The British tycoon signed a three-year title sponsor deal with the rookie team last December, which saw Sheffield-based Manor Motorsport rebranded as Virgin Racing.
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The Spaniard left McLaren at the end of last year, having fallen out with rookie team-mate Lewis Hamilton during his first season with the British-based outfit.
Virgin technical director Nick Wirth is hopeful that Timo Glock will take up the year remaining on his contract and stay with the rookie team in 2011 despite rumours that Renault are interested in the German.
Louis "Sweet Lou" Dunbar was a rookie award first-team member at the University of Houston before his 24-year playing career with the Harlem Globetrotters, where he is now a coach.
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It's a bit like being a rookie on the Ryder Cup team.
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Through his long friendship with former Wild assistant coach Mike Ramsey, Deutsch sometimes had filled in as a goalie during the team's rookie camps.
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But he was confirmed as team-mate to rookie Sebastian Buemi on Friday.
"They're a great team, " Magic rookie Maurice Harkless said.
Rookie Parry, a former Walker Cup team-mate of McIlroy, won his maiden title at the Vivendi Cup in Paris the week before the Ryder Cup.
The Class A South Atlantic League has a team in Charleston, and the rookie Appalachian League has teams in Bluefield and Princeton.
And the coach certainly didn't have a change of heart after keeping a close eye on the quarterback Friday, when the team opened a three-day rookie minicamp.
The team's also high on rookie Mark Pysyk, who has been steady in six games since making his NHL debut after being called up from the minors two weeks ago.
His team-mate will be the Brazilian rookie Lucas di Grassi, BBC Radio Sheffield has reported.
Europe team-mate and another Ryder Cup rookie Peter Hanson has been given at least Friday morning to recover from a chest infection that forced him to pull out of last week's Vivendi Cup with a chest infection.
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Renault rookie Heikki Kovalainen has made the top 10 and outqualified team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella for the second time this season.
The IMS rookie program has three confirmed drivers: AJ Allmendinger (Team Penske), Tristan Vautier (Schmidt Peterson Motorsports) and Carlos Munoz (Andretti Autosport).
Through rookie minicamp and the start of voluntary workouts known as organized team activities, coach Greg Schiano likes what he's seen.
Nomo won rookie of the year honors, made the All-Star team, pitched a no-hitter and posted a respectable 69-61 win-loss record during his U.S. career.
Hall, who has scored 44 tries in just 55 appearances for the Rhinos, was named international rookie of the year as well as the Super League Dream Team for 2009.
The clock is ticking for Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter to decide his future involvement with the NBA. The rapper, entertainer and budding sports agent has a minority stake in the Nets, but if he wants to represent the NBA's next rookie class, he would have to divest his share of the team, per league rules.
The Washington Redskins have not been that interesting for a long time, though the team has received a breath of fresh air with the electrifying play of rookie quarterback RG3 (Robert Griffin III).
The problem now is that any tinkering is hampered by the fact that versatile rookie guard Iman Shumpert tore his ACL and meniscus in Game 1, meaning the team will have to roll out the deer-in-the-headlights act of second-year guard Landry Fields in any experimental lineup.
Vanek and rookie Brian Flynn staked Buffalo to a 2-0 lead, with Vanek tallying his team-high 13th goal of the season on a second-period power play, and Flynn getting the first of his career midway through the third period.
In a decade long career, the 2001 National League Rookie of the Year has won six Silver Slugger Awards, appeared on the All Star team nine times and is the proud owner of a diamond and ruby encrusted 2006 World Series ring.
Combine those with a rookie quarterback, one with just one year as a college starter under his belt, and the team understandably played a conservative style, limiting his numbers.
The strategy initially appears to be a way of revitalizing moribund fan bases, but a look at recent history shows that immediately turning to rookie QBs puts the talented youngsters at greater risk of injury with no real financial payoff for the team.
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In his eighth season, Smith wants to share this achievement with everyone who has ever been part of Canisius hockey: from Tampa Bay Lightning center Cory Conacher, an NHL rookie of the year candidate this season, to David Dietz, the classics professor who established the first club team in 1971.
But it also represents a bold endorsement of David Wilson, the team's first-round pick in the 2012 draft, who flashed signs of greatness during his rookie season.
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