This was not a night in which style points mattered.
For people used to the objectivity of the stopwatch, the system can seem unsporty, but even grand old ski jumping is determined, in part, by style points.
One would expect utter dominance by Ohio State against the cupcakes, especially in an environment in which it seems style points matter.
To crown an all-around champion of skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding, the organizers attracted 55 competitors, ages 11 to 40, who were judged for style points in the manner of figure skating in each of the disciplines.
As Anya Strzemien, Editor-in-Chief of Stylelist, Stylelist Home and HuffPost Style, points out in her recent essay on why she's started fining her colleagues for talking negatively about their own bodies: "[W]hen a woman engages in "fat talk," she may feel the effects of depression for several weeks afterward.
EXTRA POINTS Because the won-lost record, not style points, counts in the standings, the Jets (4-3) would play the Miami Dolphins in the playoffs if the season ended now.
Gonzaga had not accumulated many style points in its first three halves here, yet it had still positioned itself to survive and advance, again.
All of a sudden, the Raptors, a franchise that had never accomplished anything of note, was somehow in a position where style points, and not just survival, mattered.
"There are no style points in fútbol," Real Madrid Coach Vicente del Bosque said, declining the opportunity to denigrate a dirty job very well done.
