During the period of two-division play ( 1969 to 1993 ), the two National League East division rivals won the two highest numbers of division championships, reigning exclusively as NL East champions in the 1970s and again in the early 1990s, the Pirates 9, the Phillies 6 ; together, the two teams ' 15 championships accounted for more than half of the 25 NL East championships during that span.

In the 2005 NLDS, the reigning National League champion St. Louis Cardinals, who finished the season with the majors ' best record, swept the Padres in three consecutive games.

There is no strict legal or formal definition of who is or is not a member of the group, though the Department of Canadian Heritage maintains a list of immediate members and the Department of National Defence stipulates that those in the direct line of succession who bear the style of Royal Highness ( Altesse Royale ) are subjects of, and owe their allegiance to, the reigning sovereign specifically as king or queen of Canada.

They are members of the Atlantic Division, where they are the reigning Eastern Conference champions of the National Hockey League ( NHL ).

He is the first reigning Grand National champion to be killed, and the only reigning champion to die in a racing accident.

While in Sebring, Florida for the 1959 United States Grand Prix, Cooper got to know American driver Rodger Ward, the reigning USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 Winner.

Sycamore School is the reigning National Champions in the Small School Division.

( it's interesting to note that ten years after the Marković trial, the Serbian people and the National Assembly exercised this right and in 1885 deposed Prince Alexander Karađorđević and recalled the reigning prince's father, Miloš Obrenović to the throne ).

* The Quiz Bowl team has won multiple State Championships and two National Championships and is the reigning state champion since 2011.

However, they regained the seat at the 2005 election, with Paul Rowen defeating Fitzsimons. In 2010, the town was brought to National attention when reigning Prime Minister Gordon Brown was caught on a tape recording describing a local woman ( Gillian Duffy ) as a " bigot " after having a conversation with her while campaigning ( later described as Bigotgate by the UK media ), but despite the unfavourable publicity, Labour still managed to narrowly win the seat from the Liberal Democrats.

Finally, on 12 June 1993 the Independent Organization of Communists of Bar, the Alliance of Reform forces of Yugoslavia for Montenegro and the Party of National Tolerance merged into it, forming the Social Democratic Party of Montenegro and uniting the forces that opposed then's reigning policies in the Yugoslav wars.

The school is also the five time reigning champions in the Small School Academic Decathlon Online National Competition University High School also won the Fresno County Academic Decathlon in 2010 and 2012.

In Vancouver, on 6 October, the Queen, accompanied by Wayne Gretzky, and in front of a crowd of 18, 000 at General Motors Place, dropped the ceremonial first puck for the National Hockey League exhibition game between the Vancouver Canucks and San Jose Sharks ; this was the first time any reigning monarch, Canadian or otherwise, had performed the task.

* In December 2001, Boras and free agent Barry Bonds, the reigning National League MVP, surprised the San Francisco Giants by accepting the club's offer of salary arbitration.

Baker College of Flint IT students, and reigning champions of the 2008 National Student Cyber Defense competition, defend their title and take first place to become the only back-to-back winners in the history of the event.

They were the reigning National League and All-Ireland champions and had played a remarkable 31 games without defeat.

The Giants under McGraw famously snubbed their first modern World Series chance in 1904 — an encounter with the reigning world champion Boston Americans ( now known as the " Red Sox ")— because McGraw considered the new American League as little more than a minor league.

The Rangers franchise are currently a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A. L.

By 1979 – 80, things were again looking promising for Wolves: the club finished sixth in the First Division and reached the 1980 Football League Cup Final, where record-signing Andy Gray scored the decisive goal which defeated the reigning European Champions and League Cup holders Nottingham Forest, thus bringing League Cup glory to Wolves for a second time.

In 1974 the then FA secretary, Ted Croker, created the current format with the match being played at Wembley Stadium, and being contested by the reigning League and FA Cup holders.

Pollok were reigning champions of the West Premier League at the time, and took part in the 2007 – 08 Scottish Cup.

The UEFA Super Cup ( also called the European Super Cup ) is an annual football game between the reigning champions of the two club competitions organised by the European football governing body UEFA: the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

As reigning champions, Basel were favourites to retain their league title and as Swiss champions, they entered the Champions League in the third qualifying round.

In the 1931 – 32 season FA Cup, they beat Football League side Chester City in front of a 10, 000 crowd at the Anchor Ground and were rewarded with an away draw at reigning league champions Arsenal in the 3rd round.

A separate " title-holder logo " is worn by the reigning Champions League champions in the following season's competition in place of the regular patch worn by the other competing teams.

