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...school where brains trump brawn, where final exams take precedence over national championships, and where a play by William Shakespeare is often a bigger draw than a play by Crimson back Steven Williams, there is one annual anomaly that brings the Harvard student body together in the name of sports: The Game.The final whistle’s sound each November cements the memories. Thanks to a league ban on postseason playoffs, there is no chance to change history—no conference title contest, bowl game, or national championship. The memories linger with coaches, players, and fans?...
It’s time for me to admit it. My name is Dan, and I’m a Boston sports fan. It’s been four days since my last trip to Fenway.(Hi, Dan.)It wasn’t always this way. For 18 years I didn’t even know I had a problem. They were simpler times, growing up in Cambridge; every sports fan I knew liked the Red Sox, every sports fan I knew liked the Patriots, and the only subject of debate was whether Tom Brady was the greatest quarterback...
...good to be true. That is, unless you’ve met Geoff Rathgeber.Rathgeber, a co-captain of the Harvard men’s swimming and diving team, helped lead his squad to unprecedented success—including a perfect conference record. Along the way, he also made a name for himself on both the Ivy League and national swimming circuit by setting numerous records and consistently outperforming his opponents in both regular and postseason meets.“Being able to train with Geoff has been a great experience, because he basically sets the bar for competitive exellence...
...sure if a generous starting salary at a prestigious brand name organization together with the promise of future wealth will feed your soul,” Faust said...
...long before she knew how to spell “Mississippi” or “Valparaiso” (but who picked Valpo over Ole Miss in a 13-over-4 stunner in 1998) was prepared to call another upset: Oklahoma or Duke over Harvard, all in the name of mayhem at Memorial Stadium and Cameron Indoor.I thought longingly of packed crowds at the Big House and the Tobacco Road rivalry, Stanford’s all-around athletic dominance, and the “Boomer Sooner” cheer I’d internalized as a heavenly chant.Somewhere along...