Sentences with phrase «championship game as»

Because that QB just won us a national championship game as a freshman.

Despite the fact that the Cavs were regular customers at Davidson — eggs over easy, black coffee and another championship, please — Indiana entered this year's championship game as the favorite on everyone's menu.

Brown made it to the AFC championship game as well.

Not exact matches

This weekend, Uber may also find it picked a particularly good time to offer a getaway trip, as Romania's soccer team is playing Albania on Sunday in its third game of the UEFA Euro 2016 championship, a match that will be a huge spectating event across the country.

Miami showed no sign of playing above a championship level in Air Max 2014 3 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday, getting beaten 111 - 92 as 4 - point favorites in their first home game of the series.

As I was watching the game, I was prehending the past, remembering the first time I watched a Celtic - Laker championship twenty - five years ago as a youth of thirteeAs I was watching the game, I was prehending the past, remembering the first time I watched a Celtic - Laker championship twenty - five years ago as a youth of thirteeas a youth of thirteen.

He overcame a depressing physical disability that manifested itself in spring training (he had to pack his elbow in ice after each game during the season) and spread - eagled baseball as he pitched the Dodgers to the world championship.

«Offense wins you games, but defense wins you championships» as some wise man once said.

NOTES: The Lightning honored the 2004 Stanley Cup championship team before the game as part of a 25th season celebration.

Games such as this Saturday's between Notre Dame and Ohio State are suddenly more meaningful, and the air may yet thicken with controversy if the eventual Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl matchups preclude a true national - championship game.

They fell short in 2017 in the state championship game, and, as mentioned, losing to Pinewood in 2018.

As a QB / Utility player, he led Mission football to an 8 - 5 record and runner - up finish in the AAA's Turkey Bowl championship game.

While the first is a fair point, the latter doesn't make as much sense as he isn't going to have to prepare to face direct championship rival United for the next six games.

It was particularly emotional for Shepherd and Sarah Arnaudon, who played as freshmen on the varsity team that went unbeaten and ranked No. 1 in the U.S., only to lose to Liberty in the NCS championship game.

His play at the world championships mirrored his play in the NBA: In Yugoslavia's early games he looked like a tired old man, but on he came, getting stronger as his team did.

Still, it'd be very surprising for Monday's championship game to be as lopsided as that one, or either of the two meetings between the teams this season.

It doesn't matter what sport you follow, if you look back at any team that's every won a championship, there's always one game during the season that players and fans can point to as the turning point that made a season something special.

Kansas hasn't received much respect this season as a legitimate contender, finding itself as a 1.5 - point underdog in the Big 12 tournament championship game against West Virginia and a 3 - point underdog in the Elite Eight against No. 2 Duke.

Burke averaged over 18 points per game while leading Michigan to the NCAA championship game and he arrives in Utah looking for a role in the starting lineup, as well.

His career highlights at S.I. include road trips in search of sports on the equator, the world's most dangerous sport and Roman gladiators as the first sports superstars, a lengthy meditation on Don King's hair, the second - ever descent of Africa's Zambezi River, a weighty essay on the 580 - pound sumo wrestler Konishiki, an investigation into the questionable around - the - world run by Robert Garside, a look inside the mind games at the 1987 world chess championship between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov in Seville, Spain, three weeks in the Sahara covering the 2002 Paris - to - Dakar Rally, a trudge through Panama's Darien jungle retracing Vasco Núñez de Balboa's 1513 expedition, and a journey into the world of Jeopardy! His essay on George Steinbrenner and the New York Yankees» line of succession was called the «scoop of the year» in the 2008 Houghton - Mifflin collection The Best American Sports Writing.

For several moments, it seemed as though Gonzaga's quest to make it back to the Final Four and avenging last year's national championship game loss would end before it ever really got started.

I don't understand... This is a must win game as man city is unlikely to lead to a result... Yet no style or pressure or ideas against a hapless team... 30 mins and not a shot on goal... Ramsey and giroud and mert are championship level players and no more... In fact am not sure giroud is even that level....

That's what has happened in preparation for this year's national championship game, as Ohio State will get a big advantage over Oregon this week, according to ESPN's Brett McMurphy:

Puerto Rico is one of the two teams in the World Baseball Classic championship game, as they'll take on the United States Wednesday night.

The HAMILTON TIGER - CATS defeated the British Columbia Lions 21 - 10 in the Grey Cup, Canada's pro championship game, in Vancouver, B.C. as Bernie Faloney completed 14 of 20 passes for 272 yards and two TDs (one 70 yards).

Step by step he led the Cavaliers to their first bowl game, their first conference championship and, in 1990, a stint as the No. 1 team in the nation.

However, during that time, the championship game was referred to as the AFL - NFL World Championship Ggame was referred to as the AFL - NFL World Championship GameGame.

