Word: championing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Dartmouth, the Haines Cup after sweeping the Navy lights in all three varsity races, and the Goldthwait Cup with a varsity win over Yale and Princeton. The lightweight varsity finished with a 6-1 dual record a season ago, the lone loss coming at the hands of eventual national champion Cornell.But despite the Crimson’s strong seasons in 2006 and 2007, Cornell bested Harvard twice when it counted most. And in ancient rowing tradition, race winners take home the losing crews’ T-shirts along with their gold medals.Watching Cornell put on the Crimson colors...
...pumps up and down and violently thrusts it at her target. "That's a savage downward shot," the announcer barks on the loudspeaker. Her rival's nut shatters, brown debris scatters on the white platform and the crowd erupts. After 30 strikes, Stone earns the title of Ladies' World Champion: she came, she saw, she conkered...
Commenting on this year’s success, Rooney draws parallels to last year’s similar results. The Crimson prevailed at the Dartmouth Invitational as champion, taken second at the Yale Fall Invitational, and placed second or third at the Princeton Invitational in both this season and last season...
...good thing she did. Since then, she has become the winningest coach in Harvard history, leading the Crimson to an incredible 268-124-19 during her first 13 seasons as head coach. Most recently, the team had an NCAA tournament appearance, losing to the eventual national champion Wisconsin in a four-overtime thriller...
Howard Lederer, a two-time World Poker Tour champion, and Crandell Addington, one of the founders of the World Series of Poker, told the audience that poker—which is illegal in several states, including Texas—should be allowed to emerge from its backroom days...