The Yankees are there again after vanquishing the Seattle Mariners in six games.
After vanquishing Manny Pacquiao in May, the American's supply of credible opponents has gone alarmingly dry.
Nevertheless, after vanquishing Netscape, the first commercial browser developer, Microsoft waited five years before releasing the sixth version of Internet Explorer in 2006.
GDP growth: 6.4% GDP per head: $3,440 (PPP: $6,820) Inflation: 5.5% Budget balance (% GDP) -6.2 Population: 21.7mFour years after vanquishing the Tamil Tigers, President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his Sri Lanka Freedom Party will continue to reap the peace dividend.
But most impressive of all is that this same bunch took to the practice field for informal practices -- along with more than 50 of their teammates -- last January just two weeks after vanquishing the Cornhuskers.
Although Sullivan is the second coach the Penguins have had this year, and Pittsburgh has used two different goaltenders in the playoffs, the Penguins are playing almost a month after vanquishing Washington in six games.
But for Henin — who will face No. 4 Svetlana Kuznetsova, a 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 winner over Anna Chakvetadze — mowing down Venus Williams one round after vanquishing her younger sister Serena was worthy of a private trophy.
After vanquishing the British in the original Niagara on Lake Erie in 1813, Perry retired to his cabin and penned his eloquent report: "We have met the enemy and they are ours".
There are readers who will feel a sense of accomplishment after vanquishing 749 such pages, not to mention a three-page list explaining who the characters are ("Thevola -- maker of rawhide panels").
Some of cycling's best-known television images may be of solo mountain breakaways and sprinters raising their arms after vanquishing rivals, but every rider is part of a nine-man team at this year's Tour de France, which ends July 21 in Paris.
After vanquishing the Nets, O'Neal complimented Jason Kidd and paid his respects to the men who have meant the most in his personal and professional life, Phillip Harrison, the stepfather who reared him as if he were his biological son, and Phil Jackson, the coach who made him believe in himself as a champion.
