1.   After that lackluster loss, the national championship dreams were history.

2.   But other clubs are obviously trying to resist the temptation of championship dreams.

3.   Conference and national championship dreams are taking a Holiday.

4.   Finally, there was the free fall of a team that once had championship dreams.

5.   For baseball fans of New England, October is the cruelest month, the time of year when championship dreams are crushed.

6.   Its national championship dream.

7.   Jerry Colangelo generally finds a way to kindle championship dreams via a Tom Chambers, an A.C. Green or a Danny Manning.

8.   Jordan stripped the ball from noble Karl Malone in the post, then stole the championship dream of the Utah Jazz.

9.   Last to be escorted to their courtside seats, first to vacate the building when championship dreams are turning to dust.

10.   Or are the youthful Magic, a team that has never won a playoff game, showing the flaws that will make its championship dreams premature?