Sentences with phrase «of championship contenders»

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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.

If even 1 of those fails to materialize, I don't see how they ever become a championship contender.

Eight highly talented contenders are racing for the championship... even as the league claims that three quarters of its franchises are swimming in red ink.

The famed skipper of America's Cup contender «Vim» switched to ocean racing and sailed off with the Southern Circuit championship

Some of the talk involves teams that are considered championship contenders, but the theme this year seems to be dealing for high - profile free - agents - to - be, like Manning, Grant and Coleman, and not just adding one more horse for a championship run.

For PHilly it's an easy no because we really need Embiid to become a championship contender without the addition of somebody like Lebron or Kawhi.

I guess what it comes down to is that even with the addition of the international players a month from now, I don't feel very confident that the Thorns automatically become a championship or shield contender.

This guy has 7 Championship rings, played under Hall of Fame coaches (Pop, Phil, Rudy), played with Hall of Fame players (Hakeem, Duncan, Shaq, Manu, Kobe, Tony, etc.), been in a championship contender locker room.

With Russell Westbrook healthy heading into the playoffs, the Oklahoma City Thunder were viewed as one of the top championship contenders.

Budke, an NJCAA Hall of Famer who won four juco national championships in the 1990s at Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas — including the»96 title, with Serna at point guard — had transformed OSU in five years into a Big 12 contender.

The 29 - year - old has never finished better than T9 in a major championship, but has looked the part of a major championship contender this week.

Simon Pagenaud and Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports made the giant leap from weekly contenders to annual race winners in 2013 and may have established themselves as one of the championship favorites ahead of next season.

If given a choice of being above average but no titles or crappy for 4 years and then a championship contender I pick the latter every single time.

For this discussion to be meaningful, it needs to take into account all of the additional ancillary revenues that accrue to being a perennial NBA championship contender vs. just another team in the mix.

Here's the thing: as much as Beilein's offenses look great and invoke the abilities of shooters, his defenses are generally substandard for what a championship contender requires.

His lack of these two important qualities dooms the Colts to being merely a playoff team and not a championship contender.

A string of NCAA championships, A-A champs and contenders, international visitors, etc. made it a sold - out event, w / both men & women's teams on the bill whenever possible.When Wettstone retired after 36 yrs, with his (still) record 9 team championships along w / 36 Indiv.

Leicester are the shock contenders in the championship race and N'Golo Kante has been somewhat of an unsung hero until recent weeks.

The team's status as championship contenders means he probably won't get to do any Friday practice sessions, but he explained to us that simulator work and continuing to learn and develop his understanding of F1 alongside engineers will make up a big part of his 2018 calendar.

After all, he's one of the best players at his position and one of the two pillars, along with Ben Simmons, that have dragged Philadelphia basketball from a perennial lottery team to potential championship contenders.

Using our bracket simulator tool, we also found that Duke was one of the most overvalued teams in the nation while North Carolina is one of the top contenders for the national championship.

Despite that obvious obstacle to Pleasant Grove's goal of a league championship, Nordquist and the Eagles hope they can round into title contenders come February.

Nick Saban has done an elite job of not only building national championship contenders year in and year out, but also preparing his star - studded talent into bonafide NFL prospects.

Showtime Boxing: Take a look at the week of action leading up to Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. stepping in the ring against perennial Top 10 light heavyweight contender Andrzej Fonfara on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.

McFarland USA, which hits theaters on Friday (January 20), is the story of a cross country coach in a small California town who transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders — Watch the trailer below!

Language: English Genre: Drama / Sport MPAA rating: PG Director: David Anspaugh Actors: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper Plot: Based on a true story of the 1954 Milan Indians, a coach with a checkered past and a former - player - turned alcoholic take an unlikely group of athletes on a journey to become contenders for the state basketball championship.

Synopsis: A track coach in a small California town transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders (IMDb).

The GT3 contender, which made its IGTC debut in October's inaugural race at Laguna Seca with RealTime Racing, so far has two confirmed entries for the Suzuka 10 Hours, with European and U.S. - based customers evaluating programs for Rounds 2 and 4 of the globe - trotting championship.

Hopefully we can start turning this around to look like championship contenders in the second half of the season.»

When this Association was» formed in 1924 there were few Springers in the United States and no field trials for the breed, Since that time, under the wise and benevolent leadership of the Parent Association there are now many thousands of Springers used as gun dogs each autumn and there were in 1946 some twenty» two trials herd for the breed where championship points were awarded, Thus the Springer Spaniel, youngest of all gun dog breeds in this country, has made rapid strides and established itself as a leading contender for the title of all around gun dog, under the leadership of the Parent Association, This first National Field Trial meeting for English Springer Spaniels is ~ a sincere attempt to establish by equitable and sporting means the National Chaffi..

The major emphasis of ranked championships is for players to win 3 consecutive fight now matches to attain contender status before winning the big title fight to become a champion followed by a continued focus on defending your championship belt with a winning streak.

In at least one very high profile instance, a number of players got together and decided to go play for the same team in order to build a championship contender.