Sentences with phrase «championships a year later»

In 1947 the Indians had the makings of the team that would win the world championship a year later.

At the European championships a year later, Italy finished tied for ninth, and longtime coach Sandro Gamba stepped aside.

Not exact matches

Despite his having one of the most successful starts in coaching history (including two NBA championships for the Warriors in his first three years as a head coach), the team has struggled of late.

The book told the story of how Anthony was taken to China when he was four years old to be schooled in Kung Fu techniques, subsequently winning world championships and later becoming a bodyguard in Cyprus where he was convicted of theft and converted to Christianity in prison.

Two years later, at the 1958 FIS world championships in Bad Gastein, she took both the women's downhill and giant slalom and was hailed as the new ruler of the skiing world, the first girl since the great Andrea Mead Lawrence to win two gold medals in world competition.

Professional bicycle racing was at its peak in the United States when Marshall Walter (Major) Taylor, one of eight children of a Negro Civil War veteran, won the 1899 world championship and the U.S. title a year later.

10 years later and a Ferrari driver is once again way behind Lewis Hamilton in the championship with only a few races to go.

Unlike a year later there was no Timo Glock to pass on the final corner and he could only finish seventh, all of which meant that Kimi had somehow managed to pinch the championship from right under the noses of the McLaren drivers.

One year later, he led the New England Patriots to their first championship and has since won multiple rings.

First - year coach Gus Malzahn is the front - runner to be named national coach of the year, and Auburn, despite a 35 — 21 loss to LSU in late September, still has a shot to play for the BCS championship.

Remember, in his previous stint at Pitt, Majors took over a 1 - 10 team and four years later won the national championship.

Then Bob Murphy, the chunky, redheaded Floridian who won our amateur championship last year, turned in a very steady round for the U.S. in the late afternoon to finish with 71.

Later that year App State beat Northern Iowa for the I - AA national championship.

The following year, leaving Walker (who later led West Georgia to the NAIA championship and eventually joined the Cleveland Cavaliers), McAdoo returned to the red Carolina clay.

By filling a void in the Niner offense, the all - purpose back role in which Roger Craig excelled in the championship years of the late 1980s, Watters has helped restore San Francisco's offense to No. 1 in the NFL.

After he burst onto the scene in 2007, he narrowly missed out on the title first time out and claimed the championship one year later at the 2008 finale (IS THAT GLOCK?).

This year's all - star exhibition is Glendale, Ariz., where the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks will meet with the world championship on the line a week later.

But a year later at the same major championship as that gentle rant, Spieth took the Claret Jug in a major performance that may be his most impressive yet.

They won their last national championship in»99 and lost a year later to Oklahoma in the title game.

10 years later, no more EPL championships, no more quarter finals in the CL, 10 yeras of coming 4th place, while First Chelsea and then City left us in their wake, now Liverpool is tryong to wake up, Manu is about to spend 200M in this window, trying to rebuild quickly, and our manager is waiting for the last day of the transfer window, he calls it like playing chess.

In the end the team recovered well enough to win races and finish second in the Constructors» Championship, but if the same sort of thing happens this year it may end up being too late for them to challenge for either championship, especially if Ferrari suddenly remember how to do strategy.

He was to become, six years later, the No. 1 speed skater in the U.S. and the most talented member of the first U.S. team to compete at a world speed - skating championship.

The USGA is fond of getting the national championship on the West Coast during the longest days of the year, allowing for finishes as late as 11 p.m. ET.

A little more than one year and two state championships later, Chidom's game is still a bit befitting of her nickname.

As they battled, Jaime Alguersuari scampered off up the road to win the race and the championship - less than a year later, he was an F1 driver.

The Cardinals believe that Freese's magical October — he was the first position player since the Cardinals» Darrell Porter in 1982 to win league championship series and World Series MVP trophies in the same postseason — is just the beginning for a 28 - year - old late bloomer whose promising career had been derailed by a series of injuries.

He won the championship with # 22 as a British driving for a British team exactly one year later in a wet Brazilian GP.

His father, basketball star Ray Allen, scored 26 points two nights later in game six of the NBA Finals to give the Celtics their first championship in 22 years.

Just last year I witnessed a massive meltdown by North Carolina St. in the late innings that saw their championship hopes crushed.

Lane's hard work pays off when he wins the 1987 world championship, but the danger of the sport catches up with him two years later, when he dies as a result of an accident during competition.

A multimillion - dollar championship is to be held in Dubai later this year.

He has also been an accomplished late model stock race car driver for over 20 years and has earned three track championships, winning over 250 events.

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He announced his retirement as a driver later that year after clinching the U.S. Road Racing championship series at Riverside International Raceway.

When his racing career ended a year later after his third national championship, Shelby set his mind on building an American sports car that could beat the best European models.

Today, a year later, the Huracán GT3 is ready for a global challenge: it has been chosen by more than 20 customer teams, with 40 cars competing over 78 race weekends in 13 of the most prestigious GT championships worldwide: from IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the United States to Asian Championships such as SuperGT, Asian Le Mans Series and GT Asia, through Europe's major series such as Blancpain GT, ADAC GT Masters, British GT Championship, Campionato Italiano GT, International GT Open, International Endurance Series and Michelin GT3 Cup.

Later that year she finished her championship.

Provo Golf Club and Country Club, the 18 - hole championship course which is frequently described as one of the top golfing resorts in the Caribbean, is celebrating its 20th anniversary later this year.

A year later in 2012, Blevins won his first Halo championship for Halo 4 at the Halo 4 Exhibition as a member of a team called the Warriors.

After finishing as state runner - up, the previous three years, Jupiter High School's cheerleading squad finally tasted victory late Sunday night as they captured the FHSAA Class 2A state championship in the Medium Varsity Division.