Francisco the Man — Francisco el Hombre in Spanish — was a legendary musician who, by one account, originated vallenato music in an accordion-playing contest with Satan.
CONTESTS: The National Repertory Theatre Foundation, which offers a hefty cash prize for its annual new-play contest ($12,500, with $7,500 going to the playwright and $5,000 to the first professional theater to produce the winning script), has extended its deadline for submissions to April 1.
Reggie Kohn, Rodriguez's coach for four seasons at Lake Howell High School, frequently plays three-on-three contests withisis current and former players with one rule change: there is no out of bounds.
What made the predicament even worse for the Indians was they were opening the year with a pool-play contest in their own Ralph Brandt Tournament.
In 1929, she gave Miss Helen Will the closest match she has ever played since her contest with Lenglen in 1926.
Asked what role she thought race would play in her contest with Mr. Obama, Mrs. Clinton responded, "I hope none".
Shorten and Labor are not, in this contest, playing "me too" with a future-focused twist.
Whether judged by the leapfrog that states are playing with the contest calendar, the quicksilver rise and fall of candidates du jour, the showy dithering of supposedly would-be contenders or the dogged persistence of also-rans sprinting nowhere fast, this has been an epically silly primary season, and (cue the Carpenters) we've only just begun.
Iowa scored its final run in the sixth and eliminated San Gabriel Valley, winner of three World Series championships since 2004, from possible advancement with one pool-play contest left at 2 p.m. today against Southeast.
I'll be doing that today, getting ready for the opening tee shot Thursday morning and of course prior to that I'll be playing the par-3 contest with Jack (Nicklaus) and Gary (Player).
"It's not just what they do with the bats, but also with defense and pitching". Korn said being a part of the contest and playing with and against the different players is an honor.
