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"It's going to be fun tonight to see how drivers like Ryan and the cars, as well as the story, unfold."
"In Earnhardt country, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was in a must-win scenario."
"Not a quarterback and then any evolution he makes, they won't give him credit for."
"Hey Lamar, you cannot win a Super Bowl. But what has Lamar done for you to say he can't win a Super Bowl? He won the Heisman Trophy in college, his unanimous MVP in the NFL."
"Now, we get a chance to see them playing a game. I've got incredible storylines. The young guard is absolutely on fire, beating up the senior citizen chess players."
"A story where the sport serves mostly as a catalyst for a rich exploration of obsession, ego, impostor syndrome, survivor's guilt, and other essential aspects of The Human Condition."
"There's no better story than for fans that came from Tucson Arizona to face the former champ and Rookie of the Year in the Schmo down on the way to the possible championship."
"Here is the moment I actually I'm looking forward to this one let's see if the underdog story David vs Goliath can come into fruition."
"It's this feeling, this wave of emotion that My Hero Academia captures so brilliantly in its own fictional sporting event."
"I think Nick Foles his NFL story his football life that they eventually make is gonna be one of the best."
"Max Holloway left for dead on the side of the road and has one of his most triumphant moments."
"I think that's what was the best part about our story because it's like we're literally one of the greatest sports comeback stories."
"Imagine the narrative where Mad can smash domestic teams but can't beat NA."
"At the end of the film, Boyka, who finally returns to the ring, seems unyielding to fight for his dream again."
"To think that this guy can move up to 55 and go 9-1... it's a movie you just truly can't make it up."
"It's not just about winning; it's about how I win. You know, it's kind of hard to top that first knockout, you know, being it was knockout of the year."
"The narrative isn't the Russell Wilson story, it's what do you do with and what do you think about Justin Herbert right now."
"That's the story of the day, the comeback kid."
"I love the story of Leicester being the underdog and winning the Premier League."
"They've made an incredible run, a Cinderella story for Fnatic."
"They've done this to the degree where they have taken what was a big whoopsie at the start and they're even risking turning this into some sort of underdog comeback story."
"The ascent: a tale woven into the fabric of the modern era of the sport."
"Having wiped the smile from the faces of the British crowd, could Vettel now wipe that smile onto the German fans?"
"Nakamura heel turn. Crowds eating it up. It gives us something interesting."
"In that fourth quarter, it was back and forth, oh, surreal. It was like a movie."
"David Robinson's story is one of one, simple as that."
"Once your big baby face has gone through this thrilling chase of ups and downs chasing that world title, once he's won it, well, the only way to take the audience there is down."
"You have to be open to experimenting and trying different things."
"This is a story of Neymar Jr, the footballing prince who never quite managed to become king."
"To many people, the name Freddie Adu is synonymous with underachievement and lost potential - one of world football's all-time great what-if stories."
"Welcome home Baker Mayfield good for you H that's a that's a story I can get on board with."
"One of the most dramatic comebacks we have ever seen."
"Uma Musume's second season turned into one of anime's best sports stories."
"That's just how close these guys have been, and it's been that way all season."
"This already for Baker already a great story."
"He has come from nowhere to win the tournament and stake his claim as a serious player in World Boxing."
"Sometimes you just have to get in shootouts and win the shootouts and I think a guy that can hit the home runs like Hyatt matters."
"A 3-1 deficit turned into a 3-3 tie which gave us tonight's winner take all showdown in Oakland."
"Every segment falls apart if you just look a little bit closer at it."
"Kobe was made to be the villain, and now that the block is here, he's going to be the one to take down this evil empire."
"The Hall of Fame awaits this guy that was supposedly too short and ineffective from the pocket to succeed."
"It's a footballing story for the ages, this revival."
"Like a phoenix this club has risen from the ashes."
"EG's comeback against impossible odds wasn't pretty but for the North American Home crowd DOTA fans everywhere it was beautiful."
"Harvey Barnes to settle it, who else but the man, Harvey Barnes!"
"I look forward to continuing to write my little story inside the book of football."
"If you can match the story of the heavyweight turned middleweight title contender Jared Cannonier, the lighthearted man turns into the killer gorilla once the first bell rings and he is always just one strike away from delivering the knockout."
"Football people in football media and the narrative around football would much rather have Bernardo Silva be a CAM and attacking midfielder for 10 years straight."
"Even in defeat, Van Delay showed that he could stand toe-to-toe with the best of them."
"This is the Amazing Story of Birmingham City and their rebuild."
"Oh, Thomas, and nowhere for Sexton to go, Chase Sexton has slayed the dragon Eli Tomac threw everything at him, Sexton just won't be denied right now."
"There is a little more to this story than Zlatan alone."
"One of football's greatest ever redemption arcs."
"To see how Travis Hunter and Shador Sanders... stack up against someone who was in the national championship game... you couldn't script it any better."
"Megd once again proves to be the king's Slayer." - Narrator
"A true Cinderella story for London Spitfire."
