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 […]
The 2026 Winter Olympics may be over, but the world’s obsession with Alysa Liu is just beginning. Hailing from the Bay Area, California, the 20-year-old with halo-hair took the world by storm after winning the gold medal in women’s figure skating at the Winter Olympics, less than a year after she won the world title […]
Every March, Boston erupts in green spirit for St. Patrick’s Day, celebrating the city’s Irish roots. Nearly a quarter of Boston’s population has Irish ancestry, underscoring the importance of the holiday. The Boston Celtics, current No. 2 in the NBA Eastern Conference, feel particularly at home on Mar. 17, as their name and origins arose […]
Eileen Gu and Alysa Liu are two of the most prominent young athletes in international winter sports, whose lives seem to run in parallel. Both were born in the United States to Chinese single parents who had their children by surrogacy with white American donors, and both rose quickly to the top of their respective […]
One often overlooked part of Harvard College’s identity is its enduring connection to the Charles River. Though it may go unnoticed, the College’s rhythm and structure are shaped by this neighboring waterway. On one side of the river lies the hub of student life—bustling classrooms, historic houses, and academic excellence. On the other side stands […]
A cold wind cuts across your nose as you skate down the ice. The colors of the audience—red, white, blue—blur into a muted shade of purple as your heartbeat makes its presence known in your throat. In what feels like the blink of an eye, you look down. Gloves and helmets are scattered across the […]
From “Miracle on Ice” to “Rudy,” American sports history is filled with moments when the least likely competitor defied the odds. When the United States men’s hockey team stunned the world with their victory over the former Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games, it was more than a semifinal win: it was a […]