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...minutes before midnight, the Yanks won baseball's heavyweight belt?a World Series championship. It was to be expected. The players rejoiced on the mound and filed into the clubhouse, where the champagne flowed. They were happy, but seemingly nonplussed, quickly, methodically exiting the stadium. No big deal. The winningest team of the century, the Old Faithful of American sports, won its 25th championship this century. Year fades into year, generations pass, DiMaggio is replaced by Mantle. The Yankees win. Manhattan may own all of New York City?s skyscrapers, but for the past four generations, the crowning jewel...
...team also posted its fourth consecutive season at or above .500, a feat not seen at Harvard since 1928, making this year's senior class--Beam, point guard Tim Hill, captain center Paul Fisher, center Bill Ewing and forward Chris Dexter--the winningest in school history...
...with Coach Carole Kleinfelder, the winningest coach in women's collegiate lacrosse history, who has seen more than 28 athletes gain All-America status, Harvard was going to get that experience. Midway through the season, the Crimson faced the toughest team on the women's lacrosse scene: four-time defending national champions, No. 1 Maryland...
...course, Wheaton had some help from one of the most talented squads Harvard had ever seen, led by the second-winningest class in the 22-year history of Harvard women's soccer...
...striving for validation in a culture that prizes "the winningest Viagra performance," Faludi explained...