Sentence examples for showdown of two from inspiring English sources

BOSTON — It was a showdown of two of the N.H.L.'s best teams this season, a first meeting between voracious opponents who play a similarly relentless style.

In a showdown of two of the nation's top point guards, Robinson outdueled Oklahoma State's Andrea Riley, the conference's leading scorer, who led the Cowgirls (18-5, 6-3) with 30 points.

ARIZONA 77, OREGON 71 Loren Woods tied the N.C.A.A. record with 14 blocked shots and No. 9 Arizona pulled away over the final three minutes to beat No. 23 Oregon in a showdown of two of the Pac-10's leaders in Tucson, Ariz.

But 11 days of historic national drama and the showdown of the two state rivals have spiced up the concoction even more.

That gave the Brewers a 4-2 vinthey in the first of a four-game showdown between two of the dregs of the National League.

He is so immersed in Australian rugby league that Burgess talks longingly about his desire to play in the compelling State of Origin series – an annual best-of-three showdown between New South Wales and Queensland.

The Golden Gate Yacht Club of San Francisco, which backs the challenger BMW Oracle Racing, told the Société Nautique de Genève, which supports Alinghi, in a letter late Thursday that it was considering filing a complaint in New York courts on the grounds of breach of fiduciary duty, in part because of the selection of Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, as the site of the best-of-three showdown.

BMW Oracle Racing filed a motion with the Supreme Court of the State of New York asking that the Persian Gulf port be replaced with Valencia, Spain, as the site for the best-of-three showdown against its bitter rival, the two-time defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland, for the oldest trophy in international sports.

Griffith Borgeson, the motorsports historian, described the event as "sort of an automotive gunfight at the O.K. Corral, a showdown between two of the biggest, baddest glamour wagons of all time".

The plot is centered on sudden outbursts of violence from within and without (including a circle-the-wagons showdown with the warriors of two hostile tribes), as well as its avoidance, through Breck's sagacious diplomacy.

The stage was set, awaiting the final showdown of the top eight teams, after they had gone through in-depth mentoring sessions to fine-tune and perfect their social enterprise models.