Top Five Underdogs of 2009: Age Trumps Beauty, Life Springs in the Desert, and Dead Women Kicking 4
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November 25, 2009 by
John Wingspread Howell
The consumate underdog, in just a matter of weeks the Sky Blue FC went from last place to WPS Champions.
It has been a year of mixed emotions for incurable fans of the underdog. On the downside are ultimate victories by ultimate bullies such as the Steelers and the Yankees. Atypically, March Madness produced no Cinderella stories. Perennial underdogs, the Cleveland Cavaliers choked on their best opportunity yet to win an NBA Championship, faltering in the Conference finals, with Orlando.
On the upside are the overlapping individual and team stories of Kurt Warner and the Arizona Cardinals, the parallel stories of two soccer Cinderellas, and a Warner-like comeback in the golf world.
And now, for the countdown.
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