101.   Tim Goebel, the defending champ, fell once but skated a much more difficult program than Eldredge.

102.   Topping the list is defending champ Davis Love III, a four-time winner.

103.   Up until then, it had basically been a dull and routine NFL season for the defending Super Bowl champs.

104.   Two-time defending champ Patrick Rafter, with a torn rotator cuff, pulled out in the middle of the first round.

105.   Two-time defending champs Kyoko Ina and John Zimmerman were the last pair to skate.

106.   We now have a Super Bowl matchup featuring a supremely confident defending champ against a rugged, inspired, nobody-loves-us-but-us team.

107.   When the defending champ, congested and woozy, began missing jumps in practice, the Russians began dreaming about a golden sweep.

108.   Why did he think the underdog team from the Balkans could beat the defending champs?

109.   Yet it may take quite a while for the defending champs to shake the humility acquired in their opening-game loss to the Chicago Bears.

110.   You awake today to find that the two-time defending Western Conference champs are comfortably atop the Pacific Division.