query: texas team that won the 2017 world series

pos: 2017 World Series first team from Texas to do so. It was the first time since 2001-2002 when two consecutive World Series went to seven games. Both teams set a World Series record with a combined total of 25 home runs throughout the entire series, including a team record 15 home runs by the Astros, and hit a combined total of eight home runs in Game 2 to set the single game World Series mark. Houston outfielder George Springer was named as the World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) after hitting five home runs in the series to tie a World Series record

pos: Drayton McLane the National League in winning percentage (.543), but never won a World Series. The Astros, originally the Colt 45's, were founded in 1962. They won their first World Series in 2017 (2017 World Series). Up until 2017, the Astros 2005 season was the most successful season on the field for the Houston franchise. Winning the "National League Pennant" to advance to the World Series, Houston hosted the first World Series game ever played in the State of Texas. However, the Astros, who had rallied from a losing record earlier in the season, were swept by the Chicago White Sox in

pos: Sports in Texas with two Major League Baseball teams. The Houston Astros started playing in 1962. The Texas Rangers debuted in 1972 after relocating from Washington, D.C. In 2005, the Astros became the first team in Texas to make it to the World Series. The Rangers followed the Astros in 2010 to their first World Series and the following year as well. In 2017, the Astros became the first team in Texas to win the World Series. Minor League Baseball is also closely followed in Texas—especially in the smaller metropolitan areas. Three teams play in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League: the El Paso

pos: Hurricane Harvey Hurricane Irma would force the stadium's regular tenants, the Tampa Bay Rays, to move three home games to Citi Field in New York City. In the aftermath, the Houston Astros began to wear patches which had the logo of the team with the word "Strong" on the bottom of the patch, as well as promoting the hashtag "Houston Strong", prominently displaying them as the Astros won the 2017 World Series. Manager A. J. Hinch has stated in an interview that the team wasn't just playing for a title, but to help boost moral support for the city. The annual Texas

pos: 2017 World Series first team from Texas to do so. It was the first time since 2001-2002 when two consecutive World Series went to seven games. Both teams set a World Series record with a combined total of 25 home runs throughout the entire series, including a team record 15 home runs by the Astros, and hit a combined total of eight home runs in Game 2 to set the single game World Series mark. Houston outfielder George Springer was named as the World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) after hitting five home runs in the series to tie a World Series record

pos: 1982 World Series White Sox, due to the Astros moving to the American League in 2013. The Brewers and Cardinals would later meet in the 2011 National League Championship Series, with the Cardinals winning that series four games to two. As in 1982, the Cardinals won the 2011 World Series in seven games, this time against the Texas Rangers. As of 2015, the Cardinals' 11 championships are the most won by any National League team, and second only to the New York Yankees, who have 27. As of the 1982 World Series victory, the Cardinals had 9 championships compared to the Yankees' 22.

pos: 1982 World Series That has happened three times before, taking the 19th Century contests into account: The Brooklyn Dodgers of 1889 and 1890, the Cardinals, who won the 1886 Series when they were in the American Association, and the Houston Astros, who played in both the 2005 World Series against the Chicago White Sox as a National League team, and the 2017 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers as an American League team. This also makes this one of two World Series in the modern era (1903–present) that it is not possible to have a rematch, the other being the Astros and

pos: 2017 American League Championship Series 2017 American League Championship Series The 2017 American League Championship Series was a best-of-seven playoff pitting the Houston Astros against the New York Yankees for the American League pennant and the right to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2017 World Series. The Astros defeated the Yankees in 7 games after falling behind 3 games to 2. The home team won every game in the series. This was the first time in history that the ALCS and NLCS teams were from the four most populous U.S. cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston. For the first time, Major

neg: 2017 Little League World Series 2017 Little League World Series The 2017 Little League World Series was held from August 17 to 27. Eight teams from the United States and eight teams from around the world competed in the 71st edition of the tournament. Tokyo Kitasuna Little League of Tokyo, Japan, defeated Lufkin Little League of Lufkin, Texas, in the championship game by a 12–2 score. It was the 11th time that a team from Japan won the tournament. Tokyo Kitasuna became the first league to win the tournament four times. Regional qualifying tournaments were held between June and August 2017. The draw to determine

neg: 2017 World Series in seven games, a franchise won its first World Series title. After Game 7, the trophy presention, usually taking place in the locker room whenever the visiting team clinches the series, took place on the losing team's field for the first time ever before a small crowd of mostly Astros fans that remained as most Dodgers fans left the stadium. Correa proposed to his girlfriend, 2016 Miss Texas USA winner Daniella Rodríguez, on live television during a postgame interview conducted by Rosenthal. She accepted. 2017 World Series (4–3): Houston Astros defeated Los Angeles Dodgers. Fox broadcast the series in the

neg: Houston Astros both the NL and the AL, when they defeated the New York Yankees in the ALCS. They won the 2017 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, winning four games to three, earning the team, and the state of Texas, its first World Series title. From 1888 until 1961, Houston's professional baseball club was the minor league Houston Buffaloes. Although expansion from the National League eventually brought an MLB team to Texas in 1962, Houston officials had been making efforts to do so for years prior. There were four men chiefly responsible for bringing Major League Baseball to Houston: George

neg: Culture of Houston have two World Series appearances 2005 and 2017 - the 2017 World Series was the first time the Houston Astros won the World Series - a first for a Major League Baseball team based in Texas. The following professional sports venues are located in Houston. Greater Houston metropolitan area is served by a public television station and one public radio station. KUHT ("HoustonPBS") is a PBS member station and the first public television station in the United States. Houston Public Radio is listener-supported radio with one NPR member station, KUHF ("KUHF News"). The University of Houston System owns and holds

neg: 2017–18 United States national rugby sevens team season 2017–18 United States national rugby sevens team season The 2017–18 United States national rugby sevens team season included both the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series and the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens. The season began badly. In the first tournament of the 2017–18 World Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai, 2017 World Rugby Player of the Year Perry Baker suffered a concussion, and the United States team limped to a last place finish. The U.S. improved from that point on, reaching the semifinals of the Australia Sevens. The team then won the 2018 USA Sevens, the first time the U.S. won

