Sentences with phrase «series championship this year»

Not exact matches

I certainly enjoyed racing in Formula One and in the all the racing series where I competed, including the championship years in SCCA.

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.

And while he didn't promise to end Cleveland's 50 - year championship drought, James did, in dramatic style, lead the Cavaliers to overturn a 3 - 1 series deficit against the favored Golden State Warriors.

That was the first year he ran full - time in the series and the year he won his first XFINITY series championship... driving a car owned by his father, Dale Earnhardt, Sr..

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.

The Cubs lost to the Washington Nationals, 8 - 4, on Wednesday and fell to 39 - 39 on the season, after winning 200 games over the last two seasons, including the club's first World Series championship in 108 years last fall.

But there is a new behemoth in the National League Central in the Chicago Cubs, who captured their first World Series championship in 108 years on Thursday night.

He has spent the last two years managing in the Toronto Blue Jays organization, at Lansing in the Midwest League in 2011 (where he led the team to the championship series before losing) and at Dunedin in the Florida State League in 2012.

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.

The Cavaliers were getting their championship rings a couple hundred feet away from where the Indians were trying to win their first World Series in 68 years.

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.

But over the last four years, Cox has replenished the farm system — the Braves» top three minor league clubs all played in league championship series last year — and in the off - season he sought to improve the major league club's offense with the three AL imports.

The Astros will win their first - ever championship, or the Dodgers will end their near 30 - year championship drought, as their last World Series appearance and victory came back when Orel Hersisher, who last pitched in 2000, was the same age Clayton Kershaw is now.

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

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.

He was D4D's Driver of the Year in 2007; in 2009 he he was named Rookie of the Year and became the first D4D driver to win a touring series race in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West; and in 2010 he added a third victory and finished third in the West champioseries race in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West; and in 2010 he added a third victory and finished third in the West champioSeries West; and in 2010 he added a third victory and finished third in the West championship.

For a while series organisers have wanted the season to run across two calendar years with the championship finale taking place at Le Mans in June.

The 2016 World Series was already going to be a series for the ages, because Cleveland and Chicago had been waiting YEARS to break their championship droSeries was already going to be a series for the ages, because Cleveland and Chicago had been waiting YEARS to break their championship droseries for the ages, because Cleveland and Chicago had been waiting YEARS to break their championship droughts.

Of course the whole point of this is to get the championship to a point where it can start at the end of the year and finish at Le Mans, something series boss Gerard Neveu says is a no - brainer.

That was his last year in single seaters and he then made the switch to endurance racing, where he won the LMP2 class at Le Mans in 2008, as well as winning the LMP2 championship in the Le Mans Series.

Bowyer hopes his breakthrough mirrors Truex, who after snapping his streak in 2013 began a career resurgence that culminated with him capturing the Cup Series championship last year.

On the strength of having won the 2015 Xfinity Series championship, the 23 - year - old had proven to be deserving of a promotion.

Trailing Houston's Bob Mosbacher going into the final race, Skipper BUDDY FRIEDRICHS JR., a 27 - year - old stockbroker from New Orleans, retained his North American Dragon Class championship when he finished the four - race series in Toronto with three firsts and a sixth.

Only eight years removed from their team's last World Series championship, Twins fans have replaced their Homer Hankies with white flags, essentially surrendering the season before it begins.

James overpowered the Warriors as the Cavaliers came back from a 3 - 1 series deficit to deliver the city of Cleveland its first championship in 52 years.

And in that year's ABA championship series against Denver, he put together five consecutive games the likes of which no one had ever seen: 45 points, 12 rebounds; 48 points, 14 rebounds; 31 points, 10 rebounds; 34 points, 15 rebounds; 31 points, 19 rebounds.

Other notable additions to next year's ballot include Andy Pettitte, who won 256 games and was a part of five Yankees World Series championship teams; switch - hitter Lance Berkman, who posted a 144 OPS + in 15 years; and 2002 American League MVP a Miguel Tejada.

This series from Tim Holmes design takes every round of this year's championship and turns it into a livery inspired by the country it's hosted in.

This series is a rematch of last year's Finals, where the Sparks took home their third championship in franchise history in dramatic fashion.

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.

With the Formula V8 3.5 Series ending this year, we take a look at some of the quality F1 drivers the championship has given us

Or, if you only count World Series championships as actual success, then uh, the Mariners have never been successful in 39 years.

Jay Springsteen's second - place finish in the final event of the American Motorcycle Association's pro series at Ascot Park in Gardena, Calif. earned him 260 points for the year and his second straight championship.

Just a few months ago, the Cleveland Cavaliers broke their city's 52 - year championship drought by overcoming a 3 - 1 series deficit against the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals.

Since 2005, the North - South championship series has featured one or both programs every year except for 2008 when Jesuit and Buhach Colony met for the title.

Of course, a one - make championship filled with literally dozens of the series» top drivers is going to lead to a closely - fought race, especially somewhere with as many long straights as Le Mans, and so it proved to be the case this year.

You know 1907 is a long time ago, but to make it feel that much longer ago, remember that the last Cubs» World Series championship came a year after that start.

That starts with the Minnesota Twins each round after their 103 - loss season, and ends with the Chicago Cubs, who won 103 games in 2016 en route to their first World Series championship in 108 years.

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 injseries 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 injSeries 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 injseries of injuries.

Newgarden did briefly have a crack at making it in Europe and even raced in GP3 in 2010, but the following year he returned to America where he won the Indy Lights championship (the main feeder series to IndyCar).

There's no doubt that IndyCar (and other American series) has plenty of talented drivers, but the modern F1 way is for teams to recruit young drivers to their junior programmes and prepare them for F1 over a number of years, rather than simply plucking good drivers from other championships as occasionally used to be the case.

Last year, Busch was in a similar position and claimed his first series title by outdueling Kevin Harvick for both the race win and championship.

Our major concern is that the working man and woman who follow baseball all year long should have a chance to watch the two premier events, the league championships and the World Series.

The Brit is taking the step up to Formula 2 after winning last year's Formula 3 championship to go with his Formula Renault 2.0 NEC, Toyota Racing Series and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 titles.

As with any series, being with a top team is a good thing, and Prema (the team Stroll has been with since his Italian F4 days) has won the F3 championship every year since 2012.

Sections may include who won the World Series and other sports championships as well as a cost of living comparison — who knew a carton of milk was only $ 1.20 in 1985 — films that came out the same year they were married and chart topping songs of the year.

The team wound up a banner year with a trip to the American Legion World Series in Fargo, N.D. Arlington Heights lost 10 - 0 to Newbury Park, Calif., in the championship game Sunday night, but coach Lloyd Meyer said the team was still ecstatic about finishing second in the nation.

It is also the final contest before the series» Angler of the Year championship in September.

Next weekend, I'll be watching the Sydney triathlon — the first stop on this year's world championships series, and the first race on this course since Simon Whitfield's immortal gold - medal performance in 2000.

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.