Sentences with phrase «division race»

But I was hoping for a seven - way tie for the second wild card race, and all we got are a couple of division races that might effectively be over in two days.

It was the kind of moment that makes division races memorable and convinces an aspiring championship team that it really is charmed.

But the Astros should be in a close division race, which means it might be more practical to go with cost certainty over raffle tickets and long - term projects.

This is Cordele Motor Speedway on Oct. 27, the last day of the 1996 Sportsman division racing season.

three - team division race since 1982.

The Southeast is the tightest division race in the NBA with three teams vying to clinch the division.

But with star Steven Stamkos out for a third straight game with an upper - body injury, the Lightning earned one point for going to OT but relinquished control of the Atlantic Division race to Boston.

It has also created a welcome buzz around many clubhouses, if not in the stands, in a season in which five of the six division races look to be as suspenseful as old reruns of Gilligan's Island.

Considering this was Patrick's first start as a full - time Cup Series driver, many reasoned she would only improve with experience and eventually break through to become the first female driver to win a NASCAR national touring division race.

Chicago looks for its first win over the Pacers this season and tries to keep pace in the NBA's Central division race.

The Eastern Division race was close between Kentucky and New York.

Memphis has the early scheduling edge, but this could be one of the most exciting division races in college football.

Fifth - division Racing Besancon were beaten 3 - 1 by Angers, the promoted side maintaining their good form having climbed to third place in the table.

MONTEREY >> Using depth to finish in the top three in several key divisions, the Tam High mountain - biking club team won its third consecutive NorCal Division I race on Sunday at Fort Ord.

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According to Westgate, the AL West will likely be the closest division race, while last year's World Series participants, the Cubs and Indians, have the strongest hold of their respective divisions.

New York was more like a team of pygmies before scrambling Fran Tarkenton and, of all things, a rapidly jelling defense put it in the thick of its division race and — crazy!

The season has only just started, but the Yankees have already lost a significant amount of ground in the division race.

With 3 games in the books it's easier to see the Division races starting to take shape..

They may be out of the Division race at this point, but they have more than enough time to get hot and come into the Playoffs with some momentum.

The South's race is going to be the most interesting Division race to close the Season.

The Titans are currently tied at 7 - 6 with the Texans and are only behind in the division race thanks to a Week 4 loss in Houston.

I expect the Eagles to be really good (again) this season so the division race will be tight.

The Giants still have hope of catching up in the division race, but more realistically they're hunting for the No. 5 seed.

They were in the front spot, with a safety net of the second Wild Card under the safety net of the first Wild Card, and they were still in a division race.

Vapor Whirl ($ 10), with Johnny Sellers up, beat the favored Bluescope by a head in the $ 14,925 first - division race.

Boston hasn't been mathematically eliminated from the division race, but the general consensus among NBA pundits is that Toronto has the division in the bag.

As expected, the Southeast Division race is tightly contested and the division race could come down to the very last day of the regular season.

New Orleans» 0 - 2 start comes despite some strong play from the offense, but will that be enough to fight back into the division race?

Everyone else in the NFC West is miles ahead of where the Cardinals are, so being a tough out and a spoiler in the division race is their ceiling for a few seasons.

The Baltimore Orioles are in the midst of a division race, and the fans remember the solo home run that Orioles first baseman Rafael Palmeiro launched onto the Eutaw Street concourse beyond rightfield three innings earlier.

He is winless at Chicagoland in 15 career starts, one of three tracks the seven - time champion has not won a premier - division race.

The only way it could shuffle around a bit is if the division races in both the NFC North and NFC East take a turn, which is very possible.

They still host FSU, though, so that could make the division race fun.

With or without a trade, I would expect the Braves to take this division race and be a potent team in October.

I individual title as a freshman and finish sixth in the Division I race at the state meet, but it was not until she won the Stanford Invitational as a sophomore that she realized just how good she might be.

If the Phillies are somehow in the hunt as the division race turns for home, look out.

California still trails in the division race.

She would correct that with team section titles in 2013 and 2015, but the spotlight started to focus on the young runner after she finished sixth in the Division I race at the CIF Cross Country Championships as a freshman.

Dallas controls the NFC East but a stumble against Washington makes the division race interesting.

Teams within each division race against each other.