neg: Lufkin, Texas that also had her sister Gay Porter marry T.H. Holloway. The minister who presided over the ceremony was Rev. Ira Bryce, serving at the time at Lufkin's First Methodist Church. In 1907, Allan Shivers, the 37th Governor of Texas, was born in Lufkin. He served as governor from 1949 to 1957. Debris from the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster fell over the Lufkin area on February 1, 2003. Lufkin celebrated its 125th anniversary in October 2007. A little league team from Lufkin won the U.S. Championship at the 2017 Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The team finished as runners-up

neg: Creekview High School (Carrollton, Texas) now plays for the Buffalo Bills. David Blough (Class of 2013) is the starting quarterback for the Purdue Boilermakers football team. He graduated from Purdue in 2017. In June 2005, Taylor Teagarden (Class of 2002) was drafted in the third round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Texas Rangers after he won the 2005 College World Series with the University of Texas at Austin. During his junior year in college (2005), Teagarden was a finalist for the Johnny Bench Award (nation's top catcher), First-Team All-Big 12, and was later named to the Big 12 Baseball 10th Anniversary Team.

neg: Texas Longhorns football leads the series 56–22 through the 2017 season. Texas leads the series 10–4 through the 2017 season. The first meeting between the football squads of the University of Texas and Texas A&M was in 1894, a 38–0 win for Texas. In fact, Texas won its first seven games against the Aggies, all of them by shutout. By 1915 Texas held a 15–4–2 advantage against the Aggies. The game was a back and forth affair for the next twenty years as the home team usually took the victory in the game, however Texas still maintained the series lead. In 1940, Texas

neg: 2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600 in the Detroit races. Race finished under caution. 2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600 The 2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600 was the ninth round of the 2017 IndyCar Series season, contested over 248 laps at the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Charlie Kimball started from the pole position, the first of his career. Will Power of Team Penske won the race, leading 180 of the 248 laps. The race was marred by numerous crashes that left only six undamaged cars and by issues with blistering tires that forced the series to call for competition cautions and

neg: 2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600 2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600 The 2017 Rainguard Water Sealers 600 was the ninth round of the 2017 IndyCar Series season, contested over 248 laps at the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Charlie Kimball started from the pole position, the first of his career. Will Power of Team Penske won the race, leading 180 of the 248 laps. The race was marred by numerous crashes that left only six undamaged cars and by issues with blistering tires that forced the series to call for competition cautions and mandatory tire stops every 30 laps in the

neg: Cleburne Railroaders fan favorite Independent stadium in 2017. ”Cleburne Baseball: a Railroader History,” by Scott Cain, published by the History Press, 2017. Cleburne Railroaders The Cleburne Railroaders are an independent professional baseball team based in Cleburne, Texas, that plays in the American Association. The team, which began play in 2017, plays its home games at The Depot at Cleburne Station. A different team known as the Cleburne Railroaders played in the Texas League, where they won the 1906 championship. The team won the 1911 Texas-Oklahoma League championship. The modern Railroaders were announced as an expansion franchise in the American Association on October

neg: 2017 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football team 2017 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football team The 2017 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football team represented Texas A&M University–Commerce in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Colby Carthel, who was in his fifth season at Texas A&M-Commerce. The Lions played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference. The Lions won the NCAA Division II Football Championship. Quarterback Luis Perez also won the Harlon Hill Trophy. Texas A&M–Commerce announced its 2017 football schedule on December 12, 2016. The schedule consisted of five home and away games in the regular

neg: Warner Robins, Georgia team won the 2009 Little League Softball World Series by defeating Crawford, Texas, making Warner Robins the only Little League to have won both a baseball and a softball title. The Warner Robins American Little League girls' softball team defended their 2009 championship by defeating Burbank, California in the 2010 Little League Softball World Series. By doing so, Warner Robins became only the fourth Little League program to produce back-to-back championship teams, and the first since Waco, Texas, which had won in 2003–2004. The official motto of Warner Robins is "EDIMGIAFAD", which is an acronym for "Every Day In Middle

neg: 2017 American League Championship Series advanced to their first World Series in 12 years, becoming the first team to win pennants in both leagues. Houston's victory made this just the fifth best-of-seven series (following the 1987, 1991, and 2001 World Series, and the 2004 National League Championship Series), and the first ALCS, in which the home team won all seven games. This was also Joe Girardi's final game as Yankees manager as 5 days after the game the Yankees announced that he would not be coming back for the 2018 season. 2017 ALCS (4–3): Houston Astros beat New York Yankees. 2017 American League Championship Series

neg: Arthur Rhodes of the salary of a player trying to deny them a world championship. This also resulted in Rhodes being eligible to receive a World Series ring no matter who won. The Cardinals won the World Series against the Texas Rangers in 7 games. Rhodes, who pitched in three games in this Series, joined Lonnie Smith as the only players to play in a World Series for the winning team against the team he had played for earlier in the season (Smith played on the 1985 World Series-winning Kansas City Royals after having been traded from the Cardinals, whom the Royals

neg: World Series is awarded to the league champion team with the better regular season win-loss record. If both league champions have the same record, the second tie-breaker would be head-to-head record, and if that does not resolve it, the third tie-breaker would be best divisional record. The Houston Astros won the 2017 World Series in 7 games against the Los Angeles Dodgers on November 1, 2017, winning their first World Series since their creation in 1962. The Boston Red Sox won the 2018 World Series, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers in 5 games for their fourth title since 2004. American League (AL)

neg: Texas Woman's Pioneers Texas Woman's Pioneers The Texas Woman's Pioneers (also TWU Pioneers) are the athletics teams that represent Texas Woman's University, located in Denton, Texas, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. Even though TWU accepts male students, only female sports are sponsored. The Pioneers compete as members of the Lone Star Conference in basketball, soccer, softball and volleyball, and as an independent in gymnastics. The gymnastics team competes in the Midwest Independent Conference which comprises NCAA Division I, II and III institutions. As an AIAW Division I team in the 1979 Women's College World Series, the Pioneer softball team won the national

neg: World Series before he retired at the end of that season. As Bob Ryan of "The Boston Globe" wrote in July 2015 about the rule: However, within the last seven seasons, home-field advantage, in terms of deciding World Series games, has not necessarily worked for teams of said games. Since 2014, the home team has not won the deciding game of a World Series. The San Francisco Giants won the World Series in 2010, 2012, and 2014 while failing to qualify to play in the postseason in the intervening seasons. The Texas Rangers were twice only one strike away from winning their

