1.   And even the perennial champion expected a different outcome.

2.   Besides Stich and Becker, the German tennis firmament is also missing Steffi Graf, its perennial champion.

3.   Directly and indirectly, Wilson is the end result, and perhaps a symbol, of a rigorous process that has helped make Valdosta perennial champions.

4.   Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow, the perennial champions, will turn pro after the Olympics.

5.   In that tournament, Walker had to come from behind against another perennial champion, Alton Jones from Texas.

6.   It had minimal TV coverage and a seemingly perennial national champion in UCLA.

7.   It took Michael Jordan seven seasons before he understood fully the nuances of his sport, and his Chicago Bulls suddenly became perennial NBA world champions.

8.   North Carolina, the perennial national champion, kept shooting and shooting at the defending champion, Notre Dame.

9.   Only in the Michael Jordan era have they become perennial NBA champions, but I have been a Chicago Bulls fan all my life.

10.   The Heat are in Israel to play an exhibition game Monday night against perennial Israeli champions Maccabi Tel Aviv.