Next weekend marks the beginning of a new and exciting season for our Crimson football team as they face off against the Stetson Hatters. With 30 new recruits, an emerging FBS coach replacing the legendary Tim Murphy, and the number one kicker in the country, we believe it isn’t too early to predict a 10-0 […]
With a tap on a watch, an activity precisely recorded, and an instant upload, any athlete can receive immediate validation: the kudos begin rolling in. On the popular fitness app, Strava, each kudo is another burst of encouragement from friends and followers, in lieu of likes. Co-founders Mark Gainey ’90 and Michael Horvath ’88 aimed […]
By almost every statistic imaginable, the WNBA is in the middle of its most historic season to date. The WNBA, founded in 1996 by NBA Commissioner David Stern, has had trouble becoming popular in mainstream sports in the United States and has yet to turn a profit over the course of any of its seasons. […]
Olympic gold medalist Lauren Scruggs ’25 would not have been a fencer had it not been for her older brother. His obsession with Star Wars led their mother to sign him up for a local fencing club in Brooklyn when Scruggs was eight. Despite an initial desire to quit, her brother stuck with the sport […]
Kristen Faulkner ’16 won two gold medals in Road and Track Cycling at the 2024 Paris Olympics, contributing to Harvard’s 13 total medals at this year’s games. She is an impressive athlete with stage wins at the Giro d’Italia, the Vuelta D’Espagne, and a PanAm Championship gold medal—already decorating her athletic resume before this Olympics. […]
Between the start of class, comping clubs, and being back with friends, fall is certainly an exciting time at Harvard. As everyone arrives back on campus, there is a select group of students who have already been hard at work since as early as Aug. 8: fall athletes. After strong pre-seasons, several fall teams are […]
As the 2024 NFL season approaches, savvy bettors should look to futures for a chance to make an easy profit. We at the Indy Sportsbook have taken it upon ourselves to provide our readers with our favorite bets entering the 2024 NFL season. With a mix of high-risk, high-reward bets and safer player props, bettors […]
This fall, I’m ready to declare my concentration as “Olympics” with a secondary in “Navigating NBC Peacock.” It’s been a long, studious summer of laying on the couch, judging Olympians and thinking, “I could probably do that.” Now that the Paris Olympics are over and we trickle back to Cambridge, it’s time to get off […]
Summer might be the offseason for college athletes, but it still brought some major updates to Harvard sports. Every four years, one sporting event eclipses all other summer competitions: the Summer Olympics. Harvard was extremely successful in the Paris Olympics—it was one of the most successful performances by the school’s students in its history. And […]
Everyone’s favorite column is back for another semester. For the first issue, the Indy Sportsbook decided to create some preliminary lines for academic statistics for the upcoming semester, Harvard style. Not everyone on campus may agree with our predictions, but here are some of our favorite lines for the upcoming 14 weeks in Cambridge: Classes […]