neg: Sam Dyson the United States team in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He would help the U.S. win the tournament by pitching six perfect innings. Sam Dyson Samuel Isaac Dyson (born May 7, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball at South Carolina and played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays, Miami Marlins, and Texas Rangers. He is one of the few people to have won a College World Series and a World Baseball Classic. Dyson was born in Tampa, Florida, to Sid and Gwenn Dyson. He

neg: Zimbabwean cricket team against Afghanistan in the UAE in 2017–18 after the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. Afghanistan won the T20I series 2–0, moving up to eighth place in the ICC T20I Championship, above Sri Lanka. Afghanistan won the ODI series 4–1. Zimbabwean cricket team against Afghanistan in the UAE in 2017–18 The Zimbabwe cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates to play the Afghanistan cricket team in February 2018 to play two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) and five One Day International (ODI) matches. Initial reports suggested that it would include Afghanistan's first Test match since being awarded Test status by the International Cricket Council in June 2017, but instead the

neg: Texas Longhorns baseball team include Charlie Gorin, Tom Hamilton, and Murray Wall. Texas defeated Washington State 3–0 to become the first school to repeat as champions of the College World Series. Notable players on the team include: Charlie Gorin, Kal Segrist, and Murray Wall. Texas won their third National Championship in school history by defeating South Carolina 5–1 in the championship game. Notable players on the team include Jim Gideon, Don Kainer, Keith Moreland, Mickey Reichenbach, and Richard Wortham. Texas won their fourth National Championship in school history by defeating Alabama 3–2 in the championship game. Notable players on the team include Billy

neg: Scrap Yard Fast Pitch Scrap Yard Fast Pitch The Scrap Yard Fast Pitch are an independent women's professional softball team based in Conroe, Texas, just north of Houston. Established in October 2015 as the Scrap Yard Dawgs, the team played in the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) during the 2016 and 2017 seasons. The Dawgs are the first NPF team to be based in the Houston area since the Texas Thunder became the Rockford Thunder in the 2007 season. In 2017, the Dawgs won their first NPF title against Pride in the best of 3 game series. After having its franchise terminated by the NPF,

neg: LSU Tigers baseball postseason, an appearance that started a streak of 17 consecutive postseason appearances. The 1989 team defeated Texas A&M in a regional final to qualify for the College World Series. The program also made the College World Series in 1990. The program won its first national championship in 1991, defeating Wichita State in the College World Series final. The program won its second national championship in 1993, again defeating Wichita State in the College World Series final. In 1996, the Tigers entered the NCAA Tournament on a two-game losing streak, after being eliminated from the SEC Tournament by consecutive losses to

neg: 2017 Florida Gators baseball team national champion Coastal Carolina and Texas Tech. In the 2017 season, the Gators won their first baseball national championship by defeating LSU two games to none in the championship series. 2017 Florida Gators baseball team The 2017 Florida Gators baseball team represented the University of Florida in the sport of baseball during the 2017 college baseball season. The Gators competed in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They played their home games at Alfred A. McKethan Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The team was coached by Kevin O'Sullivan in his tenth season as Florida head coach.

neg: Trinity Tigers Trinity was the overall number one team in Texas from 1996 to 2008. In November 2015, Trinity and Austin College announced they would affiliate with the Southern Athletic Association for football in 2017. This alliance renews a relationship that ended when the SAA schools split from the SCAC. As a result, the SCAC will no longer offer football as a sport. In May 2015, Trinity qualified for the Division III College World Series for the first time in school history, falling one game short of the championship round and placing third overall. In May 2016, Trinity won its first College

neg: 1998 World Series in the regular season. It was also the only World Series championship during the Yankees' 1990s dynasty not to be won against either the Mets or the Atlanta Braves. The loss made the Padres the first expansion team to lose two World Series, having lost in to the Detroit Tigers. In addition, the Padres became the first expansion team to lose a World Series at home. As of 2012 the Padres are one of only two teams in Major League Baseball to win at least two league championships and never win the World Series (the other team being the Texas

neg: 2010 Texas Rangers season 2010 Texas Rangers season The Texas Rangers' 2010 season was the 50th in franchise history. The team, managed by Ron Washington, won their first division title since 1999 and reached the World Series for the first time in only their fourth playoff appearance. Washington would become only the second manager in franchise history to lead the Rangers to the post season and the first to ever win a post season series. They would win the American League pennant by defeating the defending World Series champions, the New York Yankees in six games in the ALCS. In the World Series, they

neg: Salary cap as of 2017 (35.5% of all World Series for a 23.9% success rate). In the past 30 years, 18 different teams have won the World Series. In comparison, only 14 different teams won the NFL Super Bowl, 13 won the NHL Stanley Cup and 10 won the NBA championship in that same time frame. Other pundits, such as Michael Lewis, the author of the bestseller "Moneyball", have argued that using World Series championships as an example of parity may be misleading, and playoff appearances may be a better indicator of relative team strength. The playoff system used in baseball comprises

neg: Randy Velarde the middle of the season after a short stint with the Texas Rangers. He acknowledged that he had made a mistake when he departed the Yankees in 1995 in order to become an everyday player and vowed to "redeem the part of the career [he] missed." He ended up appearing in the 2001 World Series, where the Yankees lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks in seven games. Though he played the majority of his career with the Yankees, Velarde never won a World Series ring with the team. This was partially due to bad timing; the Yankees won the World Series

neg: Mike Capel of the 1980 MLB draft, but Capel did not sign with the team: instead, he opted to attend the University of Texas. Capel played on the 1982 USA College All-Star Team, which competed in the Amateur World Series in Seoul and placed third. The next year, Capel and the Texas Longhorns won the College World Series. After he was drafted by the Cubs, Capel left Texas and signed to play professional baseball; he played in six seasons of minor league baseball before he made his MLB debut in 1988. Capel spent the entire 1989 season in Triple-A, one level below

