1.   Although Miguel Indurain is a native of Pamplona and his father has a farm in neighboring Villava, the defending champ was shown no mercy Wednesday.

2.   And now the defending champs are coming home.

3.   And he is expected to perform similarly on Wednesday when the Bulls play host to Houston, the two-time defending NBA champs.

4.   And just last week, Senegal stunned the defending champs from France.

5.   And none of them made the team when employed by the nine-time defending divisional champs.

6.   And the defending champ is an Australian.

7.   As the defending champ, Mrs. Clinton has an early lead in the polls.

8.   At halftime, they had a three-point lead over the defending Western Conference champs.

9.   Besides defending champ Cuba, five teams from the Americas will earn spots.

10.   After a resounding overthrow of the defending champs Saturday, Arizona established itself as the team to beat in this NCAA Final Four.