In, Carrasquel beat out the reigning American League Most Valuable Player, Phil Rizzuto, in voting for the shortstop of the American League in the 1951 All-Star Game.

Following its dissolution at the end of the 2004 / 5 season, they have transferred to the English Premier Ice Hockey League for the 2005 / 2006 season and clinched the league title in February 2006 after defeating reigning champions Milton Keynes Lightning on their own ice.

* 10 June 2005 – UEFA changes the rules for the UEFA Champions League to ensure that the reigning champions will always be able to defend their title.

In a Premier League clash with reigning champions Chelsea at White Hart Lane, Spurs went on to win the game 2 – 1, meaning King had captained Tottenham to their first league win over Chelsea since 1990, and the first at White Hart Lane since 1987.

The fortunes of Leeds turned around temporarily after his sacking as they escaped relegation under Peter Reid, securing safety with a remarkable 3 – 2 win away to reigning Premier League champions Arsenal.

They compete in the Belarusian Premier League and are the reigning champions.

The club ’ s reputation spread beyond Hungary and on December 13, 1954 they played Wolves, the reigning English League champions, in a prestige friendly.

The reigning EuroFloorball Cup Champions as of October 2011, are Men: RTU / Inspecta ( Lativa ) and Women: RSU / Runway ( Latvia ).

The next night on Raw, which happened a week after that year's draft lottery, Edge came out to gloat about his victory as well as the fact that, thanks to the draft, both the WWE Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship were both SmackDown property ( Triple H, who was the reigning WWE Champion at the time, was drafted to SmackDown and had retained his title at Night of Champions as well ).

It raises its own teams, some of which are rated first-class depending on the status of the opposition: for example, to mark the beginning of each English season ( in April ), MCC traditionally plays the reigning County Champions at Lord's.

Its inauguration was marked with a friendly between Wigan and neighbours Manchester United, who were then reigning European Champions, with Alex Ferguson officially opening the stadium.

The Canadian Figure Skating Association invited the pair to compete at Skate Canada, where they placed second in the short program – ahead of reigning Canadian Champions Kristy Sargeant and Kris Wirtz – and third in the long program to win the bronze medal.

The Canadian Figure Skating Association invited the pair to compete at Skate Canada, where they immediately made a statement by placing second in the short program, ahead of reigning Canadian Champions Kristy Sargeant and Kris Wirtz, and third in the long program to win the bronze medal.

Gotch is one of the longer reigning World Champions in the history of professional wrestling, with a reign that spanned nearly 5 years ; the only other champions to have longer reigns than Gotch are Bruno Sammartino, who held the WWF World Heavyweight Championship for a record of 7 years and 8 months, Lou Thesz, whose fifth NWA title reign lasted 7 years and 7 months and Verne Gagne who held the AWA World Heavyweight Title for 7 years and 3 months.

To go to Spain ( who were the reigning European Champions ) and win easily was a rare achievement for England, and clear evidence that Ramsey's techniques were working.

The International Race of Champions invited Kenseth to race in their 2004 season as the reigning champion and he won the season championship.

On September 24 at In Your House 3 in Saginaw, Michigan, Diesel and Michaels challenged the reigning WWF Tag Team Champions Owen Hart and Yokozuna.

Australia came into the Champions Trophy ranked second in ODIs ; along with being the events reigning champions.

In 2003 Radjabov defeated Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, and Ruslan Ponomariov with the black pieces, making him the first player to have beaten three former and reigning FIDE World Chess Champions with black in one year.

At the highest level of competition the standard is world class, and it is not unusual to find reigning or past Olympic Champions entering the major GP14 Championships, and being defeated.

Hutton began 1937 very well, with a series of high scores, including an innings of 271 against Derbyshire, the reigning County Champions, and a partnership of 315 with Sutcliffe against Leicestershire two days later.

wrestlers and reigning WWE Tag Team Champions MNM in an inter-brand, non-title match.

Bearzot, however, staunchly confirmed Rossi for the decisive round robin, in which his team was to face Argentina, the reigning World Champions, and Brazil, the biggest favourites to win the title with a team consisting of world-class players such as Sócrates, Zico, and Falcão.

The 2010 Guinness Premiership Final at Twickenham on 29 May, pitted Saracens against the eight-time and reigning English Champions, Leicester Tigers.

1983 also saw the last non-championship Formula One race: The 1983 Race of Champions at Brands Hatch, won by reigning World Champion Keke Rosberg in a Williams Cosworth in a close fight with American Danny Sullivan.

After being drawn against reigning European Champions Liverpool.