Sentence examples for classic underdogs from inspiring English sources
The Red Sox, with a payroll of $168 million, are hardly classic underdogs, and other teams have thrived in spite of injuries.
With all due respect for one of the classic underdogs remaining in the N.C.A.A. men's tournament, Trenholm said yesterday from her home in Dennis, Mass., that she was keeping a wary eye on this sudden surge of Saluki status.
Many black commentators have pilloried the show as a nest of stereotypes, while perversely ignoring its obvious sympathy for its characters, classic underdogs who nearly always prevail over their oppressors.
Claudius is the classic underdog.
The story is a classic underdog tale that leans heavily on Cyrano de Bergerac.
"Moneyball" was a classic underdog tale about the cash-deprived Oakland A's; "Freakonomics" read like a series of detective stories.
Positioned by experts in the shadow of the upgraded Red Sox, the Yankees can never be the classic underdog, baseball's Virginia Commonwealth.
Lauren Yee's global-vision take on the classic underdog sports story features BD Wong as a Chinese basketball coach with a secret.
It is the classic underdog sports tale: it depicts an over-enthusiastic janitor's attempt to transform misfit students into Nebraska State tennis champions".
Most important: God and family — two talking points Welker repeated often during a media day scrum in which he told his classic underdog story.