neg: Fort Worth, Texas in the last six NCAA tournaments and 3 straight College World Series, coming within a win of making the College World Series finals in 2009 and 2016. The women's basketball team has competed in the last seven NCAA tournaments. Texas Wesleyan University competes in the NAIA, and won the 2006 NAIA Div. I Men's Basketball championship and three-time National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) team championships (2004–2006). Fort Worth is also home to the NCAA football Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, as well as two minor-league professional sports teams. The presence of Texas Christian University less than from downtown and

neg: Billy Bates (baseball) Born in Houston, Bates attended the University of Texas and, in his freshman season, won the 1983 College World Series as a part of the Texas Longhorns baseball team. For the next two seasons, Bates was named to the College Baseball All-America Team, a team composed of the best collegiate baseball athletes in America. Drafted by Milwaukee in the 4th round of the 1985 MLB draft, he rose through the Brewers' farm system and teams that he played for won multiple minor league titles. He subsequently made his MLB debut in 1989, after Milwaukee starting second baseman became injured. A

neg: Beyza Arıcı against Vakıfbank, Eczacıbaşı had a 2–1 lead in the series but suffered two consecutive losses despite having a home court advantage in both matches and lost the series 3–2. Arıcı was voted the "best blocker" of the series and she was the only Eczacıbaşı player that was awarded. Arıcı made her international debut with the Turkish national volleyball team in a World Grand Prix match against Brazil on 9 July 2017. She was the member of the Turkey U23 team that won the gold medal at the 2017 FIVB U23 World Championship in Slovenia, and was selected for the dream

neg: Waipio, Hawaii CDP. In 2008, the team from Waipio LL, representing Hawaii and the United States, captured the Little League World Series crown, beating Matamoros LL, Mexico 12-3 in 6 innings. Iolana Akau started with a solo blast earlier in the game and Tanner Tokunaga added two homers later in the game. Waipio is the second team from the Ewa District to win the world championship; 'Ewa Beach representing West O'ahu won the title in 2005. In 2010, the Waipio LL team won the U.S. championship of the Little League World Series, defeating Pearland White LL from Pearland, Texas on August 28,

neg: 2017 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team series; won the College Station Super Regional after an 8–2 win, 1–7 loss and 4–1 win; and advanced to their third consecutive College World Series. At the 2016 CWS, the Frogs notched a 2–2 record, winning their first two games over Texas Tech and Coastal Carolina before losing two consecutive games to Coastal Carolina and being eliminated from the tournament. TCU finished the season with a 49–18 record and ranked third in the final polls. The following Horned Frogs on the 2016 roster were selected in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft: "* indicates draftee had no more college eligibility"

neg: South Africa women's cricket team in England in 2018 series. South Africa women's cricket team in England in 2018 The South Africa women's cricket team played the England women's cricket team in June 2018. The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) which form part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship. It was England's first series at home since they won the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. Following the WODI matches, both teams played in a tri-series, with New Zealand women being the third team. England Women won the WODI series 2–1. Kathryn Cross was added to England Women's squad for the third and final match of

neg: Bangladeshi cricket team in the West Indies and the United States in 2018 2017 it was announced that the fixtures would be moved, most likely to July 2018, to accommodate the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. In May 2018, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced thirty-one member preliminary squad ahead of the tour. The West Indies won the Test series 2–0. Bangladesh won the ODI series 2–1, their second ODI series win in the West Indies. Bangladesh won the T20I series 2–1. After the series, Bangladesh's coach Steve Rhodes said that he was proud of the team after coming back strong after the defeats in the Test series, and was surprised to win

neg: Liu Xuanxuan Liu Xuanxuan Liu Xuanxuan (; born 18 June 2000) is a Chinese badminton player from Hunan. She was part of the national junior team that won the mixed team title at the 2017 and 2018 World Junior Championships and also at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships. Liu won her first senior international title at the 2018 Lingshui China Masters in the mixed doubles event partnered with Guo Xinwa. "Girls' doubles" "Mixed doubles" "Girls' doubles" "Mixed doubles" The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World

neg: Texas A&M Aggies have won 15 Southwest Conference titles, three Big 12 regular-season and two tournament titles, and have made five College World Series appearances. 1989 was the high-water mark when the Aggies were ranking #1 for numerous weeks before ending the season ranked #2. The softball team formed in the 1972–73 season. The team won NCAA championships in both 1983 and 1987, and an AIAW championship in 1982. It also has eleven College World Series appearances. The team is coached by Jo Evans, who has led the program since 1996. Under her leadership, the Aggies have won two conference regular season championships

neg: Brute Bernard of the Von Erich family for the Texas version of the NWA United States Heavyweight Championship in March 1967. That year, he had four more title reigns, as he won the NWA Texas Brass Knuckles Championship twice and teamed with his manager Mike Paidousis to win the NWA American Tag Team Championship twice. Bernard and Murphy reunited in Australia, where they won the IWA World Tag Team Championship twice more in 1968 and 1969. They also competed for Jim Crockett Promotions in the Carolinas, where they participated in a series of "battle of the bullies" matches. These bouts went against

neg: Midland RockHounds games to one in the Championship Series. In 2010, the RockHounds returned to the Texas League title game, but this time fell to the Naturals. In 2017, the RockHounds won their fourth straight Texas League title, the first team to do so since the Fort Worth Panthers won six in a row from 1920-25. The Midland Rockhounds have always had a play-by-play broadcast that has been available. KCRS (AM) had been the network to carry roughly 95% of the Rockhounds games since they debuted in 1972. Some afternoon games in 2008 didn't air on the radio due to contracts with

neg: Wichita State Shockers baseball returned to the College World Series and won the national championship, defeating the Texas Longhorns in the championship game. To date, it is the only team national title ever won by a Shocker team in any sport. From 1991-1993, led by multi-year All-Americans Chris Wimmer, Doug Mirabelli, and Darren Dreifort, the Shockers made three consecutive trips to the College World Series, finishing as the runners-up to the LSU Tigers in both 1991 and 1993. Wichita State made their seventh and most-recent tip to the College World Series in 1996. Since 1996, the Shockers have had quite a bit of success,

neg: 2018 World Series 15 years dating back to 2004, and their ninth in franchise history. Steve Pearce won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award, while Alex Cora became the fifth first-season manager, and first manager from Puerto Rico, to win the World Series. The Series was notable for its third game which went for 18 innings, a World Series record. Additionally, the Red Sox became the first team to win two World Series exactly one century apart, as they had defeated the Chicago Cubs in 1918, while the Dodgers were the first team since the 2011 Texas Rangers, and the first NL

