Word: championship
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Martin, the man of high emotions, saw the championship-as he saw everything-in personal terms. "This was a goddam tough team to manage. I held this club together. That man," he said, referring to Steinbrenner, "almost cost us the pennant." Steinbrenner saw it more coldly. "We put this team together without Billy; we got him the best players money could buy. He's crazy to take the credit for our success...
...team received a small trophy for their regional championship and each member was awarded a plaque. "They are all on cloud nine after this one, and so am I," Hunt said...
Columbia University coach Bill Campbell had traveled to the region, which spawned another championship quarterback (Joe Namath), to recruit the 5-11, 185-pound QB-placekicker for the Lions...
...game after he landed a role in the 1930 Paul Whiteman musical "The King of Jazz." During the filming, Crosby and some other musicians played a round at the Lakeside Golf Club in Los Angeles. Crosby became a life-long member of Lakeside and won. the club championship several times...
Despite an elegant and truly rhapsodical swing, MacDonald never won a major championship. He was "always the bridesmaid but never the bride." In the 1925 British Open he needed a final round of 78 to win, and staggered to an 82. In 1936 H.B. Martin wrote: "There is no more flagrant case of miscarried justice than in the story of MacDonald Smith, youngest of the Smith clan and the most brilliant...Dame Fate took a particular delight in mocking his genius, encouraging him with lesser prizes but always refusing his demand for stellar honors...