Princeton douses Crimson hopes
More than a year has passed since the Harvard women’s basketball team last lost at home, on Feb. 14, 2009. But the Crimson, who also had an eight-game winning streak on the line when they hosted...
View ArticleCrimson sweep individual championships
Cambridge may soon be called the college squash capital of the United States. Laura Gemmell ’13 of the Harvard women’s squash team and Colin West ’10 of the Harvard men’s squash team took home College...
View ArticleCrimson fall hard
A loss is always harder when you know that the effort is there, but the results aren’t. Last year the Harvard women’s hockey team missed the postseason for just the second time in the nine-year history...
View ArticleTaking the title
In his last collegiate match, Crimson wrestler J.P. O’Connor ’10 capped off a dominant season and career at Harvard by taking the 157-pound national title at the NCAA Championships in Omaha, Neb., on...
View ArticleSoftball team falls to Cornell in Ivy League Championship final, 3-2
It was a fight to the finish for the Harvard softball team, but that wasn’t enough for the Crimson as the Cornell Big Red defeated Harvard on May 8, 3-2, to earn the 2010 Ivy League Championship....
View ArticleWomen’s tennis claims NCAA at-large bid
Classes are over, but the season isn’t for the Harvard women’s tennis team, which received an at-large bid from the NCAA Division I Tennis Subcommittee. The 39th-ranked Crimson, who suffered their only...
View ArticleSoccer as global village
Just call it globalization in cleats. It’s the national pastime for most of the world, and increasingly soccer is becoming a sport without borders. In recent days, Cambridge taverns have been jammed...
View ArticleRun (or walk)
If November and December are marked by a battle of will vs. appetite, then January and February pit our well-meaning brains against our unmotivated feet. As many a New Englander can attest, it’s hard...
View ArticleHuskies upend Crimson in Beanpot
In the opening period of the annual Beanpot men’s hockey tournament at TD Garden on Monday (Feb. 7), Northeastern consistently showed its mettle as one of the nation’s most effective defensive squads....
View ArticleSudden victory
In the women’s Beanpot tournament, the Harvard-Northeastern matchup has always made for a rich subplot. Over the tourney’s 30-odd years, the two programs have managed to win 13 and 14 titles,...
View ArticleIf it’s winter, it must be the Beanpot
Since the women’s Beanpot Tournament debuted in 1979 alongside the men, Harvard’s hockey programs have played for the championship 35 times. That’s more often than the men and women of Boston...
View ArticleHeartbreaker
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — What with all the lights, cameras, and raucous action pervading the John J. Lee Amphitheater in New Haven this Saturday (March 12), one could be forgiven for thinking that the...
View ArticleNo quit in Crimson
The season will continue for the Harvard men’s basketball team, despite a heartbreaking loss to Princeton on Saturday (March 12) that cost the squad a spot in the NCAA tournament. The Crimson have...
View ArticleMore than a game
The Harvard men’s soccer team hosted the Haiti National Team on Sunday (April 10) in a game that raised funds for Partners In Health relief efforts in Haiti, still recovering from the earthquake that...
View ArticleWarrior spirit
Andrew Kinard likes to stretch far back in his wheelchair and wrap his hands behind his head, revealing long twin scars that run the length of his muscled forearms like mottled ravines. It’s a casual...
View ArticleWinning across the pond
HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England — Four from Harvard’s heavyweight crew team defeated Oxford Brookes University to win the Prince Albert Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta on Sunday (July 3) on the...
View ArticleThe Red Devils go Crimson
The Red Devils descended on Harvard Tuesday (July 12) for a date with some lucky schoolchildren from the Boston neighborhoods of Allston and Brighton, and with John Harvard. “It’s a famous university...
View ArticleWinning with defense
Huddled beneath the covered section of Harvard Stadium with his wife and twin 10-year-old daughters, Dave Horan managed to stay dry while cheering on the Crimson Friday night. For the National Security...
View ArticleHarvard wins The Game, 45-7, over Yale
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Harvard fell behind by a touchdown before flexing its muscle as the Ivy League champion Crimson cruised past Yale, 45-7, at Yale Bowl in the 128th edition of The Game. Harvard (9-1,...
View ArticleHarvard men win Battle 4 Atlantis
The Harvard men’s basketball team bested Central Florida, 59-49, in the championship game of the inaugural Battle 4 Atlantis tournament Nov. 26. The Crimson were led by guard Kyle Casey ’13, who netted...
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