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  • Throwback Thursday: a Game for the ages

    Preparing for The Game on Saturday, we were reminded that yesterday was the 25th anniversary of one of the greatest Yale-Harvard football games of... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 20 2024 10:00pm | Ico comments 1 comment

  • Give a long cheer

    Harvard's team may fight to the end, but Yale will win! More than 51,000 people eventually made their way into the Bowl from the tailgates on... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 19 2023 10:28pm

  • Perfectly Frank

    On the eve of The Game, we thought you might appreciate this portrait of Eli football hero Frank Merriwell that we found in a box at the archives... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 16 2023 10:00pm

  • In transit

    We saw a lot of students hauling luggage around today. Some are headed to Boston for The Game, and others are on their way home for Thanksgiving... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 18 2022 01:22pm

  • Throwback Thursday: 1980s inflation

    The Game returns to Harvard Stadium on Saturday for the first time since 2016. Forty years ago this week on the same field, MIT pulled off its... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 17 2022 08:00am

  • Working like a dog

    With The Game on tap tomorrow for the first time in two years, we got a dose of Bulldog spirit this week when we ran into our colleague Handsome Dan... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 19 2021 08:11am

  • Throwback Thursday: old-school football

    As Team 148 prepares to play Harvard at the Bowl on Saturday, here’s a look at Team 23 from 1896. The team finished with a 13–1 record... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 18 2021 08:00am

  • Lessons learned

    On an Old Campus bulletin board, advice for students attending the Yale-Harvard football game tomorrow. Do you have any to add? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 22 2019 08:16am

  • Public art

    This photo arrived anonymously in our office this week, with no explanation except “November 18, 2017, 10:30 AM” written on the back.... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | January 10 2018 11:27am

  • Throwback Thursday: one for the ages

    It is likely that there are players on this year’s football team who were not yet walking—much less tackling—when Yale last beat... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 16 2017 08:25am

  • Game plan

    Spotted on an Old Campus bulletin board this morning: advice for The Game this weekend. Have anything to add? Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 15 2017 10:47am

  • Break time

    Regardless of how The Game comes out tomorrow, Yale’s week-long Thanksgiving break begins today. At Harvard? As Yale students are fond of chanting... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 21 2014 11:06am

  • Cold morning, hot ticket

    With temperatures in the 30s, students formed a line as long as a football field yesterday morning outside Ray Tompkins House in hope of getting tickets to... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | November 19 2014 11:04am