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Tag: Athletics
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The weight of the ‘eights’ on her shoulders
What she lacks in size she makes up for in volume as leader of the heavyweight varsity rowers.
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A farewell to arms, a hello to Harvard
Richard Martinez III has gone from Army barracks to Hurlbut Hall, bringing with him maturity and desire to be a role model for Mexican-Americans.
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Women’s basketball gets expert advice — and they win
President Drew Faust and College Dean Rakesh Khurana were on hand, and were named honorary coaches, at Harvard women’s basketball game victory.
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Playing without rules
Eugen Dimant, who studies corruption in sports, discusses the implications of charges on Monday by the World Anti-Doping Agency that Russia has a massive, state-run doping operation in its athletic programs.
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Crimson contenders
In the upcoming season, Harvard’s women’s volleyball and field hockey and men’s water polo teams will be the ones to watch.
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Delaney-Smith breaks Ivy League record
Harvard women’s basketball head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith earned career win No. 515 on Friday to become the all-time winning Ivy League head coach with a 69-65 victory over Yale at Lavietes Pavilion.
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The fame of The Game
Harvard heads to New Haven Saturday to play rival Yale in football in the 130th edition of The Game. The history of The Game is captured in photos and words.
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The beep ball player
Aqil Sajjad is blind, but he loves sports. So he’s playing on beep ball, a sport that features a chirping baseball that is delivered by a sighted pitcher to a blindfolded batter.
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Remembering Harry Parker
On June 25, 2013, the world of rowing lost a legend. Please share your reflections below.
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Statement on passing of Harry Parker
Statement on passing of Harry Parker, The Thomas Bolles Head Coach for Harvard Men’s Heavyweight Crew, by Jack Reardon, AB’60, Executive Director, Harvard Alumni Association and Harvard University Athletic Director 1977-1990.
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Our Student-Athletes | From My House to Our Harvard
Harvard’s student-athletes represent excellence, on and off the field. From My House to Our Harvard | 2012 FAS Film
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Recognizing outstanding staff
Fifty-seven FAS employees were honored at the fourth annual Dean’s Distinction awards ceremony and reception, held March 6 in the Faculty Room of University Hall.
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Women’s tennis drops BU, 5-2
After dropping the doubles point, the Harvard women’s tennis team won five of the six singles matches to knock off crosstown rival Boston University, 5-2, on Friday at the Murr Center.
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A league of her own
Harvard freshman Christina Gao is also a top-ranked figure skater, and is doing so well in competitions that she’s taking a leaving from school to train for the Olympics.
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NFL chief talks player safety at HSPH
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell highlighted recent moves to make the game safer and affirmed a commitment to player safety Thursday (Nov. 15) during a talk at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Paperwork for a new future
Harvard University has submitted a new development agenda for Allston, detailing nine projects slated for development in the next decade. The projects will complement planned activity on the Health and Life Science Center and the residential and retail development envisioned for Barry’s Corner.
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Row, row, row your shells
The Harvard men’s and Radcliffe women’s rowing crews will be out in full force during this year’s Head of the Charles Regatta, taking place Oct. 20-21 along the Charles River. A video interview with Harry Parker, the Thomas Bolles Head Coach for Harvard Men’s Crew, explores the love of the sport.
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Crimson top Cornell, 45-13
Nabbing its 13th straight victory by crushing Cornell on Oct. 6, the Crimson football team is 4-0 on the season, and has won all its games by double digits.
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Where sand and sun meet science
The annual Rhino Cup volleyball league stokes the competitive fires of Harvard’s biological community, drawing researchers out of the lab and onto the sandy volleyball court in the courtyard of the Biological Laboratories.
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Amid the gold rush
Harvard Olympians are making headway in the 2012 London Olympic Games.
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Varsity status for women’s rugby
Harvard will create a varsity women’s rugby team, to begin play in the 2013-14 season.
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Harvard represented at Olympics
Harvard will be well-represented at the upcoming 2012 Olympics in London, as nine athletes and one coach will compete at the games beginning July 27.
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Hits, misses for softball, baseball teams
It’s been an up-and-down season for the women’s softball and men’s baseball teams, both of which hope to cobble together late-season surges.
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A look inside: Eliot House
At Eliot House, the river House named for Harvard’s longest-serving president, crew is king.
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Building endurance, step by step
Harvard Stadium is an iconic structure, and not just for the sports that happen on the field. To a community dedicated to running “the stadium steps,” the real athletes are in the stands.
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In the swim of things
The men’s and women’s teams teach lessons to the community in the spring and fall to help fund their training trips in winter.
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It’s 1946, all over again
In its first trip to the NCAA Men’s Division 1 Basketball Championship tournament in decades, the Harvard men’s team slashed an 18-point deficit to 5 before falling to heralded Vanderbilt, 79-70. Despite the loss, the Crimson and their fans can look back on an Ivy title and a record 26 wins — and forward to…
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Running, jumping, throwing to glory
Extending what’s become a banner year for Harvard’s athletics, the men’s and women’s track and field teams have been breaking University records left and right.
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Ivy champs look to ‘Big Dance’
The Harvard men’s basketball team won the Ivy League championship outright this year — the first time in program history — and secured the Crimson’s first trip to the NCAA Men’s Division 1 Basketball Championship since 1946.
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The magic of beanbags
Two high school friends brought an old-fashioned backyard tossing game with them when they entered Harvard, and now it’s an official club sport.
