| 单词 | championship |
| 例句 | Imagine a homecoming football game taking place on the same day as the lacrosse, soccer, baseball, tennis, and cross-country championships. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z The issue was a state championship, which hadn’t been won by a Dallas school in thirty-eight years. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z One warm spring day in May of 2007, the Medicine Hat Tigers and the Vancouver Giants met for the Memorial Cup hockey championships in Vancouver, British Columbia. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The team loses the state championship game by one point. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He surprised everybody by winning the state championship. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The longer the Phoenix Riders stay in the championship tournaments, the more time I have to investigate the players. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But Harvard and Yale did not row in any kind of intercollegiate championship regatta beyond their own annual match, and there was no semblance of a national championship event until 1895. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Some of them deserved a shot at a national varsity championship before they graduated. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z They never asked to be involved in any of this, never entered the championships to hunt down a criminal, were never getting paid to put themselves at risk. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z To sit and watch my teammates win CIF championship from the stands? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Instead, I read Daddy’s story about Isaiah Dunn, Superhero, playing in a championship basketball game. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z For her, playing Mr. Griswold’s game was the equivalent of making it to the championships if you played a sport. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The article concluded, “The championship will be decided at tomorrow’s big game between the War Eagles and the Seagulls at the Lake Windsor field.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Where were you the moment the Bronchos won the championship? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He sits on the official Warcross Committee, those who choose the teams and worlds that will appear in each year’s championship tournaments. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Permian scored three touchdowns in the second half to defeat Port Arthur Jefferson 28-19 and win its third state championship in one of the great upsets in modern Texas high school history. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z We were at the Santelli Tournament, the largest high school fencing competition in the nation, where all of the state’s teams competed for a chance at the coveted championship title. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I overheard references to daunting GPAs, too, and to horseback riding championships and symphony orchestras. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Which brings me back to my junior year, when we went to the second-round basketball playoffs, and were expected to make it to the championship. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “It may have cost Jerrod what we consider a state championship team,” she said in the soft afternoon light of the practice field, “but it may have cost Gary a career.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z We were sitting there when Ice asked me if I thought that Carver and Latimer were going to play for the championship. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z His pursuit to win a state championship became a ruthless obsession, say those who worked for him, for he knew that any-thing less would not be enough. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Riddle had no reason to disrupt his colt’s schedule to take on Seabiscuit and accept a risk, however small, that a fluke would cost his horse the championship. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We destroyed Hoover Middle last week, thirty-two to four, and we won’t stop, can’t stop, till we claim the championship trophy. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z “In two weeks the winner of this competition will travel to Washington, D.C., to represent our area at the national championships.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z An adage in sports is that “defense wins championships.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Tanisha slaps me a high five like I just won a championship basketball game. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He shows her his name on the plaque from their state championship lacrosse win. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He was convinced they’d stolen the championship, and he insisted that the world know it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s official: an all-Black team has made it to a Dixie Youth Softball Association section championship. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z For her, playing Mr. Griswold’s game was the equivalent of making it to the championships if you played a sport. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t even care. The way Tremaine was seething in the background will fuel me for the rest of the championships.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It had to do with one thing and one thing only: keeping the Carter Cowboys in the hunt for the state championship. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Though Bobby had always pushed for Belgrade as the site of the championship match, a tentative understanding seemed to have been worked out to at least split the match between Belgrade and Reykjavik. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He led the Bronchos to their first, and only, state championship win over the Mustangs, 21-14. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt great to finally contribute to our wins and help the team capture the coveted state championship title. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He is survived by his wife, Dr. Crystal Stanley-Bell, and his twin sons, Joshua and Jordan, who recently won their first county championship. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z The kid had it in for Luke, had made that match—win or lose—his state championship. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I stay quiet, trying to take as much of it in as I can, but for the first time since the Wardraft, it occurs to me how out of place I am in this championship. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Besides, Columbia High School’s fencing team was known for having the most state championship titles and the highest GPAs in the school. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The Tigers won the league championship that spring. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z During the course of the meal, the entire story of the championship hunt was told, some by Papa but mostly by me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z What Belew had talked about the week before, how there was nothing else like winning a state championship, wasn’t something abstract now, but something they could feel. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z To the boosters, that story was music to their ears, further confirmation that when the middle of December rolled around they would be on their way to Texas Stadium for the state championship. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The championship bout is five days away when the public discovers I have a boyfriend, who maybe doesn't look like Hugh but definitely cooks like him. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Soon after she won the national parachuting championship in 1961, she was recruited for the female cosmonaut program. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z There had been Belew telling them that everything could be taken away from you in life, your house, your car, everything except a state championship. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He was destined for greatness, he was sure of it, like world championships and unbelievable riches. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They had lost to the Rebels and instead of winning the district championship and guaranteeing themselves a trip to the playoffs, there might be only one game left in the season. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Jake’s mom was just one of hundreds of adults who were pulling for Riverview in the championship round because it had been their middle school, too. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z He also had three state titles and—thanks to an expensive club team Luke couldn’t afford—a shiny new junior national championship. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But who on earth could Ebright have found that would knock a machine like Burnley out of a national championship boat? The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Yes, light and love and pride, and everything that had shone on her from time to time, like that night at the spire-fighting championship. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “There’s too much that you don’t understand. When there’s a lot more at stake than a championship, then, yes—it is just a game.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There’s no other feeling like it that you can feel from being on a championship team and playin’ with a group of guys like you’ve played with. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z If so, then why weren’t they rowing as they did at the championship? The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z This makes me think of our team’s championship goals. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z If the eligibility date for Canadian hockey were later in the year, he might have been watching the Memorial Cup championship from the stands instead of playing on the ice. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Some thirty-eight thousand people filled Austin’s Memorial Stadium three days after Christmas for that state championship game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Word must’ve spread that unless one of the other medaled teams miraculously swept the final three competitions, the championship was down to two true contenders. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The Lightning came from a well-established soccer program with a history of sending teams to both state and national championships. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I’d only taken advantage of this once, when our Capture the Flag team had played against Aech’s school in the OPS championships. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A reporter shot out a question: “What about a re-match for the championship?” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In many ways, “unlucky thirteen” was the pivotal game of the Fischer–Spassky championship encounter. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The students and parents have rushed onto the floor and my teammates are celebrating like we’ve already won the state championship. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And last month she had won the citywide spire-fighting championship for her age group. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Go easy on that hand. We’re going to need you to win that New England championship, and the next two games. Excellence shuts everybody up real quick. I’ll see you out there.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z You didn’t get all Excellents on your report card every year, and win the chess championships too, without being really smart. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Everyone at our championship tournament had wanted to become Arthur Ashe. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “The draft to determine this year’s players in the official Warcross championships?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A year younger than Bobby, his notable accomplishment wasn’t in chess—he was a tournament player but not of championship caliber—but in law. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It no longer sounds like the championship of Canadian junior hockey. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Aboard the USS Arizona, an officer was about to suit up to play in the United States Fleet championship baseball game. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z We were going to the state championships, and the whole school was in the gym to cheer us on. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Since 1964 it had won four state championships, been to the state finals a record eight times, and made the playoffs fifteen times. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “And seated in front of me is the championship team! Please tell me your names as well.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z She says you've served your sentence well and that she’ll consider letting you back on the team if we make it to the championship game. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z I watched them go to CIF, and I watched them go to the championship game I dealt with the pain of not playing and sat in the stands. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I want to spin on my Air Maxes and haul my butt back to my regular life—back to the practice field and my epic teammates and a state championship to win. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z On Tuesday of state championship week, the regular meeting of the Permian booster club was interrupted by numerous standing ovations. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1974, two and a half years after I began tennis, I won my first championship, the Alexandra Open, defeating David in the final. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anybody else who doesn’t remember needs to hear about this, too. They stole our championship last year, on our own field, in our own backyard. They must die for that.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A graduate of the University of Iowa, he had been a student trainer there on a wrestling team that won the national championship. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to play basketball and win the state championship. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s practically running in my direction, looking like she just heard that every team we’ll have to beat to win the league championship has forfeited. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z The next step was the contest against Knightsbridge for the district championship. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Hacking into a regular Warcross game has never been done—but an official championship tournament game? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A large shelf took up most of the wall, with various trophies, championship plates, and photos enshrined behind glass. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Epiphany had never before won even the local championship, and there they were, up on stage, ready to compete for the state trophy. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z At 15, this youngster from Brooklyn has become the youngest international grand master in chess and has qualified for next year’s tournament to decide who shall meet Mikhail Botvinnik for the world’s chess championship. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It has to do with the state championship for baseball when he was in high school. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “Look, Princess Peach, this isn’t how things work in the championships.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They’d go to the Utah State football games and travel to Las Vegas for the regional basketball conference championships. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Hanging down from the ceiling in drapes are colorful banners of the competing Warcross teams, each one displaying a team’s symbol in celebration of the current championship season. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “By all accounts,” one says, his voice deafening in the arena, “we should see the Demon Brigade slaughter the Phoenix Riders, currently the lowest-ranking team in the championships.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They had also dropped their championship of Jones, who had given up hope of getting his farm back and gone to live in another part of the county. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “What about your scholarship? What about the state championship?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z His boys’ team had won the state championship that year. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I ask, hoping he will realize it’s my turn to wear Dad’s championship ring. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z It was enshrined in the proclamation from the city council that hung on a bulletin board, honoring one of Permian’s state championship teams. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z We practice in levels from past championships and everything in between. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He was going to take them all the way to a league championship for the first time in forever. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z If he didn’t come to America, our team never would have won the championship. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “And now,” Mr. Brademas continues, “on to happier matters. It’s time to congratulate our baseball team on their championship season this past spring.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Arden Jones is an African American foil fencer who won individual silver at the national championship, but wasn’t able to lead the USA team to glory at the International Grand Prix. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Most important, she pulled aside their war-crazed chaperone, Coach Gleeson Hedge, and encouraged him to take the morning off in his cabin and watch reruns of mixed martial arts championships. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Whatever happened to winning the heavyweight championship for Hippocrates? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z We had never even made it to the districts, but now visions of championships danced in our heads. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z It also helped that he was strikingly good- looking and built like the oarsman he had been, the former stroke oar of a Washington crew that had won national championships in 1924 and 1926. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Odessa High won the state championship that year, which became one of those events that was remembered in the psyche of the town forever, as indelible as Neil Armstrong landing on the moon. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The surviving teams were into the sectionals now; then would come the regionals; then, with only two teams left, the big show, the Arizona state championship. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “There were a lot of people who didn’t think we had much of a chance to win District, let alone a state championship,” Hix told all those loyalists in the stands. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z All told, in fact, six of the boys in the Cal boat were now veterans of last year’s championship crew. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Guess they figured the Manifest championship track team should stay together. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Coach talks about our goal of winning a state championship. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But given their championship, they recognized what seemed an unwarranted demotion and felt more than a little intimidated by their new coach’s bearing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Finger Lakes had never won the state championship. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s the store that they burned down when the Bulls won the championship. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Dimming said slowly, “The six members of the championship Spaulding Street Elementary School quiz team are . . He paused. I thought Connor was going to throw something at him. “ Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z After a short speech, he handed it to me, saying, “Son, this makes me very proud. It’s a great honor to present you with this championship cup.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Welcome to the first official game of the championships!” we hear through our headphones. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Even though I hadn’t earned the merit individually as of yet, the team had captured the state championship title two years in a row. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “These cities are where the largest dome events happen for the championships.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Ten years ago Ulbrickson himself had stroked Washington’s varsity to a national championship here. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The stakes were huge: Whoever won ten games first would capture the lion’s share of the prize money and secure the “championship.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Of course I wanted to help the team win and defend our state championship title, but was I really the person to do that? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “A single steed rests between him and the full championship,” continued Jolly Roger. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And he made a home run, and his team won the state championship. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z All around me, the only screaming headlines seem to be accusations that the final championship results were unfair, that the game was compromised by illegal power-ups. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “If we prepared our kids academically as we prepared them for winning the state championship, there is no telling where we would be now,” said former school board member Vickie Gomez with typical bluntness. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z One of Bobby’s closest friends, Anthony Saidy, said that he never heard Fischer make an anti-Semitic remark until at some point after the 1972 championship. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The Santos, contenders for the division championship, were well coached, disciplined, and quick. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z When Howard finally let them go, the reporters went home and filled out their ballots for championship honors. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I still can't believe how everything turned out once the championship round began. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Which actually matters in our pursuit of that league championship title because it’ll determine whether or not we make it into the section tournament. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Two days after Fischer won the championship, a lavish banquet was held in his honor at Laugardalshöll. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The nine freshman boys who had beaten California would go to Poughkeepsie to race for the national championship after all. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Because of the championship voters’ pronounced bias toward eastern horses in general and War Admiral in particular, Seabiscuit almost certainly could not dethrone the Horse of the Year without beating him on the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning, a major league team picked me in the first round to play professional baseball, and in the evening, my baseball team had to play in the semifinal round of the championship. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Does that mean you want me to compete in this year’s Warcross championships?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Here’s the roster of the 2007 Czech junior hockey team that finished fifth at the world championships. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The women argue back, scrutinizing something about one of the worlds for the Warcross championships. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Her disposition toward life was that of an elite athlete who knows the opponent is dirty and the refs are on the take, but also knows the championship is one game away. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But so many times in Jewish history, what was at stake was a lot more than a trophy or a championship. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “One thing about it, I’ve been associated with state championship teams. In eighty-four we won a state championship and in eighty-five we played for it. God dang, guys, there’s nothin’ else like it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Riddle, he understood that Seabiscuit had to conquer War Admiral on the track to be deemed his superior in the championship voting and in history. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The championship game was only a week away, so it was necessary to press the court to act fast. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z To whites across the state of Texas, Dallas Carter was a nogood bunch of cheaters who didn’t deserve the honor of playing for a state championship. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Because I can’t win a championship if I’m sitting in this smelly hospital. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z That would likely earn them a chance to race against Navy and the elite eastern schools for the national freshman championship in Poughkeepsie in June. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She was good at chess, too, to the point where she might have gone to the state championship if Poppy and Arielle hadn’t told her Nobody joins chess, Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The cheering was as wild as that of the crowd at a championship basketball game. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “And we’re going to play the first round of the championships.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Walking home from school, I pretended to be Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber, the greatest boxer who ever lived and the only black boxer headed to the heavyweight championship. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Their path to the state finals started with the sixth-grade championship. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z My first official win in a championship game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Bill Russell invented blocking! He helped the Cs win eleven championships and was MVP five times!” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “The last question: Which five years in a row did the Yankees win the world championship?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The championship game was held as scheduled in Charleston, and the season was officially over. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Coach ’em all the way to the championship of life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Hard to get picked since Alan and his teammates have been winning championships since elementary school. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z We are not going to win a state championship playin’ that way!” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Why don’t you ever wear your championship ring? The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z At the upper end of Odessa that week were the delirious fans of Permian, virtually all of them white, preparing themselves for that greatest moment of all, a state championship game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I now feel a sense of mission to win the championship,” he declared. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His championship playing didn't just get him into the major league; it got him the Most Valuable Player award in 1949 and had proved him to be an All-Star player for the last five years. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The place hasn’t been this crowded since the championship game of the basketball tournament last spring. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z "Oh, yeah, I know you. Fighting for the heavyweight championship of the world next week, right?" The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Although he had been on a state championship team, he never saw any of his old teammates, nor did he ever hear from them. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Our football team will win the championship this year. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z For years Soviet grandmasters had competed only against one another, ensuring that the championship would remain in the hands of the Soviet Union. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And even though we’ve seen Dad wear it many times, actually holding his glossy championship ring in our hands is more than magical. