In keeping with the notion of "last-place aversion", the people who were a spot away from the bottom were the most likely to give the money to the person above them: rewarding the "rich" but ensuring that someone remained poorer than themselves. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Granada equalised three minutes later, but Madrid went on to dominate through goals by Sergio Ramos, Gonzalo Higuaín, another from Benzema and finally Cristiano Ronaldo,At El Sardinero Stadium, Racing Santander continued their improvement since the departure of the coach Héctor Cúper with a 1-0 win over last-place Zaragoza thanks to Bernardo Espinosa's first-half header. ❋ Unknown (2012)
They're giving last-place NBC much better ratings than it usually gets. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The team's top priority is fixing the last-place defense, which will be the focus of the draft, and Fox said he wouldn't have a problem if the Broncos want to stick with the 3-4 defensive scheme they've employed since 2009 even though he mostly used a 4-3 look in Carolina. ❋ AP (2011)
However, instead of being near the top of the league's charts, the Explorers ended up being one of just two of the 14 Atlantic 10 teams -- the other being last-place Fordham (2-26 in 2009-10) -- that failed to qualify for the A-10 tourney. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Hawaii ended this season at 10-20 overall and 3-13 in the WAC, missing out on the conference tournament with a last-place finish in the nine-team league. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Even if they didn't take a single point from their final two games, they would have the second-highest points total for a last-place side since the Premier League moved to its current 20-team format in 1995. ❋ Unknown (2011)
With a 2-14 mark in the Big 12, the Huskers suffered a last-place conference finish for just the second time in 48 years. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Still, with a new athletic director being hired on March 11 and the Owls coming off a last-place finish in a Conference USA that may have had its worst season to date, the pressure is on Braun to turn things around in a hurry. ❋ Unknown (2010)
"We were at a bar watching the game," he says, "and when he came back to win, everybody was cheering like we won the Super Bowl, even though we had just beat the last-place team in the league." ❋ Patton Dodd (2011)
The last time the U.S. was worse than 35th in the Elo ratings was 1999, shortly after its last-place showing at the 1998 World Cup. ❋ Unknown (2011)
He has now allowed only one goal in four straight games (all wins) and was named first star in the first three games — not bad for a goalie on a last-place team. ❋ Unknown (2009)
I'm reminded of Che Guevara's observation on Chile circa 1952, in The Motorcycle Diaries, just a few 'graphs down from his observation that 40,000 supporters of then last-place presidential candidate Salvador Allende had been denied the right to vote: ❋ Michael Vazquez (2010)
And the fact that the crowd seems, well, happy to cheer for their last-place team— something the Yankees will never know. ❋ Daniel Barbarisi (2011)
Despite the last-place finish in the division, the Tigers were playing their best basketball of the season at the end and could build on that momentum heading into next year. ❋ Unknown (2010)
While his backup, Martin Biron, made 24 saves and the Rangers beat the last-place Islanders 4-2, Lundqvist watched from the bench with a placid look on his face, though in some ways the experience had to be pure torture for him. ❋ Mike Sielski (2011)
