Urban Adventure Quest, Boston

Scavenger-hunting in historic Boston

by Nell Porter-Brown