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Between their regional championship and their trip to Albany, word had gotten out that something unusual was happening in Epiphany. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Dub often said that his boys would have won a championship as well—if there were enough colored high school teams in the state to have an actual tournament. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Only one championship ring for Pierce, though,” Todd said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Known for his dazzling crossover, Chuck Bell was the captain of the Italian team that won back-to-back Euroleague championships in the late nineties. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Win all three races there and, Ulbrickson figured, he might just convince the people of Seattle to again finance sending all three boats to Poughkeepsie for the national championships in June. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z This is it, folks, the championship of the Middle School Junior Varsity season is on the line—but hold on . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In the story I’m reading, Isaiah Dunn just got pulled out of class by secret agents, who tell him he needs to go undercover at a championship basketball game to expose a corrupt principal. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z In his senior year, the football team won the city championship, beating Frankford High, the Public League representative. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z The East versus West rivalry carried over to football with the annual East-West Shrine Game and added interest every January to the Rose Bowl—then the nearest thing to a national collegiate football championship. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z If they don’t find an answer soon our championship dreams are over. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z —All girls interested in running for the championship Lady Tigers Track Team should sign up in the gym office. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Flattered him. Told him the conditioning would help me win another hoops championship. Told him the basketball coach didn’t agree. Said ‘Fencing is a waste.’” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Gryffindor House, meanwhile, largely thanks to their spectacular performance in the Quidditch Cup, had won the House championship for the third year running. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I thought I’d witnessed a miracle when my high-school football team won that state championship, and I wasn’t the only one. This Week in Fiction: Will Mackin on Life In and Out of the Military 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z He also produced Kassim the Dream, a documentary about a Ugandan child soldier turned world championship boxer, and Rising from Ashes, about Rwandan genocide survivors who formed the first national cycling team. Oscar Winner Forest Whitaker's New Role: Fighting For Africa's Child Soldiers 2012-12-06T15:00:00Z Golden State Warriors The West Coast All Star team pretending to be a regular team won another championship. The No Thanks list, 2018 edition: From Kanye West to the NRA 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z So much of sponsorships is tied to medaling, and specific championship goals. Adam Rippon Is Famous. What Now? 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Riley, now the president of the Miami Heat, has won nine championships as a player, coach or executive, and been to the finals 19 times. ‘Winning Time’ Is Back. Here’s What to Know Ahead of Season 2 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Think how happy Caps fans were with just one championship. Perspective | Do the Patriots fit in with the other sports dynasties? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Sure, I’ve watched the Roller Derby championship in Chicago and scarfed whiskey brownies in New Orleans, but I’ve learned how many eminently achievable desires were on that seemingly imposing must-do list. Karen Klein: YouTube’s most evil bullying video 2012-06-21T15:45:00Z Of course, by definition, England will still be European—its soccer team will continue to play in European championships, and the English will still take their vacations in France and Italy. On Brexit, the 2016 Euro Championship, and Trump 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z But as his star ascends — with the possibility of his reaching the world championship finals — temptations block his path. Review: Great Pretenders Pocket Laughs in ‘The Nap’ 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Pinehurst No. 2 has hosted more golf championships than any other American course. In North Carolina, a visit to ‘the cradle of American golf’ 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z Those championship games, along with such shows as "Survivor" and "The Amazing Race," helped CBS win the week overall, the Nielsen Co. said Tuesday. Hoops and reality shows help CBS win ratings week 2010-03-30T21:46:00Z Wilson was glued to the TV, cheering on the New England Patriots, playing the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC championship game. Seen and heard at Sundance 2013-01-21T04:01:04Z Jackie Robinson’s bat and jersey, Althea Gibson’s racket Like Robinson, Althea Gibson broke barriers in sports, becoming the first African-American woman to win a Wimbledon tennis championship. The National Museum of African American History and Culture 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z North was Jordan Chodorow of Los Angeles and South was Karen Allison of Las Vegas, who has won five national championships. Bridge: Jordan Chodorow and Karen Allison Play at Bridge Base Online 2014-04-18T22:19:27Z Mr. Young was cheering on the Sooners of the University of Oklahoma in the national championship with a group of alumni. Mary Ellen Cravens, Christopher Young 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z In one brief detour, he draws a line from Chicago’s championship to the election, days later, of Donald J. Trump. Now Batting: 14 New Baseball Books 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z Top teams will play in championship games this weekend before they’re ranked by the College Football Playoff selection committee. What’s on TV Saturday: College Football and ‘Killing Eve’ 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z JK: I went to the international championships in '69, no, '70. Jim Kelly, "Enter the Dragon's" baddest mother 2010-04-13T22:25:00Z The college wrestlers at the N.C.A.A. championships, which took place last weekend at Madison Square Garden, tend to compete year-round. The Faces of College Wrestlers 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Polgar, the only woman to ever be ranked in the Top 10 or to play for the overall world championship, retired from competitive chess in 2014. How ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Started a New Debate About Sexism in Chess 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Two teams will be selected in each event to represent the United States at the world team championships in Bali, Indonesia, over the last two weeks of September. Bridge: Women’s and Senior Trials Begin in Orlando 2013-07-12T21:37:44Z Or don’t organize national championships or tournaments for kids who are not yet in high school. Perspective | Let kids be kids: We shouldn’t be ranking 9-year-olds in basketball 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Adding to the authenticity, AEW keeps track of wrestler’s records for its championship ranking system — most winning percentages this year better than the Khan family’s Jacksonville Jaguars. Hulk Who? AEW dishes out punishment as it hits 1-year mark 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z "He embodies all the characteristics you look for in a championship player," Thibodeau said. Rose sets sights on championship 2011-12-22T01:34:00Z Still, this Olympic gold medal in basketball may have an unexpected consequence for LeBron James, one that the combination of an NBA championship ring and an MVP award could not do. Olympics hoops: The world catches up to the U.S. 2012-08-13T12:15:00Z Characterizing herself as "not the average cupcake," she said her partner deserved kudos for making the oldest and heaviest contestant this season into a championship dancer. After `Dancing,' no more reality TV for Alley 2011-05-25T10:16:04Z Kapadia never mentions, for instance, that Senna ultimately admitted causing his 1990 crash with Prost deliberately, both to eliminate the Frenchman from the championship and to retaliate against race authorities for perceived unfair treatment. "Senna": Meet the Elvis of racing drivers 2011-08-12T00:30:00Z This casual game led to the first official championship in 1998 and eventually, this year’s tournament, introduced by the official Rutabaga Goddess, with musical accompaniment from the Vociferous Cruciferous Choir. In Transit Blog: In New York State, Dickens and Root Vegetable Curling 2013-12-20T15:52:26Z Last Sunday the two American teams in next month’s Bermuda Bowl world team championship played against each other over 48 boards on Bridge Base Online. Bridge: Bermuda Bowl Teams Have Online Practice Bout - Bridge 2011-09-21T22:28:38Z Prost was a calculating technician who pursued championships with ruthless efficiency, while the taller Senna, with his aquiline good looks and reserved demeanor, was an aficionado of "pure racing." "Senna": Meet the Elvis of racing drivers 2011-08-12T00:30:00Z The year before, Mr. Davis won his first Dew Tour championship. A Master of the Half Pipe Plants His Feet at the Altar 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The 14-karat gold watch - the predecessor to today's World Series championship ring - was awarded to the baseball legend after he led the Yankees to their first of 27 world championship victories. Babe Ruth's 1923 World Series gold pocket watch up for auction 2014-01-24T18:37:36Z Our criteria: teams that missed the playoffs the season after they won a championship. Sports' Biggest Chumps 2010-03-03T22:05:00Z Chamberlain’s individual accomplishments, however, did not bring him many championships. Hoops great Chamberlain gets stamp of approval 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Skin-heads eye Euro 2012 Topics: , Sports Polish soccer fans, wearing the colors of their home team, wait for the start of the opening match of the Euro 2012 soccer championship on Friday. Skin-heads eye Euro 2012 2012-06-08T16:15:00Z United States Team Trials Continue in Orlando The women’s and senior international team trials are continuing in Orlando, Fla. They will select the United States teams for the world championships in Bali, Indonesia, in September. Bridge: United States Team Trials Continue in Orlando 2013-07-14T22:31:06Z Another thing that was different about those early Wimbledon championships: All the players were amateurs. Tradition reigns at Wimbledon 140 years after the tennis tournament began 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z “LeBron is from Akron, not Cleveland. He gave them a championship, and this is America. People should be able to work wherever they want, right?” Don’t laugh off Trump’s LeBron James insults. His racist rhetoric can reproduce at a rapid rate 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z It's their goal to knock off the school's rival guy group, the Treblemakers, and win the national championship. Review: `Pitch Perfect' is infectiously catchy 2012-09-26T19:21:12Z For most golfers, winning just one major championship would be a life changer, and perhaps no one more so than for the golfer deemed the best player without one. The Best Golfers Who Have Never Won A Major 2010-08-12T22:50:00Z In those two years, Florida State’s championship happened to correspond with ACC refs halting their apparent favoritism of conference underdogs. Proof That College Football Refs Are Riddled With Bias 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z The city is the main sponsor of a European basketball championship in July. Amsterdam's solution to the obesity crisis: no fruit juice and enough sleep 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Don Draper of “Mad Men” nearly always got an ad inspiration when he needed one; Tony vanquished his enemies in “The Sopranos”; Coach Taylor’s teams won championships in “Friday Night Lights.” How Failure Made ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Great 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z Early on, she made sure to congratulate 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion Serena Williams on her unique and unparalleled accomplishments at this year's Wimbledon championships – and beyond. Who is the greatest athlete of all time? Michelle Wolf has the answer 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z But I came back the next year and I won the international middleweight karate championship. Jim Kelly, "Enter the Dragon's" baddest mother 2010-04-13T22:25:00Z He spent years vehemently denying that he was using performance-enhancing drugs, suing the friends and associates who said otherwise, and racking up championships and lucrative endorsement deals along the way. Armstrong and Te’o's apologies could use some performance enhancement 2013-01-18T16:55:00Z She holds a record of seven U.S. all-around titles, and five world championship all-around titles — numbers that were unheard of prior to her. Meet Team USA gymnasts: Here are the newcomers joining Simone Biles on the quest for gold 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z She is supported by several trusts and charities, allowing her to prepare for the English and junior British championships next spring. ‘It's not about your age, it's about your ideas’: the teen power list 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z He won an NBA championship as a player, six more as a scout and then general manager of the Lakers, and is in the sport’s Hall of Fame. NBA Legend Jerry West Opens Up In New Autobiography 2011-10-25T09:00:41Z Winning a championship in professional sports is tough. Perspective | Many sports greats never get a championship ring 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z It was there, on Saturday afternoon, that Mark Richards, a 25-year-old first-year pro from Valparaiso, Ind., who came in tied for No. 1, claimed the pro singles championship title. The world’s cornhole elite, chasing that one perfect toss 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z In 2011 a documentary - Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters - set at the previous year’s world Tetris championships in Los Angeles met with some acclaim at the Austin film festival. Tetris the movie falls into place 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z He entered the NFC championship game in the fourth quarter last season with the Bears trailing the 14-0 and led two scoring drives. Bears' Smith: 'Don't feel sorry for us' 2011-11-22T00:16:00Z That afternoon, England played Scotland in the Euro 1996 football championship. TV drama revisits 'optimism' of 1996 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z A troika of his championship bikes, their front wheels rakishly angled, adorn a tall pillar of a wall that connects this floor to the living room above it. Ricky Carmichael 2010-09-01T04:00:00Z Everyone gets nervous in championship rounds, except Richards. Nigeria's Wellington Jighere almost lost for words after Scrabble world title triumph 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z James didn’t win his first championship until his ninth season. Perspective | Losing gracefully is one of the most important lessons from playing sports 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z We will start ramping up in September for the world championship and gearing up for Le Mans again. Audi Race Engineer Leena Gade Breaks Records 2011-08-10T15:09:45Z I've just bought a Ping-Pong table for the crew so there will now be quite an involved and highly competitive "Homeland" Ping-Pong championship. ArtsBeat: Emmys Watch: Damian Lewis on 'Homeland' and 'The Forsyte Saga' 2012-09-21T18:30:54Z None of us care about golf, and we didn’t stride the Greenbrier’s four championship courses. The Greenbrier Resort Hopes to Preserve its Past. 2010-08-14T04:58:00Z The label debuted commercially late last year, just about the time he returned to baseball with the Nationals for a new opportunity to earn a World Series championship as a manager. Dusty Baker sees similarities in his team, wine and baseball 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z Several other men were hanging around, one of whom wore a rodeo championship belt buckle as big as a chicken-fried steak. Louisiana?s Zydeco Trail 2011-04-22T18:55:00Z I was too tired to even flip the tapes as the drill team prepared for the regional championships. Skout’s minor problem 2012-06-19T23:20:00Z Good news: Your team has very recently won a championship. Sports' Biggest Chumps 2010-03-03T22:05:00Z The first championship was inspired in part by The Wizard, a 1989 film starring Fred Savage, Christian Slater and Jenny Lewis. Nintendo World Championships Return After 25 Years 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z But for those who care about the winning and losing of championship belts, the film’s slow-motion attention to pugilistic style and powerhouse punches is thrillingly instructive. | 'Klitschko': ?Klitschko,? Documentary About the Boxing Brothers ? Review 2011-10-21T01:57:10Z He plays pool twice a week in a league, made it to the national wheelchair championships, and is an avid Philadelphia Eagles fan. ‘Every day is a battle’: portraits of US veterans capture hidden toll of PTSD 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Williams Titans in Alexandria, Va., to win a 1971 state championship. Not just a football movie: How ‘Remember the Titans’ became a hit and inspired a nation 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z BURLEY: No, I want to win the UK street dance championships. StreetDance 3D: tripping the right fantastic 2010-10-12T11:34:00Z This play won the award for the best defense of the championships. Bridge: Want a Best-Defense Award? Find Your Way to the Zone 2011-07-06T22:15:40Z Two thousand fourteen would not be the first time Brazil hosted the championship. With the 2016 Summer Olympics just a year away, what Brazil can learn from World Cup 2014 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z For the second annual championship, Brenot hopes to recruit some international applicants. Oeuf Mayonnaise, a French Classic Good Enough to Win Over Egg (and Mayo) Skeptics 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z She came to films after winning 100-meter freestyle and other races at the 1939 national championships and appearing at the San Francisco World’s Fair’s swimming exhibition. Technicolor Star Esther Williams Dies at Age 91 2013-06-06T18:07:18Z Even this language — it sounds as if the actual Chiefs and the actual Steelers were involved in this matchup — suggests that this A.F.C. championship game was something other than wholly mythical. Critic’s Notebook: Madden NFL 25 Portrays ‘Real’ Football 2013-08-26T22:05:55Z Since 2000, the franchise has thrived — the Cards have won six division championships, the 2004 National League pennant and the 2006 World Series — with, on average, the 10th highest payroll in the majors. Why Albert Pujols Isn't Worth the Richest Baseball Contract Ever 2011-03-13T05:40:00Z Brees led the Saints, long considered among the worst teams in U.S. professional football, to a come-from-behind victory in the National Football League's Super Bowl championship game. New Orleans Saints march off with top Espys 2010-07-15T05:55:00Z She won the ladies’ singles title at the 1991 US figure skating championships and was second at that year’s world championships. Margot Robbie to play disgraced Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Set in 1975 Philadelphia, it follows an amateur boxer who gets a surprise shot at the heavyweight championship. Rocky makes strong debut on Broadway 2014-03-14T10:12:48Z Basketball star LeBron James' decision to return to the Cleveland Caveliers after a championship stint with the Miami Heat was the top story in the sports world Friday. TCA 2014: LeBron James brings heat to Cleveland, not press tour 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Woods kept winning golf tournaments and major championships for many years. Perspective | Will Tiger Woods write the next chapter in his comeback story at the U.S. Open? 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z He directed 12 Kentucky Derby broadcasts and one of pro football’s most celebrated games, the 1967 “Ice Bowl,” in which the Green Bay Packers defeated the Dallas Cowboys for the NFL championship in subzero weather. Tony Verna, TV producer and director best known for inventing instant replay, dies at 81 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Stuck inside, I am dreaming of a championship run to the Stanley Cup by our Capitals. The Capitals aren’t just a one-man show 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Before the championship the bruised roller girls — with nicknames like Wicked Kitty and Shermaine Tank — put on hip waders and spent 16 hours power-washing their track. The Jersey Shore, a Month After Hurricane Sandy 2012-12-13T22:55:52Z As well as the world pizza-making championship, there will be pizza demonstrations, talks and a showcase of 50 historical Neapolitan pizzerias. 10 of the best pizzerias in Naples 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Family members recalled private moments; Mr. Floyd’s nephew, Brandon Williams, remembered how his uncle, a LeBron James fan, would celebrate little triumphs by saying, “I feel like I just won a championship.” As Images of Pain Flood TV, ‘Where Is Our Leader?’ 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z The city’s fan base, known for obnoxiously supporting teams that rarely win championships, is widely regarded as the absolute worst in sports. Philly, long the underdog of ‘Rocky’ and ‘Creed,’ actually had a winning year 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z It usually takes more than two stars to win a championship. Perspective | How will NBA teams fare with these new dynamic duos? 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The details were sent to me by Rich Colker, who described it in that year’s world championship book. Bridge: In Bridge, Looking Back to the 1996 World Transnational 2012-05-25T21:52:06Z In the short term, he is very excited about competing at the national championships in Las Vegas this month. Table tennis: It might be time to take it up again He won the British heavyweight weightlifting championship three times and was selected to represent England at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia. Darth Vader actor Dave Prowse dies aged 85 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z In fact, she was quite good at all those things, collecting ribbons and championships — just not as good as she was at singing. Reba McEntire never needed to be the best. She simply had to want it most. 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Cinemark, for example, recently partnered with Coca-Cola Co. to present a viewing party for part of the world championship series of the video game "League of Legends." Movie theaters branch out to host video game contests and other events 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z If my beloved University of Michigan football team had a championship season, they played the championship game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. When you grow up, your heart doesn’t have to die: Kevin Smokler and Jason Diamond on the perfectly imperfect world of John Hughes 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z For all the boys' exuberance – and their third place gained at the UK championships – it was a melancholy tale. TV review: Wonderland: Boy Cheerleaders and The Apprentice 2010-10-14T07:00:00Z She was referring to a light-heavyweight championship bout between Jean Pascal and Bernard Hopkins, who, at 46, was attempting to become the oldest world champion in history. In Each Other’s Corner From the Beginning 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Griffith will continue to fight halfheartedly and will rack up more championship rounds than almost any other boxer before retiring in 1977. ArtsBeat: A Deadly Night in the Boxing Ring Is Grist for an Evening at the Opera 2012-05-16T21:21:59Z There's just something about a flailing defense of a championship that takes a bit of the shine off said championship. Sports' Biggest Chumps 2010-03-03T22:05:00Z "Double Time," Stephanie Johnes' lively documentary about two young jump-rope teams competing at the Double Dutch championships at Harlem's Apollo Theater, will screen Friday at Central Cinema as a special family event. Langston Hughes African American Film Festival gets under way April 17 in Seattle 2010-04-07T23:21:00Z It hadn’t won a championship since 1955, and morale was abysmal, hence its nickname, the Dead Wings. ‘The Russian Five’ Review: Out of the Iron Curtain, Onto the Ice 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z "Everybody's goal playing this game is to win championships," Rose said. Rose sets sights on championship 2011-12-22T01:34:00Z The political maelstrom of the Mueller report and impeachment hearings left us dizzy, while sports championships for the Mystics and the Nationals gave us something to cheer. Perspective | The 12 best bargain wines of the year will set you back as little as $10. How can you resist? 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Joanne Craig, a championship player from New Zealand who took it upon herself to teach me the basics of the game, lists it as the most interesting word of the tournament. Nigeria's Wellington Jighere almost lost for words after Scrabble world title triumph 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z In 2019, he beat 73 other young players in his division to win the New York State chess championship. For 9-year-old immigrant, chess isn’t just a game. It’s a life-changer. 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Known as advertising's biggest showcase, the football championship garnered a record 111 million viewers when it aired on Fox this year, according to Nielsen. Cowell ups the ante for 'X Factor' winner 2011-08-05T20:19:09Z Tani became nationally recognized after winning the New York State chess championship. The story behind the 10-year-old homeless refugee turned NY chess champion 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z In the season finale, the Panthers win the state championship, and Tami springs the news on Coach Taylor that she's pregnant. Everything you need to know about "Friday Night Lights" 2010-05-01T23:01:00Z Season two of “ Cheer,” is now playing on Netflix where we see what happened next, including a season abruptly cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, weeks before the championship. Netflix’s ‘Cheer’ returns after team’s major highs and lows 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Her conversion began when she was a competitive barista vying for a national championship, and she started experimenting with the process. How Cold Brew Changed the Coffee Business 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Plus 400 gained 7.60 imps en route to a first national championship for both players. Bridge: Lebhar Imp Pairs at North American Championships - Bridge 2012-03-18T21:07:09Z Last month Daiana went up against the top competitors at 10 other D.C. high schools for the District Poetry Out Loud championship, held at the University of the District of Columbia. D.C. students give a voice to poetry for national Poetry Out Loud contest 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Though often considered a reference book, his unfolding account of the sessions is like watching a championship boxing match in slow motion. I saw the Beatles live, but no, I didn’t scream. It’s time to take female fans seriously. 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Deft Declarer Play at Senior World Trials in Florida The diagramed deal featured perhaps the best piece of declarer play during the senior world championship trials in Orlando, Fla., earlier this month. Bridge: Deft Declarer Play at Senior World Trials in Florida 2013-07-26T20:54:27Z She was training for a championship fight and was going the gym three times a day. In knockout thriller "Catch the Fair One," a boxer infiltrates a ring of human traffickers 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z A championship figure skater as a teen, she went on to study at Smith College and the Art Institute of Chicago, where she was a star pupil. Painter Joan Mitchell finally gets her due 2011-05-02T10:57:09Z When LSU won, it was the first championship in the program’s history, after being considered underdogs all season. Analysis | Jill Biden’s gaffe about women’s basketball and its endless fallout 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z Best New Restaurant The finalists face off for the championship in the season finale. Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'The Middle' on ABC 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Cromer And Sheringham Crab And Lobster Festival, Fri to 19 May Featuring everything from the world crabbing championships to a seafood snack trail. This week's new events 2013-05-11T05:00:26Z But he turned his back on fame and millions of dollars in potential endorsements and retreated from the world, renouncing the championship in 1975. For Bobby Fischer, The Drama Won?t Die 2010-07-23T20:25:00Z So which team is going to win this year’s NBA championship? Perspective | Lakers and Heat take different paths to NBA Finals 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z We can agree to disagree on who should win an award or championship, as well as what series to watch next on Netlfix. The best appetizer recipes to fuel a night of binge-watching TV, according to the Salon Food team 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z He led the Braves to a World Series championship in 1957 and was named the National League’s Most Valuable Player. Perspective | Hank Aaron’s legacy isn’t only home runs, it’s about the power of determination 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z Sometimes fans think Jordan won those six NBA championships by himself. Perspective | New film raises an old question: Who’s the greatest NBA player? 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Blame the HD machines, or the flashier, louder New York venue — previous championships were in Chicago — or a new generation of talent, but many veteran players fared poorly. Big Buck Hunter: Meet the world’s best fake marksmen 2012-11-25T16:00:00Z On Monday, the folks on TV will talk about “student-athletes” and a player giving it the old college try, but the CFP championship game is just another Super Bowl. Perspective | There’s not much college in the College Football Playoff 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z Navarro has won fourteen of the last twenty national championships; its members mainly compete against one another, vying for a position “on mat,” meaning that they’ll get to perform at Daytona. The Pathos of “Cheer” and the Extraordinary Deceptions of Cheerleading 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Except in this world championship, in which he placed eighth. Nigeria's Wellington Jighere almost lost for words after Scrabble world title triumph 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z “It filled gaps in your life that you didn’t even know existed,” says Glen Waggoner, half-owner of the first championship rotisserie team in 1980. | 'Silly Little Game': Charting the Glory Days for the Founders of Fantasy Baseball 2010-04-19T22:51:00Z Current to win a national championship in 2014 — a title that has so far eluded the Breeze. Can the MVP of D.C.’s pro ultimate Frisbee team raise the sport’s profile? 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z At the height of civil rights tensions, an all-black high school in Columbus, Ohio, wins unprecedented dual state championships in basketball and baseball. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z That’s how Frisbee, once a picnic activity, ultimately became Ultimate Frisbee, with rules and national and international championships. Competitive axe-throwing is an actual thing, and apparently it’s best done with beer 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z She also co-hosted coverage of this year's Six Nations rugby championships with former Welsh player and commentator Jonathan Davies. Alex Jones to replace Christine Bleakley on The One Show 2010-07-25T23:05:00Z Johnson grappled with his newfound fame, and an injured Abdul-Jabbar watched the championship victory from home. ‘Winning Time’ Is Back. Here’s What to Know Ahead of Season 2 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z The best of the best are competing this week at the U.S. championships in Greensboro, North Carolina. Wheaton ice dance program is producing homegrown champions 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The championships have become too successful, Lewis thinks, and should move. 'It seems so simple': can I cut it at the World Stone Skimming Championships? 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Seattle Symphony fans vividly remember the 2015 Sibelius Festival, when principal guest conductor Thomas Dausgaard conducted all seven Sibelius symphonies with the kind of audience response you usually see in championship sports events. Thomas Dausgaard leads Seattle Symphony in another excellent Sibelius program with ‘Kullervo’ 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z In addition, Washington has lots of players back from that championship team. Perspective | Will the Capitals bring home the Stanley Cup for the second year in a row? 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z The younger Giuliani earns $95,000 a year as an associate director, according to White House personnel documents; his job is to coordinate visits to the White House by championship sports teams. A common thread among many Trump press staffers: They’re related to other Trump staffers 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile and Mexico—all of which banned hanky panky—will not have a chance to play for the championship. Abstaining From Sex Doesn't Help You Win the World Cup 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z In what is certain to be the highest-rated pro football game of the year, the Denver Broncos host the New England Patriots Sunday in the AFC championship game. Take that, Tom Brady — Peyton Manning’s really the better quarterback 2014-01-19T14:00:00Z There was also something Chew referred to as the "strip search incident," which occurred during a world championship. 15 fascinating facts about Scrabble 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z No youth league championship is worth the risk of injury and possible surgery. Pitching injuries come from too much baseball too soon 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z The comedian and Labour supporter Eddie Izzard and European and world championship gold medal winner Kriss Akabusi today launch the yes campaign, with the referendum five weeks away. Cameron steps up AV attack while celebrities rally to the cause 2011-04-01T23:26:29Z Ahead of Clemson University’s appearance in the College Football Playoff championship game, Chick-fil-A is getting fans in the spirit with special breakfast biscuits at select South Carolina locations Monday morning. South Carolina Chick-fil-As celebrate Clemson in National Championship game with tiger paw-shaped biscuits 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z He went on to win two Olympic gold medals and two Stanley Cup championships. 'Red Army' explores Russia's soul through Olympic hockey, Slava Fetisov 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Ruth won 89 games and helped the Sox win three World Series championships over the next six seasons. How popular was Babe Ruth in his day? 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Friday’s event was structured like a tennis championship: quarterfinals, semifinals, finals. Detroit Jit, a ’70s Street Dance Reborn and Revved Up 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z He hosted our televised championship each year, acted as adviser and worked closely with us on the script. Go ask Alex: How I learned Alex Trebek really does have the answers 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z Nobody cares that the girl's soccer team is headed to the national championships because well they are girls. Teen girls are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore on screen 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z The annual NFL championship attracts more than 100 million TV viewers and high profile pop acts for its halftime show. Beyonce confirms she will headline Super Bowl halftime show 2012-10-16T21:40:40Z Hujanen posited that it's this penchant for intensity that makes karaoke especially appealing in propriety-intensive countries such as Japan, where it originated, and his homeland, where six of the eight world championships have been held. Karaoke champs vie for fame, dumplings in Russia 2010-09-23T19:47:00Z Open men's singles championship -- the network's final presentation of the tennis event after hosting it 46 years -- attracted an average of 2.2 million viewers. CBS' final U.S. Open men's singles championship draws 2.2 million 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z In one black-and-white photo from Soren’s series, the retired pitcher Bill Murphy displays knuckles bejeweled with championship rings. The Dream Chasers of Pro Baseball 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z At the time, the team’s 108-year-long championship drought was no joking matter. Ron Burgundy Hilariously Reacts to Cubs' World Series Win 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The economy took its toll on Nascar, industry experts said of the dip in viewership and attendance in the last couple of years, and so did, just maybe, Mr. Johnson’s five consecutive Cup Series championships. Arts & Leisure: Vroooom Vroooom Living Roooom 2011-07-08T13:51:56Z In this case, it's the national chess championships, and the obstacles include the students' personal stories as well as school budget cuts so severe that the chess program is in danger of extinction. Inspiring and delightful 'Brooklyn Castle' documents chess champs 2012-11-08T21:09:04Z Final Four — but failed to win a championship. What’s on TV Tuesday: Anna Kendrick in ‘Mr. Right’ and Phi Slama Jama on ‘30 for 30’ 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z The tournaments feature 68 men’s teams and 64 women’s teams hustling and playing hard for national championships. March Madness: Which teams should you root for? 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Engaging, entertaining and full of insight about race and ethnicity, “Dragon Hoops” follows the real-life Bishop O’Dowd Dragons, an Oakland high school basketball team, in its quest to win the California state championship. No Fan of Sports, a Graphic Novelist Learns to Follow the Bouncing Ball 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z In 2018, the first game of the championship match at the world chess championship lasted as long as the series. ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Tries a Risky Play: Betting Chess Can Be Good TV 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z The St. Louis Blues earned best comeback for going from worst team in the NHL early in the season to the Stanley Cup championship. Alex Morgan, US women’s soccer team honored at The ESPYS 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z To his point, multiple American women tennis players have made it to the Wimbledon semifinal since 2009 and, indeed, taken home the championship — Venus and Serena Williams are easily available examples. Watch Andy Murray correct a reporter’s sexist question 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z That includes a career-long championship of contemporary music, as well as performing in unexpected venues, such as his 2009 concert at Arlington’s Iota Club and Cafe. Review | Cellist challenges listeners in museum concerts 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z That’s not an insult, just a reminder that these are wines, not just something to raise in a celebratory toast or spray around a championship locker room. Go big or go bargain with these 5 holiday wines 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z "But I will practice a little bit more intensive just before the world championship." What goes around (and around): Beyblades spin into hot toy 2012-03-23T02:19:04Z Nowadays, even without the European championships or World Cup to fill the gap, there's always plenty going on: managerial sackings, transfer speculation, Champions League qualifiers and so on. Richer Than God: Manchester City, Modern Football and Growing Up by David Conn - review 2012-06-28T07:00:02Z But another Washington professional sports team won a championship recently. Perspective | Even on vacation, KidsPost’s sports columnist thinks about sports 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z The narratives span nearly a decade and are told against three World Cup soccer championships when crime drops by an estimated 30%. 'Days of Grace' director Everardo Gout shines light on violence in Mexico 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Up 20-7 with one bag left, Richards needed only to land it on the board to claim the championship. The world’s cornhole elite, chasing that one perfect toss 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z But Hope preferred lacrosse, leading Greenwich High School to a state championship and later playing at Southern Methodist University, where she majored in English. The Woman Who ‘Totally Understands’ Donald Trump 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z The Twitter account run by the tennis championship posted the announcement first thing Monday morning, promising that puppies would be joining tournament staff. US Open's puppy-themed April Fools' Day announcement disappoints fans 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z She made the all-state orchestra for violin and the varsity volleyball team, where she helped the team to a state championship her senior year. They Were in Love. They Were the Last to Know. 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Johnson brought five championships to Los Angeles, marrying sports and entertainment as leader of the "Showtime" Lakers in the 1980s. Magic Johnson-led group is picked as Dodgers' next owner 2012-03-28T05:45:00Z Aglialoro would fashion himself into a kind of Randian hero, owning and operating more than 30 companies and winning a U.S. poker championship. 'Atlas Shrugged' finally comes to the screen 2011-04-10T05:00:00Z The plot, which is essentially "The Big Chill" with jokes about flatulence and bunions, finds these five childhood friends reuniting for the funeral of the basketball coach who led them to a championship in 1978. Capsule reviews: `Knight and Day' and others 2010-06-24T20:48:00Z This would not be her first appearance at a Super Bowl; she sang the national anthem in 2004 when the New England Patriots defeated the Carolina Panthers to win the championship in her hometown. ArtsBeat: Beyoncé to Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show 2012-10-16T22:24:41Z Jordan, 50, is widely hailed as the best basketball player of all time and was a member of six NBA championship teams with the Chicago Bulls. Paternity suit dropped against basketball legend Michael Jordan 2013-03-18T18:37:31Z “Endgame” describes how this volatility began to manifest itself in Fischer’s outlandish financial demands when he began winning championships, though Mr. Brady links this fixation on money with the extreme poverty of his childhood. Books of The Times: Odd, Odd Case of Bobby Fischer 2011-01-23T23:14:39Z But this December, the World Axe Throwing League’s championship will air on ESPN, gratifying the thousands of players who’d like to see it taken seriously as a sport. Put Your Ax Into It, at This Los Angeles Restaurant 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z The organisation, a writing group for teenagers, won the national youth poetry slam championship last year, beating teams from eight other regions. New voices 2011-07-13T14:45:25Z “One time the DC Blacks and the Tennessee boys had a big championship basketball game on the yard,” another longtime prisoner recalls. How prisoners make moonshine 2013-02-13T18:00:00Z The football fun continues on Monday night when Ohio State and Oregon play in college football’s national championship game. Football fans: Get ready for the year’s best 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z He is trying to qualify for this year’s world championships in the 15- to 16-year-old age group. Perspective | Teen takes his love of trampoline to higher levels 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Proud alums of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, they had brought their alma mater’s championship flag to unfurl at our destination. How global warming has changed what it’s like to travel to the North Pole 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z After creating devilish desserts in the shape of haunted houses, demon dolls and Halloween costumes, the four remaining bakers in this competition show will face off for the championship title on the season finale. What’s on TV This Week: ‘This Is Us’ and ‘The Haunting’ 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Schiff writes: A short story is by definition an odder, more eccentric creature than a novel: a trailer, a fling, a warm-up act, a bouillon cube, a championship game in one inning. ArtsBeat: Book Review Podcast: Nathan Englander Talks About His New Stories 2012-02-17T20:15:02Z She studied both ballet and piano for 10 years, but also became a championship volleyball player, competing professionally with the Rio team. Step-by-step guide to dance: Deborah Colker 2010-04-14T10:14:00Z The championship weekend was like a Comic-Con mixed with the Super Bowl — a whirlwind of casual-to-extreme fandom for this clan of fictional characters and the very real joy they inspire. Yes, people are still obsessed with Pokémon — and this is their Super Bowl 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z In nearly 400 pages, Rodwell, holder of seven world titles and 51 national championships, describes advanced card-play techniques, illustrating them with deals from tournaments. Bridge: Bridge: Strategies for the Bibliophile on Your Gift List 2011-11-20T21:54:32Z The real tennis world championship takes place every other year and I’ll compete for the last time next month. Experience: I’m a 13-time world champion at real tennis 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Top three SUP finishers, male and female, advance to Seafair championship. Racers primed for stand-up paddle championship on Seafair hydro course 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z With a few weeks to go, the boys from Brooklyn were poised to make another run at the championship. Big Buck Hunter: Meet the world’s best fake marksmen 2012-11-25T16:00:00Z A behind-the-scenes look at the championship, it was well-received by fans and sponsors. Mercedes and Ferrari sign up for new Netflix F1 series 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z But more often than not, studios avoid any potential competition that a massive football championship might bring. Box Office: 'Miss Bala' fumbles as 'Glass' leads slowest Super Bowl... 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z He and his brother, Dave, had been two of the most successful wrestlers in U.S. history, the only siblings to win both World and Olympic championships in the 1980s. Mark Schultz still grappling with Hollywood spotlight 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z The Montreal fans’ love for the sporting trailblazer was most apparent after the last game of the year, when the Royals won the league championship. The secret history of black baseball players in Canada’s great white north 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Four years later, Willie Wells’ Winnipeg Buffaloes reveled in their own championship, the first in the history of the ManDak League. The secret history of black baseball players in Canada’s great white north 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Other countries united around wars, raised their flag for myriad championships, annual independence parades, elections. With the 2016 Summer Olympics just a year away, what Brazil can learn from World Cup 2014 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z Later, lost in a vortex of drug addiction and petty hustles, Dicky trained his half-brother, Micky Ward, eventually to a world welterweight championship. New DVDs | 'The Fighter,' 'Hereafter,' 'The Switch,' 'The Wildest Dream' 2011-03-14T23:55:06Z Instead, Gilbert allowed James to sign a shorter, three-year deal that gave him an enormous amount of leverage; it forced the Cavs to go for a championship at all costs before James could leave. The Whore of Akron: More Than Just a LeBron James Takedown 2011-11-30T11:58:32Z Though that tension is most obvious in these Olympics, it exists at every level, from Little League to the world championships. Who Decides What a Champion Should Wear? 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z But it would be a miracle — and to the Hollywood establishment, a scandal — if one of them won the championship. Oscars 2013: Richard Corliss’ Picks – Best Director 2013-02-21T22:05:35Z The play is part of a season celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Crucible, famed as the home of the world snooker championship as it is for its theatre productions. Playing the Moor 2011-06-30T07:46:27Z There are also championships for players ages 14 though 18. Tradition reigns at Wimbledon 140 years after the tennis tournament began 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z Kelly now edits questions for National Academic Quiz Tournaments, which runs national quiz bowl championships at the middle school, high school and collegiate levels. James Holzhauer Is Dominating ‘Jeopardy!’ But What’s Life Like After the Show? 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z The handshake between the president and the actor happened in New Orleans, at the national college football championship game between Louisiana State and Clemson, where Trump was cheered as he walked on the field. Uproar after Vince Vaughn shakes Trump’s hand at football game 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z The game that Friday was against , in from Belfast for a preliminary round of the Europa League championship. Frugal Traveler Blog: An Insider's Itinerary on Sweden's Eastern Coast 2012-08-01T15:04:15Z It was as if the Disney movie’s villain, the muscle-bound Gaston, had taken an Ultimate Fighting championship from the cross-species hero. MLK Run: Contraband Filches the Holiday Weekend from Beauty and the Beast 2012-01-16T23:04:53Z Winners will go on to compete in a national championship in New York. Pole dancing has come out of the strip clubs ... and become an event for the whole family. Is this progress? I’m a good basketball player: I want more championships. For Arianna Huffington and Kobe Bryant: First, Success. Then Sleep. 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z This is the highest rank of the American Contract Bridge League, requiring 10,000 master points and at least one victory in either a top national championship or a world championship. Bridge: Bridge ? A Norman Kay Pairs Winner Becomes a Grand Master 2012-03-21T22:54:54Z Skinheads eye Euro 2012 Polish soccer fans, wearing the colors of their home team, wait for the start of the opening match of the Euro 2012 soccer championship on Friday. Asleep at the Roger Clemens trial 2012-06-10T13:00:00Z One hundred adoptable “cat-letes” swat, pounce and claw their way into the “Final Fur” in this kitten basketball championship created in partnership with North Shore Animal League America. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Meow Madness’ and ‘Abortion: Stories Women Tell’ 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z It was widely rumored in 1998 and in 2000 that she would perform at the championship game, but no deal was reached in either year. ArtsBeat Blog: Packers? Patriots? How About Madonna as a Super Bowl Contender? 2011-10-04T18:37:40Z Chess Federation, that didn’t take him and his championship quest as seriously as he took himself. Bobby Fischer, “Pawn Sacrifice,” and Movies About Geniuses 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Women wanted to play, too — the exhibit includes pictures of the Seattle Owls Club of the 1930s, a women’s softball team that won the state championship in 1938 and the Seattle Championship in 1939. ‘Pitch Black’ traces African-American baseball history 2014-02-06T22:30:30Z He has recently taken the game seriously again, and this was the first time he had competed in a world championship. Bridge: Many Tables, but Only One Successful Defense 2010-10-24T23:42:00Z Even the U.S. championship was not immune; the 1964-65 competition was not even held. I’m a Chess Expert. Here’s What ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Gets Right 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Yet Lauda returned to the track only six weeks later to defend his championship against a fast ascending Hunt. Movie Fact-Check: Rush 2013-09-30T09:45:13Z As a teenager, he played drums in a championship New Jersey high school ensemble under the direction of a relentless bandleader. Jazz films explore the hell and joy of musical perfection 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Milch, a prominent writer whose credits include ABC's "NYPD Blue" and HBO's "Deadwood," also is a lifelong racing devotee who's owned championship horses and is acutely aware of the dangers for both animals and jockeys. 'Luck' duo defend safety record to 'bitter' end 2012-04-03T10:46:03Z Not everyone was fond of his championship of American music. National Symphony Orchestra says farewell to 7 members and their 251 years of service The grand finale will be the Final Four playoffs in Indianapolis, with two days of games: the semifinals on April 4 and the championship game on April 6. Exploring Indianapolis, for the Final Four and Beyond 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z She won eight Olympic and world championship medals. Who is Washington’s greatest athlete of all time? 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Eastern Conference: The Cleveland Cavaliers look like a sure bet to win the Eastern Conference and play in the NBA championship series. It’s time for real playoff basketball 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z CBS’ James Brown knows what it is like to host Super Bowl pregame shows when the day transcended beyond the teams competing for a championship. CBS’ Brown to host record 10th Super Bowl pregame show 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z I won my first national championship when I was 12, and my second, in a different class, when I was 15. 'Your ego has to be left at the door': the secret life of the understudy 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z With that, the championship would turn some profit, be able to pay the city at least some of the $58,000 and would start planning to return to Federal Way next year. Federal Way sand sculptures come down Sunday 2010-10-07T14:52:00Z “And we won the state championship,” she said. Queer Kids, Nerds and Sword Fights: It’s the Hot School Play 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z A camera sweeps across 80,000 people at Dublin’s Croke Park, awaiting kickoff at a semifinal championship match, two days after his death. ‘Listen Now Again’ Is a Tasting Menu of Seamus Heaney’s Poetry 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z In a Swedish variation, “The Swimsuit Issue” follows a crew of middle-aged men, not particularly buff or aquatic, as they train for a world championship in male “synchro.” | 'The Swimsuit Issue': Splashing Through Comedy 2010-05-11T23:23:00Z Top teams face off in conference championship games, and the first season of BBC America’s hit spy thriller, “Killing Eve,” is available on Hulu. What’s on TV Saturday: College Football and ‘Killing Eve’ 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Beyond incentives like home loans, car allowances and country club memberships, merit bonuses attached to bowl appearances, win-loss records, divisional rankings and national championships emphasize the value of coaches to their institutions. How big bonuses for winning coaches became a tradition in college football 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z The city of Washington may be the home of a championship team soon. Perspective | The Mystics take aim at a WNBA championship. With Delle Donne, it’s a good bet. 