neg: 2015 World Series winning the American League (AL) Central, their seventh division title and their first since winning the AL West in 1985. They faced the Houston Astros in the 2015 American League Division Series, winning in five games. They followed that up in the 2015 American League Championship Series, beating the Toronto Blue Jays in six games. By winning the ALCS, the Royals became the first team to play in consecutive World Series since the Texas Rangers played in the 2010 World Series and 2011 World Series. The series began on October 27. As the AL won the 2015 All-Star Game, the

neg: Cleburne Railroaders Cleburne Railroaders The Cleburne Railroaders are an independent professional baseball team based in Cleburne, Texas, that plays in the American Association. The team, which began play in 2017, plays its home games at The Depot at Cleburne Station. A different team known as the Cleburne Railroaders played in the Texas League, where they won the 1906 championship. The team won the 1911 Texas-Oklahoma League championship. The modern Railroaders were announced as an expansion franchise in the American Association on October 6, 2016. The team plays in the Depot, a new 25 million dollar stadium that was recognized as the National

neg: 2015–16 America's Cup World Series 2015–16 America's Cup World Series The second America's Cup World Series were held between 2015 and 2016 in the lead up to the 2017 America's Cup. The series was won by Land Rover BAR and confers two points towards the 2017 Louis Vuitton Cup. The runner up was Oracle Team USA which confers one point toward the next competition. The series awards points exclusively for fleet races. They were raced in AC45F catamarans, modified from the previous AC45 series to incorporate hydrofoiling capability for improved performance, in strict one-design. The design is smaller than the AC50 class that was used

neg: 2017 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team 2017 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team The 2017 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team represented Texas Christian University during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Horned Frogs played their home games at Charlie & Marie Lupton Baseball Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Jim Schlossnagle, the winningest coach in TCU baseball history, in his 14th year at TCU. The Horned Frogs entered the 2017 season on the heels of three consecutive trips to the College World Series. The 2016 TCU Horned Frogs baseball team notched a 38–14 (15–9) regular season

neg: Highland Park High School (University Park, Texas) year the program was created. This cross country team has won more state championships than any other cross country team in the state of Texas. As of the close of the 2017 season, the Highland Park boys lacrosse team has won 7 Division I and 3 Division II Texas High School Lacrosse League (THSLL) state championships. This includes two years (2012 and 2015) in which both the DI and DII teams won their respective state titles simultaneously. DII titles are notable for the reason that many Texas high schools do not compete at the DI level, making DII titles the

neg: Texas Longhorns football of a traveling trophy between the two universities called the Chancellor's Spurs. The spurs are gold and silver and engraved with Texas Tech's Double T and Texas' interlocking UT logo and were first awarded to Texas after a 38-32 victory over the Red Raiders in Lubbock. Texas leads the all-time series 50–17 through the 2017 season. Old Southwest Conference rivals, Texas and Arkansas first met in 1894, a 54–0 blowout by Texas. In the days of the Southwest Conference, the game between the two schools usually decided which team would win the conference championship. Overall, Texas won the game about

neg: Muhammad Rian Ardianto of the Indonesia men's team that won a gold medal at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games. He also played with Alfian, and clinched the men's doubles bronze at that event. In 2018, Ardianto and Alfian successfully compete on the BWF World Tour, and won the titles at the Malaysia Masters. "Men's doubles" "Men's doubles" "Mixed doubles" The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super

neg: Red Schoendienst Louis, and had served 67 of his 76 years in baseball with the Cardinals. On November 13, 2017, Schoendienst, 94, became the oldest living member of the Hall of Fame when Bobby Doerr died at 99, and the oldest living manager of a World Series-winning, pennant-winning or post-season team. He was also the last living member of the Cardinals team that won the 1946 World Series, opposing Doerr's Boston Red Sox team. There are no living players who played on an earlier World Series-winning team. He said of Doerr, "I didn't want him to go." He died at age 95

neg: South Africa women's cricket team in England in 2018 South Africa women's cricket team in England in 2018 The South Africa women's cricket team played the England women's cricket team in June 2018. The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) which form part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship. It was England's first series at home since they won the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. Following the WODI matches, both teams played in a tri-series, with New Zealand women being the third team. England Women won the WODI series 2–1. Kathryn Cross was added to England Women's squad for the third and final match of the

neg: 1974 World Series of timely hitting. They also made six errors in five games, in addition to a number of mental errors. The A's won the Series despite batting only .211 in the Series, the lowest in a five-game Series since the Baltimore Orioles hit .146 in the 1969 Series. , the A's are the only non-Yankee team to win three consecutive World Series. This was the last major league championship for a Bay Area team won in its home stadium or arena until the Golden State Warriors won the 2017 NBA Finals in Oakland, ending a streak of 13 Bay Area championships

neg: Texas Wesleyan University 1908: Football: The Texas Wesleyan football team won two conference titles in their eight seasons in the 1930s. The program was disbanded in 1941 at the advent of World War II. The program was revived and will start play in the 2017 season. Baseball: Texas Wesleyan baseball has amassed over 1,300 victories since 1967 and has had 40 players drafted by major league teams. Jeff Moronko also saw time in the majors with the Cleveland Indians. Men's basketball: Texas Wesleyan has competed in men's basketball since the 1935–36 season, with a two-year hiatus during World War II. Women's basketball: Texas

neg: Fred Kerley Kerley ran 44.09 in Columbia, South Carolina. He is in his senior year at Texas A&M University, both ranking him as one of the top 18 performers in world history. Later in the season he won the 2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 44.03. Earlier in 2017, he won the NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships at 400 meters and joined his younger brother Mylik as he anchored the Aggies to a come from behind victory in the 4x400 meters relay. His 20 points led Texas A&M to their first ever team victory, run on

neg: Scott Bryant Scott Bryant Scott Walter Bryant (born October 31, 1967) is a former college baseball and minor league baseball outfielder. Bryant attended the University of Texas, where he played for the Texas Longhorns baseball team. In the 1989 College World Series, Bryant helped lead Texas to the championship game. Bryant was named to the All-Tournament Team. That year, Bryant won the Dick Howser Trophy as the collegiate baseball player of the year. Bryant was chosen in the first round (20th overall) of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft by the Cincinnati Reds. After the 1991 season, he was traded to the

