Sports

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

Columbia player is tackled from behind by a Harvard defender during a play.

Harvard Football: Harvard 31, Columbia 14

The Crimson stay unbeaten with a workmanlike win over the Lions.

by Dick Friedman

Josue Ortiz

Josue Ortiz, football defensive tackle, dominates as Harvard clinches Ivy title

Defensive tackle Josue Ortiz came up big in the Penn game, where Harvard clinched the Ivy League title.

Junior tailback Treavor Scales was Harvard's top ground-gainer against Pennsylvania. His 70 yards rushing included a 35-yard breakaway, setting up a two-yard touchdown run (above) at the start of the final quarter. The Penn defender is linebacker Erik Rask.

Football: Harvard 37, Pennsylvania 20 | November 12, 2011

A runaway victory confers an Ivy League football championship.

by Bethell, John T

Receiver Chris Lorditch outjumped Columbia cornerback Brian DeVeau to snare a pass from quarterback Collier Winters in the third period of Saturday's game at Wien Stadium. Dodging two more Lion defenders, Lorditch dove into the end zone for a 41-yard touchdown, Harvard's fourth of the afternoon.

Harvard 35, Columbia 21 | November 5, 2011

A landmark win for coach Tim Murphy

by Bethell, John T

With wet snow veiling the Stadium's FieldTurf surface, tailback Treavor Scales '13 had his best game of the season against Dartmouth, rushing for 139 yards and two touchdowns. Cornerback Shawn Abuhoff is the Big Green defender.

Harvard 41, Dartmouth 10 | October 29, 2011

On a white night at the Stadium, the game's afoot.

by Bethell, John T

Harvard Boxing Club seeks contact with alumni boxers

The Boxing Club aims to build an alumni network.

Harvard Heavyweight Crew from clockwise from top left: associate head coach Bill Manning, Patrick Lapage, head coach Harry Parker, Matthew Edstein, Caspar Jopling, Andrew Reed, Josh Hicks, Andrew Holmes, David Fuller, James O’Connor, Sam O’Connor

Harvard varsity crew wins Head of the Charles rowing race

The men's heavyweight crew won the championship for the first time since 1977.

Football: Harvard 56, Princeton 39 | October 22, 2011

The football team fights off a furious Tiger rally, and records topple.

by Bethell, John T

Tay and Johnson

"No Look Pass", film by Melissa Johnson ’00, about basketball star Emily Tay ’08

"No Look Pass," a documentary film about Harvard basketball player Emily Tay ’08, was written, produced, and directed by Melissa Johnson ’00.

by Sarah Zhang

Basketball starts Keith Wright and Brogan Berry talk about their games

Two basketball co-captains with a nose for the hoop

by Craig Lambert

Backup quarterback Colton Chapple ably directed the Crimson offense in a 24-7 victory over Brown, completing 15 passes for 207 yards and two touchdowns in a rainstorm.

This year's Harvard football team seems weatherproof

This year's football team is tough, physical, and resourceful.

by Bethell, John T