The Sabres settled on two second-round picks over the next two years because Los Angeles didn't have a first-round pick this year.

WSJ: LA Kings acquire D Robyn Regehr from Buffalo

For the next round of Lincolns to be successful they can't just harness what worked in the past, however, and McGovern knows this.

FORBES: The Mark Of Lincoln

They probably didn't see anything wrong with what they did because they were focused on the next round and winning medals for their country, he said.

CNN: Olympic badminton players disqualified for trying to lose

Patrick Mercer must also hope that the initiative doesn't backfire, and round on Tory MPs in marginal seats like him at the next election.

BBC: NHS budget squeeze: PM gives new commitment

Norm Duke had three consecutive 300s in a standard PBA Tour event in 1996, the PBA said Monday, but the performance didn't count as a 900 series because he ended one round with two perfect games and started the next round with the third.

NPR: North Carolina Man Rolls 1st PBA 900 Series