Always a precocious sporting talent at school and a member of Bath RFC since the age of seven, it was not long before the centre broke into the top flight of the domestic game.
Knicks coach Mike Woodson said before a 100-94 victory that his team initially planned to fly home after the game, but the flight had already been postponed.
Furthermore, live TV has proved particularly popular with sports junkies, many of whom would have to otherwise make a tough choice between catching a game and booking a flight.
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Now Alec was risking it all on a flight crew that interfered with his word game.
Especially when you consider that the Amber Army were only one game away from the top flight of English football less than 20 years ago.
Leeds, which was relegated from the top-flight in 2004, now faces an away game at Premier League champion Manchester City.
So really, what motivation is there for (usually very unpaid) games journalists to turn down a free flight, hotel and early access to a game?
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Built in 1929, it has hosted sporting events and concerts throughout the years, including the first indoor college football game in 1930 and indoor helicopter flight in 1970.
The prize consists of a trip for the winner and a guest to England's World Cup game against Paraguay in Frankfurt on Saturday 10 June, including return flight from Stansted Airport and two nights' bed and breakfast accommodation in Frankfurt, plus match tickets to the game.
Fun game: putting wildly disparate apps like Flight Tracker and Madden NFL in the same folder and seeing what name the system comes up with.
Military flight simulators have long born a resemblance to their video game counterparts, and have taken more than a few pointers over the years.
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OK, well, you do, because the airline says you do and as one or other of the Baldwins (and how many of them are there anyway?) found out a few days ago continuing to play a game will lead to your being turfed off the flight.
Long touted as a fuel-efficient industry game-changer, Boeing's Dreamliner shattered the flight distance record for an aircraft of its size, with a 19, 835km flight from Seattle to Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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After catching a flight to San Francisco, Barry Bonds played in last night's game and did not make history - not quite, not yet.
The Plymouth Raiders posted their highest finish in their three seasons in the top flight - fifth - by beating Newcastle 89-83 in their final game.
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Football games last about three hours -- longer than the actual flight -- and still passengers were willing to pay to watch a game they knew they wouldn't catch the end of.
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Days before the Nets were supposed to make their Brooklyn debut at the Barclays Center, on November 1, their long-time announcer was home in New Jersey, preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy and thinking about a flight to Texas, where he was scheduled to call the Buffalo- Houston game on November 4.
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Dr Meyer's flight of fancy shows that such computers could also operate comfortably in the area of game theory, with all that implies for modelling complex systems and, presumably, for games themselves.
They took a nine hour flight from Osaka to Brisbane, traveled by bus to the stadium, dutifully watched the game and left immediately for the airport for the return trip to Osaka.
During a second flight test in January, the Raytheon kill vehicle missed the target by 100 feet because two "end-game" sensors both experienced mechanical failures.
As he, his assistant coaches and his players ambled on to the team plane after their victory in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday night, Giants head coach Tom Coughlin beheld a sight that promised a raucous and rowdy flight home.
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