"It's a cruel way to go out of a competition," concluded King.
Three days of vintage car racing, with winners crowned in 16 classes of competition, concluded Sunday at Laguna Seca Raceway near Monterey, Calif., with the awarding of the top Spirit of Monterey award going to the retiring driver John Harden.
— In crisp, overhead barrels, the Quiksilver Pro New York competition concluded Friday with a display of performance surfing that highlighted both the past and the immediate future of the sport.
Year No. 1 of the Energy Department's EcoCAR 2 competition concluded this week in Los Angeles, with the team from Mississippi State University taking top honors, as well as $7,000 in prize money, among teams from 15 universities.
"Nashville Star," USA Network's country music talent competition, concluded its fourth season on Tuesday when Chris Young, below, a blushing 20-year-old who was a favorite from the beginning, won, before an audience of 3.02 million.
As the competition concluded, the United States won the medal count with 97 total (39 gold), while Russia continued to maintain its status as an athletic superpower in the wake of the splintering of the former Soviet Union with 88 total medals, 32 of them gold.
The team competition concludes on Friday, with Britain lying on a team score of 79.252%.
(After quarterfinals held in New York in April, this year's Honens competition concludes in Calgary from next Wednesday to Oct. 26).
The competition concludes with the stadium jumping phase today, when each fence knocked down or any refusal will cost four penalties.
He will begin training with the national rugby team in California and rejoin the Patriots after the Olympic rugby sevens competition concludes on 11 August.
(Chinen) ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON (Saturday) Jazz at Lincoln Center's nationwide Duke Ellington repertory competition concludes this weekend, as the final three competing high school bands perform alongside Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