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Sunday night’s game between the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs was the second-most watched and rated AFC championship game in 42 years. Pats-Chiefs second-most watched AFC title game in 42 years 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z But they have the untarnished memories of that championship season, and they have each other. | 'That Championship Season': The Champs Reunite, Bearing the Nation?s Scars 2011-03-07T03:01:04Z After half a year of intense training in Seattle, it all paid off an ocean away in Stuttgart, Germany, at the world championships. Pommel horses and protesters 2012-08-25T12:00:00Z He was bummed that the Titans didn’t get to the AFC championship game, when Hayes performed at halftime in January. ‘Fancy Like’ feels like a No. 1 draft pick to singer Hayes 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z The "championship" in the title refers to the winning season of a high school basketball team, whose glorious final game remains a moment etched in the minds of both players and coach. Starry cast is smooth in 'Championship Season' 2011-03-07T03:11:09Z “So while we are beyond thrilled with the Seahawks championship run, we are thrilled to partner with our friends in Denver to be victorious in our efforts to eradicate polio.” Could Hawks lose? Question elicits winning answers 2014-02-04T07:36:53Z So is “Rise” kin to “Friday Night Lights,” another show initially based on a sociological deep dive, with rehearsals in place of football practices, performances standing in for championships? With ‘Rise,’ a ‘Friday Night Lights’ for Theater Kids 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z “You went to historically one of the worst franchises in football and in your first year you took them all to the championship,” McKinnon said. ‘SNL’ skewers Marjorie Taylor Greene, the vaccine rollout and GameStop, reminding us that things are still very bad 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z Last year, the Howard's Chicken Shack at West 79th Street and Western Avenue added a mural of Rose standing beneath the Bulls championship banners. Englewood residents wonder 'what if' 2012-04-30T01:59:00Z That means they’re eligible to compete for best in show at many U.S. dog shows, including the AKC’s big annual championship and the prestigious Westminster Kennel Club show. ‘Mudi’? Try a toy: American Kennel Club adds 2 dog breeds 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z She’d joined the professionally geared Beijing Dance Academy at 11 and won a national youth dance championship at 15. These 18 movie stars are also amazing dancers. That’s their real superpower. 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Money goes away, but that feeling of being unbreakable lasts forever, says Mr. Moraes, the first Brazilian to win a world championship. The Most Dangerous Eight Seconds in Sports, on ‘Fearless’ 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z On the eve of the coming toboggan races, to be held three weeks from now, I bring you one family’s humble story from last year’s championships. Competitive Tobogganing in Maine. Well, Sort Of Competitive. 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z The football championship starts around 6:25 pm in Miami. 2010-02-07T17:31:00Z Then there’s Geno Auriemma, the coach of the University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team, who has 11 national championships to his name. ‘Getting to Us’ Review: The Saints of the Sidelines 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z The three-day event will host this year's "Call of Duty" championship. 'Call of Duty' fan convention is returning 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z And none of it's verbatim, but "I am the state championship of female high school wrestling" at the time the film was made. In "Changing the Game," young trans athletes become "a beacon for their own community." 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z The song, a tribute to his city, was adopted as the unofficial fight song of the Pittsburgh Steelers who played the Packers in professional football's championship. Wiz Khalifa gets out his "Rolling Papers" 2011-03-28T21:07:57Z Number Four Number Four: There’s a reason championship teams don’t yell “We’re No. 4!” Ask Amy: Woman ponders gym-side fantasy 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z By the way, the championship game was not played in a big city. Perspective | Women’s college basketball wasn’t always dominated by big schools. First came the Mighty Macs. 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z In his announcement, Davies hinted that there could be even more spinoffs ahead, noting that Bialik would also host a couple of new tournaments, in addition to the college championship. Final ‘Jeopardy!’: Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik to Split Hosting Duties 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z I came to the championships with lofty ambitions, but my first skim goes outside the designated boundary. 'It seems so simple': can I cut it at the World Stone Skimming Championships? 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z When a Cornell makes it to the Sweet 16, like it did last year, or Butler reaches the national championship, it's no great shock. Princeton-UCLA: Reflections on an Historic Upset 2011-03-16T10:05:00Z The president has ripped into individual athletes and commentators like Jemele Hill over criticism of him and dis-invited teams to the White House after championship wins. LeBron James to Don Lemon on CNN: Trump “used sports to divide us” 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z I felt that peculiar schizophrenia watching Joyful Noise, the musical drama about the battles and affections in a Georgia choir aiming for a national championship. Joyful Noise: Is it Awfully Nice or Just Plain Awful? 2012-01-12T21:30:09Z Brown's follow-up encountered numerous delays in postproduction, but his coverage of 2005's Vans Hawaiian Triple Crown surfing championship was worth the wait. 'Highwater': Breathtaking celebration of surfing excellence 2010-09-02T20:09:00Z Partly thanks to Hübner’s championship, Nelson says he’s experienced virtually no resistance from the board or audiences at his innovations. Perspective | In opera, small is the new grand: The revamped In Series shows the way 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Oh, and all the while, he's been busy cradling the NBA championship trophy. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z The central pairing, though, has championship stuff: Beane, a jock with a restless intelligence, going on a bold adventure with Brand, a sedentary soul whose computer brain pinwheels stats that Beane can turn into wins. Moneyball: Brad Pitt Legs Out a Triple 2011-10-06T18:50:00Z Overall domestic business was typically modest for a Super Bowl weekend with $92 million overall, according to comScore, as studios remain reluctant to open major titles during the frenzy surrounding the pro football championship. Box Office: 'Jumanji' Regains Top Spot for Modest Super Bowl Weekend 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z Hundreds of players from around the world qualified to play in the Kona championship, which includes competitions in both its trading card and video game versions. Pokemon championships being held in Hawaii 2010-08-14T21:46:00Z The Scotsman won three world championships and 27 Grand Prix titles before retiring at age 34. Roman Polanski racing documentary revs up for new run 40 years on 2013-11-19T18:21:04Z Accustomed to overcoming obstacles, Callahan is now fighting for the chance to swim in the state championship during the next school year. Paralyzed swimmer fights to compete at meet 2012-05-16T00:37:00Z Some 106.5 million American TV viewers watched the National Football League's Super Bowl championship in February, making it the most-watched U.S. telecast ever in any genre. U.S. v Ghana tie most-watched soccer game in U.S. history 2010-06-28T20:00:00Z He has also held the British championship title since 2017, and has won the Swiss and Welsh championships once each. 'It seems so simple': can I cut it at the World Stone Skimming Championships? 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z "We believe that it's important to keep the focus on the players and the teams that will be competing in the inaugural championship game." Sandusky calls incidents in shower 'horseplay' 2011-11-15T01:01:00Z Spassky agrees even though he could win the championship by forfeit. 'Pawn Sacrifice' film captures chess drama of Fischer-Spassky face-off 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z The Booker 2011 is of no more interest to me than the world heavyweight championship, which I'm not going to win either. Edward St Aubyn: 'Writing is horrible' 2011-08-17T20:30:02Z "Yellowjackets" strands a high school girls' soccer team in the wilderness for 19 months after the plane flying them to a national championship crashes. Survival tips from TV we didn't know we needed 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z He’s brought the city two championships and cries during the national anthem. A media resolution for 2017: Stop asking clueless celebrities to comment on race relations 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z The Lakers, which by that time in franchise history had won 16 National Basketball Association championships, had not qualified for the playoffs in years. Lady of the Lakers 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z The teams that play in the CFP national championship this season will play 15 games. Perspective | Just 4 teams make the College Football Playoff. Eight would make it better. 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z The European championship is considered the biggest soccer tournament in the world other than the World Cup. U.S. hosts some of world’s best soccer action in Copa America 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z “Bringing the NBA championship to Toronto is the realization of a goal for our team and for our players, and we are thrilled to be able to celebrate together with our fans.” Raptors’ title sees Canada set viewing, spending records 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z She currently holds the record for most medals in world championship history at 25, and world titles at 19. Inside Simone Biles' long history of making history: A timeline 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z In sports, a dynasty is when a team wins championships so often that it becomes almost a regular thing. Perspective | Do the Patriots fit in with the other sports dynasties? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z The winner of the finals in each Art Battle wins a gift certificate for art supplies and earns the right to compete in the city championship in January. Art Battle Seattle turns painting into a live competition, complete with DJ, audience and drinks 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z Clemson faces the University of Alabama in the championship game at 8 p.m. South Carolina Chick-fil-As celebrate Clemson in National Championship game with tiger paw-shaped biscuits 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The movie stars, who are not married, appeared together in public at Sunday's Super Bowl professional football championship in the United States, smiling, laughing and being photographed. 2010-02-08T19:48:00Z Two weeks after trampoline was announced as a medal event in 1998, Ross remembers the contingent of Chinese officials that descended on the world championships with video cameras and notepads. Bounce so hard 2012-07-28T13:00:00Z Just weeks after the championship owner Wayne Huizenga, pleading financial woes, started the now infamous fire sale of the team's best players. Sports' Biggest Chumps 2010-03-03T22:05:00Z Barry writes with a sustained, manic energy that propels these former losers — at least on the field — into a championship team. Flashback to the ’80s 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z By 1987, he had won titles including a world freestyle championship. 36 Years Later, He’s Out of the Friend Zone 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z The object of affection in this case being a championship? ArtsBeat: Alex Gibney on ?Catching Hell? 2011-04-27T18:21:21Z Both teams blitzed in the last round to leave France the gold medal winners for a third consecutive championship. Bridge: French Women?s Team Wins at Ostend 2010-07-14T22:58:00Z One poet would advance to a championship slam. Aml Ameen Competes in a Poetry Slam 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z He led the underperforming club to the Mexican league championship last year, and earned a reputation for turning teams around. Mexico’s coach theatrical style excites World Cup 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Yet the competitions, including the season championship, aren’t terribly dramatic, except for the somber moments when paramedics have to be called into the ring. Review: Netflix’s ‘Fearless’ Explores the World’s ‘Most Dangerous Sport’ 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The book, described as a "candid and surprisingly insightful account" by publishers Crown Archetype at Random House, Inc., reviews the highly successful partnership between Haney and Woods which led to six major championship victories. Tiger Woods' former swing coach writes Tiger tales 2012-01-09T01:03:51Z I’m here to see the roller-derby championship, three weeks after ripped through and devoured the boardwalk. The Jersey Shore, a Month After Hurricane Sandy 2012-12-13T22:55:52Z In 1877, Wimbledon held its first championship, but only for men. Tradition reigns at Wimbledon 140 years after the tennis tournament began 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z Pitt’s championship charisma did lead the film to a decent launch. Box Office: Surprise! Dolphins and Jesus Beat Cancer and Dead Kids 2011-10-17T18:00:00Z Park, like several of his council colleagues, said he'd like to see the sand sculpting championship return next year. Federal Way sand sculptures come down Sunday 2010-10-07T14:52:00Z Secret Wars Live art championships as graffiti artists from across Britain and the world battle for supremacy. This week's internet picks 2010-06-25T23:06:00Z If you’d like to try these beers yourself, we’re organizing a championship happy hour at Meridian Pint on March 26, the same day we’ll announce the two finalists on the Beer Madness Web site. Beer Madness: Which brew will be named the nation’s best? 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z The week in question, June 13th through June 20th, is of dramatic and historical significance: the New York Knicks were then in the N.B.A. finals, playing for the championship. “Rockaway,” Reviewed: A Queens Boy’s Stark and Moving Tale of Surviving Domestic Violence 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z But it’s hard to win an NBA championship depending so much on a single player. Perspective | The Warriors show why it’s important to pass the ball 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Gaga's halftime performance at the National Football League championship game between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons was a high energy medley of some of her biggest hits. Lady Gaga tells bodyshamers 'I'm proud of my body' 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z And many drivers now believe the season-long championship will be won or lost on those three tracks, beginning with Sunday’s Indy 500. Double points, double pressure at Indy 500 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z His first championship team was short and quick. Perspective | Do the Patriots fit in with the other sports dynasties? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z They also fear it may stoke anti-German sentiments ahead of the championship. Ukraine freezes release of Russian war movie 2012-04-10T12:20:14Z And oh, by the way: The team won the 2021 Coastal Plain League championship. ‘Baseball Players Don’t Dance’? The Savannah Bananas Beg to Differ. 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Ko missed to the left and Henderson tapped in to cap a week that started with a hole-in-one on her fourth hole of the tournament and ended with a major championship. Brooke Henderson beats Lydia Ko in Women’s PGA playoff 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z It culminated with a championship Golden Gloves fight at Madison Square Garden in 2007. Fashion will survive. But many of the designers at the heart of the industry might not. 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z It’s going to be a lot tougher for them to get toward a championship game. Q&A with Jalen Rose: ‘If you get a chance to step on the NBA court even once, that’s a successful life’ 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z The Clippers spent the last three decades rotting in the shadow of the glamorous Lakers, who piled up championships while the lowly Clips only racked up losses. Famous bidders already lining up for LA Clippers 2014-05-01T15:35:20Z Oh, if I can win the championship, if I could take over my dad’s business, if I could be a famous actor, my life will be fully realized.’ Nearing 50, Ethan Hawke’s latest radical transformation — violent abolitionist John Brown — suits an explorer of ‘intense faith’ 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Hamilton also has two gold and three silver world championship medals. Bridge: Bridge - The Spring North American Championships 2012-03-23T23:33:02Z The spacious rooms feature separate marble bathtubs, and the hotel has two championship golf courses, a pair of fine restaurants, a high-end spa and swimming pool, and friendly bellhops in kilts. 36 Hours in St. Andrews 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Neuberger attended DeWitt Clinton High School, where in his senior year he was captain of the tennis team that won the Greater New York championship. Roy R. Neuberger Dies at 107; Applied a Stock Trader?s Acumen to Art 2010-12-25T04:31:59Z He also wrote or helped write 10 books on the game; sent daily reports from world championships to Reuters for years; and was the Press Association personality of the year in 1982. Bridge: Albert Dormer at the World Senior Pairs in 1990 2014-05-11T21:27:58Z Born Fay Mitchell in New York, she won the state spelling championship at 12 and was presented with the award by the then governor, Franklin Roosevelt. Fay Kanin obituary 2013-03-31T16:20:21Z Field of 23 for Bermuda Bowl Begins to Narrow in Chicago The open trial to select the U.S.A.-1 team for the 2011 Bermuda Bowl world team championship started on Friday in Chicago. Bridge: Bermuda Bowl Selection Process Begins 2010-06-21T00:27:00Z What does LeBron James dream about, other than sliding that first National Basketball Association championship ring onto his finger and perhaps riding in luxury automobiles with more generous leg room? LeBron James and His Alter Egos Star in an Internet Animated Series 2011-01-17T22:01:35Z The championship is also said to stem from an even earlier practice of wife-stealing - leading many present-day contestants to compete with someone else’s wife. Lithuanian couple win world wife-carrying championship title in... 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z In 2014, his second year at the national championship, he placed third overall. He’s the fastest maintenance man in the nation. And he has the trophy to prove it. 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z That's why he could come back and he could win the heavyweight championship belt again in his forties — not because he was a slugger, but because he's a smart fighter. Why "Big George Forman" star Khris Davis refused to wear a fat suit 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z But three sets should be enough to decide a men’s tennis match even in the major championships. When it comes to sports seasons, less is more Last year, the team traveled to Orlando, Fla., to compete in a junior Olympic championship. Jamaica Has Never Had Olympic Synchronized Swimmers. These Girls Want to Change That. 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z In 2014, Jim told his siblings that he would step down if the team wasn’t a championship contender within three years. Lady of the Lakers 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z “It was get ready to play, then cancel, constantly,” said Carolyn Nichols, winner of 41 championships, who lives in Florida and California. Staging a post-pandemic athletic comeback? Take tips from these successful senior competitors. 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z The label issued one of his six self-financed tracks, "Ala-Freakin-Bama," to stations in the state to pick up on the state spirit when Alabama won the Southeastern Conference football championship. Trace Adkins "Back in Town" with renewed energy 2010-07-17T02:02:00Z A Hall of Fame NBA player who won a championship with the Boston Celtics in 1974 and later coached in the league and in college. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Rapinoe became an international celebrity this summer after she helped lead the U.S women’s soccer team to a World Cup championship. Score! Megan Rapinoe book to be published next year 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z The meal marked the third fast-food feast that the Trump White House served to college athletes visiting the executive mansion after a championship win in recent months. Trump served fast food to Baylor women's basketball team at the White House 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Last year’s championship teams will meet for a bout that they promise will be a real “slobber-knocker.” Weekend Miser 2011-03-24T22:00:10Z Grass was planted on an environmentally sensitive stretch of sand dunes to stabilize the beach for development into a championship golf course. Scottish protesters plan to bogey Trump's course 2010-05-26T19:13:00Z Self-belief frequently entails self-delusion—a rational person would give up, facing the slim chances that even great athletes have of winning a championship. The Particular Drama of Simona Halep 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Overall, Biles boasts a record of seven U.S. all-around titles, and five world championship all-around titles — numbers that were unheard of prior to her. Inside Simone Biles' long history of making history: A timeline 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z While it's unusual for a team in a major American sport to not even make the playoffs the year after a championship, it's not unique. Sports' Biggest Chumps 2010-03-03T22:05:00Z They are the only two brothers in U.S. wrestling history to win both Olympic and World championships. Sports at Cannes: Wrestling with Foxcatcher, Scoring With Red Army 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z And then there was the free trip to San Francisco to play the North American championships, comfortably ensconced in a four-star hotel whose price would have deterred his mother and father. Lara Croft battles male jerks 2012-06-14T16:15:00Z He has won 13 world titles, five European championships, numerous Italian titles and four North American national championships. Bridge: Using a Side Suit to Control Trumps 2011-09-09T22:59:11Z It will get launched behind Fox’s broadcast of the NFL’s National Football Conference championship game. Fox will end 'American Idol' in 2016 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Jay Cutler hasn't thrown a pass in public since the NFC championship game in January. Lady Gaga meat dress headed for Rock Hall of Fame 2011-06-15T00:27:00Z Being broadcast on this Sunday afternoon in March was League of Legends’ championship series. Closing the Gender Gap, One E-Battle at a Time 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z As head coach of Bulldogs football from 1964–1988, he piled up an astonishing 201 wins with only 77 losses and 10 tied games, winning six conference titles and a national championship. Ditch the 10,000 hour rule! Why Malcolm Gladwell’s famous advice falls short 2014-04-20T15:30:00Z Part of it, of course, was due to the clash of two brand-name institutions, one more known for its academics, the other, though no scholarly slouch, more famous for piling up championships. Princeton-UCLA: Reflections on an Historic Upset 2011-03-16T10:05:00Z He has finished four Ironman world championship races in Kona, Hawaii. Carrie Shuchart, Minsok Pak 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z The masters athletic championships fielded more than 8,000 runners from 98 countries in all categories of track and field. You can be a high-level athlete whether you’re 20 or 70. These competitors are proof. 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z More than 100 million television viewers were tuned in to the NFL championship game between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens. Beyonce sings, reunites Destiny's Child at Super Bowl half-time show 2013-02-04T03:41:12Z Pacific Northwest Ballet commissioned Bolcom to write the “Seattle Slew Suite,” celebrating both the eponymous thoroughbred racehorse who won the Triple Crown in 1977, and the pageantry of championship races. Philharmonia Northwest presents old and new music created entirely by Seattle composers 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z For me, the story of the championship year and a path to a better life started in middle school. 'McFarland, USA' film revives long-buried memory for runner 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z It's the championship of each other, and they're two men on an ice floe, and to each the other is Ahab's white whale. Ken Burns on his latest, "Muhammad Ali": "What's so interesting is what an avatar of love he was" 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z Possessed by grief and anger, he quickly loses his championship as well as his license to box, destroys his reputation, loses his money, and loses custody of Leila, who becomes a ward of the state. "Southpaw" Is a Throwback—in the Worst Way 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Arrigo says the city is set to welcome thousands beginning Thursday for a youth soccer championship event. Superfest sets $3.4M record for Baton Rouge hotels 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z The Penguins celebrated their previous three championship victories on the road: at Minnesota in 1991, at Chicago in ’92 and at Detroit in 2009. The Latest: Penguins enter Game 5 a win from 4th title 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z It was a bloody struggle — the tightest vote of the entire contest — but Lord of the Rings prevailed over Casablanca by only 36 votes to take the final place in the championship. The Readers Have Spoken: The Godfather Wins TIME's BEST Best Picture Competition 2012-02-24T17:10:48Z One oddly fudged historical detail involves the wondrous exotica resulting from Fischer’s widely heralded pursuit of the championship—the broadcast of the match from Reykjavik, which became an unexpected hit for PBS. Bobby Fischer, “Pawn Sacrifice,” and Movies About Geniuses 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Just add up how many of the “major” championships a player has won. Perspective | Who is the greatest male tennis player of all time? 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z It’s true that most sports teams, even very good ones, don’t win the championship. Like a warm day in winter, each Capitals’ victory is worth savoring 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z “America seems to produce an absolute master every 50 years or so,” said Kenneth Rogoff, 61, a Harvard economics professor and grandmaster who competed in national championships when he was younger. Young Grandmasters Try to Make Chess Cool 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z So what started out as a championship ball game with the whole compound watching turned into a big slugfest, with dudes getting stabbed and everything: blood on the court, dudes laid out. How prisoners make moonshine 2013-02-13T18:00:00Z He focused the visual tribute on Screw’s early life because many Houstonians consider it a special time as the city began establishing its own musical identity and the Rockets were winning NBA championships. ‘All Screwed Up’ aims to untangle the legacy of DJ Screw 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z It was at the historic Marshall Chess Club championship in Greenwich Village. A chess master reflects on strategies and human potential 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Habash’s brash and explosive “Stephen Florida,” released in June by the independent Coffee House Press, follows an obsessed college wrestler desperate to win a national championship. Gabe Habash and Julie Buntin on publishing their first novels 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z “Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance,” by Angela Duckworth, was one of the books that helped me get through challenges in the championship years playing in Miami. Chris Bosh’s Favorite Basketball Writers? Kobe Bryant Makes the List. 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z There hasn’t been a championship in the States in 29 years , and this one is a series of 10-mile loops through downtown, so there are many opportunities to view the riders. UCI Road World Championships 101 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z My team won the championship; I was the point guard. The Visionaries: Kanye West Talks About His Career and Album ‘Yeezus’ 2013-06-11T23:25:32Z He won 89 games and helped the Sox win three World Series championships. Perspective | Will hurler and hitter Shohei Ohtani be a modern Babe Ruth? 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z By 16, she was a member of the Los Angeles Athletic Club swimming team and had won three national championships in both the breaststroke and freestyle. Esther Williams dies aged 91: swimmer who starred in MGM musicals 2013-06-06T22:14:09Z I guess some people think it’s unfair for a great player such as Durant to look for teammates he thinks will help him win a championship. Will Kevin Durant give Golden State an unfair advantage? 