neg: Scott Bryant Chicago Cubs for Ty Griffin. He played in the minor leagues through 1998, not making the major leagues. Scott Bryant Scott Walter Bryant (born October 31, 1967) is a former college baseball and minor league baseball outfielder. Bryant attended the University of Texas, where he played for the Texas Longhorns baseball team. In the 1989 College World Series, Bryant helped lead Texas to the championship game. Bryant was named to the All-Tournament Team. That year, Bryant won the Dick Howser Trophy as the collegiate baseball player of the year. Bryant was chosen in the first round (20th overall) of the

neg: Cliff Gustafson Cliff Gustafson Cliff Gustafson is a former Texas high school & college baseball coach who was, for twenty-nine seasons, the head coach of The University of Texas at Austin Longhorn baseball team. Gustafson, born February 12, 1931, is a native of Kenedy, Texas. He played baseball at UT, including the 1952 team that won the Southwest Conference championship and reached the College World Series. Gustafson posted a .308 batting average for his collegiate career and went on to play professional baseball. After briefly playing baseball professionally, Gustafson coached at South San Antonio High School from 1953 to 1967. During his

neg: Stuart Pollard Stuart Pollard Stuart Pollard is an Australian sailor and property developer at Chapter + CO. Stuart has won National, European and World Sailing Championships. Stuart won the 2011 Melges 32 World Championships in Palma De Mallorca, Spain. Stuart participated in the Extreme Sailing Series as Tactician/Helm on Team Alinghi. Alinghi won the 2014 Extreme Sailing Series beating the competition which included Americas Cup Teams, Emirates Team New Zealand, Ben Ainslie Racing and Groupama Team France. Stuart won the 2017 Roles Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race on board the 100 foot 'Comanche'. Comanche established a new course record of 1 day,

neg: 1982 World Series Cardinals in respectively, both defeating the Texas Rangers) that the National League won back-to-back World Series; they had, in fact, won four straight, starting in . Though the teams had never met before, their home cities had an existing commercial rivalry in the beer market, as St. Louis is the home of Anheuser–Busch, which owned the Cardinals at the time, while Milwaukee is the home of Miller Brewing and other past major competitors of Anheuser–Busch, hence the team name. This led the media to refer to it as the "Suds Series." The 1982 Milwaukee Brewers hit 216 home runs during

neg: 2018 Texas Longhorns baseball team not reached the ultimate event in college baseball since 2014. 2018 Texas Longhorns baseball team The 2018 Texas Longhorns baseball team represents the University of Texas at Austin during the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns play their home games at UFCU Disch–Falk Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach David Pierce, in his 2nd season at Texas. The Longhorns claimed the Big 12 Conference regular season title, then swept the Austin Regional and won the Austin Super Regional to advance to the 2018 College World Series, extending their record

neg: 2018 Texas Longhorns baseball team 2018 Texas Longhorns baseball team The 2018 Texas Longhorns baseball team represents the University of Texas at Austin during the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns play their home games at UFCU Disch–Falk Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach David Pierce, in his 2nd season at Texas. The Longhorns claimed the Big 12 Conference regular season title, then swept the Austin Regional and won the Austin Super Regional to advance to the 2018 College World Series, extending their record for most appearances in Omaha to 36. The Longhorns had

neg: Sports in Austin, Texas Sports in Austin, Texas The City of Austin, Texas and the Austin metropolitan area has no major league professional sports teams, but is home to the University of Texas Longhorns and to several minor-league sports teams. Many Austinites support the athletic programs of the University of Texas at Austin known as the Texas Longhorns. During the 2005–06 academic term, Longhorns football team was named the NCAA Division I FBS National Football Champion and Longhorns baseball team won the College World Series. The Texas Longhorns play home games in the state's second-largest sports stadium, Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium, seating over

neg: 1970 World Series Series where a team leading 3–0 in the series would fail to complete the sweep by losing game 4 but still win game 5 to win the series. 1910 and 1937 were the others. This was the last World Series until 2017 in which both participating teams won over 100 games during the regular season. The Baltimore Orioles won the American League East division by 15 games over the New York Yankees and the Cincinnati Reds won the National League West division by games over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Coming into the World Series, the Orioles had won 14 straight

neg: Samoa Rugby Union union team perform a traditional Samoan challenge called the siva tau before each game. Samoa Rugby Union were formerly members of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance (PIRA) along with Fiji and Tonga. They are ranked 12th in the world as of 2017. The Samoa national rugby sevens team competes in the annual World Rugby Sevens Series, and won the 2009–10 World Series. Samoa were crowned winners of the 2010 Edinburgh Sevens. The historic victory followed three consecutive tournament wins in the world series, the Hong Kong Sevens, the USA Sevens and the Adelaide Sevens. In November 2017, Samoa's prime minister

neg: 2015–16 America's Cup World Series in the 2017 America's Cup. 2015–16 America's Cup World Series The second America's Cup World Series were held between 2015 and 2016 in the lead up to the 2017 America's Cup. The series was won by Land Rover BAR and confers two points towards the 2017 Louis Vuitton Cup. The runner up was Oracle Team USA which confers one point toward the next competition. The series awards points exclusively for fleet races. They were raced in AC45F catamarans, modified from the previous AC45 series to incorporate hydrofoiling capability for improved performance, in strict one-design. The design is smaller than the

neg: Edward Mazurek Edward Mazurek Edward 'Coach' J. Mazurek (December 21, 1938 – October 4, 2017) was an American schoolteacher and politician from Maine. Mazurek served as a Democratic State Senator from Maine's 22nd District, representing much of Knox County, including Thomaston and his residence in Rockland. Mazurek was born and raised in Stamford, Connecticut. At the age of 13, Mazurek won the 1951 Little League World Series with his fellow Stamford residents over Austin, Texas. Mazurek attended Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he played with the Musketeers football team and earned a Bachelor of Business Administration. A defensive tackle, Mazurek was

