But not this year, as the entire team is shut out despite being the reigning champs.
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Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
30 July 2026
Though Georgia fans aren't thrilled with their recent lack of CFP success, the Dawgs are still reigning SEC champs and look like the favorites to win the league again in 2026, so Kirby's seat is ice cold.
The blockbuster earned the fictional K-pop girl group Huntr/x, as well as Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami, their first champions on the ranking.
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Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2026
Kuwaki already has won twice this year and is fourth on the money list on the Japan LPGA, the tour that has produced five recent major champions, including Yamashita, Mao Saigo, Yuka Saso and Ayaka Furue.
The superstars came together for a viral photo inside New York New Jersey Stadium, which transformed MetLife Stadium into the site of the World Cup Final, where Spain defeated Argentina 1-0 in extra time on Sunday, July 19.
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Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
21 July 2026
Huge upticks in streams also allow several late superstars and long-defunct groups to reach new peaks on various rankings or make their first appearances on relatively young Billboard tallies.
There are also plenty of trainers – two-time Triple Crown winner Bob Baffert among them – who rarely balk at running Derby winners back two weeks later in the Preakness.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
4 Aug. 2026
By contrast, the clearest long-term winners treated the creation of customer value as primary and used digital technology, and later AI, as means to that end.
The 31-time Costa Rican champions and current Central America Cup titlists, which is what guaranteed them entry into this stage of the competition, scored on their first shot late in the first half.
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Josh Gross,
Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
The Eagles were state champions in 2022 and section titlists in 2023 and 2024.
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Steve Brand,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Nov. 2025
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