Department of Athletics
Professional Athletes Discuss Intersection of Sports, Tech at I-Lab
A panel of seven professional athletes, including two active NFL quarterbacks, agreed that technology will play an increasingly larger role in sports at a discussion at the Harvard Innovation Lab Thursday.
Athletic Lighting Project Brightens Sports Arenas
In conjunction with Harvard’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal, Harvard Athletics facilities have been replacing their dimmer fluorescent lightbulbs with energy-saving LED bulbs to create brighter and more cost-efficient arenas for athletic practice and competition.
Jack Reardon To Leave Harvard Alumni Association
Scores of veteran Harvard affiliates are celebrating the long career of John P. “Jack” Reardon ’60 after Reardon announced last week that he will step down next year from the executive directorship of the Harvard Alumni Association.
Jack Reardon ’60
Jack Reardon ’60 announced last week that he will step down from his position as Harvard Alumni Association executive director next year.
Are Athletics Overshadowing The Academy?
Since the formation of the Ivy League 59 years ago, the Ancient Eight have consistently struggled to balance athletic success and its impact on academics. These critics raise a question: Has Harvard overstepped the line?
Harvard Athletics: Fun Facts
With the Harvard-Yale game fast approaching, it’s a good time to reflect back on all that Harvard athletes have accomplished since the school’s first intercollegiate competition in 1852.
The Best Team You've Never Gone to Watch
Currently, five players on the Olympics-headed national women's ice hockey team are either current or former members of the Harvard team. The Harvard women’s hockey team is one of the most successful teams on campus but struggles to maintain fan attendance levels.
One Year Later: The Impact of the Gov 1310 Cheating Scandal on Harvard Athletics
Today, with many departed athletes now back on campus and with their teams, the spectre of Government 1310 no longer looms in quite the same way over Harvard’s athletic courts and fields, though the memory of the scandal remains fresh.
Gov 1310 Timeline
Since resident deans were first made aware of the Gov 1310 cheating scandal in August 2012, the incident has been a central part to many lives at Harvard and affect the athletics teams.
Gov 1310 Flow Chart
According to NCAA bylaw 14.2.3.1, a student-athlete begins a season of eligibility as soon as he engages in a contest against outside competition. This flow chart follows the path a student-athlete could have taken after being accused of collaboration in the Gov 1310 scandal.
Harvard’s APR Scores Could Have Fallen Due to Cheating Scandal
When student-athletes withdraw from Harvard, they generally either impact the retention or eligibility component of their team’s single-year APR score, depending on whether they leave before or after the study card deadline.
Six Harvard Teams' APR Scores Rank Below Average for Private Schools
An NCAA rankings metric that assesses the academic performance of collegiate athletic programs recently gave six of Harvard’s varsity teams, including men’s basketball, scores below the average for those programs at other private institutions.
Ivy League Digital Network Launched Last Weekend
The new online network, which livestreams athletic contests from all eight Ivy League schools, premiered this past weekend with the showing of 23 live events.
NCAA Rankings
An NCAA rankings metric that assesses the academic performance of collegiate athletic programs recently gave six of Harvard’s varsity teams, including men’s basketball, scores.
Losing Interim Tag, Williamson Becomes Permanent Director of Athletic Communications
Timothy Williamson was named Harvard’s permanent Director of Athletic Communications on Thursday after serving in the role on an interim basis for three months. Williamson succeeds previous director Kurt K. Svoboda, who became the Senior Assistant Athletic Director at Stanford University in February.
Harvard Sports Teams Postpone Competitions Following Lockdown
Friday’s city-wide lockdown prompted seven Harvard varsity teams to postpone or withdraw from competition.
Walking Off: FM Investigates Athletes Who Opt-out of the Program
Because Ivy League schools do not offer athletic scholarships, leaving a team may come at a smaller cost to a potential athlete at Harvard than at another Division I school, where a former athlete can lose his or her scholarship and the financial support it provides.
FM Satire: Mock Trial Victory Allows Nation to Realize Harvard is Good at More Than Just Basketball
In a shocking upset over number one seed Yale, Harvard proved its worth at something besides basketball at the 2013 National Collegiate Mock Trial Tournament last week.
Assistant Athletic Director Hired by Stanford
A mover and shaker in the Harvard Athletic Department is taking his talents to Palo Alto. Harvard Assistant Athletic Director Kurt K. Svoboda is now the property of Stanford Athletics.
The Super Bowl: Do Bet On It
It's time to pay homage to one of the great American traditions: the Super Bowl. Although the game is traditionally celebrated through copious amounts of PBR, wings, and a betting pool, student athletes recently received a friendly email from Ryan Pekarek, a Compliance Intern from Harvard University's Department of Athletics, with the subject line "Don't Bet On It," reminding them that the NCAA prohibits "engaging in gambling activities as they relate to intercollegiate ore professional sporting events."
New Leader Heads Harvard Athletics Media Push
When they hired Imry Halevi in November, Harvard Athletics made a commitment to improved multimedia productions and sent a message to its fans that it was seeking to push the Harvard sports brand nationwide.
The Fall Sports Season In Review
The Back Page is taking a look back at the semester that was in some of Harvard’s major sports.