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Harris helped Delta State University win three straight national championships in the 1970s and earned a silver medal for the United States at the Montreal Olympics in 1976. Shaq, Curry win Oscars for ‘Queen of Basketball’ documentary 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z The trial to pick the second United States team for this year’s Bermuda Bowl world championship began in Henderson on Tuesday and is scheduled to end next Tuesday. Bridge: Imps Change Hands in Droves 2011-05-11T20:46:52Z The Barden Bellas are back for an encore in "Pitch Perfect 2," this time taking their a cappella act on the road in search of redemption and a world championship. 'Pitch Perfect 2': Anna Kendrick and Co. stay in tune, reviews say 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z But there’s simply too much money and prestige at stake for a single blown call to keep a team out of the new four-team national championship playoff. Better Referees: Why College Football Needs to Herd Its Own Zebras 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z But this is two different guys fighting for a championship. Lauda relives 1976 on the big screen 2013-09-08T09:48:36Z As a baseball fan who also happens to be a professional chef, one story stood out: how an unassuming buttermilk cake from Oklahoma became the team's good luck charm during their unforgettable 1955 championship season. How a buttermilk cake from Oklahoma won the 1955 World Series for the Brooklyn Dodgers 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Epstein then moved to the Chicago Cubs and led that team to the World Series championship in 2016. Perspective | Kim Ng, the Miami Marlins’ new general manager, is the first female GM in MLB history 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z The Rams went on to win the NFL championship, and the Yanks were so bad they left the league after the 1951 season. Best single-game passer in NFL? It’s no one you’ve seen play. 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z She won seven world titles plus dozens of national championships and held the UK women's all-round title for 25 consecutive years. Maxine Peake hails her sporting hero 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Overnight, the team advances to compete in the state championship finals. Review: In ‘Bravetown,’ a Bad Boy Redeems Himself Through D.J. Magic 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z But the sheer quantity of clever sentences and wry observations weighs the story down, until the championship game becomes not only anticlimactic, but also strangely beside the point. Flashback to the ’80s 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Ashe also was the only black man to win the singles championships at two other major tennis tournaments — the United States Open in 1968 and the Australian Open in 1970. Perspective | Arthur Ashe broke ground for black tennis players and athlete activists 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z One weekend afternoon a week or two later, we boarded a yellow school bus for the long drive to the other side of the county for the drill team regional championships. Skout’s minor problem 2012-06-19T23:20:00Z Still, the road to a championship is never easy. Perspective | The Mystics take aim at a WNBA championship. With Delle Donne, it’s a good bet. 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Overall domestic business was typically modest for a Super Bowl weekend with $92 million overall, according to comScore, as studios remain reluctant to open major titles during the frenzy surrounding the pro football championship. Box Office: 'Jumanji' Regains Top Spot for Modest Super Bowl Weekend 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z With the 2024 Paris Olympics less than two years away, this championship acts as a preview for that competition. What’s on TV This Week: ‘House of the Dragon’ and U.S. Gymnastic Championships 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z This moving portrait follows four members of a wrestling team at a high school in Huntsville, Ala., as they train for the state championship and battle personal woes along the way. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Wrestle’ and ‘Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special’ 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z A hot basketball prospect in college with a shot at a championship, he squandered his one opportunity to make it as a player in the N.B.A.: Adam Sandler Grows Up (Mostly) 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z A world championship was at stake, and so were cold war bragging rights, as Fischer, a prickly individualist from Brooklyn, took on Mr. Spassky, a product of the great totalitarian Soviet chess machine. Movie Review: ?Bobby Fischer Against the World,? Documentary - Review 2011-09-08T23:43:53Z He won his first championship when I was in high school. Michael Jordan by Benjamin Markovitz 2011-03-12T00:07:16Z After Iowa, he studied Shakespeare at the Bristol Old Vic Theater School in England, where he was the first freshman to win the school fencing championship. Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z It's 1996, and their town doesn't seem to care that the girls' soccer team is the one on its way to the national championship, until their plane goes down and they disappear for 19 months. "Yellowjackets" is a fantastic, terrifying plummet into the darkness of female desire and rage 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z And Jordan was kind of choked up and there was some reporter asking, “Come on, you’ve won all these championships, does this really mean that much to you?” A Conversation with Jimmy Buffett 2013-08-19T11:00:25Z The music builds from those meditative verses to an instrumental crescendo, accompanying one last highlight reel: dunks, triumphant fist pumps, hoisting the championship trophy and weeping in disbelief. How Pearl Jam’s ‘Present Tense’ became the final song on ESPN’s Michael Jordan documentary ‘The Last Dance’ 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z He offers a memorial to a 104-year-old javelin thrower who was preparing to compete in a championship for athletes over 105 when the “black mountain” carried him away. Waves of Destruction, Physical and Spiritual, Buffet Japan 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z LeBron James will try to even the number of championships over that span at two apiece — but he’ll need help from an underwhelming and injured supporting cast that was brutally mocked by “Saturday Night Live.” What’s on TV Thursday: N.B.A. Finals and ‘A Bronx Tale’ 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z The returning series “FBI” also is getting special treatment, with its season debut following the NFL’s AFC championship game on Sunday, Jan. 24. New Queen Latifah drama gets post-Super Bowl debut showcase 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z The director Andy Billman feels the pain of fans in Cleveland, the only major American city with three or more sports franchises to have failed to win a championship in the last half-century. What’s on TV Saturday 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z The fire destroyed months of work and dreams of a Carnival championship for three samba groups. Arson not suspected in Rio Carnival fire 2011-02-08T16:35:11Z This is his championship shot and proof that the stalwart assistant on so many films is ready for glory. David Thomson on David O Russell 2011-01-27T22:17:01Z In the championships’ vendor hall, one can purchase a generic fan replica of this year’s Bush’s Beans-emblazoned pro jersey. The world’s cornhole elite, chasing that one perfect toss 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z I grew up in a basketball household on a healthy diet of Celtics-Lakers championship series. I cried when Jason Collins came out 2013-04-30T20:45:00Z Just over five feet tall and wiry, he became a renowned fencer; his neighborhood team won a national championship in 1929. A New Forum for Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Architecture 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Until Wednesday, the Cubs’ two World Series championships, in 1907 and 1908 — when the team was just a few years old — seemed to be destined to be the only trophies on the team’s mantle. The Chicago Cubs should have stayed cursed: Their World Series win is one of the worst things that could happen to baseball 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Every year, a world championship is held in Hawaii and qualifying races take place around the world, though most competitors are aiming just to complete the challenge. 'Toddler twins, a demanding job... why not take on an Ironman?' 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z At the world championships of Catan, “I saw a lot of people from all nations sitting together and playing without hate, without, um — how do you call that?” Perspective | In a world of Monopoly and Risk, the maker of Catan settled for more 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Dover Furnace specializes in sporting clays, which arrived in this country from Britain in 1980, with the United States Sporting Clays Association formed in 1985 and the first national championship held that year. Women Try Beretta Shooting Grounds at Dover Furnace 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z In the self-proclaimed European song championships, flag-draped fans and outrageous outfits are par for the course and contestants mix glitz and kitsch, ballads, rock 'n' roll and disco to lure the highest number of votes. German teenager wins Eurovision contest 2010-05-30T00:52:00Z Cito was the first African American to win the championship as a manager. The Nationals’ Dusty Baker talks about his days with Hank Aaron 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z The play then flashes back through the years of the players’ competitive careers, beginning when Mr. Johnson’s Michigan State team took the college championship over Mr. Bird’s Indiana State. Theater Review: ?Magic/Bird? at the Longacre Theater 2012-04-12T02:00:00Z League rivals stacked with as many bullies as it has championship trophies. The Game Winner for Disney+? Slapping Down the Sports Clichés. 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z For a while, the team seemed unstoppable: They won the state championship after beating the team that later inspired “Friday Night Lights,” and 21 players were offered college scholarships. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Elián’ and ‘Asian Provocateur’ 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z His march to a state championship was dogged by a last-minute lawsuit that tried to stop him. Transgender wrestler Mack Beggs wins Texas girls title again 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Snooker’s world championship attracts sell-out crowds and a huge television audience. World championship postponed over coronavirus 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z The year-long calendar of events features such diverse affairs as a drag show, barbecue championship, car show and haunted house, and the annual Asylum Ball. In West Virginia, a moving, respectful tour of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Ms. Harding went on to win the championship; it was a short-lived victory. Review: ‘I, Tonya.’ I, Punching Bag. I, Punch Line. 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z That was an era when the world heavyweight championship and the World Series were moral equals — and equal competitors for the nation's attention. 'Hard Times Man': the story of Joe Louis, American heavyweight boxer 2011-03-16T22:22:04Z Local men: None of the Washington-area men’s teams appear to be championship quality this season. Perspective | In women’s college hoops, U-Conn is still the team to beat 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z We’re like this group of ballplayers who wound up on a championship team, and now we get this opportunity to be on the field every week.” Television: ‘Major Crimes,’ the ‘Closer’ Spinoff on TNT 2012-08-03T16:00:00Z It starts in June in Berlin and ends with a championship in Silicon Valley in November. Hacking gets its own World Series 2013-06-02T16:00:00Z VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands — At the world championships here, after 48 boards of the 96-board quarterfinals, the six United States teams are locked in close battles. Bridge: U.S. Teams in Close Battles at Bridge Championships 2011-10-23T21:48:17Z Instead, the two celebrated a championship that mid-September evening with the Winnipeg Buffaloes of Manitoba, Canada. The secret history of black baseball players in Canada’s great white north 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z It is a symbolic reminder of the nation’s support for the team as it seeks its fourth championship win. US women honor '99 world cup champions, and America, with World Cup jerseys 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Lochte, Phelps’s longtime foil, won six medals at the world championships in Shanghai last July, signaling his intention to challenge Phelps, who is aiming for an all-time medals record in London. Pursuits: Where to See Olympics Tryouts in American Cities 2012-03-16T21:27:58Z She won 29 national championships and one world silver medal, in the 1981 Venice Cup. Bridge: Remembering a Champion Who Had Great Table Presence 2011-06-01T22:43:17Z I spent the night regaling my parents' friends with tales from various seasons in the nearly-30 year championship drought I hoped was about to end. Bullied, autistic and obsessed with presidents: How the 2000 presidential election changed my life 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z A good season, a first conference championship, some surprise wins are all worth celebrating. Aiming to be an Olympian? Long-shot goals may make you ignore small victories. 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z It's worth recalling that the Euro 2012 football championships ran from 8 June to 1 July, so the period was relatively quiet for new releases. Man of Steel leaps predecessor in a single bound as waiting game pays off 2013-06-18T17:11:52Z Soon he was playing on championship wheelchair basketball teams. Review: ‘True South’ Illuminates the Man Behind ‘Eyes on the Prize’ 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z A championship fly fisherman who has plied these waters for more than 25 years, Mr. Hartman knows that saltwater fly-fishing can just as easily be a brutal, ego-bruising pursuit. Chasing Redfish Off the South Texas Gulf Coast 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z If the TV is never on at dinner and it can be invited as a special guest for elections, a debate or a great sports championship, it can be a wonderful thing.” This Life: Should You Google at Dinner? 2010-12-10T18:01:00Z Which is why, when Mr. White was trying to persuade me to switch to cross-country for my junior year, he jokingly told me that they would win the inaugural state championship "with or without you." 'McFarland, USA' film revives long-buried memory for runner 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Its subject is the over-80s table tennis championships in Inner Mongolia, and follows eight competitors with a combined age of more than 700. Readers' panel: What films best portray old age? 2012-07-02T15:49:29Z A big drop came after the Wells report, the independent investigation of the allegedly deflated football used when the Patriots won the AFC championship game, was released in May. Assessing Tom Brady’s Stock in the Fashion World 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z She said the championship was a success "in terms of advertising, good will and tourists." Federal Way sand sculptures come down Sunday 2010-10-07T14:52:00Z And “Creed II” was filmed against the backdrop of the Philadelphia Eagles winning Super Bowl LII, their first championship of the NFL’s post-merger era. Philly, long the underdog of ‘Rocky’ and ‘Creed,’ actually had a winning year 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Here’s how it compares with the last two national championship games under the old Bowl Championship Series format: Why the Ticket Market for College Football Championships Just Crashed 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z It’s an interesting mix, though a few of the interviews meander, and, except for the championship, there’s little sense of urgency onscreen. Review: ‘F(l)ag Football’ Finds Gay Athletes Upending Stereotypes 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z In the span of 72 hours, Washington hosted two mammoth parades: on Saturday the annual Pride Parade, a riot of rainbow; and then the first-ever Caps championship parade, a red sea straight out of Exodus. Parades are a joy and a nightmare — and somehow still the way we celebrate in 2018 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Brown, Montrail 'Money' Brown The Oscar-nominated documentary Undefeated is about a big hearted football coach who turns a legendarily bad high school football team from North Memphis into a contender for the local championship. Undefeated: Oscar Night Lights? 2012-02-17T11:58:49Z No, this isn't a show about a championship bout in a civic arena. Summer shines and so do these 10 don't-miss shows 2013-06-13T15:36:10Z That is the case with this year’s Super Bowl film, chronicling Brady’s seventh championship and his first with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Bucs’ Super Bowl film showcases Brady and Tampa Bay D 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z It says last year’s championship attracted close to 100 million viewers, putting it in the same ball park as the Super Bowl, the biggest American TV event. Video game 'Legends' do battle for $1 million 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z The morning of the championships arrives and I practise with some kids at the quarry. 'It seems so simple': can I cut it at the World Stone Skimming Championships? 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z The judges will choose one winner of each gender, and the audience will vote on which of all the contenders deserves the dumplings provided by one of the championship's sponsors. Karaoke champs vie for fame, dumplings in Russia 2010-09-23T19:47:00Z This year, the championship will once again entertain spectators at the Paris Games Week. Cyber-athletes unite in Montreal for the Electronic Sports World Cup 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z In addition to his national team achievements, for his club Pelé won six Brazilian league titles and two South American championships. Pelé: A global superstar and cultural icon who put passion at the heart of soccer 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z Pitt's championship charisma did lead the film to a decent launch. Box Office: Surprise! Dolphins and Jesus Beat Cancer and Dead Kids 2011-10-02T05:45:00Z Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard grew up in Palmer Park, Maryland, and went on to win world championships in five weight classes. Who is Washington’s greatest athlete of all time? 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Aside from world championship matches — and sometimes not even then — the game is not a spectator sport. Chess: From Novice Prison Player to Hero of the Big Screen 2014-01-26T03:39:45Z Mr. Stewart said he did what he did to protect the world championship record of Ric Flair. Jon Stewart Certainly Seems to Be Enjoying Retirement 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z A top player with six national championships, he is also one of the nicest people you could ever have the pleasure to get to know. Bridge: Bridge — Michael Kamil Wins Lazard Award 2012-07-11T22:37:26Z Sixteen dancers from nine countries will compete in the final championship of this international break-dancing competition, which takes place in Amsterdam this year. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Get Out’ and ‘It’s Always Sunny …’ 2017-11-04T04:00:00Z Wynn’s newest residence is a duplex villa on the grounds of the Wynn Las Vegas, overlooking the 18th hole of the championship golf course that is one of the resort’s major attractions. Steve Wynn 2010-09-01T04:00:00Z Picking eight instead of four may give more teams from smaller conferences a chance to play for the championship. Perspective | Just 4 teams make the College Football Playoff. Eight would make it better. 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z The Army Cadets claimed national championships in 1944, ’45, and ’46, their games attracting a huge national audience. 9/11 and West Point football’s epic losing streak of 2003 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z The Chicago Cubs finally ended a 108-year-long championship drought by defeating the Cleveland Indians in the 10th inning of Game 7 of the World Series Wednesday night. Parks and Rec Knew the Cubs Would Win the World Series in 2016 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Viewership is up for the championship rounds of professional hockey and basketball, available in high-definition in a majority of American homes for the first time this year. Basketball, hockey championships gain TV viewers 2010-06-08T20:08:00Z While he had miraculously dropped most of it since then, he looked deflated from his championship days. Sparring with Mike Tyson 2012-08-09T04:48:00Z In the video, you can hear Phil Jackson’s voice, nearly drunk with confidence after his first run of championships, calling out to Jordan to pick up Iverson. An Overanalysis of James Harden’s Step-Back 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z The two teams, playing in tonight’s college football championship game at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, boast armies of boosters who will travel any distance and pay almost any price for tickets. Why the Ticket Market for College Football Championships Just Crashed 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z He’d already rounded second by the time someone had managed to grab it, and by the time it came infield he’d cleared home plate, leaving us all ecstatic and the championship title tantalizingly close. On boys and balls: How I learned to stop hating sports 2014-05-12T23:00:00Z When Erica’s junior high team won a basketball championship one year, the school didn’t have money for trophies. Billy Martin: Washington’s go-to lawyer when you’re in trouble. Real trouble. 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z In the end, her team finished sixth in the world championship in Carson, Calif. This physical therapist pulls, slaps and prods to relieve patients’ chronic pain 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z College football and baseball had been the top two sports throughout the 1950s, but the tide started to turn after the 1958 NFL championship game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants. A look at the seminal broadcasting moves that define the NFL 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z A record number of eight Koreans teed it up in this year's championship, with Jin Jeong winning the Silver Medal as the leading amateur at the British Open. Asia's Top Golfers 2010-07-23T22:00:00Z Over the past 10 years, St. Thomas won about half of the conference championships in the major team sports and almost four times as many as its nearest conference competitor. Perspective | Booting a college’s winning teams from a conference isn’t fair play 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Anna Clendening would later perform “Hallelujah” on “America’s Got Talent” and Street Corner Symphony attempted their own version on an a cappella championship “The Sing-Off.” How Pop Culture Wore Out Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z A program with highlights from the championships will be broadcast January 31 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Wheaton ice dance program is producing homegrown champions 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The 1964 championship team did not start a player taller than 6 feet, 5 inches. Perspective | Gonzaga enters the NCAA hoops tournament shooting for an undefeated season 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z The Duchess of Sussex made a surprise appearance at Wimbledon on July 4 to cheer on pal Serena Williams in the elite tennis championships and looked picture-perfect with a special new piece of jewelry. Meghan Markle sports 'A' necklace, likely honoring baby Archie 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z “No. In fact, Michael Jordan decided to play a sport he sucked at just to give other people the chance to win a championship.” Jon Stewart deflates “Fresh Prince of Ball Air” Tom Brady: “You cheating f***er!” 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Roma colors from when the soccer team won the Italian championship, and Francesco Totti, the 40-year-old captain who just played his last game with the team, was still called “the golden boy.” My Rome: Still a Classic Beauty 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Every year they were in contention to win a state championship. U.S. fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad: ‘Don’t be afraid to reject someone’s disbelief in you’ 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z “It’s like being an athlete and finally winning a championship,” he said. Robin Thicke, a Romantic, Has a Naughty Hit 2013-07-21T16:14:52Z What if ABC showed interviews not just with the actors but with their agents and publicists, probing them to reveal their competitive strategies in the fight for this season’s championship trophy? Oscar Red Carpet: More Awkward Moments, Please! 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Companies spent up to a record $4.5 million for 30 seconds during the U.S. football championship that traditionally draws more than 100 million viewers, the year's biggest TV audience. Dads, pups, Kardashian battle for Super Bowl ad buzz 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Put on your dancing shoes for Ballroom Blitz, which continues at , and head to the Arts Centre Washington for Unfolding Theatre's darts championship drama, Best in the World. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-06-22T15:56:03Z Set in 1975 Philadelphia, Rocky follows an amateur boxer who gets a surprise shot at the heavyweight championship. Rocky musical to close on Broadway 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z And even for someone who doesn’t believe in the surreal, the link between the championship drought and the 108 stitches on a baseball should raise some goose bumps. The Chicago Cubs should have stayed cursed: Their World Series win is one of the worst things that could happen to baseball 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z It was also a critical hit, with the Los Angeles Times proclaiming that, "The sheer joy of 'Under Orders' comes from the old master's championship storytelling . . . one of this year's most entertaining mysteries." Secrets of the Dick Francis mysteries: One family kept the "greatest fiction factory" under wraps 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z “Did Michael Jordan cheat to get his six championships?” Jon Stewart deflates “Fresh Prince of Ball Air” Tom Brady: “You cheating f***er!” 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Even though his favorite team lost in the championship game to the Green Bay Packers, the success of the song still made him fell like a winner. Rapper Wiz Khalifa surges to fame with new album 2011-04-07T16:01:04Z At the beginning of any pro sports season, dozens of teams begin with the same championship dreams. Perspective | Losing gracefully is one of the most important lessons from playing sports 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Carnival, food and vendors, state barbecue championships, flower display and gardening information, beer garden, root beer garden, horse show, swap meet, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. A&E highlights: Spring festivals, James Blake, fantasy exhibit at EMP 2013-04-17T21:26:00Z The Southern California teams haven't been lucky in recent years, though -- the last three World Cup championships went to the University of Texas at Austin. Broomsticks are optional as France beats Britain to become European Quidditch champs 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Fetisov — who helped lead the Soviet team to two Olympic gold medals and one silver as well as seven world championships in the 1970s and ’80s — wanted his director to deal with it. ‘Red Army’ Is Among the Notables at Festival 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z At one point, he covers a news conference held by Martin Luther King Jr. He also leads New York’s Power Memorial high school basketball team to three straight championship titles. