Sentence examples for pre-eminent team from inspiring English sources

As the defending N.C.A.A. men's basketball champion and pre-eminent team in the Atlantic Coast Conference this season, Duke has been fixed in the national spotlight.

Vassily Ivanchuk has a reputation as a good teammate, particularly in the biennial World Chess Olympiads that are the game's pre-eminent team competitions.

It is the world's pre-eminent team tournament, held every two years, and about 1,400 players from 162 countries are expected to compete.

Hendrick Motorsports is the pre-eminent team in Nascar, with its driver Jimmie Johnson winning an unprecedented four titles in a row.

Crucially, the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants, the league's pre-eminent team, have stumbled this season with their longtime star, Hideki Matsui, now playing for the Yankees.

He was asked Thursday about Knicks guard J. R. Smith, who called Pierce "a bitter person" after Pierce was quoted as saying the Nets would be the city's pre-eminent team.

Wiggins, who won the Tour de France with Sky, believes Yates's decision to steer clear of one of the sport's most pre-eminent teams enabled him to storm to victory in Madrid on Sunday.

But on Sunday, the Colts' youth, and the mistakes that usually accompany it in the N.F.L., ensured that any kind of passing of the torch from Tom Brady to Luck, from the pre-eminent A.F.C. team of more than a decade to a team clearly on the rise, would wait just a little longer.

There is no doubt that we have the pre-eminent journalistic team in the U.S., and we have an enthusiastic, experienced executive team that shares our sense of content purpose.

"I can see you won't be getting a tryout with Maccabi Tel Aviv," said Bob Nusbaum, the former comedian, referring to Israel's pre-eminent professional team.

Germany have taken the place of Spain as the pre-eminent world team and the fourth World Cup of their history, although the first for a unified Germany, is richly deserved.