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No Robinho and no points for Real
MADRID AFP — Title favourites Real Madrid and Barcelona both slipped to opening day defeats on Sunday as underdogs Deportivo La Coruna and Numancia took the headlines. Champions Real sorely missed Brazilian Robinho, excluded from the squad due to his insistence on a move to Chelsea, as they fell...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Barcelona, league, stadium, underdog
Research articles 2008-08-31
This 'Bunny' trips over its own tale
You may not immediately place the names of Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, but the screenwriters are the Shakespeares of American movie comedy. They achieved this status in part by updating the Bard in  10 Things I Hate About You  (a sprightly rethink of  Taming of the Shrew )...
Tags: movie, underdog
Research articles 2008-08-22
Underdog Falcons may overachieve
Air Force's football team is, once again, expected to fizzle. The Falcons lost 16 starters, and one of those starters, Chad Hall, ranked among the top dozen players in the country. The team Hall left behind has a ravaged look. Air Force will be...
Tags: Air Force, Games, team, underdog
Research articles 2008-04-11
Hermits will need to play their best
Hard-checking St. Augustine Prep, the defending NJSIAA Non-Public state ice hockey champion, will be taking the ice against Delbarton School this afternoon at Newark's Prudential Center in a fight to hold on to its crown. The third-seeded Hermits (17-6-3) enter the 2 p.m. title game as an underdog against top-seeded...
Tags: crown, Games, Prudential Insurance Company of America, straight, underdog
Research articles 2008-03-22
Ford relishing role as NASCAR underdog
In the beleaguered U.S. auto industry, where job cuts and plant closings seem to accompany quarterly news of billion-dollar losses, doing more with less is a mantra. Ford Racing Technology director Dan Davis doesn't mind applying the strategy to NASCAR, particularly if his teams challenge for a title. ...
Tags: Ford Motor Co., manufacturer, Manufacturing, NASCAR, team, underdog
Research articles 2008-03-12
Giants eye epic Super Bowl upset
PHOENIX, Arizona AFP — The New York Giants are looking to inflict an epic upset on the unbeaten New England Patriots on Sunday, hoping to join the select list of Super Bowl underdogs who proved their bite. With the kickoff of Super Bowl 42 still on the desert horizon,...
Tags: NFL, underdog
Research articles 2008-02-02
KU looks prepared to stay
Thursday night was the Jayhawks' turn to crow, a right they earned after their impressive 24-21 victory over No. 5 Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl. After hearing for a month that they didn't belong in Miami - that their 11-1 record was built on a cupcake schedule,...
Tags: football, team, underdog, Virginia Tech
Research articles 2008-01-05
KU looks prepared to stay
Thursday night was the Jayhawks' turn to crow, a right they earned after their impressive 24-21 victory over No. 5 Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl. After hearing for a month that they didn't belong in Miami - that their 11-1 record was built on a cupcake schedule,...
Tags: football, team, underdog, Virginia Tech
Research articles 2008-01-05
Boyertown's Dennin set to run in nationals
This past summer, Boyertown senior Mark Dennin increased his mileage and focused on improving his speed in preparing for the cross-country season. The change of routine - and hard work - paid dividends at last month's PIAA Cross-Country Championships, as Dennin captured the Class AAA title with a 5,000-meter time...
Tags: dividend, FINANCE, Foot Locker, Pennsylvania, underdog
Research articles 2007-12-08
Tedford keeping finger on pulse of team
BERKELEY -- One thing Cal coach Jeff Tedford has done during his team's two-game losing streak is make sure the lines of communication are open. After reading DeSean Jackson's comments that he thought the Bears should have thrown more on first and second down during Saturday's 30-21...
Tags: Games, team, underdog, University of California at Los Angeles
Research articles 2007-10-25
Gen. Peter Pace has stepped down as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and retired from the Marines
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gen. Peter Pace has stepped down as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and retired from the Marines. Virginia Republicans should try to draft him for a new mission: a Senate campaign. Republican John Warner recently announced that he won't seek a new term in 2008....
Tags: Governor, Republican, U.S. Senate, underdog
Research articles 2007-10-22
Scotland rugby team happy with underdog role against Argentina
PARIS AFP — Argentina's Pumas will start favourites against Scotland in the last of the weekend's four Rugby World Cup quarter-finals, but that suits the Scots fine according to skipper Jason White. "We will be the underdogs and we are happy with that," said the 29-year-old flanker, who will...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Argentina, France, Scotland, team, underdog
Research articles 2007-10-07
It's time for 3 beauties to get burned
THE DOGS GOT into the house last weekend, and boy did they trash the place. There were nine upset winners, six of them home underdogs. If you're thinking that's going to be a trend in 2007, you might want to reconsider. What has happened...
Tags: Games, NFL, team, underdog
Research articles 2007-10-05
TV, fans get a dream October
Fox Sports President Ed Goren woke up Monday morning, turned on the TV to check out the stock market and couldn't believe what he was hearing. He tuned to CNBC, but instead of listening to analysts discuss stocks, bonds and the futures market, anchor Mark Haines...
Tags: baseball, FINANCE, Investment, MLB, stock, TVs, underdog
Research articles 2007-10-03
Year of the underdog in golf
OAKMONT, United States AFP — It's been the year of the underdog in golf so far in 2007. Zach Johnson's upset win in the Masters was followed by an out-of-the blue triumph for Argentina's Angel Cabrera in the US Open here Sunday. Both men were died-in-the-wool also-rans when...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Games, underdog
Research articles 2007-06-19
Final 4 matchups feature Goliaths vs. Goliaths
ATLANTA -- There won't be any warm and fuzzy scenes like when Jim Valvano sprinted across the court looking for somebody to hug. You won't see any blubbering meltdowns a la Rollie Massimino, either. And the next George Mason? That dream got squashed two weeks ago. ...
Tags: team, underdog, University of California at Los Angeles
Research articles 2007-03-30
Southern Illinois makes its point by denying foes theirs
Now that a couple of more Southern Illinois opponents have watched their offenses bent, folded, spindled and mutilated, we can come to at least one conclusion about the upcoming West Regional. They don't make underdogs the way they used to. There the...
Tags: Games, Kansas, underdog, Virginia Tech
Research articles 2007-03-20
Skiing: Paerson the underdog chasing alpine harmony
ARE, Sweden AFP — Olympic slalom champion Anja Paerson is hoping that rhythm and harmony will combine to give her the edge when she begins the world ski championships as an unlikely underdog. The 25-year-old Olympic slalom champion is the face of Are's first hosting of the event in...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, harmony, Leadership, underdog
Research articles 2007-02-02
Bermuda keen to shade underdog tag in World Cricket League
NAIROBI AFP — Bermuda will be out to shed the tag of being the underdogs in the ICC World Cricket League Division One when they renew rivalry with Kenya in the opening match. The Americas Cup champions believe their World Cup preparations are on track after recent losses in...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bermuda, team, underdog
Research articles 2007-01-28
Gambling still warms Evel's blood
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- He doesn't chase women anymore. He can't pound shots of whiskey. He no longer goes on shopping sprees for diamond rings or snakeskin boots. But Evel Knievel has no intention of giving up his favorite vice: gambling. Despite his ill health, he perks up when discussing the...
Tags: Benefits, Games, HEALTHCARE, NFL, Pittsburgh, SOFTWARE, spree, underdog
Research articles 2007-01-03
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