Sports & Athletics


Slow and Steady

A Harvard Law School graduate completes marathons in all 50 states.  

by Jacob Sweet

Harvard Basketball's Unlikely MVP

Junior guard Justin Bassey

by David L. Tannenwald

Seeing the Ice

Hockey champion A.J. Mleczko in the broadcast booth

by Lydialyle Gibson

Sisters in Basketball

Coach Kathy Delaney-Smith and basketball alumnae on gender, leadership, and sports: a Harvard Magazine panel

by Lydialyle Gibson

An Authentic Act

Basketball coach Kathy Delaney-Smith navigates players’ gender and sexual identity, mental health, and other challenging social issues.

by David L. Tannenwald

Football Star Justice Shelton-Mosley to Transfer

The Harvard football receiver and kick-returner will continue his football career next season at Vanderbilt. 

by Dick Friedman

Finishing with a Flourish

A resilient, crowd-pleasing football season, with talented sophomores surfacing

by Dick Friedman

Sliding Down the Slopes

Best snow-tubing spots around Greater Boston

by Nell Porter Brown

Football 2018: Harvard 45, Yale 27

On the fiftieth anniversary of That Game, Harvard really does beat Yale. 

by Dick Friedman

From the Archives: 1968, When “Harvard Beats Yale”

The immediate post-Game coverage, and an update on that famous headline

Football 2018: Harvard 29, Penn 7

A bludgeoning victory in the season’s final road game

by Dick Friedman