Sentences with phrase «national league championship»

The Amazins played with true grit, determination and heart — trademarks of every New Yorker — in clinching their first National League championship since 2000.

Though Detroit just won the National League championship after a bruising 70 - game season, the top four (of six) eastern professional teams have been whacking away at each other all over again to decide who wins the real championship.

Not exact matches

This week Fortune caught up with Jarred Kennedy, the co-head of esports at Riot Games, to discuss the world championship (the finals will take place Nov. 4 at the Bird's Nest National Stadium in Beijing) as well as the overall growth of the esports industry and Riot's plans, much like rival Activision Blizzard, to remodel its own esports league after major professional sports leagues like the NFL and NBA.

For example, as evidence of the growth of e-sports, many people use data from different sources to claim that the annual championship of Riot Games's League of Legends is watched by more viewers than the National Basketball Association finals.

Tickets for the National Football League's NFC championship game went on sale this Monday, but not in California.

It is not just that he is 26, in his fifth pro season, won a Heisman Trophy and national championship at Auburn, was the league's No. 1 pick and Rookie of the Year in 2011 and likely will be named the NFL most valuable player this year.

If New York wins the National League pennant by one game over Milwaukee, it will be a phony championship and the Giants will be cheese champions, through no fault of theirs.

But there is a new behemoth in the National League Central in the Chicago Cubs, who captured their first World Series championship in 108 years on Thursday night.

And last year, not only was Jackie Robinson West stripped of its national title, but the Georgia state championship team from Peachtree was ruled ineligible to compete in the Southeast regional after Little League officials discovered some teams in the league included too many 12 - year -League officials discovered some teams in the league included too many 12 - year -league included too many 12 - year - olds.

Griffin led the country league in yards per attempt and could win a national championship Super Bowl with his perfect blend of speed and throwing ability.

They had won 36 of 48 games from that day in August until the last one in September, and after sweeping the Phils in a bizarre doubleheader the night before for their 23rd and 24th straight wins at home, the championship of the National League East seemed within the Pirates» reach.

Although the fast - skating Russians have taken long strides (Olympic championship), the Canadians of the National Hockey League still play far and away the best hockey in the world.

In 2000 he finished first in the national Golden Gloves and national Police Athletic League tournaments, and that year and the next he won the U.S. championships.

That was not the character of a championship - caliber team or a championship - caliber manager, and of all the teams in the league we had to regress against, it was Seattle, on national television, so that for 90 minutes I got to hear Taylor Twellman salivate over Roldan, Alonso, and the rest of the Rave Green Mafia.

This includes covering the National Football League's conference championships.

Training and practicing with a winning team is like winning the league, regional and national championships, or playing beautiful music with a great orchestra.

Arena / Stadium: Busch Stadium Manager: Mike Matheny Location: St. Louis Division: National League Central General manager: John Mozeliak World Series championships: 2011, 2006, 1982, 1967, 1964, 1946, 1944, 1942, 1934, 1931, 1926