Sports Features
Women's Water Polo Still Perfect After Nine Games
Two months into its season, the Harvard women’s water polo team has found itself amending the history books.
Remembering Where He Came From: Five Minutes with Jeremy Lin
The phenomenon known as “Linsanity” thrust the Torrance, Calif., native into the global spotlight in the world’s most famous arena. But anyone who’s met the 30 year old knows that Lin’s future is much brighter than just basketball.
The Supercharger: Rob Baker Sparks Men’s Basketball
As Baker has made a welcome stride in his development, a few things remains constant: a laid-back passion for the game and an ability to provide an instant jolt of energy to the Crimson.
Remembering Where He Came From: Five Minutes with Jeremy Lin
But anyone who’s met the 30 year-old that took the world by storm seven years ago, knows that Jeremy Lin’s future is much brighter than just basketball.
Triple Threat: The Rise of the Three-Pointer at Harvard
A statistical look at Harvard men’s basketball's three-point shooting.
Harvard Baseball Builds New Friendships in Dominican Republic Trip
Over the course of Harvard baseball trip's to the Dominican Republic, the team participated in various community outreach projects, from painting a house in an impoverished village to visiting a local orphanage.
Rugby's Recruiting Success and Its 2018 Run to the NIRA Championship Game
This season, the Harvard women’s rugby team has proven it deserves attention. The program has continuously been among the best in the NCAA, and its 2018 campaign showed no change. The program’s greatness only becomes more impressive when the difficulty in recruiting high school rugby players and walk-ons is considered.
The Return of Bryce Aiken
The star point guard for Harvard Basketball had been sidelined for nearly a full calendar year due to offseason knee surgery. Finally, Bryce Aiken made his return on MLK Day.
A Voice Beyond the Court for Harvard Basketball
A critical component of the student-athlete experience under the decade-plus leadership of coach Tommy Amaker is grounded upon exposure to important social advocacy issues ranging from education to racial justice.
Men's Hockey's Jack Drury Earns Silver at World Junior Championship
Drury and the Americans placed second after bowing out to Finland in the renowned international tournament’s finale on Saturday night.
In Photos: A Trip to Chapel Hill for Harvard Men's Basketball
Step back into Harvard's Jan. 2 contest at Chapel Hill against No. 15 UNC with this photo narrative.
A Day in the Life of a Harvard Sprinter: Ngozi Musa
Ngozi Musa, a senior from Seattle, Wash., captains the women’s track and field team and competes in the sprints. This weekend we received an in-depth look at her routine as she prepared for the Penn Dual Meet at Gordon Indoor Track on Sunday.
A Day In the Life of a Swimmer: Charles Vaughan
Charles Vaughan is a sophomore swimmer from Carmel, Ind., who specializes in the breaststroke and the IM. We take a look into his busy life as a student-athlete by going through his routine the day of an away meet at Cornell.
Men's Hockey's Jack Drury Invited to USA WJC Camp
The freshman will compete for a final roster spot in junior hockey's most important international tournament, hosted this year in Vancouver and Victoria, B.C.
Summer Ball: Rosenblum-Larson, Zavolas Go Pro
After dominant performances in their junior and senior seasons, respectively, both Simon Rosenblum-Larson and Noah Zavolas left the Harvard baseball team to pursue professional ball in the minor leagues this past summer.
Karly Heffernan is Finding Life After Hockey
Senior Karly Heffernan played on the women's ice hockey team for two years before a minor foot injury grew into a fracture that derailed her career.
Transformative Experience
The Game has a new home for 2018. Dave Mellor, head groundskeeper at Fenway Park, and his staff have spent weeks preparing the ballpark for the gridiron battle between Harvard and Yale.
The 135th Playing of The Game
Over the last three years, The Game has had Ivy League title implications for either Harvard or Yale. This season, however, all either squad has to play for is pride.
A Look Back at the Men Who Led Harvard to Beat Yale, 29-29
In The Game of 1968, Frank Champi completed a touchdown pass to Vic Gatto, a play that would set up Harvard's famous 29-29 tie with Yale. But how did those players arrive at that moment, and where did they go once the dust settled on the Crimson's historic comeback?
Chloe Royston Looks to Find Success in Her First Season with Harvard Golf
Growing up in South Africa, freshman golfer Chloe Royston was always a tremendous competitor. In the classroom, she excelled as a student. In the pool, she aspired to become a Division I swimmer. Halfway through high school, however, she hit a major health roadblock and her athletic career was thrown into jeopardy.
Egypt Holds Special Place in the Heart of Harvard Squash Players
Of the six freshmen joining Harvard’s storied squash program this year, three hail from Cairo, Egypt. They are the latest set of top recruits from a country that dominates the international squash scene.
Field Hockey Races into NCAA Tournament on 13-Game Winning Streak
In late August, the Harvard field hockey team was gearing up to open its season against the University of New Hampshire. At that time, the squad had no way of knowing that it was about to embark on what would be one of the most successful campaigns in program history.
Better Together Than Apart
For Harvard men's hockey junior John Marino, hockey and brotherhood are one and the same. An examination of Marino's relationship with his twin brother, Paul, reveals how hockey and family together shape his life.
Kathy's Crusade
With a season opener against defending national champion Notre Dame, the women's basketball team cannot ease into its season. This early test sets the stage for a season in which Harvard looks to get back to Ivy Madness.
Talk of the Towns
Although the Crimson came up a basket short of joining the Big Dance after losing to Penn in the 2018 Ivy League Tournament Championship, Harvard will return 99.4 percent of its scoring from last season, good enough for second most in the country.