neg: 2017 America's Cup performance engineering giant Cosworth. Luna Rossa Challenge had partnered with Lenovo to analyze and predict race simulations, assisting in the design of their boat. The America's Cup World Series was won by Land Rover BAR, earning two points to take into the 2017 Louis Vuitton America's Cup Qualifiers Round. The runner up was Oracle Team USA, earning one point to take into the Qualifiers Round. Oracle Team USA won the 2017 Louis Vuitton America's Cup Qualifiers Round, earning one point to take into the 2017 America's Cup competition. Emirates Team New Zealand, Land Rover BAR, Artemis Racing and SoftBank Team

neg: 2017 Independence Cup 2017 Independence Cup The 2017 Independence Cup was a cricket tournament that took place in Lahore, Pakistan. It was contested between a World XI team and Pakistan across three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. Pakistan won the series 2–1. South Africa's Faf du Plessis captained the World XI team, with Sarfraz Ahmed leading Pakistan. Ten of the players in the Pakistan squad had not previously played in an international match at home. The World XI side arrived in Lahore a day before the first fixture under high security. The cup was named in commemoration of Pakistan's 70th year of independence. The

neg: Sports in Texas Chihuahuas, Round Rock Express, and San Antonio Missions. Four teams play in the Double-A Texas League: the Amarillo Sod Poodles, Corpus Christi Hooks, Frisco RoughRiders, and Midland RockHounds. The Fort Worth Cats were a team in Fort Worth that won three-straight championships in independent leagues, one in the Central Baseball League and the last two in the American Association. College baseball is also quite popular, as Texas A&M University, Rice University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Houston, Baylor University, Texas Tech University, and Texas Christian University have all made multiple College World Series appearances. Basketball is also popular,

neg: Richland College for national championships within the National Junior College Athletic Association, Division III. Many athletes have gone on to play for four-year university programs and professional teams. The men's basketball team won the NJCAA Division III championship in 1999, 2009, and 2015. The baseball team won the NJCAA Division III World Series championship in 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2009. The men's soccer team won the NJCAA Division III championship in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2007. The women's soccer team won the NJCAA Division III championship in 2004, 2006, and 2009. The wrestling team has won seven Texas state championships, competing

neg: 2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial 2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial The Women's team time trial of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 17 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. Nine teams and a total of fifty-four riders contested the event, the opening race of the Road World Championships. Amongst the winning riders for , Ellen van Dijk won her fourth team time trial world championships, having won in 2012 and 2013 for and 2016 for . The five remaining riders won their first world title, in a result described as an "upset", as

neg: Arlington, Texas Arlington has long been the home of the Texas Rangers baseball team, who made Arlington Stadium their first home upon moving to Dallas/Fort Worth from Washington, D.C. in 1972. In 1994, the Rangers built a new stadium, Globe Life Park in Arlington. The Rangers made trips to both the 2010 World Series and 2011 World Series both of which they lost, the first to the San Francisco Giants in 5 games, and the second to the St. Louis Cardinals in 7 games. In 2017, construction began on the $1.1 billion Globe Life Field across the street from Globe Life Park

neg: Steven Mitchinson they were victorious in Dublin. He was selected in the English teams from 2014-2018, the England side won the British Isles Series in 2015, 2016 and 2017 In 2013 he was called up for the English Indoor side but the England team was unsuccessful in the British Isles Series which was won by Scotland, however subsequent years were more successful and he was been a member of the England team which won the Series in both 2014 and 2015. In November 2011 he competed in the World Champion of Champions finishing 5th. He was ranked 20th in the world according

neg: United States national rugby sevens team Series, whereas Madison Hughes ranked third in points (279). Perry Baker and Danny Barrett were both selected to the 2016-17 Dream Team, and Baker was selected as the 2017 World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year. The 2017–18 season began badly for the U.S. In the first tournament in Dubai, Baker suffered a concussion, and the rest of the team limped to a last place finish. The U.S. improved from that point on, reaching the semifinals of the Australia Sevens. The team then won the 2018 USA Sevens, the first time the U.S. won their home tournament, boosted in large

neg: Wally Kopf and one strikeout in three at bats. Defensively, he played third base, turing one double play in six total chances. Although he didn't play, Kopf was a member of the Giants roster during the 1921 World Series. He received part of the cash reward after the Giants won the World Series. At the start of the 1922 season, Kopf was a member of the Giants second team, which was compiled of players who were cut from New York's spring training roster and assigned to a team that played minor league teams in Texas. After his trial with the Giants second

neg: Waipahu, Hawaii In 1997, the Governor of Hawaii, Benjamin J. Cayetano, proclaimed the months of June 1997 through November 1997 to be Waipahu Centennial Celebration Months. Many activities and events were held to celebrate the Waipahu Centennial. Waipahu is the home to the 2008 Little League World Series champions from Waipi'o Little League. They defeated Matamoros, Mexico 12–3 in the final game on August 24, 2008. On August 28, 2010, that same team won the U.S. championship of the Little League World Series, defeating the team from Pearland, Texas, but lost to Edogawa Minami LL of Tokyo on August 29, 2010, in

neg: Dawson Cram Bandolero Series. After winning 13 times in Bandoleros, he made the move to Legend Cars in 2014. His racing slate in 2017 included various starts in Legends cars, Super Trucks and late models in the Whelen All-American Series and an attempt at a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event. On October 24, 2017, Cram was announced to be driving for Cram Racing Enterprises in the No. 11 truck at Martinsville Speedway in the 2017 Texas Roadhouse 200. A blown engine during practice ended the team's weekend, forcing the No. 11 team and Cram to withdraw. He returned to Martinsville in

neg: 2017 Sydney Women's Sevens 2017 Sydney Women's Sevens The 2017 Sydney Women's Sevens was the second tournament of the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. It was the inaugural edition of the Australian Women's Sevens and part of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series. The tournament was played on 3–4 February 2017 at Allianz Stadium and Kippax Field in Sydney, and won by Canada 21–17 over the United States in the final. The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played every other team in their pool once. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup

neg: 2011 World Series set a Series record by issuing 41 walks, breaking the previous record held by the Florida Marlins when winning the 1997 World Series after issuing 40. The Cardinals became the first wild card team to win the World Series since the Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World Series (coincidentally, against the Cardinals). 2011 World Series (4–3): St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.) over Texas Rangers (A.L.) The series was televised in the United States and Canada by Fox. Joe Buck called play-by-play on his 14th World Series for the network, dating back to , while color analyst Tim McCarver handled his