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar timeline 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z In 2004 he lead them to their first championship since 1918, the year before they traded Babe Ruth to the rival New York Yankees, which begin the curse. Red Sox legend David Ortiz recovering from surgery after being shot in the Dominican Republic 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z And finally, Kevin Durant is one game away from getting that big gold Finals MVP trophy and an NBA championship ring. Kevin Durant could win a championship tonight. But don’t call him one of the greats 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z The world bridge championships start in Philadelphia on Friday and run through Oct. Bridge: Putting On the Squeeze at the Honors Club 2010-09-26T21:25:00Z However, if you’re the current Little League World Series championship team from Louisiana, apparently the sandwich is available whenever you want it. Popeyes teases 'Bring Your Own Bun' campaign, suggests customers make their own sandwiches 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z And this past summer, he paid $6.5 million for one of Muhammad Ali’s championship belts. N.F.L. Owner by Day, Rock ’n’ Roller by Night 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z In particular, when a sponsor first qualified to represent the United States in a Bermuda Bowl world team championship, there was an outcry that the country was not sending its strongest team. Bridge: Who Was First Sponsor to Win World Team Title? 2010-08-22T22:01:00Z But Jordan never won a championship without Scottie Pippen as a teammate. Will Kevin Durant give Golden State an unfair advantage? 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Of course we don't like it, but we have a goal to win the Big Ten championship. Paterno's son: Coach not asked to retire 2011-11-08T20:12:17Z And yet, when those gaudy $10,000, choke-a-horse championship rings were given out in a ceremony the following year, no replacements were present. ‘I always hated being called a scab’: A new movie revisits the 1987 NFL strike — and Redskins’ triumph 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Tens of thousands of spectators would line the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for the national championships, which drew coverage that matched the Kentucky Derby, the Rose Bowl or the World Series. Review: Story of 1936 rowing team's quest for gold 2013-06-03T12:54:08Z The winners will advance to the world championship battle in Los Angeles in October. Spare Times for Children Listings for Aug. 26-Sept. 1 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z “Last year, I lost the championship because of a doubleheader,” Castroneves said. Kenseth aims for 1st win of season at Kentucky 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands — At the world team championships here on Saturday, much to the delight of hundreds of spectators, the Bermuda Bowl was won by the host nation. Bridge: The Dutch Are Hosts and Winners of Bermuda Bowl - Bridge 2011-10-30T23:46:35Z The novel opens at the start of senior year, when, having placed second at the national championships as a junior, he’s “widely expected to win it all.” Ben Lerner’s ‘The Topeka School’ Revisits the Debates of the ’90s 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Claiming the city is a perennial theme and an irrelevant one, like wearing the jersey of an old championship team. Old Guard Returns for Hot 97 Summer Jam 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z “For people who value job security over winning championships, Netflix is not the right choice, and we try to be clear and non-judgmental about that,” he writes. Reed Hastings Had Us All Staying Home Before We Had To 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Perhaps the 76ers, unlike the Raptors, would have lost to the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals, in which case we might be talking about the championship reign of the Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo. Seven Turning Points from the Year in Sports 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z One of the hotel’s two cherished croquet courts is now a swimming pool, but the tradition lives on: Hand-painted signs in the Croquet Club list results from decades of croquet championships there. Don’t call it relaxation. On this Maine island, vacation is for rusticating. 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Yo-Yo Championships: Pacific Northwest Regional novice, 11 a.m.-noon, championship freestyle competition, 1-5 p.m., Community Corner: SongFest, glass show, yo-yos 2012-02-24T20:40:08Z The series describes an alleged pattern of backroom deals and greed connected to the 32-nation soccer championship held every four years. New this week: Coldplay, ‘Succession’ and ‘Halloween Kills’ 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z Cyrus approached his impending stardom like he was training for the pursuit of a sports championship. Billy Ray Cyrus is back. But he never really went away. 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z With Mr Ekelund in Rio de Janeiro for the championship and Mr Knausgaard at home in Sweden, they write about the experience of watching the tournament from start to finish. A game of two halves 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z She was once a local hero, her glory day having come in a high school basketball championship game. Review: Kate Winslet Returns to HBO, Now as a Small-Town Cop 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z She pressures her out-of-shape friends to compete with the town’s championship high school team in a charity tournament. Movie Review: In ‘The Hot Flashes,’ Brooke Shields Leads a Team 2013-07-11T21:14:48Z VELDHOVEN, The Netherlands — With only three rounds of the qualifying stage remaining, all six United States teams look likely to make the quarterfinals at the world team championships, which will begin on Sunday. Bridge: Facing an ?Impossible? Contract 2011-10-21T23:52:36Z But his most important move was drafting Magic Johnson, who would lead the team to five championships over a decade, in 1979. Lady of the Lakers 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z He won the middleweight championship with the International Federation of Bodybuilding in 1983, before giving up the sport professionally to train others. Working Out With Charles Glass, a Trainer to the Stars 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z So Luthy is experimenting with a gymnastics-like approach to pole vault for kids, aiming to spark some long-term interest that could eventually translate into athletic scholarships and championships. This elite D.C. pole vaulting center is trying to grow the sport by leaps and bounds 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z When Warner got his chance to play in the NFL at age 28, he led the St. Louis Rams to a Super Bowl championship. Perspective | Taylor Heinicke isn’t the only quarterback with an unlikely path to a starting position 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z The National Basketball Association and National Hockey League playoffs are down to four teams battling for their championships. Perspective | Itâs time for May Madness. The best college lacrosse teams face off this month. 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z The Blockbuster in Bend is still hanging on — hosting overnight guests, video game championships and viewing parties. "Blockbuster" and missing the community of video stores 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z American director Bennett Miller's "Foxcatcher" is based on the murder of a championship wrestler by an heir to the DuPont chemical fortune. Cannes to open with glitz, glamour and dash of scandal 2014-05-11T10:47:57Z The media, social and otherwise, are conflicted: What to call the controversy surrounding the deflation of the footballs the New England Patriots used in last week’s AFC championship game? DeflateGate ... or Ballghazi? Will the new scandal suffix have staying power? 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z His fame was never larger there than in 1959, the year he led the Mountaineers to within one point of a national basketball championship. Books of The Times: ?West by West? by Jerry West and Jonathan Coleman ? Review 2011-11-01T22:56:20Z Then again, Garcia noted Jordan was a single-minded winner, “So it’s highly believable he didn’t pay any attention to anything but his stats and his win-loss column and winning a championship.” Rap Soundtracks the Michael Jordan Doc. The N.B.A. Wasn’t Always That Way. 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z That is why she decided to put herself forward for the world championships. Why don’t Kenyans run ultramarathons? 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z One of her top accomplishments was winning a championship with her husband in a national doubles tournament for married couples with combined ages over 140. Be like Serena and Roger: Older amateurs offer tips for maintaining your athletic edge. 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z The Washington Nationals appear on their way to another National League East Division championship and a spot in the playoffs. If Dusty Baker needed a sideline, he’d be a great kids baseball coach 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z I picked Graf because she completed the Grand Slam, won 22 major championships and won each of the four major championships at least four times. With or without a Grand Slam, Serena Williams is the greatest 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z In a playoff, the baby-faced yokozuna called Asashoryu celebrated his 29th birthday by collecting his 24th championship cup, using what The Japan Times described as “an underhanded frontal belt grip” and a “beltless arm throw.” 2010-01-21T04:32:00Z The 42 million who saw the NFC championship between San Francisco and Atlanta was down sharply from last year. Football games dominate network viewing 2013-01-23T20:57:09Z The United States Open tennis championship starts Monday, and all eyes will be on Serena Williams. With or without a Grand Slam, Serena Williams is the greatest 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z It revisits ’s single season of professional baseball, when he walked away from basketball after winning a third consecutive championship and spent the summer and fall of 1994 learning how to hit a changeup. | '30 for 30: Jordan Rides the Bus': A Big Star Transforms Into a Small Moon for a Season 2010-08-23T21:38:00Z He has even talked about foregoing gaudy championship rings, the traditional signs of superiority for professional players, in favor of some other kind of celebratory tokens. The Mavs' Big Winner: Mark Cuban's New Image 2011-06-17T09:15:00Z She won a British tap-dancing championship at 11, which led to life as a chorus girl and then her big break as the lead in the tap musical “42nd Street” in London’s West End. These 18 movie stars are also amazing dancers. That’s their real superpower. 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Viv's tenants, all apparently Oxford graduates, include a would-be pop star, an organiser of frisbee championships and a female law student, Jane, who introduces her leftwing, journalist boyfriend into the group. Hard Feelings – review 2013-06-18T16:58:37Z “Now, where do they go when they get that championship medal?” Critic’s Notebook: The Glories of Ice Shows Recalled, at Dance on Camera 2014-01-30T23:30:03Z Jordan realizes that he needs to open up or risk losing the championship ring … er, engagement ring. 'The Bachelorette' Watch: Chad, Interrupted 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Eight classes of limited hydros compete both days, featuring Grand Prix supercharged boats competing for the championship cup at speeds of up to 160 miles an hour. Taste and race at Lake Sammamish State Park 2012-06-06T22:04:09Z In May, Parker won the freestyle championship at the U.S. Perspective | Want to try skydiving? It’s now possible without jumping out of a plane. 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Wedgwood's energetic championship of the roads and canals that would carry his goods to market played a large part in transforming the rural landscape of England. The Potter's Hand by AN Wilson – review 2012-09-28T21:55:01Z Four years later, at the age of 9, she’s one of the world’s top DJs and competed in this year’s global championship. Youngest Dubai DJ scratches her way to fame in world contest 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z So with all these superstars, is Brooklyn a lock for this year’s NBA championship? Perspective | With Harden, Durant and Irving, could Brooklyn net an NBA title? 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z The women’s and senior world championship trial semifinals were played in Detroit on Wednesday. Bridge: The Defense Was Accurate; The Bidding Was Less So 2011-06-08T21:03:24Z Michael Jordan received most of the attention and adulation, but the team worked as a collective unit, with extraordinary players like Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, and Ron Harper, to win multiple championships. The spontaneous magic of Gov't Mule in concert: "We feel more comfortable on stage than anywhere" 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z The role isn't lofty but her goal is: to qualify for the national championship tournament. Japan falls for novel on management guru Drucker 2010-12-24T12:46:06Z With just over a million dollars on offer for whoever eventually sinks the winning putt, eyes are on the return of recent WGC-Cadillac championship victor Tiger Woods. TV highlights 21/03/2013 2013-03-21T07:00:04Z To me, the opaline ripples hold memories of my father, who sailed competitively, beating Ted Turner at the 5.5 meter 1972 world championship. A Grand Tour of Switzerland, Reluctant Son in Tow 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z After play on Friday and Saturday in Detroit, four teams were selected to represent the United States in the Venice Cup and d’Orsi Senior Bowl world team championships in the Netherlands in October. Bridge: Senior Bowl Trip on the Line 2011-06-12T22:12:59Z For the first time ever, the Seattle Sounders will compete for the MLS championship this Saturday. 5 things to do this weekend: ways to embrace (or escape) the cold weather ahead 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Roostertails will fill the Lake Washington racecourse with hydroplane qualifying and racing throughout each day, including vintage hydros racing and on display, meet-and-greet sessions with drivers and the championship race at 4:45 p.m. Blue Angels, hydros get ready for Seafair 2012-08-01T23:37:03Z The four major championships are Wimbledon and the Australian, French and U.S. Perspective | Who is the greatest male tennis player of all time? 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z Johnson played football himself for the University of Miami, where he won a national championship in 1991. Guyton slows it down, ‘The Rock’ turns it up at Super Bowl 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z The Royals were supposed to play yesterday for the league championship, but because of a rain delay they’re playing on the actual day of my reading. On the Road with “Little Failure,” Part II 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The series debuts Jan. 19 on Fox after the NFC championship game, with a second episode airing Jan. 20 in its regular time slot. Rob Lowe brings experience with 1st responders to Fox series 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z The pressing issue — which will be debated for years to come — is how, exactly, did the New England Patriots’ footballs get deflated for the AFC championship game. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: The sad thing is, we’re not making this up! 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z Robinson spent the 1946 season with the Montreal Royals, the Dodgers' top farm club, where he led the team to the minor league championship. Jackie Robinson was a radical 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z There might be temporary pauses involving sports championships and illicitly acquired alcohol, although these are relatively rare. Daniel Handler's new novel 'All the Dirty Parts' is raunchy, original and real 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z High school wrestler Mack Beggs, a teenager who is transitioning from female to male, won his 110lb weight class in the Texas girl’s state championship on Saturday, according to media reports. Transgender teenage wrestler Mack Beggs wins Texas girls title 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Jordan did not win his six NBA championships for the Chicago Bulls by himself. Perspective | The Warriors show why it’s important to pass the ball 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z Dancers are randomly eliminated by a rollerskating adjudicator throughout the night until just one couple remains to take the Dance Marathon championship title. Dare to dance 2011-08-08T00:35:42Z In second place was ESPN's telecast of the BCS championship game between Florida State and Auburn, seen by more than 25 million viewers. CBS clobbers rivals with 15 of Top 20 shows 2014-01-14T20:43:09Z There was some organized heist meant to steal Rigondeaux’s championship belt and by mistake they’d stolen the wrong bag and got my equipment and material. The way we left Cuba 2012-12-31T18:00:00Z I may not be competing at the world championships any time soon, but I have to admit that it’s been an entertaining evening. Axe-throwing leagues: 'The millennial version of lawn bowls, with less booze' 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Manhattan Plaza WaterWorks, the resident synchronized swim team of Manhattan Plaza Health Club — as well as a championship team that competes nationally — presents routines that meld artistry with athleticism. Dance in NYC This Week 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Brian Senior’s line of world championship books is always an excellent value for the money, each running to more than 300 pages. Bridge: Just When Should You Believe a Falsecard? 2010-12-17T23:39:22Z They still talk about the Christmas cookie contest Mr. Smith had at the mansion in Madison, and the party he gave when the girls’ high school basketball team won the state championship. Art Smith, Chef to Stars, Turns to His Neglected Hometown 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Back and forth the men argue with passion and conviction, trading arguments like championship jabs. Paris' fate is at stake in the flawless, WWII-set 'Diplomacy' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Will the team be relegated — or win the Premier League championship? ‘Ted Lasso,’ Season 3, Episode 9 Recap: Colin’s Moment 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Her mother is a breeder of championship Lakeland Terriers in Nashville. Jane-Coleman Harbison, Michael Cottone 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z She is the league’s top shot blocker and averaged 15.6 points last season, leading the Mercury to its third W.N.B.A. championship. For Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson, a Complicated Match Made on the Hardwood 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z As a high school student in Lakewood, Wash., she ran track and played basketball at the state championship level. How a Fast-Rising Opera Singer Prepared for Her Met Debut 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z In short, 1970 New York was a caldron of misery, one rare bright spot being its basketball team, the Knicks, neatly integrated and en route to its first championship. The Day the White Working Class Turned Republican 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Did you know that the Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo transported a group of Negro League baseball players to his country in 1937 to field a team that would win the country’s league championship? The Museums Times Reporters Like to Visit on Their Days Off 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Last summer 500 players competed in the world championships, held in Pittsburgh. Pinball Domains in New York City 2013-01-10T22:09:18Z From there, Russell cuts to a delirious montage of soldiers celebrating the victory like athletes who have just won a championship game. Three Kings at 20: the war movie where anything was possible 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z As a little league coach, my team made it to the championship game year after year. My three wives 2013-04-14T01:00:00Z In January, however, Brady’s Patriots were accused of purposely deflating the footballs they used when they beat the Indianapolis Colts, 45-7, in the American Football Conference championship game. Tom Brady is a Super Bowl champ, but he’s no hero 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z As the Wimbledon championships approach, here are three books that delve into the culture, personalities and politics of the tennis world: During Wimbledon, 3 Books Give Insight Into World of Tennis 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z He’s entering the legacy era of his career, the time when superstars switch franchises in search of a championship. Robert Downey Jr. hasn’t just made it all the way back, he’s made it all the way to the top I feel like it’s going to the world championship of cinema, and I’m already there in the finals. Oscar Nominees for Best Foreign-Language Film Discuss Work 2012-02-20T22:38:12Z Just six years ago, she captained her “D.C. Firecrackers” team, coached by her husband, to the USTA’s Mid-Atlantic championship at the 3.5 level. Be like Serena and Roger: Older amateurs offer tips for maintaining your athletic edge. 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z “They react just like the game of the Lakers,” he said of celebrations of the team’s championship victory. Los Angeles Opera Company?s ?Ring? Festival 2010-06-20T23:29:00Z And this is his first time qualifying for the world championships. A Weekend At The 2014 Pokémon World Championships 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z An official told me that the city is getting a bit of a makeover before it welcomes the 2012 European soccer championship, for which Ukraine will be co-host with Poland. Impossible to Forget: Lviv, Ukraine 2011-01-07T19:55:00Z Along with traditional dance, song, food, wrestling, craft and archery, there is also the Naga chilli-eating championship, Miss Nagaland contest, a rock concert and a motor rally. India's final frontier 2010-12-11T00:06:21Z If the Cannons won, the team would go on to the championship game the next day. Can This Man Make Lacrosse Sexy? 2010-10-13T21:24:00Z “I feel like I’ve been waiting to win a championship, just one, before I retire.” Robin Thicke, a Romantic, Has a Naughty Hit 2013-07-21T16:14:52Z And, although this isn’t war-related, like the story’s narrator, I was a second-string junior on a football team that happened to win a state championship on a trick play. This Week in Fiction: Will Mackin on Life In and Out of the Military 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Now the Alexandria resident is training for October’s world championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, as one of five winners of the Ironman lottery for physically challenged athletes. Visually impaired Alexandria resident set to take on the Ironman world championship The most wonderful thing in the world was about to happen: Our long-suffering Boston Red Sox had their first world championship in forever within their grasp. 5 Truly Terrifying TV Moments 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z This year and last, he led Montgomery County’s championship team in the 40-and-over group. Be like Serena and Roger: Older amateurs offer tips for maintaining your athletic edge. 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z She followed that up with fifth place at the 2015 world championships, where her Produnova was the most daring routine on the vault. India’s Karmakar to go for broke at Rio with Produnova 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z With his highflying dunks, Jordan led his Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships and became a worldwide salesman for such products as Gatorade, McDonald’s and, of course, Nike’s Air Jordan basketball shoes. Perspective | The NBA is a big deal, but it wasn’t always that way 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Promotional pamphlets at the time called Agua Caliente “America’s Deauville,” after the resort town on the coast of Normandy, and turf for the 18-hole championship golf course was said to have been imported from Europe. In Tijuana, searching for Al Capone 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z Plus 500 and minus 110 gave the Kranyak team 9 imps on the board en route to world championships in Bali, Indonesia, over the last two weeks of September. Bridge: Bridge — Kranyak Team to Play on USA-1 at Bermuda Bowl 2013-06-09T21:27:38Z And then leading that team to a series of history-making championships, including the first two Super Bowl titles. | ?Lombardi?: On Further Review, the Coach Stands 2010-10-22T03:39:00Z The championship rounds, with the exception of the final, finished on Saturday, so a number of championship players join the open pool. Nigeria's Wellington Jighere almost lost for words after Scrabble world title triumph 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z But after the team’s memorable 1986 championship, things went sour, with drugs and other troubles cutting into both men’s legacies. In ‘Doc & Darryl,’ Two Mets Recall How It Played Out 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z It was even on the field, where the Los Angeles Rams won the championship wearing “modern throwback” uniforms, a popular way for the N.F.L. to hark back to its glory days. At the Super Bowl, Nostalgia’s the Only Game 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z His teams won nine championships in 14 years. 'McFarland, USA' film revives long-buried memory for runner 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z R&B artist Trey Songz will not face charges in an alleged altercation with police officers at the AFC championship game in Kansas City, prosecutors announced Tuesday. No charges against R&B artist Trey Songz over NFL scuffle 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z The United States, Number 2 in the world, should be the clear favorite in the championship contest. For U.S. women’s soccer team, no unsung heroes 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z She graduated from Middlebury College, and was a member of both the school’s women’s ice hockey team that won the 2001 national championship, and the women’s field hockey team that finished second in the N.C.A.A. Abigail Lamb, Michael FitzSimons 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z The huge jump in TV viewership on Tuesday was noteworthy because the Dodger game ran opposite a highly rated NBA championship series game on ABC between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors. Charter's first telecast of Dodgers game scores big TV ratings 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Like, for instance, in a secluded hallway at Conseco Fieldhouse, where Rose could be heard last week loudly and — shall we say — emphatically exhorting his teammates not to shortchange any championship steps. Rose sets sights on championship 2011-12-22T01:34:00Z Here are five myths and unknowns about the world chess championship contenders and the game of chess. Myths and unknowns about chess and the contenders for the World Chess Championship 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z Yogi — who died in 2015 at 90 — was a core part of 10 World Series championship teams as a player, more than anyone else. Yogi Berra on the Field: The Case for Baseball Greatness 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Johnson recalled going with his father to watch the 1988 world heavyweight championship fight between Mike Tyson and Michael Spinks on an enormous television screen at Chicago Stadium. Rashid Johnson?s Show ?Rumble,? a Nod to Don King 2012-01-05T19:29:14Z And let the Eagles tell it: Meek Mill was a source of inspiration during their championship run. Philly, long the underdog of ‘Rocky’ and ‘Creed,’ actually had a winning year 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z While Washington struggled, the Orioles finished three seasons in first place and won two championships. First in war, first in peace, first in the National League 2012-10-05T16:28:00Z Last year Kris Medina, who founded Pinball New York City two years ago, put together a roster of teams and a schedule of matches that culminates in playoffs and a championship round. Pinball Domains in New York City 2013-01-10T22:09:18Z It was a winner-take-all game for the NBA championship involving the league's two best players, and it went down to the last minute. NBA Finals a boon to ABC, not just Cleveland 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Years later, the friends reunited in a Food Network kitchen, where they competed for the championship on “Cupcake Wars.” For Women’s History Month, honoring the sisters in the City of Brotherly Love 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z “Not to devalue the championship, but everybody in this series would rather win this thing.” Double points, double pressure at Indy 500 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The rest of the rest of the games in the 2015 championship will be played at the Paris Games Week in November. Cyber-athletes unite in Montreal for the Electronic Sports World Cup 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z This year, it will be three days before the NFL’s championship game is played at SoFi Stadium, home of the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers. Keegan-Michael Key to host NFL Honors during Super Bowl week 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Given the differences between the Easdale event and the way other championships are run, one can understand Lewis’s frustration. 