Sting lost a close friend in the collapse of New York's World Trade Center towers.

The Sting finished their first season with a 15-13 record and qualified for the first WNBA playoffs, but lost to eventual champions Houston Comets in the one-game semifinal.

In the playoffs, the Sting once again lost the Eastern Conference semifinals to the Houston Comets, and the Comets once again took home the championship.

The 2001 Sting lost 10 of their first 11 games.

On April 30, they hosted the Arizona Sting for the conference title and lost with a score of 19-15.

Later in the night, Flair lost the final match of Nitro to Sting, recreating the first main event of Nitro in 1995.

The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Song for " My Funny Friend and Me " performed by Sting, but lost against " Things Have Changed " by Bob Dylan from Wonder Boys.

He chose Terry Taylor, whose team lost a semi-final match to Rick Steiner and Sting.

Taylor and Adams, who dominated the UWF tag team scene, lost a match to Steiner and Sting when Taylor kicked Adams foot off the rope as he was being pinned by Sting.

In the interim between those two reigns, he lost his half of the Tag Team Championship to Sting in a singles match where only the winner would remain champion and choose a partner for the second half of the team.

The film lost to The Sting, and oddly enough, it was not nominated in the Foreign Language Film category.

Sting lost to Flair in several non-televised rematches following the Clash and, later that year, battled other members of Flair's stable, the Four Horsemen.

He challenged Sting at Turning Point for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, but lost thanks to a distraction from Kurt Angle and Booker T. At the Final Resolution PPV, Styles was once again unsuccessful in capturing the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, losing in an eight-man tag team match to the Main Event Mafia.

At Starrcade, Vader lost to Sting in the finals of the " King of Cable " tournament.

On March 11, 1993, Vader lost the WCW World Heavyweight Championship to Sting in London, England.

Sting attempted to slam Sid, but lost his balance and fell to the mat with Sid on top of him.

He lost this title to Sting a few days later at a house show in Zurich, Switzerland.

1978: At the beginning of the 1978 NASL season the Sting set a much unwanted record when the team lost its first ten matches.

26, 468 saw the Sting take on the Tampa Bay Rowdies at Wrigley Field, 18, 112 watched the Washington Diplomats home fixture, and two other matches drew crowds in excess of 16, 000, while indoors 16, 257 packed the Chicago Stadium for one game as the Sting ’ s reached – but lost – the NASL Championship finals.

At Sacrifice, Sting and Storm lost to Team 3D.

On June 17, 2007 at Slammiversary, Daniels lost a match against Sting via the Scorpion Death Drop.

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During the final episode of Nitro on March 26, 2001, he gave an emotional speech regarding the company's greatness and his best matches and opponents in WCW throughout the years, including Sting.

The English actor Robert Shaw, best known for his work in From Russia, With Love, Jaws and The Sting, lived in Drimbawn House, Toormakeady until his death in 1978.

With appearances in over 100 films, Durning's memorable roles include police officers in the Oscar-winning The Sting ( 1973 ) and crime drama Dog Day Afternoon ( 1975 ), along with the comedies Tootsie, To Be Or Not To Be and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, the last two of which earned him an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor.

Steve Borden ( born March 20, 1959 ), better known by his ring name Sting, is an American professional wrestler, signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) and best known for his time spent with World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ).

PABAAH was best known on this level for its extensive and frequently-updated website list of those who have made statements that are considered by the group to be either anti-Bush or " anti-American ", including non-Americans like Canadians Neil Young and Dave Thomas, as well as British musician Sting.

The Sting were on their way to becoming one of the best sides in the league and to insure continued success Roy brought in four new players who would all play their part in the franchises best season yet: Wim van Hanegem arrived from Dutch side AZ, Luigi Martini from SS Lazio, Thomas Sjoberg from Malmo FF along with former Feyenoord man Peter Ressell.

The Fort Lauderdale Strikers were beaten in the first round of the playoffs ( the Sting winning the best of three series by two wins to none ) but the San Diego Sockers proved to be too strong for Chicago and booked a place at Soccer Bowl ’ 79 with a 2 – 0 win in California followed by a 1 – 0 victory at Wrigley Field.

