The reporters begin the first paragraphs, writing in both styles, the elegiac, the celebratory — Today, a great joining of continents; Today, a great mourning of heroes — eager to be the first to finger the pulse, keener still to get ahold of the telegraph when any real news comes through.
He also could have taken the baton from Kobe Bryant to become the next Lakers great, joining a pantheon that includes Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O'Neal and Jerry
And it makes me so proud to actually be British for once - a great, joined-up, eclectic, multicultural society that has shown itself to be rather good at sports - who'd a thought it?
Stokely Carmichael, a great leader, joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1960, later the Freedom Riders.
Chasing after low labor costs and an enormous and rapidly expanding market, South Korean investors were to a great extent joining in a global flood of investment money to China, a flow that leaves some South Koreans nervous.
For Turks, many of whom are still sensitive about no longer being a great empire, joining Europe's most exclusive club would confirm that they are as good as anyone.
It's the one place in America where it's always time to eat a great meal, join a band, booze on the street, start a parade, and wear a feather boa.
Learn how to have a great conversation, join a conversation and come up with good conversation topics.
They look truly happy, none more so than Dominique Mercy, at the front, whose evident delight belies what must be a great sorrow: he joined Tanztheater Wuppertal in 1974, only a year after Bausch arrived there.
In fact, if your online lover spotted your slip ups and whoppers, he or she may have thought this was a great game and joined in.
It was not a great time to join the party – Jeremy Thorpe was facing trial – but Watkins joined because he admired the Liberal tradition in his native Rochdale.