"He didn't care if Pac had to die, he didn't care if Big had to die, and he didn't care if Sug Knight had to go to jail, but things had to change."
"Lonzo Ball as a Los Angeles Laker after coming from UCLA like this just sounds like an incredible story."
"Their run was on par with some of the historically great teams."
"It's a film that is really fascinating and it is about people rather than just about a sport."
"A fighter who was seen as bad at one point but changed that narrative by showing the world how good he really was."
"New narratives would shape the course of a championship: high-profile former champions Eli Tomac and Jason Anderson were embarking on new journeys with new teams, while Cooper Webb was seeking to defend his crown for the second time in his career."
"There's not many sports where the little guy has a chance to beat the big guy."
"If he beats Dustin Poirier, if he is able to reinvent himself with all the luxuries that he's got... it'll be one of the greatest stories in the history of sports, period."
"Atletico Madrid have rapidly gone from plucky underdogs to title frontrunners."
"A fight for Redemption that neither guy can lose."
"I think this is one of the best underdog runs we've ever seen to win a major."
"Granit Xhaka's Redemption Arc has been incredible."
"Man United's reign of terror is officially over."
"Finally, Neymar has gotten out of Messi and killing above his shadow."
"He cared. I consider this series the official launch to his career playoff narrative."
"You can get this storyline over just Kenny Omega needing to climb back to where he was."
"From semi-finals blowouts to national championship dreams – we're writing our own story."
"The story to be told here isn't one of two teams, it's of two people."
"Foreman came out twice the man he had been the round before, his punches twice as fast, hitting twice as hard."
"That's just a dream come true right there leading a major dad on the bag you can't make that stuff up home state Mason he's hoping to stay on the par train at this point he doesn't want to get off the tracks at the wrong station that's for sure."
"Thus began what has been dubbed Westbrook's revenge tour."
"That was quite the comeback story."
"THE GLASS SLIPPER BROKE FOR JERRY NADEAU."
"This is the story of the 2011 season of Monster Energy AMA Supercross."
"A league needs a good villain. Danny Rat making your debut."
"I think it's one of the best stories in the NFL because the number one draft pick... comes back after everything that happened to him and does now all of a sudden for the next three years, once again, NFC South goes through Tampa, even after Brady leaving."
"A fabulous innings this from Andrew Strauss."
"Justin Fields can finally turn this narrative around for the Bears."
"Every team has a story, and this is the beginning of ours."
"The Shawn Payton aspect of this draft is one of the biggest storylines to me."
"I shot this to the world because I feel like the narratives of the league sometimes they're too top heavy."
"Repeat versus Redemption, that's my headline."
"Belief has always been a big part of this team's story."
"The continuing story of the Young Lions taking over the Professional Bowlers tour."
"What an unbelievable story this is."
"What tremendous game and great story this is."
"Let's not talk about how it would pan out; here are the Islanders, heroes of this story."
"The upper echelon of the sport, the people that are doing it on the raw edge and sending it and doing the new things, that's part of the story."
"One of the most engaging and long teetering arcs of the series is the push and pull between the great teams."
"It's wild how the narrative's changed over the years; you had to win the final race to win a championship, now you've got to run top five in every single stage."
"And what a heartwarming story it would be if Drago had a good run here."
"One of the best comeback stories we could ever imagine."
"This is a Cinderella story, not like the Jacksonville Jaguars turning into the New England Patriots and winning four Super Bowls, no, it's much more than that."
"A jump-shooting team cannot win a championship was a narrative that changed."
"There's not a better storyline in sports than what the Detroit Lions and Dan Campbell have been able to do."
"To win the cup after being three nothing down in the Stanley Cup final against the reigning champs, listen, I know who I cheer for, but if you can't see why that's an amazing story, I don't know, check your heartbeat."
"It's a Cinderella story, listen to the crowd, they're going wild as he doughnuts it at the end."
"They clawed their way back beautifully."
"This is the story of Sunderland AFC's incredible rise, fall, and rise once again."
"It's an absolute fairy tale storyline we have seen tonight."
"For Bradford Bulls, it's a fairy tale."
"You couldn't script it better if you were Lawyer Malloy."
"In the realm of NFL prospects, a tale unfolds of fearless safeties and stories untold."
"What a story it is but there are so many heroes in today's race, they really have ridden well."
"From adversity to triumph for the Dutch."
"The entire story of this league begins and ends with these two."
"The saga of the silver and black has been one of struggle, disappointment, disputes, and resolve."
"Cinderella story at the Masters final."
"How about the effort of this Omaha team, being left for dead."
"We were playing in Mexico, picking up some extra money in the summer, and we had this young boy who was playing with us now who played for the Monarchs named Jack Roosevelt Robinson."
"This is a fight that went from being extremely one-sided to not an Ippo pulling a thing out at the last second, but the coach is pulling out a thing at the last second."
"The match could not have been scripted better as we are in the fifth game tiebreaker."
"Shout out to the Kings, man, great story."
"The Detroit Lions are obviously the more lovable story."
"A Killian Mbappe versus Messi final, the master against the apprentice, there is such a storyline there."