My goal at the start of the year - other than winning of course - was to make sure I was exempt by the time I came back for the British Masters.
Though Bryan got tons of love before the ACMs because of his new role as co-host with Shelton, the idea of winning entertainer of the year was far from his mind as he prepared to replace Reba McEntire on the show.
Sharapova, ranked No. 2, is aiming for her second title of the year after winning in Indian Wells.
In fact, during the past decade, Williams has averaged just 1.4 tournament wins the rest of the year after winning in Australia.
It is understood that owner Markus Liebherr is disappointed with what he sees as a lack of progress, despite Saints losing just three league games since the turn of the year and winning the Johnstone's Paint Trophy at Wembley.
If Ireland can get quick ball to their backs and take the game to the French like they did in their Grand Slam winning year of 2009, the first Six Nations game at the Aviva Stadium could be one to saviour.
This year, the odds of winning a space in a public gifted and talented kindergarten program were steeper than ever: The number of preschoolers testing in the 97% percentile and above soared by 47%, leaving more than 2, 600 children qualifying for about 400 spots in the city's five citywide kindergarten programs.
The year culminated with him winning the ICC ODI Player of the Year.
"I just wanted to be part of the night, because I loved it last year, obviously, " she said of winning a record-tying six awards in 2012.
Samsung didn't repeat their achievement of winning three awards this year like they did in '05, thanks to their award winning LE40M61B LCD, but they did happen to go home with best innovation for their LED-backlit LCDs.
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Mr Humala will be a candidate next year, though his chance of winning this time is smaller.
The MLB always lets the big TV market teams have the best chance of winning each year.
Wellstone became the only candidate to beat an incumbent senator that year, winning 50 percent of the vote to 48 percent.
The British team failed to win a medal at last September's World Championships but British boxers have excelled this year, winning a host of medals at various high-profile tournaments across the globe.
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At the Dubai Lynx Awards show in March (which is owned by Cannes Lions), organizers stripped the Qatari agency FP7 Doha of its Agency of the Year title after learning that several of its award-winning ads--including one allegedly given the nod by Samsung--were never commissioned and never ran.
After finishing last year with 22 home runs and winning the National League Rookie of the Year Award, he entered Tuesday with nine home runs this year.
"I wouldn't be surprised if he comes out next year and proves people wrong by winning a couple of majors, " said the 20-year-old from N Ireland.
Jack Nicklaus, who holds the record of winning 18 majors, said earlier this year that Woods needed to start winning soon if he was going to break his mark.
Despite the astronomical odds of winning, this year was a great one for American lotto, with multiple record-breaking jackpots.
Borel also was nearly unstoppable in 2009 aboard Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, winning the Preakness, Woodward, Haskell, Mother Goose, and Kentucky Oaks.
He must compensate for that potentially fatal weakness if he is to have any chance of winning in a year when banks are failing and the mortgage market evaporating.
Becker bemoaned the fact that Dinara Safina was installed as world number one for much of last year, despite never winning a grand slam, and said Clijsters remarkable return to claim the U.S. Open came not a minute too late.
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McIlroy moved to the top of the rankings earlier this year, finishing top of the PGA Tour money list after winning his second major title, and he leads the European Tour's Race To Dubai standings -- all of which has enhanced his reputation as one of the most desirable brands in the sport.
Beilein fashioned an 89-62 record in five years at Canisius, winning Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference coach of the year honors in 1994, then went to Richmond and had five winning seasons there.
Even the Bulls' 1995-96 team, which rolled to an amazing 72-10 record, was helped along by an abundance of bottom feeders--eight NBA teams had winning percentages of less than .400 that year.
Other on-board offerings came from Cardiff poet Matthew Francis, author of last year's prize-winning collection 'Dragons.
She came into the Olympics with the three best winning throws of the year.
In February, Lady Antebellum swept the Grammys, winning record of the year and song of the year.
Marian Macgowan, producer of last year's award-winning Two Hands, says that filming in the city center has become too expensive.
But the 31-year-old played down her chances of winning the upcoming contest.
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