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Lewis Latimer - whose father, George, was a fugitive slave championed by Frederick Douglass - struggled before he found financial security as a corporate engineer with Thomas Edison.
We can still consider them as African-American heroes or champions.
But soon after, he and his children got the sights they came for: world champion Florida Marlins players -- who served as grand marshals -- a swaying Chinese dragon and, later, a tae kwon do demonstration by students.
"Oklahoma is not a popular choice to win the national championship," Lehman declared.
The fact is, despite the Sooners' conspicuous blip on an otherwise charmed season.their 35-7 loss to Kansas State in the Big 12 championship game on Dec.
6.they come fully-armed to a Sugar Bowl contest with the BCS title on the line and the anticlimactic backdrop of a guaranteed split championship with Rose Bowl winner USC.
"I know one thing, Oklahoma or LSU is going to leave with that crystal ball (trophy) and be crowned national champions." As far as intangibles go, the fever of a hometown crowd and a team looking for its first national championship in 45 years favor LSU.
"Joe Gibbs helped define what the Washington Redskins stand for: integrity, hard work, determination, winning and championships," Snyder said.
"Who better to set our strategy and lead the Redskins back to championship glory?" Who better?No one better.
There are few players as special as Gerry McNamara, sophomore shooter, ballhandler, playmaker and blood donor for the NCAA champion -- and, unofficially, the Justin Timberlake of college basketball.
To some degree, Eisner has used his position as a bully pulpit, championing comic books as legitimate art and literature.
• THERE are still those within the national media who don't understand why there are two darts world championships.
Writers and broadcasters will dust off artless, graceless lines about "gut-check time" when champions are made during games for which "there is no tomorrow."Here we meet fighters in all stages of the game, from Kevin Kelley, the Flushing Flash, a man undone by his attempt to be a star, to Larry Holmes, a still-formidable champ who plans to fight into his '50s.
As the season begins today, a more cohesive T-Birds squad seems poised to repeat as champions and is bent on redeeming itself after what it believed was a premature area-round playoff exit.
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