Sentences with phrase «championship series of»

All Access: Quest for the Stanley Cup, Season 1, Episode 1: For the first time, a network has been allowed behind - the - scenes with unprecedented access into the championship series of a major professional sport - the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Honestly, the game was directly reminiscent of last year's Finals Game 5, which had one of the best endings to a championship series of all time.

Not exact matches

He'd run a team that was a perennial contender, had won the 2005 World Series championship and earned a Manager of the Year award.

After Game 1 of the World Series, Schultz went to dinner with his close friend Tony La Russa, the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, who would go on to win the championship and retire.

In the month leading up to Notre Dame's first trip to the national championship game in more than two decades, Irish faithful have created a series of T - shirts bashing their opponent, Alabama.

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.

John Carmichael segued from marking the 20th anniversary of the Toronto Blue Jays» first World Series championship to worrying that a cap - and - trade system would leave Canadians with less money to spend on baseball.

What you really think is that you've already seen more than enough of that woman and her boring husband, and that even if next Friday weren't the opening game of the NBA championship series you still wouldn't want to be with them — not for any reason, not under any circumstances, not if they were the last people on earth, not in a million years.

Watching the Chicago Cubs battle to their first World Series championship since 1908, I sensed my latent sentimental streak for the game's early days returning, so I picked up a copy of Lawrence S. Ritter's The Glory of Their Times.

The awards, championships and contests are part of the comprehensive series of events that accompany the trade fair: Special exhibits, networking platforms and the drinktec Forum offer a wide range of opportunities for beverage experts to share their expertise on current topics and trends in the beverage and liquid food industry.

IndyCar is an extremely competitive series but still has a reputation (in Europe, at least) as something of a second - rate championship.

SOCCER — Following a two - day delay caused by tornado warnings, DALLAS beat Atlanta 2 - 0 in the final game of the best - of - three series to win the North American Soccer League championship.

Johnson is coming off his big win at the Daytona 500 just six days earlier, but his success in the Sprint Cup Series — to the tune of five - consecutive Cup championships — has not translated to the Nationwide cars.

Instead, Hamlin was focused on advancing out of the semifinal round and winning a first - ever series championship.

Because of the heightened stakes, this triumph was more comparable to winning the season - end Cup Series championship finale.

Instead, Johnson wants to continue his pursuit of a record - breaking eighth Cup Series championship and insists his career is not reaching its ending point.

Henderson, in turn, became the MVP of the»89 playoffs, hitting.441 for Oakland in the league championship and the World Series.

With those venues making up a bulk of the schedule, team officials may even see Bourdais, with his multiple street course series championships and Formula 1 experience as an upgrade.

Mike Redmond, who served as a backup catcher for the then - Florida Marlins from 1998 - 2004 and was part of their 2003 World Series championship team, has been named the team's manager, according to Jon Heyman:

Led by Ruth, who runs his record streak of scoreless World Series innings to 292/3, the Red Sox win their fourth world championship in seven years.

To win a first series championship, Truex faces stiff competition in Busch, Harvick, and Keselowski, all of whom are former title holders.

An association forged by six Cup Series championships with that number on the side of his car and a swashbuckling driving stylish that earned him nicknames like «The Man in Black» and «The Intimidator.»

During the Tigers» championship season of 1968, he caught 155 of their 162 regular - season games and all seven in their World Series victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Kevin Harvick ran down then passed Martin Truex Jr. to win the AAA Texas 500 Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway, locking himself in the championship playoff round of NASCAR's Cup Series playoffs.

That shot may have clinched the series in a Game 3 the Cavs needed to salvage the remnants of their championship aspirations.

With the event also being the final round of the TCR International Series it made for one of the strangest championship deciders ever.

Joe Girardi, who beat the Twins in the ALDS in his second and third seasons as manager of the Yankees on his way to a World Series championship in 2009, agrees with Mauer.

• Stat of the Week: The ten competitors in the traditional 5 - on - 5 Survivor Series elimination match — Triple H, Kurt Angle, Shane McMahon, Braun Strowman, Finn Balor, Samoa Joe, Bobby Roode, Randy Orton, Shinsuke Nakamura, and John Cena — have combined for 64 world championships and one Olympic gold medal.

The Royals are at the doorstep of a World Series championship, and nobody's sure how to act, other than fans cheering wildly because any team that's gotten this far by doing that deserves it.

There are a combined 158 seasons of World Series championship drought among these four teams, with neither the Astros nor Rangers ever even winning the whole thing — the Cubs aren't the only suffering fan base around here, you know.

The part one of the next series is that having a QB like Foles winning a championship is an outlier compared to the last 20 years of future HOF QBs winning them.

PRO BASKETBALL — The Lakers beat the Celtics 136 - 111 in Game 3 of the NBA championships in Los Angeles to lead the series 2 - 1 (page 36).

he immediately returns to the 90s and returns to restore the balance of the force with history now correctly reading the atlanta braves dynasty of 26 straight postseason appearances and counting; with 26 world series wins — passing the historic new york yankees with total team championships.

LOS ANGELES — The Houston Astros won their first championship in franchise history, clinching the title with a win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 of the World Series on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium.

On Ashland's first series of the championship game, Gaston pulled and knocked the ball out of Steinman's hands.

Especially in the Division I - North bracket where more than half of the 12 - team field will have a legitimate shot at advancing to the section championship series against the South champion.

Reduced role or not, there was Abdul - Jabbar on the floor with 14 seconds left in a do - or - die Game 6 of the championship series against the Detroit Pistons last season.

Certainly not how the defending Monster Energy Cup Series champion thought he'd begin his title defense and pursuit of a record - breaking eighth championship, heading into Sunday's Camping World 500 at Phoenix International Raceway (3:30 p.m. ET, Fox).

The swirl of a major league pennant race or a Marciano - Moore heavyweight championship fight — yes, even the World Series — will be only of passing interest in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Columbus, Atlanta, Miami and many more citadels of football.

Still The One Trailing 0 - 2 in the best - of - five ABL championship series, the Columbus Quest rallied behind Valerie Still, its 36 - year - old center, to win its second straight title

On the strength of four championships and 93 wins in NASCAR's premier series, third-most all - time, Gordon was considered to be a shoo - in to have his name on the ballot, which was released Tuesday.

It took the pregame talk of his life and the coaching jewel of his career, the 1983 NCAA championship upset that helped rocket the Final Four onto the level of the World Series and the Super Bowl.

MOTOR SPORTS — BRUCE McLAREN won his sixth event of the 11 - race Can - Am Series, the Texas International, and with it the championship, his second in three years.

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GT Sport will be the series» first entry onto the current generation of consoles, and unlike previous titles will feature a cut back, more focused roster of cars with an emphasis on racing simulation and online features — including the first ever FIA - sanctioned online racing championship.

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A couple of weeks ago the WEC announced that the next season would be a «super season», running for 15 months across 2018 and 2019 as the series seeks to re-align its calendar so that the Le Mans 24 Hours can be the last race of the championship.

Langenfeld, a senior first baseman and pitcher at UCLA, hit her third and fourth home runs of the Division I College World Series to lead the Bruins to a 15 — 9 win over Arizona and the national championship.

But as the 2016 edition of the Chase for the Sprint Cup commences this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway, there is little talk of Johnson winning a seventh championship and tying Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for the all - time Cup Series mark.

Funny enough, even though there are less teams, I think a small market team has a better chance of winning the world series than a non-P5 does the national championship.