They were runners-up again in 1984 when they lost to the Chicago Sting two games to none in a best of three championship series.

Jeff Farmer ( born August 14, 1962 ) is a professional wrestler best known as Fake Sting, and later nWo Sting.

The professional wrestling tag team of Sting and Lex Luger were best known for competing in Jim Crockett Promotions ( JCP ), which later became World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) and World Wrestling All-Stars ( WWA ).

He is best known for his leading roles in films such as Lying Lips ( 1939 ) and later in his career for supporting roles in blockbusters such as The Sting ( 1973 ) and The Cotton Club ( 1984 ) and as the father of actor James Earl Jones.

Billboard magazine later confirmed the news, quoting Andy Summers ' 2006 statement as to how the band could have continued post-Synchronicity: " The more rational approach would have been, ' OK, Sting, go make a solo record, and let's get back together in two or three years.

As a solo musician and member of The Police, Sting has received sixteen Grammy Awards for his work, receiving his first Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1981, three Brit Awards — winning Best British Male in 1994, a Golden Globe, an Emmy Award, and several Oscar nominations for Best Original Song.

In June 1986, Sting reunited with The Police for the last three shows of Amnesty's six-date A Conspiracy of Hope concerts of the US.

" In late 1986 Sting visited Crisp in his apartment and was told over dinner – and the next three days – what life had been like for a homosexual man in the largely homophobic Great Britain of the 1920s to the 1960s.

" ( including Judi Dench, Sir Richard Branson, Sting, an ex-drugs minister and three former chief constables.

The Sparks took all three games to eliminate the Monarchs to earn their first berth in the WNBA Finals, in which they swept the Charlotte Sting, 2 – 0, for their first league championship.

Sting has received three awards, twice as a member of The Police.

In 1999, the Shock finished 15-17, in a three way tie for the playoffs with the Orlando Miracle and the Charlotte Sting.

Colaiuta's studio work with Sting can be heard on Ten Summoner's Tales ( 1993 ), Mercury Falling ( 1996 ), three songs on Brand New Day ( 1999 ) and two songs on Sacred Love ( 2003 ).

Flair would not appear again for three months, until making his return on August 9 at the tapings of the August 18 edition of Impact Wrestling, confronting old rival Sting and challenging him to one more match.

At TNA's Turning Point PPV event on December 10, 2006, Cage fought Abyss and Sting in a three way match for the NWA Title.

At Halloween Havoc, Sid faced Sting in a rematch of the same pay-per-view three years previous, but was beaten via a rollup.

His reign was short-lived, as he re-injured his knee, forcing him to drop the title three weeks later to Ron Simmons, who substituted for Sting, who was attacked by Jake Roberts earlier that night.

The real Sting showed up after the three count, which caused the match to be restarted.

After dropping the title to Sting on April 17, Rude pinned Sting on May 1 in Fukuoka to become a three time champion.

1980: Phil Parkes, the former Wolverhampton Wanderers ‘ keeper, became the Sting ’ s number 1, moving to Chicago from the Vancouver Whitecaps where he had played for the past three seasons and established himself as the NASL ’ s top glovesman.

The Central Division title was confirmed as the Sting completed the regular season with three straight home wins.

A record soccer crowd of 58, 542 in Montreal ’ s Olympic Stadium saw the Manic take the first game 3 – 2, but the Sting bounced back to win games two and three both by a 4 – 2 margin, game three being won despite being 2 – 1 down with nine minutes left to play.

The Roughnecks took a three goal lead, the Sting pulled a goal back but there was to be no dramatic comeback in this game as the Roughnecks advanced into round two of the playoffs with a 3 – 1 win to take the series by two games to one.

1982 – 83 ( Indoor ): In the fall of 1982 agreement was reached between the NASL and the MISL to allow three franchises – the San Diego Sockers, the San Jose Earthquakes and the Chicago Sting – to join the MISL for the upcoming 1982 – 83 indoor season.