Also when comparing Coqs stats he is immediately at an advantage with him — first of all not having nearly as much games — secondly his games this season will mainly have been in the championship where loose passing and bad play is the norm.

As most everyone knows, the shirts of the losing teams in championship games get sent to third world countries and are...

We are just NOT good enough as a team to win the EPL or the CL we are just NOT cohesive enough, we have no real fighting spirit when the chips are down, no one wants to own the game when things go wrong, The Boss doesn't change anything until it's too late (though let's be fair he doesn't have a great amount of talent to call upon when he should have) and we only really look like a championship winning team when we play the mid to lower league teams.

Hosting F1 game championships and events would be nice too, as well as helping create bigger and better racing game titles for consoles and the small screen as well.

Need keep winning, we need be ready for cska cause we need get back into champions league as for fans that do want watch the stoke game yer not true arsenal fans I'd never miss arsenal game unless I had go funeral like really some arsenal fans make me sick ya very bad season but I think we have plans in place or why would ozil sign new contact he sees the plans ahead and likes wat he sees otherwise he would be gone so come on arsenal send stoke championship with shawcross and do job on cska cause we need bring lead bk to Russia and let's get bk into champions league oh and I'd like say if we get atl Madrid trust me over 2 legs or in final arsenal can beat them u wait see it's just or confedence was shot

As his dad, I'd assigned him to ladle cabbage to the homeless in soup kitchens, and as his coach, to break the press in the last second of one - point, double - overtime championship gameAs his dad, I'd assigned him to ladle cabbage to the homeless in soup kitchens, and as his coach, to break the press in the last second of one - point, double - overtime championship gameas his coach, to break the press in the last second of one - point, double - overtime championship games.

Brian Daboll was hired as Alabama's new OC after Steve Sarkisian took the Atlanta Falcons OC job (another connection) after last year's national championship game.

When you twice come within 2 games of a championship with only incredible performances from the greatest player of all time stopping you, then you haven't done anything wrong as far as team construction and vision goes.

DANVILLE (1991): Jason Barringer ripped a pair of homers and Kevin Graham had a three - run shot as Danville (representing the San Ramon Valley Little League) cruised past Staten Island (N.Y.) 13 - 4 to earn a trip to the championship game.

That was definitely the case during the final round of the Italian Formula 4 championship this weekend, as pack racing was the name of the game in races that turned into classic Monza slipstreamers.

Just as the early interception had resulted in a quick North Medford touchdown in the SOC championship game, the fumble did now.

# 12 Dick Motta SANDY Cut from Jordan High basketball team as senior in 1948; rebounded to win 935 games as NBA coach, including»78 championship with Bullets.

In the five years since scoring 54 points in The Garden, Stephen Curry has won two championships, two MVPs, shattered three - point records, led the Warriors to the greatest regular season of all time, and has generally asserted himself as the most genre - defining, game - shifting player that we've seen in, well, decades.

In his first tenure as coach of the Trojans, from 1976 to» 82, he led them to three Rose Bowl wins and the 1978 national championship and won 82 % of his games, third highest among currently active Division I coaches.

Apparently, it just wouldn't be the NFL playoffs if the Patriots weren't suiting up in the AFC Championship game, as they are now the only team since the merger in 1970 to compete in seven straight conference championships.

Just like our England international defender Calum Chambers, Gnabry had no chance to help Germany avoid a hefty 5 - 0 drubbing at the hands of Portugal, as he was an unused sub in Germany's final game of the under 21 Euro championship.

Tipped as the «future of Polish football», Milik's style of play mimics fellow Polish international and Bayern Munich goal machine Robert Lewandowski, incredible lay off play, disgusting left foot (I mean this in the positive sense, he literally looks like he would break the net whenever he shoots) and at 22 seems to be developing at a staggering rate, having made his international debut at the Euro championships, and featured in quite a few games at that, has attracted the attention of a few clubs in Europe needing a Centre forward, as he appears ready to take centre stage in one of Europes top teams.

The locations for the national championship games following the 2015 and 2016 seasons are out, as the two finalists from the four - team Playoff will square off in Glendale and Tampa, ESPN's Brett McMurphy is reporting.

Although he was largely bottled up in the Big Ten championship game (15 carries for 41 yards and no touchdowns), the 1,847 yards and 13 touchdowns he put up as a true freshman qualify him as one of the year's premier breakout players.

Elneny is a reserve player... Lateral lateral lateral... May as well put Ramsey on... Iwobi needs a year in the championship to progress... Gibbs still doesn't convince... Game should be over instead a tight second period

This is a game we were supposed to win... Galatasaray is as good as a top of the league championship team...!!

If thats the case well then why arent these players all in the bottom twelve PL clubs kicking ass on a weekly basis, and in the championship making those teams as strong as any pl side — they are getting their games so why arent they showing us what we are missing.

He won 63 % of his games as a Met, and he led a team that had been perennial last - place finishers to two pennants and a world championship.