Much as the Yankees gutted out yet another division title this year, their status as an elite team is fragile.
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Just when the Magic threaten to become an elite team, the superstar of the moment decides it's time to walk.
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Also, gold medallist Carl Hester is a dressage coach at the college, working with the elite team which is part of the Hartpury Equine Academy.
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For-profit schools portray themselves as being sophisticated with an elite team to help you gain that college degree you have always wanted in a little over a year.
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As the Chrysler-produced TV spot unfolded, an elite team of mechanics and machinists was transforming the vehicle with a matte black exterior, stealth body panels, advanced weapon systems and a jet engine.
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Russia faced the most safety troubles, with six fatal accidents in 2011, including a dramatic one that claimed the lives of an elite hockey team.
U.S. officials said an elite interrogation team would question the Massachusetts college student without reading him his Miranda rights, something that is allowed on a limited basis when the public may be in immediate danger, such as instances in which bombs are planted and ready to go off.
Also, the Knicks Air Elite, a team of acrobatic, trampoline-launched slamdunkers are pretty amazing.
Both were members of the bureau's elite hostage rescue team, a group known most recently for rescuing an Alabama boy from a kidnapper in an underground bunker.
Six veteran players have been dropped from the initial squad training for both the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games, and for the elite six-team Champions Trophy, in Lahore in October and November.
"As an elite counterterrorism tactical team for law enforcement, the HRT is one of the best, if not the best, in the United States, " Sean Joyce, deputy FBI director, said in a statement released during the Alabama standoff.
However, Indiana in June had already self-imposed a one-year ban on communication between its basketball coaching staff and Adams, whose A-HOPE Foundation finds often make it to his own Indiana Elite AAU high school team.
As for skiing, in June, I became the newest and youngest member of Fly Elite, the Olympic development team for aerial skiing.
Ms. Saunders, who owns Phoenyx Fitness in New York, had competed in several fitness competitions and coaches a 32-member team called the Elite Heat, which helps women learn to lead a healthy lifestyle and prepare for these shows.
Vendors might say that they do manual testing with a team of super-elite engineers.
This year, however, I also had the pleasure of meeting some of the members of Seal Team Six, the elite Navy squad.
And not a single Premier League team was among the Elite Eight.
But that team fell in the Elite Eight after West Virginia simply packed the paint with defenders, forcing Wall to shoot from outside.
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The team went on to the Elite Eight with an inspiration that makes sports a special testament to what is good in the human spirit.
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In addition to winning a coveted slot in the elite special warfare unit known as SEAL Team Six, Checque, 28, received a number of commendations, including the Bronze Star.
Injuries have paved the way for the 20-year-old Lawes to be promoted to England's elite player squad after just 32 first-team games for the Saints.
However, he insisted the rest of this year will not just be about keeping the club safe in the Elite League after three recent additions to the team.
Now, although I got a glimpse of some early work on the game by the small development team, there is no guarantee that Elite will be reborn.
Williams became the first F1 team to float on the stock exchange in March 2011 and the team has a rich heritage in the elite division of motorsport.
Every year, the notion of a Cinderella team advancing into the Sweet 16, Elite Eight or Final Four would be moot, because we could just pencil in the power conferences.
While Ohio State is a heavy favorite to beat underdog Wichita State in the Elite Eight, it may be considered a Cinderella team against the likes of powerhouse Middlebury College in the Environmental March Madness Tournament.
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Unlike most elite clubs, the star attraction on the Bayern Munich team isn't a player, but a double act.
Despite lacrosse's reputation as an elite sport, there are many players on the national team who did not go to public school or university.
New York still has its neck craned northward at the NBA elite, and it's hard to imagine the team (as presently constituted) wresting a title away from the LeBron-era Heat.
What Dwight knows is that he is among the top five elite players in the NBA and, with the right team structure, should be consistently competing for the top prize.
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