first team

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Not a single member of the Knicks has ever made an All-NBA first team.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

"For many younger supporters, this is the first team that feels like their team in the same way older generations emotionally belonged to the side of Dzeko, Miralem Pjanic and Emir Spahic."

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

PSG, the first team to retain the trophy since Real Madrid in 2018, is defining an era.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

The Bruins are the first team in college baseball history to remain No. 1 from start to finish of a single season.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

What the coach didn’t say was that if we won and got into the Tournament of Champions the first team we would have to face was Carver, the defending champs.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers