Sentences with phrase «of championship line»

I have had as many as 11 dogs (have been a hobby breeder of championship line beagles in the past).

Not exact matches

So with the final race of the season coming up this weekend at Homestead — and the championship on the line for Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Joey Logano, and Kyle Busch — this seemed like the perfect time to talk to Brian.

CNN: Mormon linebacker helps lead Catholic Notre Dame to national championship game It was a goal - line stand in the fourth quarter that sealed the University of Notre Dame football team's Saturday victory over the University of Southern California — and earned the No. 1 - ranked team a trip to the national championship game.

Now, I will agree with the last lines of the article stating that it proved a championship was not impossible.

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.

The stakes weren't as high Sunday as they were in November when a berth in the championship finale was on the line, but for a driver and team in the midst of a three - year - plus dry spell, what was before them carried considerable importance.

Yearly grousing about his inability to win (another) national championship had crescendoed to a furious roar, and it really felt like this was the end of the line for Les.

Further exemplified by what happened when Kenseth quickly fell on the wrong side of the cut line, as Logano went from being on the bubble — he and Harvick had a fierce battle in the closing laps of regulation where if Harvick had passed him, it would've resulted in Logano's elimination — to capitalizing on Kenseth's mistake and celebrating not only a win, but also the championship opportunity that awaits next weekend.

If you need him to score a couple of goals he'll do that, ask him to him to lead the line of a championship winning team that's a step to far.

The players I found all fall below what I have named «The Kreklow Line» — 100 minutes or fewer played in the NBA as part of a championship roster, so named for Wayne Kreklow's 100 minutes with the 1981 Boston Celtics.

Tony Schiavone — since he called the majority of his matches and his biggest moments (like beating Hogan in Atlanta for the championship)... And hopefully the fans wouldn't boo him for the infamous «That'll put some butts in the seats» line... lol

Kroenke has told us that his aims are not the same as us fans, will we continue to spend our very hard earned cash to line the pockets of a very rich owner who does not want to win championships.

The injuries that occur — or heal — can lift a team (Colorado left wing Valeri Kamensky's return in Game 3 from a broken right arm permitted the Avalanche to move Adam Deadmarsh from wing to third - line center and drop pivot Dale Hunter to the fourth line, creating a more balanced lineup) or devastate it (Detroit winger Martin Lapointe looked lost in Games 3, 4 and 5 after his center, Igor Larionov, fractured a pinky in Game 2), but they are all part of the process of winning championships.

In a dry (and fast) run for the 2012 Olympics, the world championships in South Korea produced a pair of stirring story lines: Usain's redemption and the USA's dominance

Hamilton crossed the line in first place to win his fifth Chinese GP, secure the 54th victory of his career and draw level on points with Vettel in the championship.

Two weeks after SI road - tested the new Corvette — and invited General Motors onto the hay - bale - lined road to the sports car championship of the world (SI, Jan. 16)-- GM's Chevrolet division made an epochal announcement:

Riley has made it clear he doesn't want to return to the bench, and potential hires down the line include only one NBA coach who has won a championship and isn't of retirement age: Doc Rivers, who has insisted to friends that he would sit out at least one season should he ever leave the Celtics.

To be fair to Albon he was somewhat unlucky that his car launched in the air in such a way, and with a championship on the line you can't really blame him for a small heat - of - the - moment misjudgement.

The final four drivers will have their points reset for the final race, with the simple goal of beating the other three to the finish line to win the 2017 Cup championship.

I know plenty of people who act like they played on their third line during their championship runs and have all of the gear, but I see Pirates stuff at least 50 % less — the Pirates haven't won a division in 25 years.

A double - bogey 6 had knocked him to even - par for the championship, just a couple of shots clear of the cut line.

Take it or leave it, if you are a true Arsenal fan and we lose out of the champions league, how are you gonna feel when teams are lining up for the championship next season.

The championship game of the tournament presented a tough line - up of Cambridge, with a 0.5 - point handicap, against the London team.

As always, the marquee event that keeps even casual golf fans» interest between Augusta and the United States» national championship offers a slew of riveting story lines — even without the possibility of adding another chapter to the Tiger - Sergio Garcia saga.

With the 1980 championship on the line, was he nervous about having to fight off a pack of hard - charging heroes like Yarborough, Richard Petty, Bobby Allison, et al.?

Bruce McLaren won it, but all eyes were on Jack Brabham, who ran out of fuel on the last lap but pushed his car across the line to finish fourth and take the first of his three world championships.

«Your power comes from your hips and your ass, that's where your biggest muscles are,» says one of those admirers, Joe Pendry, an O - line coach for 45 years in the NFL and in college, including Bama's 2009 championship season.

This is the pitcher whose world championship season of 1967 was only briefly abridged by a broken leg he suffered from a Roberto Clemente line drive that left a vapor trail on its way to fracturing the righthander's right leg just above the ankle.

Over the past few weeks we've discussed some of the top betting trends during bowl season, broken down potential championship matchups and explained how bettors can utilize reverse line movement to identify sharp money.

These odds are an imperfect measurement, and the actual Super Bowl 51 line will likely be impacted by the outcome of Sunday's conference championship games.

Bayley's prize for winning the match for the Monday show was a post-match beatdown that very well might have pushed her ahead of Sasha Banks in the championship line.

She played it safe on her third try, taking off well behind the line and still ended up with a distance of 41 feet, easily winning the championship.

The public fascination with # 1 LSU continues, with eight out of ten spread wagers picking Les Miles» team to cover at home in this SEC championship game (even though the sportsbooks adjusted their lines to give # 14 Georgia an additional 2.5 points).

It's the calm before the college football conference championship storm, but that doesn't mean bettors shouldn't be monitoring some crazy Seahawks line movement, how LeBron performs on back - to - backs and my favorite podcast guest in all of sports, Alan Boston joining «The Buffet with Chad and Scooch».

Payne was one of the next men up on the line for the Crimson Tide and showed out on the biggest stage in the national championship against Georgia.

unbelievable really if true as it is what they are missing and will make them a better team... meanwhile the delusional fossil is preparing to tell us fans that we tried hard in this window but couldnt find the kind of quality needed to improve the team... when the truth is that lacazette welbeck giroud could be a front line trio for any club from mid championship to mid premiership

In November of 2011, Jim Capoot, the former Vallejo High girls basketball head coach who led his team to the 2009 CIF Sac - Joaquin Section Division II championship, was killed in the line of duty as a Vallejo police officer.

With the sportsbooks adjusting their lines to take a half - point away from road dog Michigan State, slightly more than six out of ten spread bets are going with # 15 Wisconsin to win by double - digits and secure the Big Ten championship trophy.

Reading between the lines, Michigan did not improve throughout the NCAA Tournament and it showed by getting run out of the Alamodome in the national championship.

With a driver line up this strong, Ferrari has a great chance of securing second place in the constructors» championship next year...

Because of Ocon's lack of experience I wouldn't say that their driver line - up is as strong as last year, but Ocon is not a bad replacement for Hulkenberg and should provide a challenge for Perez but I expect Perez to finish ahead in the championship.

Team foundations are found on the line of scrimmage, but in order to win a division title, a conference championship and have a shot at playing for a national championship, a top - level quarterback has to be running the show.

According to Amadu, the championship which drew to a close on Friday, has lined up a chain of activities which would include medical outreach to Bama, Konduga, and Magumeri IDPs camps, educational training for Army Education Corps in Maiduguri, security awareness meetings with the traditional rulers and distribution of relief materials to IDPs within Maiduguri and surrounding towns.

It's still unclear whether Bill de Blasio will be able to stave off a runoff tonight, but in the race for public advocate — an almost entirely powerless position that is nevertheless first in the line of succession for the mayoralty, for some reason — state Senator Daniel Squadron and city Councilwoman Letitia James are locked in at around 33 percent to 35 percent each, and will face each other for the championship on October 1, according to the AP.

The organizers of the Evolution Championship Series, also known as EVO, has announced the game line - up for their world championship tournament for this year.

After all, sports films almost always try to fit a feel - good mold, and given that the team would be beyond any hope of a miracle to have a championship season after losing all of their best players and coaching staff, finding a silver lining on this massive cloud would prove about as difficult as Marshall even winning one game that season.

After the tragic death of the school's star player Caroline «Line» Found, the remaining team players must band together under the guidance of their tough - love coach in hope of winning the state championship.

And even though Fiat eventually denatured and virtually destroyed the marque (it exists only in the Italian market today with a truncated, uninteresting product line), it nonetheless allowed development of multiple rally championship models, including the iconic Stratos and the incredibly capable, all - wheel - drive, supercharged and turbocharged Delta Integrale.

But with 23 championship points on the line and the imperative to complete at least 70 percent of the race distance to earn points, the titles hang in the balance.

A multiple championship winning driver with Corvette racing in North America, the Bedfordshire - born will be lining up in his canary - yellow Corvette C6.R race car next Saturday, April 17 on the streets of Long Beach, California against fellow competitors in BMWs, Ferraris, Ford GTs, Jaguars and Porsches.