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To rapturous laughter and applause, he said with finality: "Any boss who sacks a worker for not turning up today is a bum". [10] [11] In stark contrast to Australia, the loss of the 1983 America's Cup was considered a time of shame in U.S. sailing, as the U.S. had been able to defend the Cup for 132 years in a row. Dennis Conner took the loss hard.
John Edwin Bertrand AO (born 20 December 1946) is a yachtsman from Australia, who skippered Australia II to victory in the 1983 America's Cup, ending 132 years of American supremacy, and the only time Australia has won. [1] Bertrand won the bronze medal in the Finn competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. [2]
According to the late James Michener's Sports in America, Lombardi claimed to have been misquoted. What he intended to say was "Winning isn't everything. The will to win is the only thing." [8] However, Lombardi is on record repeating the original version of the quotation on several occasions. [9]
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Australia against Uruguay in Stadium Australia, during the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying play-off . Association football is a popular sport in Oceania in terms of participation. The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of six association football confederations [ 9 ] under the auspices of FIFA , the international governing body of the ...
Among concerns the league has a competition problem, the veteran coach made his stance known after the Bucks advanced past the Hawks to the NBA Cup final: "There's nothing wrong with saying you ...
The SEC’s winning percentage of .878 towers above men’s basketball’s other four power conferences, the Big 12 (.743), the Big Ten (.742), the Big East (.689) and the ACC (.635).
USA Today columnist Christine Brennan, whose book about Clark titled “On Her Game” is set to come out in July, dropped by CNN on Friday where she also questioned Johnson’s take.