Tag: Club sports

  • Nation & World

    Quidditch, anyone? Inside Harvard club sports

    Teddy Roosevelt boxed. Neil deGrasse Tyson wrestled. For generations, Harvard students have turned to physical activity for a break from study.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    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.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Underdogs to top dogs

    With a victory over heavily favored Notre Dame on May 1 in Pittsburgh, the Radcliffe Rugby Football Club claimed the 2011 USA Rugby Division II National Championship. It was an astonishing success for a team whose future seemed uncertain only a few years ago.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The aged game of rugby

    Harvard’s squad, a club team that is the oldest in the nation, is used to battling long odds (as well as mud and geese) to continue being a premier program.

    4 minutes