Sports & Athletics


Reading the Winds

Thai sailor Sophia Montgomery competes in the Olympics.

by Max J. Krupnick

Cape Cod Wonders, By Bike

Swim, walk, and picnic along cycling routes    

by Nell Porter Brown

The “Bilingual” G.M.

Football-tested and data-centric, Andrew Berry takes the helm in Cleveland.

by Dick Friedman

Ivy League Announces No Sports in Fall

The league becomes first in Division I to scrap fall competition.

by Jacob Sweet

How Harvard Handled the 1918 Flu Pandemic

Fall semester interrupted, a century ago

by Matteo Wong

All In Her Head

Diver Georgina Milne pictures a post-pandemic return.

by Jacob Sweet

A COVID-19 Day at the Beach

Strict lines in the sand

by Nell Porter Brown

Study Finds “Cultural Gap” between Harvard Athletics and Academics

An agenda for a new athletic director—and for a wider emphasis on student fitness

by Jacob Sweet

Erin McDermott Announced as Harvard’s First Woman Athletic Director

McDermott will join Harvard from the University of Chicago July 1. 

by Jacob Sweet

At Home with Harvard: Crimson Sports Illustrated

With 2020 winter sports ending early and the spring collegiate season wiped out almost entirely, we look back at some Crimson highlights from past years. 

“Drip, Drip, Drip”

How Harvard fencers won an Ivy championship

by Jacob Sweet