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It might have unfolded sooner, too, except Magpayo missed the season opener the previous week to be with his wife for the birth of the couple’s first child.
ASIAN COACHES ASSOCIATION ADVOCATES FOR ‘MINORITY OF MINORITIES’ IN COLLEGE BASKETBALLGENE WANGFEBRUARY 9, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAt 58, Few has won 614 games — winning his 600th in a rout of Kansas in the season opener.
UNDEFEATED GONZAGA IS STARING DOWN HISTORY, BUT ITS FINAL EXAM WON’T ARRIVE UNTIL MARCHJOHN FEINSTEINJANUARY 27, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAs of Wednesday night, the Capitals are still scheduled to practice Thursday and play their home opener Friday.
ALEX OVECHKIN ONE OF FOUR CAPITALS PLACED ON NHL COVID-19 PROTOCOL-RELATED ABSENCES LISTSAMANTHA PELLJANUARY 21, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe Rockets, who saw their season opener postponed after several players were sidelined by positive or inconclusive coronavirus tests and contact tracing, weathered that early turbulence.
WITH THE ROCKETS FLOUNDERING OUT OF THE GATE, JAMES HARDEN SAYS TEAM ‘CAN’T BE FIXED’BEN GOLLIVERJANUARY 13, 2021WASHINGTON POSTOpening night rosters must be set by Tuesday, so more cuts will follow before the team leaves Wednesday afternoon for its season opener Thursday night in Buffalo.
FIVE TAKEAWAYS FROM THE CAPITALS’ FINAL SCRIMMAGE OF TRAINING CAMPSAMANTHA PELLJANUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTContact tracing efforts left the Houston Rockets unable to reach that benchmark for their season opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder, forcing the NBA to postpone that contest.
THREE GAMES POSTPONED AS THE NBA’S CORONAVIRUS WOES MOUNTBEN GOLLIVER, DES BIELERJANUARY 10, 2021WASHINGTON POSTTraining camps are supposed to open six weeks before the openers.
WHY 2021 WILL BE A BIG YEAR FOR SOCCER IN THE U.S.STEVEN GOFFJANUARY 6, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHe admitted he might be more emotional if the game was in Charlotte or was the season opener.
WASHINGTON FOOTBALL PREVIEW: RON RIVERA’S CAROLINA REUNION SECONDARY TO PLAYOFF PUSHNICKI JHABVALA, SAM FORTIERDECEMBER 26, 2020WASHINGTON POSTIowa State has gone 8-1 after the opener and will appear in this week’s Big 12 championship game.
THE SECRET TO IOWA STATE’S IMPROBABLE SEASON? BALANCE.JOSH PLANOSDECEMBER 15, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTHe didn’t shoot the ball well in the opener last week against Old Dominion but had a solid performance otherwise.
AFTER A QUIET FRESHMAN SEASON, HAKIM HART IS STARTING TO MAKE SOME NOISE FOR MARYLANDEMILY GIAMBALVODECEMBER 3, 2020WASHINGTON POSTWORDS RELATED TO OPENER
- alpha
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- dawn
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- day one
- genesis
- inauguration
- inception
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- incipiency
- induction
- infancy
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- kickoff
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- origin
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- point of departure
- preface
- prelude
- presentation
- rise
- root
- rudiment
- source
- spring
- square one
- start
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- takeoff
- threshold
- top
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