'It seems so simple': can I cut it at the World Stone Skimming Championships? 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z There's a reason that President Trump chose to serve hamburgers — twice — as an all-American feast for some all-American championship college football players. Even one of Trump’s favorite foods has a hidden Russia connection 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z “Mariachi High” follows the school’s top ensemble, Mariachi Halcon, through one school year of auditions and rehearsals, of heartbreak and joy, building to the state championship tournament. Television Review: ‘Mariachi High,’ Part of PBS Arts Summer Festival 2012 2012-06-28T22:49:20Z Why is it news that an African American won this championship? Zaila Avant-garde stands where Black children were once kept out 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z But apparently, in that layover period between the NFL conference championships and next week’s , there were no movies to attract them. Hansel & Gretel Grab Some Candy on a Skimpy Weekend 2013-01-27T16:18:04Z Instead, they went on to win the title, one of seven national championships for Baze. Bridge: Summer Bridge Championships to Open in Philadelphia 2012-07-06T21:51:13Z Big 12 refs—who will be officiating Monday's first championship game following a playoff—assessed more penalty yards per play in games with more plays than officials from other conferences. Proof That College Football Refs Are Riddled With Bias 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z The world's most popular sporting championship runs a month, with soccer games almost every day, early and late. Happy Hour: All Nations is a roomy venue for crowded soccer season 2010-06-09T02:05:00Z The final will end on Sunday, selecting the U.S.A.-1 team for the 2011 Bermuda Bowl world team championship. Bridge: Quarterfinal Play in Hunt for Bermuda Bowl Slot 2010-06-24T00:07:00Z Trebek, who is being treated for pancreatic cancer as he’s continued hosting regular “Jeopardy!” games, wasn’t asked directly if he was up to handling the championship series as well. ‘Jeopardy!’ titans compete for $1 million, ‘Greatest’ title 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z The Super Bowl, the championship of American football, will be played on Sunday, February 6 in Dallas. Peas to play The Super Bowl 2011-02-04T15:48:00Z At the championships in Philadelphia this month there was the inaugural young women’s team championship, as well as two team and two individual events, one each for players under 27 and under 22. Bridge: He Takes Advantage, Then Takes a Title, Too 2010-10-27T23:37:00Z "Glee", featuring a mash-up of Michael Jackson's iconic song "Thriller", was shown immediately after the Green Bay Packers powered to a 31-25 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League championship. "Glee" Super Bowl episode more than doubles audience 2011-02-07T18:40:39Z The women’s championship will begin at 11:30 a.m. Meet the mother-daughter duo competing in Nathan's Fourth of July hot dog eating contest 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z It’s a dunk contest masquerading as a championship series. On TV, the Truth Hurts 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z She finished third in the world championship last year in that event, but the first two disappointments at the Beijing Games clearly took a toll on her. Shaun White’s last Olympics hurrah comes in halfpipe final 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z Congratulations to the University of Virginia men’s basketball team, which just won the championship after last year’s inexplicable, humiliating loss to an inferior opponent. Style Invitational Week 1329: Shakespeare + Thee: A tailgater contest 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Still, the biggest burden rests on Mr. Lauria to personify the title character, a leader deified for bringing five championships, including the first two Super Bowls, to the smallest city represented in the N.F.L. Calling Plays on a Broadway Gridiron 2010-09-16T16:36:00Z Spectators are invited to try them all, as well as participate in a canoe polo championship. In Transit: All Hands on Deck for London Boat Show 2011-01-05T11:00:14Z And last month, they won the open Transnational Teams at the world championships. Bridge: Israeli Juniors, 3 for 3, Keep a Streak Alive 2011-11-04T22:23:33Z The National Football League’s Super Bowl championship, to be played in Miami, is the biggest annual event on U.S. television. Shakira to celebrate Latino culture and her birthday at Super Bowl 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z His college team, however, wouldn’t allow it until they made it to the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association men’s basketball championships this month. Basketball player legally named “Guy F*ck” finally allowed to use real last name 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z The winners of the 32 Division 1 conference championships automatically qualify. NCAA needs to make room for the little guys in March Madness 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z It’s the time when teams are making deals and decisions about players who may help win championships. Why do some athletes make millions? Because fans support them. 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z National championships — or positive recognition of any kind, really — didn’t come that often to West Virginia. Books of The Times: ?West by West? by Jerry West and Jonathan Coleman ? Review 2011-11-01T22:56:20Z He also captured 12 national championships and has one unique record: He is the only graduate of Vanderbilt University who has won the Vanderbilt Knockout Teams. Bridge: Bridge Players Tom and Carol Sanders 2012-08-31T21:58:58Z Wignall is an expert player who has represented New Zealand in six world championships and nine Far East championships. Bridge: Better Card Placement Thanks to the Bidding 2011-02-25T23:02:15Z These games are the semifinals of the national college football championship. In college bowl games, teams aren’t always top-notch 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z As the film opens, the team wins its semifinal, making it to the championship match the next Sunday. Brooklyn, as Hollywood Never Sees It 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z This year’s MLS Cup will be shown on ABC, marking the first time since 2008 that Major League Soccer’s championship game will air on the network. MLS Cup returning to ABC for first time since 2008 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z The Jackie Robinson tale "42" took in $27.3 million to claim the weekend box-office championship domestically, according to studio estimates Sunday. '42' scores at home, Cruise dominates overseas 2013-04-14T19:56:12Z Tufts, which upset a trio of top-seeded teams to earn a surprise championship berth, relies on a surprising fast-break offense centered on their Chasers' ability to weave through traffic. Harry Potter's Quidditch Sport Brought to Life with World Cup 2010-11-19T14:15:00Z Yankees fans, flush with twenty-seven World Series championships, are condescendingly magnanimous toward upstart Mets fans, who, by contrast, are relentlessly resentful. Richard Brooks’s “Fever Pitch” Never Got Its Due 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z July 12 – 19 The British Open—one of the oldest and most prestigious of the major professional golf championships—takes place at St. Andrews, a.k.a. Celebrity CruisesVoice: 5 Can't-Miss European Events This Spring And Summer 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z I present it to her like it's an Academy Award or a championship belt. My baby's being born same time my man is murdered — the beginning and end 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z The diagramed deal was Board 95 of 96 in the d’Orsi Senior Bowl final at the world team championships in the Netherlands last week. Bridge: After a Lost World Title, a Board to Scrutinize - Bridge 2011-11-02T22:16:02Z Rozelle and Kennedy have overseen the past three world championships, growing the elite competitive scene to over 100 pro teams with more than 800 players. Riot announces new League of Legends esports boss 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z The series follows the ins and outs of a world championship season, profiling drivers, team owners and principals, and bouncing between better- and lesser-known figures within the sport. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Iran will allow foreign women watch men play volleyball when it hosts an international championship this year, but Iranian women will still be banned, the state news agency said on Wednesday. Iran to let foreign women watch men's volleyball tournament 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Fifteen years ago, Michael Kosta was returning backhands and volleys while piling up Big Ten championships on the tennis court at the University of Illinois before embarking on a short-lived professional tennis career. Comedy Central Announces New ‘Daily Show’ Correspondent 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z He powered the Stealth to the league title, then snagged a gold medal and the M.V.P. crown with Team USA at the world championships. Can This Man Make Lacrosse Sexy? 2010-10-13T21:24:00Z But this past October, after the team had spent three months in the N.B.A. bubble in Orlando, Ms. Buss accepted the championship trophy. Lady of the Lakers 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z He placed 27th on the vault and showed some promise on both floor and pommel horse; he also became the first Yemeni ever to compete at the world championships in the sport of gymnastics. Pommel horses and protesters 2012-08-25T12:00:00Z Those lessons reaped huge dividends on the court, where the Bruins won consecutive national championships in Abdul-Jabbar’s three years, the first three of an unmatched seven in a row Wooden would accumulate. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar memorializes the great John Wooden in 'Coach Wooden and Me' 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Correction: “I like to listen to championship games,” while he marks up and critiques newspapers and trade journals. Ralph Nader builds his dream museum. Of tort law. 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z “The theatrics alone would be hilarious and a welcoming change, and draw a wider audience of fans that typically would not tune into the championship game or half-time show.” There's a Petition to Get Weird Al to Perform at the Super Bowl Halftime Show 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z He had learned to play bridge while studying at the University of Rochester and won the intercollegiate championship. Bridge: West Dangles a Fatal Finesse Before Declarer, but in Vain 2010-08-13T20:55:00Z Without gold medals from the previous year’s championships, the world silver medalists on pommel horse, rings, and high bar – from Hungary, the Netherlands, and Slovenia respectively – did not automatically qualify for the Olympics in 2008. Pommel horses and protesters 2012-08-25T12:00:00Z She capped her career last summer with her sport's most prestigious championship when the United States defeated Japan 5-2 in Canada in the World Cup. Retired U.S. soccer star Abby Wambach is joining ESPN as an analyst and a contributor 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z United match at RFK Stadium, and won a county championship as a senior at Northwestern High School. A music-theater-sports junkie gets a home run: Singing the anthem at Nats Park 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Stetson Bennett IV, the winning quarterback for the University of Georgia's Bulldogs this past Monday night in college's national championship game, may become known for more than his achievements on the football field. Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett's words to live by: 'Life is tough, work through it' 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z A year and one club championship later, she went back to Chula Vista, Calif., to join the Eagles at the Olympic training site. The pandemic postponed the 2020 Olympics. This Maryland rugby player is hopeful for 2021. 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z In his general championship of contemporary music, Alan Gilbert, the music director of the New York Philharmonic, has stepped up to the challenge once posed by one of his predecessors, the composer-conductor Pierre Boulez. Cultural Clicks: Caitlyn Jenner's Predecessors, Bryan Ferry's New Video 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z No one point is particularly higher or lower than any other, and some personal milestones, like Mr. Tyson’s initial winning of a championship in 1986, are skipped entirely. Theater Review: ‘Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth’ at Longacre Theater 2012-08-03T02:00:00Z It's also what happened to the 2008 Florida Gators basketball team, which, coming off back-to-back national championships, lost all five of its starters. Sports' Biggest Chumps 2010-03-03T22:05:00Z In the final of the Bermuda Bowl world team championship last year, Italy defeated Monaco by 210 international match points to 126 over 96 boards. Bridge: A Team in Need Gets a Fourth 2014-05-07T21:25:05Z Sara Erlandson, who’d won the ladies’ tournament, was very much in the championship mix, wearing a coonskin cap and a camouflage T-shirt with the outline of Wisconsin and the legend “Best state ever.” Big Buck Hunter: Meet the world’s best fake marksmen 2012-11-25T16:00:00Z “They kind of sold it as it didn’t really change the championship much, but I think it’s got the potential to,” said Scott Dixon, who is fifth in the standings. Double points, double pressure at Indy 500 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Open Trials for the Bermuda Bowl The winners of the open trial in Orlando, Fla., this month for the Bermuda Bowl world championship were young. Bridge: Open Trials for the Bermuda Bowl 2013-06-14T21:08:24Z Long known as “lovable losers,” the Cubs hold the record for the longest championship drought in professional sports. One team will ditch losers label in World Series 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z He won six N.B.A. championships, is the greatest scorer ever and once netted 38 points while battling the flu. Crying Jordan: The Meme That Just Won’t Die 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z “The 500-mile races will have a huge, huge implication for the championship.” Double points, double pressure at Indy 500 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Maybe it is the European soccer championship — the matches emptying the streets of Milan as followers run to a screen — for the prevailing mood is sporty and alpha male. Sport Rules at Gucci, Emporio Armani and Z Zegna 2012-06-25T18:04:27Z Nancy Beggs, Mack Beggs’ grandmother and guardian, told the Dallas Morning News after the forfeit in the regional championship match: “Today was not about their students winning. Today was about bias, hatred and ignorance”. Transgender teenage wrestler Mack Beggs wins Texas girls title 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z EST, an hour earlier in U.S. time than the 2018 championship match in Moscow. Fox to televise 35 of 64 World Cup matches on main network 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z The U.S. women's soccer team's World Cup championship isn't just a sports victory. Women's World Cup was a triumph — and totally triggered the right-wing snowflakes 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z If he finished in the top 18 of his age group, he would qualify for the world championship match, held in 2017. The NCAA caved to anti-LGBT hate: The real reason March Madness is coming back to North Carolina 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z Costumes encouraged, and Air Raid Roller Girls will be in attendance, with roller derby championship bouts on the big screen. 3 getaways for this weekend, from B.C. wine to Portland's Day of the Dead 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z There’s more music to be had on Saturday at 8 p.m., when the Steelband Panorama presents 11 area groups competing for a championship title. Spare Times for Sept. 4-10 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Another group, , emerged from Manchester after forming for the inaugural national championship, dubbed the Word Cup, in 2006. New voices 2011-07-13T14:45:25Z These passionate football fans are everywhere; The Steelers built a big fan base in the 1970s, when they dominated the National Football League, racking up four Super Bowl championships. America's Best Sports Fans 2010-08-02T22:00:00Z The American Contract Bridge League’s Player of the Year title goes to the winner of the most platinum master points at the three North American championships. Bridge: Martin Fleisher Is Bridge League’s Player of the Year 2013-12-18T22:36:47Z Florida State faces Oregon in the "Rose Bowl" and Alabama plays Ohio State in the "Sugar Bowl," with the winners advancing to the national championship game on Jan. 12. TV This Week, Dec. 28-Jan. 3: 'The Kennedy Center Honors' and more 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z At the national championships in 1939, Ms. Williams, who was 17, won three gold medals and earned a place on the 1940 United States Olympic team. Esther Williams, Who Swam to Movie Fame, Dies at 91 2013-06-06T17:42:45Z It will be launched behind Fox's broadcast of the NFL's National Football Conference championship game. Fox heralds its 'Empire' to advertisers as 'Idol' fades away When the world championships descend, the population swells to around 1,000. 'It seems so simple': can I cut it at the World Stone Skimming Championships? 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z But Zed’s college dreams and the cheer championship are thrown into chaos when aliens descend upon their peaceful town. ‘Zombies 3’ Review: Take Me to Your Cheerleader 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Costas said he could not recall sickness sidelining him since he was supposed to host the broadcast of an A.F.C. championship game between Cleveland and Denver in January 1990. Costas Steps Aside From Olympic Coverage 2014-02-11T17:53:22Z Some of the young experts went on to become well known in the bridge world, winning national and international championships. Bridge: Bob Mosher and the Mosher Over No-Trump Method 2010-04-25T22:07:00Z The Chicago Cubs' World Series victory on Wednesday night not only ended the team's historic 108-year championship drought but attracted the biggest U.S. television audience for baseball in 25 years. Cubs’ historic championship draws more than 40 million U.S. viewers 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z "It would probably hurt my championship chances if I tried to memorize the Scrabble list, too," he said. The crossword wizard who is fastest of all 2010-12-07T07:19:00Z This weekend I’ll be watching several pre-Olympics events — United States gymnastics championships, swimming and diving trials — because I am a total Olympics nut. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘Please Like Me’ and Films Leaving Netflix 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z I get angry when sportswriters or announcers make it seem there is something wrong with great players because their teams don’t win the championship. Perspective | Many sports greats never get a championship ring 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z From Denmark's Ballerup Super Arena, the world track championships offer a chance to gauge progress and preparations. Live Cycling | The Office: An American Workplace | Inside John Lewis | Timeshift: Bread ? A Loaf Affair | Watch this 2010-03-24T06:45:00Z Josh Henderson’s sports bar Quality Athletics looks like the well-appointed clubhouse of a championship team. Quality Athletics is changing the sports-bar playbook 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z His high school basketball team was fighting for a state championship while also shouldering the hopes of the entire Flathead Indian Reservation community, most of which seemed to pack the stands. For This Basketball Team, a Championship Was Just the First Challenge 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z In 2018, the Arlee Warriors, a boy’s high school basketball team on Montana’s Flathead Indian reservation, was in the midst of a buzzing championship run as its town reeled from a cluster of suicides. 11 New Works of Nonfiction to Read This Season 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Missy’s father says he resisted joining his daughter at a world championship in Shanghai, reflecting on the financial cost of being present — just for two minutes of swimming. ‘Touch the Wall’ Follows Olympic Swimmers 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z As the runoff neared, Hunt and his small team of volunteers canvassed a Columbus neighborhood of manicured lawns, dotted with American flags and signs celebrating the University of Georgia’s recent college football national championship. A Black Republican tries to bring in Black voters to the GOP 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Out of the twelve championship finalists this year, it was one eleven-year-old’s first time competing in the Bee, and one fourteen-year-old’s fifth. Watching the Scripps National Spelling Bee 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z In his second season with the team in 2019, he led the Nationals to a World Series championship. Nationals manager Davey Martinez: ‘There was an emptiness last year’ 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z She also said would be singing live at the half-time show of the National Football League championship game between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens at the Superdome on Sunday. Beyonce says sang along to pre-recorded track at inauguration 2013-02-01T04:54:54Z It’s interesting to walk on a real championship golf course to see how long and difficult it is. Perspective | When watching sports, sometimes the best seat is at home 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Individual games will attract an average live viewership of about 125 million, he said, roughly the same as for the Super Bowl, the championship match in American football. The Real World Cup Prize? Broadcast Rights 2010-05-23T16:40:00Z On a lighter note, England won its first World Cup championship, defeating Germany in the final on July 30 while Lane and other expats jumped up and down in a pub wearing silly hats. ArtsBeat: 'Mad Men' Watch: Despair and Fisticuffs 2012-04-16T12:01:51Z At age 66, he found his transition from major league manager to country vintner interrupted by his desire to manage a team to a World Series championship. The Washington Nationals have themselves a manager-vintner 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z "In the world championship, we get a huge cultural divide between the way the people play Scrabble in different countries," he said. 15 fascinating facts about Scrabble 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z He began writing “King James” in the summer of 2017, a year after James had led the Cavaliers to the championship, making them the first Cleveland team to win a major championship in 52 years. LeBron Fandom, and the Making of a Friendship in ‘King James’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Both are hoping to re-establish themselves as perennial national championship contenders. What’s on TV Sunday: College Football and ‘Chinatown’ 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z That year, 2012, he barely missed the cut in the D.C. competition, a mere second short of qualifying for the national championship. He’s the fastest maintenance man in the nation. And he has the trophy to prove it. 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z Green Bay: The placed 16 players on injured reserve en route to a Super Bowl XLV championship a year ago. 10 thoughts on Bears' 14-13 loss 2011-08-28T14:17:00Z It was Washington’s first time competing in the annual World Sign Spinning Championship, though calling it a world championship is a bit of a stretch. Inside the world of competitive sign spinning 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z Next year's world championships will be held in San Diego. Hip Hop International keeps the world (head)spinning 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Tikhonova and her dance partner Dmitry Alekseev are currently ranked 11th in the world and sixth in Russia after taking second place at the national championships in Saint Petersburg in November. Russia's $30 million center for acrobatic rock'n'roll, sport of Putin's daughter 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z The male lifeguards taught her the butterfly, a stroke then used only by men, and, at the Amateur Athletic Union championships in 1939, the butterfly won her a gold medal in the 300-meter medley relay. Esther Williams, Who Swam to Movie Fame, Dies at 91 2013-06-06T17:42:45Z In the 40-minute film, Charlie Brown’s hope to finally win the neighborhood championship baseball game is derailed when his little sister, Sally, tries to protect a dandelion growing on the pitcher’s mound. ‘Peanuts’ honors Earth Day and Arbor Day with fresh programs 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Muhammad Ali had been stripped of his championship title for refusing to serve in the war. Aretha Franklin Had Power. Did We Truly Respect It? 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z There’s also things like “Dancing With the Stars,” the Olympics and the N.B.A. championship. Meet the 24-Year-Old Director Bringing Kanye West’s Visions to Life 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z We were both 16 and in the junior boxing championship. How a Mancunian taxi driver taught me the true meaning of friendship 2010-12-26T00:05:09Z The European gamers are seeking to end Asia’s supremacy; South Korea has won five of the six previous championships, with a Chinese team winning last year. Video game 'Legends' do battle for $1 million 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z So consider doing something gender-nonconforming with your children’s existing dolls, such as having Barbie win a wrestling championship or giving Ken a tutu. How toys became gendered 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z Lise-Lotte Lublin, a schoolteacher who says she blacked out after taking drinks from Cosby, took vacation days to appear at the trial and missed a national championship competition for the school archery team she coaches. In retrial, Bill Cosby’s defense cites ‘money and lots more money’ as accuser’s motivation 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Orr also led the Bruins to their first Stanley Cup championship in almost 30 years. Perspective | In the NHL, sometimes the best offense is a good defenseman 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z And one will say to the other, �poor guy, never won a national championship.' The Power of Pete Carril 2011-03-16T13:30:00Z Zwerling is also a successful lawyer and has more than a dozen Top 10 finishes in national championships. Bridge: Many Tables, but Only One Successful Defense 2010-10-24T23:42:00Z Teams from around the Northwest will fire up their grills for the Pacific Northwest BBQ Association championships, vying for prizes and a chance to advance to national championships. Expo shows off Snohomish County's outdoor recreation 2012-04-25T22:12:04Z In what was billed a “world martial arts championship,” the two ended up kicking each other for 15 rounds — Ali landed only two punches — and the fight was ruled a draw. Gene LeBell, 89, Judo Champion, Wrestler and Star Stuntman, Dies 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z An earlier version of this story said Hip Hop International's USA & World Hip Hop Dance Championships will be held this year in San Diego from Aug. 9-15; the championships will be Aug. 2-9. 'Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew' is revived by MTV 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z “I know it’s football time, but let’s go Lakers,” Halsey said, looking to the team’s championship banners that hung overhead in the arena that until very recently was known as Staples Center. Halsey, Machine Gun Kelly duet at Super Bowl Music Fest 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The trophy itself instantly becomes wildly prestigious, not unlike a sports championship in which there’s only one winner. Perspective | What if there were only one Grammy? 