Category: Harvard Crimson
Harvard's Matt Luft Becoming an Ivy League Star
In 2007, Harvard's offense was fueled by a pair of Thousand Oaks High graduates—wide receivers Corey Mazza and Matt Luft.
Mazza led the Crimson in receptions (56), receiving yards (785) and receiving touchdowns (seven). Luft was second in each catego… more »
Pilconis Brothers Enjoying Life at Harvard
Pottsville, PA - When Ryan and Steve Pilconis had to decide where they were going to attend college, they immediately considered attending an Ivy League school.
Sure, the prestige mattered and all the doors an Ivy League degree opens was a factor, bu… more »
Harvard's Matt Birk: Vikings' straight talker
Outspoken and sometimes rebellious, Matt Birk doesn't mind upsetting the apple cart.
Matt Birk isn't about to let pass the opportunity for self-depreciation.
At the outset of an interview designed to go beyond the basics (yes, Birk is from St. Pau… more »
Pair of East-West All Star Game Stars To Play In Ivy League
Harvard and Princeton will see two an incoming freshman each that played in this year's PSFCA East-West all-star game.
Jim Render has plenty to be proud of in his 29 seasons as a head high school football coach.
He has built a legacy at Upper St.… more »
Harvard's Morris Emerges As a Star For AFL's Force
DULUTH – It's been a year of contrasts for this Georgia Force team versus their counterparts last season.
While both teams won the Southern Division, it was a matter of how they did it that raises some eyebrows. Last year they were models of consiste… more »
PSFCA East West All-Star Football Game Loaded With Ivy Talent
Asked what his favorite subject in school was, Whitehall High School’s Matt Hamscher first wanted to say physical education.
Then he changed his mind and went with world history instead.
‘‘I guess I should say something like that,’’ Hamscher said,… more »
Opinion: If Major (Ivy League) Changes Are Considered, We Should Know
It's about that time of year when the eight public faces of the Ivy League universities - no, not their basketball or football coaches, but their presidents - get together for their annual sit-down. That means that for everyone outside those doors, it's… more »
Dad A Driving Force For Harvard-Bound QB
Interesting opinion piece from the Gary Post-Tribune about a father and his effect on his football-playing son who is Harvard-bound.
Bill Cosby hit the nail on the head when he spoke of Father's Day.
Playing the role of the most popular father on… more »
Harvard Coach Tim Murphy Turns in Arguably his Finest Coaching Performance
The untrained eye might have assumed that it was Tim Murphy, not Yale’s Jack Siedlecki, who was on the verge of an undefeated season at the Yale Bowl on Nov. 17. Murphy’s steady hand had guided Harvard through the Ivy League slate unbeaten, setting up a… more »
Harvard Introduces 2008 Football Recruits
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Tim Murphy, the Thomas Stephenson Family Head Coach for Harvard Football, has announced the names of 25 recruited student-athletes who have accepted offers of admission to Harvard University for the 2008-09 academic year.
Californ… more »
Ivy Leaguers Chase Dreams with CFL's Argos
Sobic, Brielmaier; Graduates prefer gridiron to economics.
MISSISSAUGA - When you are a former economics major at Harvard University making your debut at Toronto Argonauts training camp, you might expect to hear a bit of heckling if you stumble.
"… more »
An American Footballer In Parma, Week 11
[Ed's note: Former Harvard WR Corey Mazza will be checking in once a week from Italy where he's playing for the Parma Panthers of the Italian (American) Football League.]
PARMA PANTHERS RECORD:
4–2 (Last Game: W, Black Lions)
In Playing for Pizza… more »
Former FCS Players Living It Up In Europe
What are the odds of two former high school football standouts from Central Mass. meeting in an Austrian Football League game? Pretty good, actually.
That was just the case three weeks ago as Mike Salerno of Shrewsbury faced off against Matt Lemire o… more »
This Week In History: The first football game: McGill-Harvard
This week marks the 134th anniversary of the historic McGill-Harvard rugby-football confrontation. The two-game series, played at Cambridge, Mass., May 14 and 15, 1874, were the first games of North American-style football.
Some may argue that the Pr… more »
An American Football In Parma, Week 10
[ Ed's note: Former Harvard WR Corey Mazza will be checking in once a week from Italy where he's playing for the Parma Panthers of the Italian (American) Football League.]
PARMA PANTHERS RECORD:
3–2
(Last Game: W, Milan)
The greatest moment of m… more »