neg: Matt Graham (poker player) tournament winnings exceed $1,700,000. Matt Graham (poker player) Matthew Graham (born in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American professional poker player from Houston, Texas, who is a two time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, He won his first bracelet at the 2008 World Series of Poker in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout event. During the next year at the 2009 World Series of Poker, he won his second bracelet in the $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha event. Graham in a member of Team UB as a sponsored professional poker player at the online cardroom Ultimate Bet. As of

neg: Matt Graham (poker player) Matt Graham (poker player) Matthew Graham (born in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American professional poker player from Houston, Texas, who is a two time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, He won his first bracelet at the 2008 World Series of Poker in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout event. During the next year at the 2009 World Series of Poker, he won his second bracelet in the $10,000 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha event. Graham in a member of Team UB as a sponsored professional poker player at the online cardroom Ultimate Bet. As of 2010, his total live

neg: West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2017–18 West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2017–18 The West Indies cricket team toured New Zealand in December 2017 and January 2018 to play two Tests, three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. Three Tests were originally planned, but it was reduced to two by New Zealand Cricket (NZC) to conform to the expected tour make-up when the ICC World Test Championship is implemented. Ahead of the Test series, a three-day tour match was planned, which started on 25 November 2017. New Zealand won the Test series 2–0 and the ODI series 3–0. New Zealand

neg: Chae Yoo-jung Chae Yoo-jung Chae Yoo-jung (, Hanja: 蔡侑玎, born 9 May 1995) is a South Korean badminton player. She is the daughter of former singles player Kim Bok-sun. Chae was a part of the Korean national team that won the world team championships at the 2017 Sudirman Cup. "Mixed doubles" "Women's doubles" "Mixed doubles" "Girls' doubles" "Mixed doubles" "Girls' doubles" "Mixed doubles" The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals,

neg: 2017 AIHL season announced that they would host the New Zealand men's national ice hockey team in a four game exhibition series at the O'Brien Group Arena, competing in two games each. The series was held as part of a warm up for New Zealand ahead of the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group B tournament. The Mustangs won both of their games 5–4 with the first being won in a shootout. The Ice defeated New Zealand 3–1 in the first game, however lost their second 0–9. The 2017 edition of the Wilson Cup was not held due to a

neg: Ray Tanner Texas Longhorns in the championship game. The South Carolina baseball team has made the NCAA tournament every year since 2000, and they currently have the longest streak of NCAA tournament appearances in the Southeastern Conference. The 2010 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team won the College World Series championship after taking the series 2-0 over the UCLA Bruins. The championship was the first men's NCAA championship in school history. The 2011 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team completed the season 55-14 and won the program's second national title after sweeping the championship series against the Florida Gators 2-0. This marked the first

neg: 2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial it was the squad's first team time trial win of 2017. All nine teams completed the -long course. 2017 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial The Women's team time trial of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 17 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. Nine teams and a total of fifty-four riders contested the event, the opening race of the Road World Championships. Amongst the winning riders for , Ellen van Dijk won her fourth team time trial world championships, having won in 2012 and 2013 for and 2016 for

neg: 2002 World Series game in all three rounds of the playoffs (Division Series, League Championship Series, and World Series), yet rebounded to win each time. They were the first, and to date only, team to do this since the new postseason format was created in 1994. Until 2017, this was the last time a franchise would win its first World Series title. It was also the second year in a row that the feat had been accomplished; in 2001, the Diamondbacks beat the Yankees in just their fourth year of existence. Also in those two years, both teams won the World Series in

neg: Andy Fox Andy Fox Andrew Junipero Fox (born January 12, 1971) is an American professional baseball executive and a former Major League Baseball infielder and coach. Fox, a second round draft pick, graduated from Christian Brothers High School in Sacramento. Also Fox attended a St. Mary, a Catholic school, in Sacramento for grades k-8. In Major League Baseball, he played for the New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks, Florida Marlins, Texas Rangers, and Montreal Expos. He won a World Series as a member of the Marlins' 2003 World Series championship team and as a member of the Yankees' 1996 World Series championship team.

neg: Johnny Moss share of the lifetime WSOP bracelet lead up until the 2005 World Series of Poker, which is where Johnny Chan won his tenth career bracelet. During Moss's career, he won $834,422 in WSOP tournament play. In 1970, Moss was voted champion by his peers and was awarded a silver cup. Moss set the record for the oldest bracelet winner in WSOP history, which still stands as of the end of the 2017 World Series of Poker. Moss's wife was Virgie, who was from West Texas. One of Moss's strategies for tournament poker was survival in the early stages. As the

neg: Irish cricket team against Afghanistan in the UAE in 2017–18 he re-joined the squad prior to the series. Irish cricket team against Afghanistan in the UAE in 2017–18 The Ireland cricket team toured the United Arab Emirates in December 2017 to play three One Day Internationals (ODIs) against the Afghanistan cricket team. The matches were used as a warm-up for the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, scheduled to take place in Zimbabwe in March 2018. Ireland won the series 2–1. Ahead of the series, Ed Joyce was ruled out of Ireland's squad with a knee injury, with John Anderson replacing him. Niall O'Brien initially returned home to Ireland for personal

neg: Texas A&M Aggies baseball Texas A&M Aggies baseball The Texas A&M Aggie baseball team represents Texas A&M University in NCAA Division I college baseball. The Aggies have competed in the Southeastern Conference since 2013. The Aggies play home games at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park. The team is led by head coach Rob Childress. Texas A&M baseball has compiled an all-time record of 2550-1427-42 (.634 winning percentage) through the 2014 season. The Aggies have won 19 conference championships (15 in the Southwest Conference and four in the Big 12). Texas A&M has made 33 NCAA tournament appearances, advancing to the College World Series

neg: J. P. Kelly J. P. Kelly John-Paul Kelly, known as J.P. Kelly, is a professional poker player from Aylesbury, England. Kelly is a two time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, having won the 2009 World Series of Poker $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em event in Las Vegas and then later that same year won another bracelet at the 2009 World Series of Poker Europe in the £1,000 No Limit Hold'em event in London. He was a member of team PokerStars Pro, playing under the screen name "jp Kelly" However, his association with PokerStars has since ended. As of July 2017, his total live