For our money, not that we have all that much of it, the highlight of the party and definitely something we had never seen before at an event anywhere, was the Old Spice lumberjacks station with the champion crosscut team of Dave Jewett and Mike Sullivan.
They have played each other the last few years, but not ranked number one and number two, with Texas the defending champion, and Ohio State, the team many people think will succeed it as champion.
The team is without Paralympic champion Heather Frederiksen, who misses the event with a shoulder injury.
But he forecast a strong season ahead for himself and the team, and the former GP2 champion reserved a special welcome for the return of slick tyres to the sport.
Rosberg fills one of the two slots in the team caused by the departures of world champion Jenson Button and Brazilian Rubens Barrichello.
He had been linked with a move to Ferrari, but the Italian team retained world champion Kimi Raikkonen and Brazilian driver Felipe Massa.
Indeed, does anyone think the 2008 New York Giant Super Bowl Champion team was better than the New England Patriots that they beat?
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Father Don Farnan, a priest of the affiliated parish, described him as a "normal kid" who'd been on the city champion basketball team and was always at Mass on Sunday mornings.
The Dominicans became the first unbeaten WBC champion, beating Team Puerto Rico for the third time in this Classic.
The University of Manchester has become only the second team to retain the title of University Challenge champion in the programme's history.
The seven-time F1 world champion was helping the Italian team with their own appraisal of the Bridgestone rubber.
"They don't really care about anybody else on the team, " the three-time NBA scoring champion said.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel won the drivers' title in 2010, becoming the youngest champion in F1 history, while the team also took the constructors' championships.
"It's the beginning of the season and this advantage in the championship helps the team work in a relaxed way, " the champion said.
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Despite the recruitment of Wolff, the most high-profile new arrival at the German team ahead of the new campaign is 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton -- who ended a career-long association with McLaren to sign a three-year contract with Mercedes in September.
If they come back against Texas and go on to win the World Series, history will deservedly record the 2010 Yankee team as a champion.
As the rain held off at Hockenheim, the Red Bulls and Ferrari dominated the fastest laps leaving world champion Button and team-mate Hamilton struggling 0.634 seconds behind the front two, something that troubled both McLaren drivers.
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Campos - who has already signed Brazilian Bruno Senna, the nephew of the late triple world champion Ayrton - would not confirm whether the team would make it to the first race.
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That honour fell to Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, whose chaotic announcement of a five-year sponsorship deal with Spanish bank Santander - which became a McLaren sponsor during Fernando Alonso's brief stint with the team - prompted speculation he would also confirm the double world champion's widely-anticipated move to Ferrari in 2010.
Button left the Brawn team, now owned by Mercedes, to join the 2008 champion Hamilton at McLaren earlier this week.
The 1982 team lost to eventual national champion North Carolina led by Michael Jordan, James Worthy and Sam Perkins 52-50 in the final minute.
Eaton broke the world mark with 9039 points at the U.S. trials in June where 2008 Olympic champion Bryan Clay failed to make the team after falling in the 110 meters hurdles.
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No one is more affected by the imminent closure, of course, than Mr. Benson himself, who lost his vision in his 20s and yet skillfully makes his way around the restaurant, pointing out portraits of his dogs and a signed picture from the 1986 Super Bowl champion Giants team.
In other sports, the conversation ends even if a mediocre team wins the championship game or series: the champion is determined.
While the Big East champion Cardinals surged to the top of the 68-team bracket released Sunday, joined by fellow No. 1 seeds Kansas, Indiana and Gonzaga, the team that won it all a year ago was left out of the field.
"The women have a strong team, " said Maurice Green, the former Olympic sprint champion who is now a commentator for EuroSport.
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After outlasting fourteen other international teams, Dominican Republic baseball fans may soon have cause to celebrate, as the team faces Puerto Rico for a chance to be named world champion in the World Baseball Classic.
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Like the Heritage winner, the Colonial champion gets a plaid jacket, though the 2008 Ryder Cup team member wasn't able to compare any differences between them.
The largest cheer was for the host team Canada, with Clara Hughes, defending 5000m speed skating champion waving the flag and clad all in red.
Fernando Alonso is said to be keen on having the 2009 world champion as a future team-mate.
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