Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Dallas Aces (initially the U.S. Aces, later simply the Aces) were the world's first professional bridge team, organized in 1968 by Dallas businessman Ira Corn. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Corn was determined to return bridge supremacy to America after the domination of the formidable Italian Blue Team for more than a decade. [ 3 ]
The UPSL was formed in 2011 with 10 teams, and has grown to include over 400 member clubs across the nation. Now featuring numerous MLS U19 teams including LAFC, Philadelphia Union and LA Galaxy, the Premier Division is widely regarded as occupying the unofficial 4th tier of US Soccer.
Donated by the Auction Bridge Club of Chicago in 1929, the trophy was originally awarded by the American Bridge League to the winners of the National Contract Championships Open Contract Team-of-Four (board-a-match scoring), [5] which became the North American Open Teams Championship held by the American Contract Bridge League.
Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.
Wolff has won 11 world championships, over 30 North American championships, and was the president of World Bridge Federation (WBF) 1992–1994, and served as president of American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) 1987. He is the author of a tell-all on bridge chronicling 60 years on the scene, entitled The Lone Wolff, published by Master Point Press.
All Saints’ Episcopal School, Fort Worth, Texas; All Saints Academy, Winter Haven, Florida - mascot is a St. Bernard dog; Baytown Christian Academy, Baytown, Texas; Briarcrest Christian School, Shelby County, Tennessee; the school was founded as a segregation academy in the 1970s [13] Calvary Academy, Springfield, Illinois
Thus was the fate of now-former New Orleans Saints head coach Dennis Allen, who was dismissed Monday morning – not even a full day after a 23-22 defeat in Charlotte ran the Saints’ losing ...
He wasn’t able to end Dallas’ championship drought, and the team’s playoff losses – two to the San Francisco 49ers and last year’s 48-32 blowout defeat to the Packers at AT&T Stadium ...