Category: Harvard Crimson
Injuries Hinder Crimson’s Success
Even without an Ivy League title, Harvard football and its seniors still made program history.
The team came into the season as contenders for the Ancient Eight crown. But losses on the road to Brown and Penn—the eventual Ivy League champion for the… more »
Ivy League Teams Lead Those Honored For Top Grades In Division I
Brown University, Bryant University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Davidson College, Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Dayton, University of New Hampshire, University of Pennsylvania, Yale University a… more »
Ivy League starts initiative to mitigate risks of head injury
The Ivy League is moving to address an increase in head injuries and concussions in contact sports, including football.
In response to concerns about a recent increase in head injuries across sports — including major professional sports leagues, like… more »
Balancing top academics with top athletics
Universities with exceptional academic reputations can also be a force in the world of sports
What do Condoleezza Rice, John Elway, Sandra Day O’Connor, and Jim Plunkett all share in common? All four showed up for Stanford’s Orange Bowl to support th… more »
Harvard gets third degree
Lehigh driven by 21-point quarter.
On a blustery but resplendent autumn afternoon, the Harvard football team was, quite simply, blown away.
Northwest winds of 25 miles per hour that reached gusts of 38 and wreaked havoc on field position. By Lehig… more »
Bears light up Crimson
Harvard came into Brown Stadium anticipating the first-ever night game in the 85-year history of the facility. The Crimson weren’t expecting to be eclipsed.
That’s precisely what happened to an emotionless team that should have remained on the bus.… more »
Harvard Defensive Line Sets Tone in Big Win
Given its lack of success with third-down conversions and Harvard’s apparent ability to score at will, it was no surprise that Holy Cross decided to take its chances on fourth down during Saturday’s night game at Harvard Stadium. But the Crusaders were… more »
Lifeless Crusaders routed by Crimson
Before last night, Harvard senior quarterback Andrew Hatch hadn’t played in a college football game since the seventh week of the 2008 season. Back then, he was calling the signals for LSU.
Hatch’s journey has been interesting to say the least, one… more »
Q&A with Tim Murphy
Football got a head start on the 2010 season with Saturday’s annual intrasquad spring game. The scrimmage provided some answers, but raised even more questions, and it seems like a quarterback battle will once again be taking center stage this September… more »
Ivy League looks to expand TV coverage
Ivy League sporting events may be coming soon to a television set near you.
In an effort to reach out to a wider fan base, Ivy League Executive Director Robin Harris said the league is in talks with multiple national cable and satellite television ne… more »
Patriot Games: Scholarships Pose Threat to the Ivy Way
Imagine, for a second, that instead of traveling to Holy Cross tomorrow to watch Harvard take on the Crusaders, you were one of over 30,000 fans packing into a maximum-capacity Harvard Stadium as the Crimson kicked off its season against a major-confere… more »
Harvard Voted 2009 Ivy League Preseason Favorite
For the third time in four years, Harvard was selected the favorite in the annual Ivy League Football Preseason Media Poll to win the 2009 Ivy title, announced today on the Ivy League Football Media Day Teleconference.
Harvard (9-1, 6-1 Ivy in 2008)… more »
Harvard Reduces Sports Travel as Ivys Cut Athletics to ‘Core’
Dartmouth College, where former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson was an All Ivy football player in the 1960s, has scrapped a $15 million stadium renovation project as its sports endowment plunged as much as 18 percent.
Harvard University, the wea… more »
New Ivy League Commissioner Not Rushing into Football Playoff Debate
After about the third time I rephrased the same question, Robin Harris couldn’t mistake the direction of the conversation Friday.
Harris, the new executive director/commissioner of the Ivy League, who replaced Jeffrey Orleans on July 1, gently rebuke… more »
Florida HS Grad to Play Football at Harvard
The word Harvard evokes visions of ivy-covered bricks, long nights at the library and no-nonsense professors.
But to 18-year-old Donovan Celerin, it also means football.
The Brandon teen turned down Princeton and Yale to play football at Harvard U… more »