It is that time of year when soccer has swung into full effect. Soccer fans like myself have started to become treated with Champions League and Europa League matches during the week and league matches on the weekends. Being a Liverpool fan, I generally only focus on the European tournaments as well as the Premier […]
BY AHMAD KANAFANI ’26 AND ALEJANDRO SANCHEZ ’26 Ahmad Kanafani ’26: Over my past year at Harvard, I have been shocked at how low attendance is at sports games. Coming from Egypt, I’m used to fully packed stadiums, flares, pyro shows, and people on their feet for 90 minutes. I assume that the sports fan […]
As the Harvard vs. Brown game fell upon the campus again, Harvard students geared up for a day filled with fun, football, and… tailgates? At most other, sports-oriented universities around the country, fall Saturday mornings typically involve students rolling out of bed at 9:00 a.m. with a White Claw in hand to prepare for the […]
Jonah: For the second straight year at the US Open Tennis Championships, neither Russian nor Belarusian players were permitted to play under their flags. Instead of the typical tiny flag pictured next to players’ names on the screen, competitors from the two countries were given a blank gray box. Both finals featured Russian or Belarusian […]
Harvard University is the biggest sports school in the country. This statement may come off as laughable to anyone who longingly watches ESPN’s College Gameday from their common room every weekend, but it is technically correct. The school has 42 varsity sports, more than any other Division 1 program, with approximately 20% of the student […]
Sports gambling is one of the fastest growing industries in the country. 21 states have legalized sports betting since the beginning of 2020, and more have legislature in place to do so. This creates an influx of new sports bettors that flock both to in-person sportsbooks, but also sports gambling websites such as FanDuel, DraftKings, […]
First-year NFL quarterbacks may not don red lanyards or abruptly stop walking to take selfies and update their vlogs like some Harvard newbies we may know, but let me assure you that they do stand out. This year’s NFL season boasts three rookie quarterbacks who will make their inaugural starts in week 1: Bryce Young […]
“It’s such a beautiful thing that this ball can connect people,” Josefine (Josie) Hasbo ’25 stated to the Harvard Independent. If you were scrolling through Sidechat over summer break, there is a high chance you came across a post about this soccer phenomenon. A junior on Harvard Women’s Soccer, Hasbo was recently selected to represent […]
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who […]
On April 17th, 2023, nearly 30,000 athletes from more than 100 countries gathered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to run the annual Boston Marathon. Started in 1897, the Boston Marathon is the world’s oldest annual marathon and one of six World Marathon Majors. The Independent spoke to several Harvard students who ran the marathon this spring about […]