1.   A great dynasty fell when the D-backs rallied in the bottom of the ninth.

2.   Larry MacPhail was the original architect of the great Dodgers dynasty while introducing night baseball and games broadcast on radio.

3.   Once the domain of great dynasties, the NFL of today has been reduced to a dart throw.

4.   The Bills have built a great dynasty and they deserve a tremendous amount of credit for even getting to four straight Super Bowls.

5.   The Great Wall is still standing but the great Chinese dynasties are long gone.

6.   The parallels with that other great American political dynasty, the Kennedys, are irresistible.

7.   They are the Lords of the Rings, these New York Yankees, a dynasty as great as any in the history of professional sports.

8.   Titled women have sometimes played a major role in the destruction of great royal dynasties.

9.   Years of family feuding had brought down the great dynasty.