With April upon us, it’s difficult to process that the 2025-26 academic year is almost over. Many Harvard teams have similarly wrapped up their seasons. With some sports falling under the radar, it’s only fair to give them their flowers and recap each team’s season. Basketball It may be a little awkward to include basketball […]
If you’re anything like me, you associate March with the month’s simple pleasures: the first day the sun breaks through the thick blanket of clouds, switching your coffee order from a hot latte to an iced one, or just taking the long way to class to soak up a little sun. But a true American […]
With the conclusion of the Winter Olympics, many assume the drama of figure skating has come to an end. However, for the skating world, the Olympics are far from the final chapter. In Prague from March 24 to March 29, the International Skating Union World Championships provided breakout skaters a chance to redeem themselves or […]
This spring break, the Harvard Rugby Football Club travelled across the pond for a tour of southern Europe. The trip—which included stops in Toulouse, France, and Barcelona, Spain—allowed the team to train and play with leading European leagues, exploring the world of rugby outside the United States. The trip came in the midst of the […]
On Feb. 5, I reacted to Team USA’s Men’s Hockey roster construction decisions, lamenting the exclusion of certain star players and worrying about America’s chances at securing gold. But on Feb. 22, the U.S. Men’s Hockey Team triumphed over Canada in the finals, earning the top Olympic prize for the first time in 46 years […]
Thunk. Swish. Throughout the evening of March 10, these were the main sounds anyone in the Miami Heat’s arena could hear, along with the roar of applause with each dunk and free-throw. The Heat’s home game against the Washington Wizards was expected to be a run-of-the-mill beatdown. The Wizards were battling elimination from playoff contention, […]
While many Major League Baseball players are returning to form during spring training, countries from around the world united to compete in the World Baseball Classic. As a nearly two-week tournament, the Classic features Hall of Fame locks, top prospects, and some players who aren’t even professional ballplayers. With the chance to represent their country […]
At the highest levels of sport, athletes generate massive attention, whether in professional leagues or national and world championships. However, nothing quite captures the public’s fascination with competition like the Olympic Games. Success stories catapult athletes to permanent cultural fame—think Usain Bolt, who broke world records and cemented the start of his legacy as the […]
Harvard athletes have long represented the College at the Olympics, with alumni and students earning over 150 medals since the first modern Games in 1896. This winter, five athletes with Crimson ties carried this legacy forward as they competed at the XXV Olympic Winter Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. Rémi Drolet ’24: Canada […]
On Feb. 7, the Harvard track team had plenty to celebrate. Their meet in Lowell, Massachusetts, had gone exactly as planned, with Fabiola Belibi ’26 winning the 60-meter hurdles the day before, and the team firing up after Arpad Kovacs ’29 broke the school record with a time of 46.56 in the Men’s 400-meter. But […]