1.   The Super Bowl champions have been crowned -- no fatalities this year -- and the groundhog has seen his shadow.

2.   Between today and Monday, when the NCAA team champion will be crowned, Taino will find out how right.

3.   A champion will be crowned.

4.   A true champion would be crowned.

5.   Champions were crowned in thoroughbred racing yesterday, and horses trained by D. Wayne Lukas won three Eclipse Awards as the best in their class.

6.   Conference champions get crowned in December.

7.   Conferences and universities have the right to earn millions from their bowl appearances, but they insult us all when they insist on crowning a champion.

8.   Fans demand a champion be crowned on the field, not in the fax machine.

9.   Golf and tennis crown four champions a year.

10.   It turned out to be a good year for poll voters when Alabama beat Miami in the Sugar Bowl and an undisputed champion was crowned.