Dick Friedman

Dick Friedman ’73 spent two decades as an editor and writer at Sports Illustrated and is one of the editors of the best-selling SI College Football Book. He is the author of the 2018 book "The Coach Who Strangled the Bulldog: How Harvard's Percy Haughton Beat Yale and Reinvented Football. Friedman grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, and first attended a game at Harvard Stadium in 1958.
Harvard sophomore safety Ty Bartrum runs an intercepted St. Thomas pass back 96 yards for a touchdown.

John Harvard's Journal | November-December 2023

Exceeding Expectations

Footballers’ fast, impressive start

Harvard football player tackles Cornell linebacker who has the ball

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Football 2023: Harvard 41, Cornell 23

The Crimson stays unbeaten as Murphy ties a record.

Holy Cross player has ball and Harvard players try to tackle with additional Holy Cross players in pursuit

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Harvard 38, Holy Cross 28

The Crimson springs a major upset.

Harvard Football player 29 runs with football with Brown players running after along with other Harvard players

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Football 2023: Harvard 34-Brown 31

The Crimson outlasts the Bears in an Ivy nighttime shootout.

Harvard football player 21 runs with ball towards a touchdown with St. Thomas players pursuing

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Harvard 45, University of St. Thomas 13

For Crimson football, another opener (its 149th!), another show

Football field

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Harvard Football: 2023 Season Preview

Celebrating the Crimson’s sesquicentennial

Harvard’s Truman Jones (90) and Khalil Dawsey corral Yale running back Joshua Pitsenberger.

John Harvard's Journal | January-February 2023

Ups and Downs

Kings of the road, the football team struggled at home—and in The Game.

Yale mascot Handsome Dan XIX and a Harvard University Police dog at The Game

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Football 2022: Yale 19-Harvard 14

A tough finish to a quirky season

Harvard quarterback Charlie Dean surveying the Penn defense, on his way to one of the best days in Harvard quarterback history.

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Football 2022: Harvard 37-Penn 14

Dean passes the Quakers silly—and Eli’s coming!

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Football 2022: Columbia 21-Harvard 20

Sloppy play and a wily Lion create a nightmarish loss.

Harvard quarterback Luke Emge in his first start of 2022

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Football 2022: Harvard 28-Dartmouth 13

A needed restorative is marred by an injury.

Harvard quarterback Charlie Dean gets off a pass despite Princeton rush.

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Football 2022: Princeton 37-Harvard 10

A night to forget against a powerhouse rival