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z The World Series has been played almost every year since the professional baseball championship began in 1903. Perspective | In World Series history, great moments and great players stand out 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Women’s Basketball championship; and the actor Miles Teller talking to a Philadelphia Eagles player at the Super Bowl. Lip Readers Apply Their Skill to Celebrity Conversations 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z If the Lightning takes home that title, it will be the first team to win three consecutive championships since the New York Islanders won four straight cups in 1980-83. What’s on TV This Week: The Stanley Cup Finals and ‘Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes’ 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z This is the fourth year these teams are meeting in the College Football Playoff, and the third time in those four years that the two go head-to-head for the championship. What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Bachelor’ and ‘Friday Night Lights’ 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z The Indonesian women’s team was the surprise of the world championships last month in the Netherlands. Bridge: In Netherlands, Indonesia Deftly Reads the Cards - Bridge 2011-11-09T22:24:45Z Although the men’s games get most of the attention on television and in the news, there is also a women’s championship. Perspective | Women’s college basketball wasn’t always dominated by big schools. First came the Mighty Macs. 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Still the audience at the final looked happy enough, like a cross between an evangelical congregation and a darts championship crowd. Rewind TV: The X Factor; The Trouble with Aid; The Killing; The Poison Tree; This World – review 2012-12-16T00:05:52Z Held for the first time on the country's South Island in Invercargill, the championships see people competing in six categories including traditional blade shearing, machine shearing and wool handling. Sheep shearers race to be fastest at world championships 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z A onetime graffiti artist, he won four gold medals for the Netherlands at the world kung fu championships in China last year. A Selection of Summer Music Festivals 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z That coincides with the peak of Fischer’s career, which ran from 1957, when he won the U.S. championship at 14, to 1972, when he won the world championship at 29 and quit competing. I’m a Chess Expert. Here’s What ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Gets Right 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z Appelfeld and Mr. Manea met only as adult survivors, and it was through his singular championship of the suppressed and censored writers of Eastern Europe that Roth drew close to their fates. Appreciation: Philip Roth 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z They have gathered to celebrate the 20th anniversary of winning the state basketball championship and to honor Coach, who made them what they are today. | 'That Championship Season': The Champs Reunite, Bearing the Nation?s Scars 2011-03-07T03:01:04Z With the world watching, Andrade scampered onto the field Feb. 7 in the fourth quarter of the championship game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs. Judge nixes plea deal for 2 accused of Super Bowl field run 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z In team sports, no one player, no matter how talented, wins a championship by himself or herself. The Capitals aren’t just a one-man show 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z So that would be remedied by a championship? Just Asking: Ted Leonsis owns the Washington Capitals and the Wizards. Does he want a football team, too? 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Senna tells the true story of Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34. Latest X-Men tops UK box office 2011-06-07T10:53:23Z Sixteen national men’s teams from North and South America are competing in 10 American cities for the championship in one of the oldest international soccer tournaments. U.S. hosts some of world’s best soccer action in Copa America 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z For fun beyond shopping, there are championship golf courses, nature reserves, and boat tours within a few minutes’ drive. On the Eastern Shore, Virginia’s Cape Charles is in the midst of a small-town renaissance 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Some shouted "Stop the Super Bowl," referring to the fact that the city will host Sunday's National Football League championship game. Indiana joins right-to-work ranks 2012-02-01T20:39:05Z Instead, they likely think of his championships, two-decade-long career and huge global fan base. Roger Federer, Sneakerhead? 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z It's like if I was a boxer, I'm ready for a heavyweight championship fight. "There's things you don't know about Wu": RZA on "American Saga" & his new post-Katrina heist film 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Not only dance music kick starts his heart, though; he won four gold medals as a member of the Dutch team at the world championships of kung fu last year. Pop & Rock Listings for June 13-19 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z But as for the current best player in Washington, he and his team will have to wait at least one more year for a championship. Can the MVP of D.C.’s pro ultimate Frisbee team raise the sport’s profile? 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z You may be watching a game on television — a Super Bowl or a National Collegiate Athletic Association championship — and not care which team wins. Perspective | Baseball players and owners debate who should take a bigger hit — in the wallet 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z An exception occurred on May 13, 1975, when the Philadelphia Flyers faced the upstart New York Islanders for a decisive Game 7 in the National Hockey League championship semifinals. Music Review: Nuanced Comfort Music That Channels Kate Smith 2011-02-18T22:55:13Z She swam for the U.S. at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, won three national championships, and later in life set hundreds of national and world swimming records in several masters age groups. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z One Deal That Led to the USA-1 Bermuda Bowl Team The open trial earlier this month selected the two teams to represent the United States in this year’s Bermuda Bowl world championship. Bridge: One Deal That Led to the USA-1 Bermuda Bowl Team 2013-06-16T21:20:35Z It announced that a special edition of "The Voice" will air Feb. 5 after the NFL championship game. NBC's `The Voice' scores post-Super Bowl slot 2011-05-31T21:42:28Z Last year at the world championship, held at the Cubby Bear sports bar in Chicago, Mr. DerHohannesian drank eight bottles of Miller High Life and won the head-to-head Big Buck Safari tournament. City Dwellers With Time to Kill 2011-05-20T22:16:28Z This summer, Greene won gold at the British athletics championships and captained the GB team at the European championships. Hernia mesh implants cost top British athlete five years of his career 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z I don’t think it’s nostalgia for the name — it’s nostalgia for going to the finals and winning a championship. Just Asking: Ted Leonsis owns the Washington Capitals and the Wizards. Does he want a football team, too? 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z In recent years the three North American championships, in the spring, summer and fall, have become major international events because sponsors are bringing top world stars to play. Bridge: Who Was First Sponsor to Win World Team Title? 2010-08-22T22:01:00Z Big names from the 1985 Chicago Bears are expected to attend the 25th anniversary celebration of their Super Bowl XX championship Friday at the . '85 Bears set for White House visit 2011-10-03T22:05:00Z I think some of the other outfits thought we'd lost the plot – especially as we became so busy promoting the Floral Dance that we were unable to compete in the British championships. Cornish Floral Dance: a fuzzy custom 2011-07-07T21:00:02Z But she is realistic what a championship belt might bring in terms of a financial windfall, she said. Up Close: Smile When You Call Her a Diva 2011-03-23T18:51:38Z This stuck with me: I saw Michael Jordan interviewed after the Bulls had won maybe their third or fourth championship. A Conversation with Jimmy Buffett 2013-08-19T11:00:25Z He dominated the national championship match in Indian Wells almost from the start. He picked up pickleball a few years ago. Now he is the national champion. 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z If they win, they will play a best-of-seven-games series for the National League championship. In the playoffs, every game counts The Grand Slams — Wimbledon and the Australian, French and United States opens — are the biggest and most important championships. Perspective | Can ‘Coco’ Gauff catapult to top-level tennis as a teenager? Serena and Steffi did. 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z The Toronto Arenas won the NHL’s first championship and then played the champion of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, another professional league, for the Stanley Cup. Perspective | NHL marks 100 years out on the ice 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z There he excelled, boxed his way to school championships and worked for a college magazine and against Prohibition. Robert Ryan?s Quiet Furies 2011-08-06T20:58:02Z Experience oyster shucking championships, food talks and tours, and a contest to find oyster pearls. In Galway, you get great pubs and Irish history and literary culture, without the Dublin crowds 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z You’re never going to hear a school in Phoenix saying, ‘Our basketball team won the championship! Let’s hire a brass band and have a street parade!’ Back on song: New Orleans 10 years after Katrina 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z In “Moneyball,” he tracked the astonishing success of Billy Beane, the general manager who turned the Oakland A’s from underdogs into championship contenders by relying on statistics rather than acquiring star players. Michael Lewis Explores Why People Tend to Go With Their Guts 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Those are things you can build a championship team around. Rose sets sights on championship 2011-12-22T01:34:00Z From college football championships in January all the way to holiday parties in December, it's the perfect starter for any occasion. Salmon is the star of this dressed-up version of hot artichoke dip — and it's so darn easy to make 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z But as recalled in “Pawn Sacrifice,” the Bobby Fischer-Boris Spassky world championship battle of 1972 made the evening newscasts and inspired crowds of American fans. What to Do This Weekend 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Despite that, Lauda finished fourth and the championship was back on. Lauda relives 1976 on the big screen 2013-09-08T09:48:36Z On Monday, the Big Ten Conference announced that Paterno's name is being pulled from the football championship trophy to be awarded next month at the conference's first championship game in Indianapolis. Sandusky calls incidents in shower 'horseplay' 2011-11-15T01:01:00Z Sunday; entertainment, food and commercial vendors, state barbecue championships with samples, flower display and gardening information, beer garden, root beer garden, horse show, swap meet, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-04-24T23:00:53Z The Lakers regrouped to claim the title in 1985, the first visiting team to win a championship at the famously unfriendly Boston Garden. The Lakers-Celtics Rivalry 2010-06-15T23:10:00Z Plus 620 and plus 100 gave the Netherlands 12 imps en route to victory in the most prized world championship. Bridge: The Dutch Are Hosts and Winners of Bermuda Bowl - Bridge 2011-10-30T23:46:35Z Now all he had to do was reduce crime, create jobs … and help the nation’s hapless rugby team, the Springboks, win a world championship. Mandela in the Movies: 10 Films About Apartheid 2013-12-06T21:21:59Z Although clearly seeking to cash in on the imminent Olympics, Fast Girls, for copyright reasons, actually concerns a fictional championship. Fast Girls: the Cannes sprint 2012-05-22T18:00:02Z The fictional world championship of the fictional sport invented by J.K. Harry Potter returns! J.K. Rowling reveals boy wizard at age 34 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z The Three Tenors concerts were often programmed to coincide with the World Cup championships. A look back at the Three Tenors concert at Dodger Stadium 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Papa would promote eleven championship bouts to a crowd of at least four hundred people. Billy Moore’s first Muay Thai “Fight Night” in Thailand 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Bidders fill the seats at the Bloomington Livestock Exchange as thirty-one professional auctioneers compete in the championship. The Hypnotizing Chants of Champion Livestock Auctioneers 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Between nearly every song, the crowd breaks into a rowdy chat of, “Liam! Liam!” as though it were a championship soccer match. Liam Gallagher Gets His ‘MTV Unplugged’ Moment 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z In 2009, he went to Cheyenne, Wyo., and won the national spelling bee championship sponsored by the AARP, an event for spellers over 50. Pete’s Candy Store Hosts a Spelling Bee for Adults 2013-08-01T20:06:51Z As cool as that was, the championship also got people interested in his story. For 9-year-old immigrant, chess isn’t just a game. It’s a life-changer. 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Similarly, the league's championship trophy is named for Shiva, the valedictorian in the men's graduating class who's outgrown her nerdy high school identity to become a beautiful doctor. What fantasy football taught me about guys 2011-09-08T19:01:00Z But if the number of championship rings settled the question, the greatest player of all time would be Bill Russell. Perspective | New film raises an old question: Who’s the greatest NBA player? 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z At the end of the season, the Panthers fail to win a second state championship under Coach Taylor. Everything you need to know about "Friday Night Lights" 2010-05-01T23:01:00Z Ashe is the only black man to win a singles championship at Wimbledon. Perspective | Arthur Ashe broke ground for black tennis players and athlete activists 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z But the gymnast generating buzz now is Jordyn Wieber, 16, who capped a whirlwind 2011 season with a gold medal in the all-around competition last October at the world championships in Tokyo. Pursuits: Where to See Olympics Tryouts in American Cities 2012-03-16T21:27:58Z During his 13 seasons there, the club won seven division titles, two National League pennants and a World Series championship. Baseball's Best General Manager 2010-06-15T15:40:00Z Jordan played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association, and won six championships with the Chicago Bulls. Michael Jordan gives $5 million to African American museum 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z And this is the season for the zonal championships. Bridge: At a New Zealand Event, Distracting the Defense 2010-06-18T21:29:00Z Throughout the FSU-ND game, the ACC aired commercials boasting about the football trophies it collected last year, including the Waterford crystal football awarded Florida State for the national championship. Better Referees: Why College Football Needs to Herd Its Own Zebras 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z The plot centers on a group of former high school basketball stars who reunite at their coach's Pennsylvania home 20 years after they won the state championship. Noth, Sutherland, Patric, Cox, Gaffigan lose egos 2011-02-11T13:16:04Z That’s because anything other than a championship or a perfect score can seem like a disappointment. Perspective | When the pressure is off, can the Capitals win in the playoffs? 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z At the championships, Medley bonded with a teenage girl whose first Pokémon video game is a remake of the first game Medley played as a child. Yes, people are still obsessed with Pokémon — and this is their Super Bowl 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z The championship match was attended by almost 400 fans. Got your broomstick? IRL Quidditch gets super competitive 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z “He rode the University of Connecticut Huskies all the way to the championship,” Sven said. Some dogs like to jump into NCAA basketball pool 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Heading into its final weekend, a sand sculpting championship in Federal Way faces some rough waters. Federal Way sand sculptures come down Sunday 2010-10-07T14:52:00Z In 1959, he qualified for the national boxing championship but got in a nasty fight; he knocked the other man out, and the head injury from the fall eventually led to his death. Here’s Something You Didn’t Know About the Beatles: A Very Strange Story from Their Ex-Con Bouncer 2014-02-07T11:00:23Z Together they accomplished almost everything, except winning a championship — which lead to the second reason why KD caught everyone off guard. Kevin Durant could win a championship tonight. But don’t call him one of the greats 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z The city just won their first professional sports championship since 1964 and will soon be hosting what might be most incendiary political conventions in decades. 5 feminist history reasons to visit Cleveland — whether you’re protesting, attending or working the Republican National Convention 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z The coach, who is 68, led the men's team at the University of Arkansas to the national college championship in 1994. Marion Jones: 'I'm a sucker for a challenge' 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z The influence of the duel scene in Powell’s The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp is evident, Schoonmaker said, in the way Scorsese handled the famous championship fight build-up in Raging Bull. Raging Bull, Cape Fear, Goodfellas… the woman behind Scorsese’s classics 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z Brady is the superstar quarterback who has led the New England Patriots to four Super Bowl championships. Tom Brady is a Super Bowl champ, but he’s no hero 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Founded by the British auto engineer Colin Chapman in 1948, it won the Formula One world championship seven times but struggled commercially as a manufacturer of road cars. New Fashion Line Accompanying Car on Comeback Road 2010-12-18T00:16:43Z And I’m like, ‘You will never win a championship. Oh, you might win a championship.’ David Duchovny: ‘I can't play Mulder the way I did. That would be obscene’ 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z The Bellas want to win the national championship of a cappella. Pitch Perfect: Back to School Isn't Usually This Much Fun 2012-09-27T14:00:21Z The eight winners will earn a place in the world championship battle in Chicago in October. Spare Times for Children for Aug. 21-27 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z As a kid and as a coach, he had lost in the state championship seven times. Best children’s and young adult books of 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Through rap and poetry, Josh reveals big changes in his family and his team’s drive for the championship. Best 2014 books for kids: Fiction, nonfiction and picture books 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z That made it the most watched AFC championship game on record. Football ratings strong headed toward Super Bowl 2011-01-25T21:04:27Z Buddies from junior high, when they won a 1978 basketball championship, they reunite 30 years later for the New England funeral of their beloved coach. | 'Grown Ups': Adam Sandler in Blatant Acts of Naked Regression 2010-06-24T22:53:00Z The twins Christian and Jonah Lees bring a silly buoyancy to this already offbeat tale as Maurice and Jean’s championship, disco-dancing sons. ‘The Phantom of the Open’ Review: ‘The World’s Worst Golfer’ Wins Laughs 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Little League International, the organization that runs Little League baseball and softball, took away the 2014 United States baseball championship from the Jackie Robinson West team. Little League takes a hit as World Series U.S. champs stripped of title 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Josh's mixing prowess instantly turns the uninspired dance team into super-talents on the fast track to state championship. Muddled 'Bravetown' abounds in the maudlin 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z She is currently training for the taekwondo world championships in Mexico next month. London 2012: British Olympians, one year on – Jade Jones 2013-06-22T23:05:24Z At first, their competitiveness focuses on the annual tennis championship, but it sharpens with the arrival of handsome Gil Burke. Mindfulness, captured beautifully in the children’s book, ‘Now’ 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Both of her children were born in January and both times, she played in the world championship in March. 2010-02-11T06:00:00Z His Cleveland Cavaliers, to whom he recently returned after four years and two championships with the Miami Heat, are a hugely talented but wildly inconsistent team. LeBron James, underdog: How an NBA legend became a humble, hungry hero of the downtrodden Rust Belt 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Her team’s championship wins earn Sue a spot as a guest commentator on the local evening news; she opens with a defense of caning. Television: In Fox?s ?Glee,? It?s the Attitude That?s the Showstopper 2010-04-09T18:08:00Z "Why, I can still remember the first time I was the quarterback and won the championship…" Sign you're really getting old: Your Patriots teammates tell you to shut up and call a play. Style Invitational Week 1299: OK, hivemind! A contest with new Scrabble words 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z And that’s why I think the Mystics will bring home a championship to Washington. Perspective | The Mystics take aim at a WNBA championship. With Delle Donne, it’s a good bet. 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Last week's basketball championship between Duke and Butler had just less than 24 million viewers, the biggest audience for that annual game since the Connecticut-Duke game in 1999. NCAA title game, Masters propel CBS in ratings 2010-04-13T23:46:00Z The American Gaming Association forecasted that over $7.6 billion will be wagered on pro football’s championship game set for Sunday. 31M Americans to bet on Super Bowl, gambling group estimates 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Shields and Hammer will fight for the undisputed middleweight championship on April 13, broadcast live on Showtime from Atlantic City, New Jersey. Claressa Shields in another boxing 1st on Showtime 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z He said it would be part of a weekend of "unbelievable live content" from the BBC, along with the Wimbledon tennis championships and the British grand prix. BBC pledges to deliver 'first truly digital' Glastonbury coverage 2013-05-30T12:22:16Z Perry, 30, joins the likes of Madonna, Beyonce and Prince to perform at the NFL's Super Bowl halftime show, which regularly attracts more viewers than the average for the championship game itself. Katy Perry to be joined by Lenny Kravitz at Super Bowl halftime 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z Last year’s world championship drew nearly 100 million viewers, on par with that of this year’s Super Bowl. Riot announces new League of Legends esports boss 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Bennett's team finished its season this year with a 14-1 record — and finally secured that championship win over Alabama. Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett's words to live by: 'Life is tough, work through it' 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Rose won't rest until he has earned the cache that comes from winning a championship. Rose sets sights on championship 2011-12-22T01:34:00Z For me, I feel like it’s going to the world championship of cinema, and I’m already there in the finals. The Carpetbagger: A Crime Tragedy, not a Crime Drama 2012-02-16T14:11:26Z It's part of the monthlong Memphis in May celebration, which includes a world barbecue championship. Mellencamp, Cee Lo to play Beale Street festival 2011-03-03T21:53:26Z Equally maddening is Bloom’s ardent championship of the Pevear / Volokhonsky translations that are, to my mind, destroying our reading of Russian literature. Harold Bloom Is Dead. But His ‘Rage for Reading’ Is Undiminished. 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z He capitalized on his championship momentum by signing with IMG Worldwide, which owns and operates Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, for marketing and endorsements. Noticed: Victor Cruz, Off the Gridiron, in the Front Row 2012-02-15T21:47:23Z When you were in Paris, you were approached for autographs for the first time at a world championship. Ibtihaj Muhammad: The Olympic Fencer Is Charting Her Own Path 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z These two pairs then combined to take the team championship by 14 victory points from the Netherlands. Bridge: Sweden Wisn Tianjin Binhai Cup - Bridge 2011-09-18T21:22:27Z Players, even the greatest players, do not win championships by themselves. Perspective | Will this year’s NBA Finals end a streak? 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z The French team won the world title last October and the European championship in June. Bridge: Bridge - Second World Mind Sports Games in France 2012-08-19T21:23:34Z Gilbert, who earned his pro ranking last year, wants to someday win a championship on ESPN. The world’s cornhole elite, chasing that one perfect toss 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z They could take our team to the championship game, over and over. Jerry Sandusky’s guilty — and so are we 2012-06-25T13:59:00Z When a director suddenly left one afternoon for a family emergency, Callner got his chance, moving on to direct commercials and Boston Celtics games including their championship season in 1974. He Might Be the Most Influential Director You’ve Never Heard Of 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z It was the 15th competition for the HHI organization, which supports hip-hop dancing through worldwide initiatives and regional championship competitions. Hip-hop dance crews from Japan and New Zealand repeat as world champions 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z The Edna Karr Cougars, from New Orleans’s West Bank, are a football powerhouse who have won four state championships and, at the beginning of this series, are gearing up for a fifth. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z "She's won more world championships at this point than any other competitor." Small town rocked by $30 million theft 2012-04-18T03:36:00Z These kids were caddying in a country club where they could not play, and they really did win the state championship in their first year. Dennis Quaid on his Hollywood long game: "I never cared about having a Tom Cruise-type of career" 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z The Lombardi-led Packers persevered to win the teeth-chattering conference championship, and went on to beat the Raiders in Super Bowl II. The List: Stone-cold football 2014-01-23T00:59:06Z The World Series is always exciting — 38 of the winners have needed the full seven games to earn the championship — but here are some highlights through the years. World Series was a big hit from the beginning 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z As a freshman for the University of North Carolina, she led her team to the state athletics championship with a 33-2 record. Marion Jones: 'I'm a sucker for a challenge' 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z Chamberlain’s teams managed to win only two championships. Perspective | The NBA is a big deal, but it wasn’t always that way 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z So I enjoyed this film about a relay team of female sprinters preparing for a major international championship. A sprinter's view on Fast Girls 2012-06-24T18:29:01Z |
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