Mark Brazaitis

The Smiling Face of Defeat

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Championship games are usually followed by scenes of celebration and dejection. Members of the winning team pile on each other.

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WEST CHESTER, Pa.--Change the scenery, change the importance of the game, but don't expect a different result. The Harvard women's

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WEST CHESTER, Pa.--It's the equivalent of football's Hail Mary. Lacrosse does not bless it with a name. It's a pass,

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Bring the Dust Busters. Have a can of WD-40 at the ready. The Harvard women's lacrosse team has not played

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WORCESTER--You could see it in his face, how his boat was doing. He stood on the roof of the boathouse,

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ST. PAUL, Minn.--The biggest goal in Harvard hockey history, and he missed it. Coach Bill Cleary did not see forward

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ST. PAUL, Minn.--She stood out in the crowd. No, it wasn't her gold hair that won her notice. It was

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In the Vermont hockey media guide, his coach labels him "Mr. Dependable." But dependable is too dull a word to

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BOSTON--A funny thing happened along the road to Bill Cleary's 300th career victory. Harvard won the Beanpot. For Cleary, in

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In 1981, a good thing happened to a bad team. Harvard won the Beanpot. A great thing happened to a