11.   Soccer officials simply refused to play their premier event on artificial turf.

12.   The Greatest Spectacle in Racing is not even a shadow of its former self in its current incarnation as the premier event of the Indy Racing League.

13.   The MGA has several of the top courses in the state lined up as venues for its premier events.

14.   The national championships are the premier event for the U.S. Figure Skating Association, which must compete with professional events and ice shows.

15.   Three premier racing events run, three sellout crowds.

16.   Until last May, there was little question which was the premier event.

17.   WESC is the premier event in a sport that now boasts an almost endless winter, with extremists migrating in summer to keep the thrills coming.

18.   With apologies to the gymnasts and boxers, getting a ticket to the premier events could prove to be the sternest test of all.

19.   With the exception of our premier boxing events, we are not a live-sports network.

20.   A mine janitor who ran to earn extra money, Thugwane became a national hero when he finished first in the premier event of the Olympic Games.