Jonathan Mahler, Columnist

Harvard's Diabolical Plan to Become a Jock School

Meet the NCAA's newest athletic powerhouse.

March 22, 2013 at 6:21 PM UTC

Jonathan Mahler is a sports columnist for Bloomberg View. He is the author of the best-selling "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning," the basis for the eight-part ESPN mini-series. He also wrote "The Challenge," the winner of the 2009 Scribes Book Award, and "Death Comes to Happy Valley." A longtime contributor to the New York Times Magazine and the Times Book Review, Mahler has written for numerous other publications including the Washington Post, Slate, the New Republic and New York magazine. He lives in New York.

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Those poor Harvard kids have finally caught a break. Last night the 14th-seeded men's basketball team beat No. 3 seed University of New Mexico in the biggest upset the NCAA tournament has seen in years. It was a huge victory for the athletic underclass.

Or was it?