11.   It has all the makings of being a Winston Cup champion team.

12.   Later, as an executive, he fielded champion teams with Cleveland and the Chicago White Sox by opening the door to black players.

13.   Low was born and reared and received his early education in the Stanislaus County town of Oakdale, which is better known for producing champion team ropers than judges.

14.   On Saturday, players from the Wise Guys and the Hoover Heavers, two perennial champion teams from Iowa, will take on squads of local players.

15.   One of the gold medals was for being a member of the champion American team.

16.   The Akron, Ohio-based company supplied world champion team Williams-Renault, along with Jordan, Benetton, McLaren, Sauber, Ferrari and Tyrrell.

17.   The Braves now look less like a defending world champion team than a vulnerable contender flirting with disaster.

18.   The tournament was devalued when the Nigerian government pulled its defending champion team out because of security reasons.

19.   As substitute goalies, Johansson picked Mogens Krogh of the Danish champion team Broendby, and sole newcomer Peter Kjaer of Silkeborg, another Danish team.

20.   As a player, Jacquet was part of the five-time French champion team, Saint-Etienne.