"to get unruly. Kempton was refusing to allow Mick to compete in the re–run, adamant he had already run the Derby. The directors of the Greyhound Racing Association were in attendance, and knowing the effect that both the two favourites not running in the final of the Derby would mean for the sport, convinced Kempton to run Mick. The race was re–run, and the tired Mick was never close to placing. He slipped at the first bend whilst attempting to take the inside. Seldom Lad overtook Golden Hammer and won the race unchallenged, with Mick finishing in fourth place. Mick's"
"Mick the Miller Mick the Miller (29 June 1926 – 6 May 1939) was a male brindle Greyhound. He is celebrated as the first great racing greyhound to compete in England (although he was born in Ireland). Despite a short three year racing career, his achievements were highly publicised around the world and by the end of his career he had become an icon in the sport. His achievements include winning nineteen races in a row, including the English Greyhound Derby on two successive occasions. He suffered an injury at Wimbledon Stadium whilst racing which broke the streak in 1931,"
"other animal being multi–time Grand National winner Red Rum. He is still referred to as the world's most famous Greyhound, having won 51 of the 68 races he was entered into and is the only dog to have won the treble of the Derby, The Cesarewitch and The St Leger - Greyhounds. Mick The Miller ran a total of 81 races of which he won 61: 15 wins from 20 in Ireland and 46 wins from 61 in England. Mick the Miller Mick the Miller (29 June 1926 – 6 May 1939) was a male brindle Greyhound. He is celebrated"
"Mark Miller (kickboxer) Mark Jason Miller (born September 17, 1971) is an American kickboxer who competes in the super heavyweight division. Miller grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and became involved with martial arts through his love of Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris films. His father sent him to a boxing gym at a young age, and he also practiced Tang Soo Do, Hapkido, Uechi-ryu and Taekwondo as a child. He began competing in amateur boxing at the age of 18. He later began Muay Thai and trained and fought in Thailand. Mark Miller made his debut in the K-1 promotion"
"While at WRC, he created the George Michael Sports Final, the precursor to the legendary George Michael Sports Machine. After moving to New York to sell national advertising for the NBC Stations Group, he soon joined the NBC Sports & Olympics Sales department. In 1988, he was promoted to Vice President of Programming, Planning & Development for NBC Sports. Miller worked for many years under the leadership of Dick Ebersol. Shortly after joining the programming team, NBC lost the rights to Major League Baseball for the first time in 40 years. To help fill the void, Miller created the NBC"
"Mick the Miller was close up at the first bend and took over at the second bend. He went on to win in a time of 29.96, winning by 3 lengths from Palatinus, with Entomb back in third. Mick the Miller remained in England and took up residence at the kennels of Sidney Orton, (the same Burhill kennels where he had been housed for the Derby in Paddy McEllistrim' range. Both men were based at Wimbledon Stadium. Father Brophy went back to Ireland considerably richer whilst his trainer Mick Horan returned to Ireland publicly upset after failing to be consulted"
"greyhound racing the nation's pastime. The public flocked in their tens of thousands to watch the first star of greyhound racing; he had arrived from Ireland with eleven wins from fifteen including winning the Spring Cup and National Cup at Shelbourne Park. The £10 entry fee was sent to London after the National Cup so that he could travel over for the 1929 English Greyhound Derby. Mick the Miller broke the 30 second barrier for 525 yards recording 29.82 in first round qualifying that led to his owner Father Martin Brophy auctioning his star on the terrace steps. He sold"
"Mack Miller Andrew Markley ""Mack"" Miller (born October 15, 1931) is an American former cross-country skier, trainer and high school teacher. He represented the United States twice at the Winter Olympics. Mack Miller studied at Western State College of Colorado. He represented the university in various cross-country skiing tournaments. Mack Miller was national champion cross country skiing of 1955 and represented the United States in the Winter Olympics of 1956 and 1960. In between, in 1955, he was the highest-ranked American cross-country skier in the Nordic Championship. Along with Sven Johansson from Anchorage, Mack Miller was the most prominent American"
"Orton. New events called the Puppy Derby, International, Wimbledon Gold Cup and Wimbledon Spring Stakes were all inaugurated. In December 1929 Arundel Kempton purchased Mick the Miller for £2,000 as a present for his wife placing him with Sidney Orton. The track had already been associated with Mick the Miller because the champion took up residence at the kennels of Paddy McEllistrim during the duration of the 1929 English Greyhound Derby. Con Stevens was the first Racing Manager and was instrumental in bringing the first classic race to Wimbledon in the form of the Laurels in 1930. Mick the Miller"
"Nick Miller (athlete) Nicholas ""Nick"" Miller (born 1 May 1993) is a British track and field athlete who specialises in the hammer throw. He was the gold medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, a silver medallist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the gold medal at the 2015 European Athletics U23 Championships. He holds the British record of for the event. He represented Great Britain at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics and the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships. He studied at Oklahoma State University and is a five-time Big 12 Conference champion (three times in hammer, twice in"
"William Miller (Australian athlete) William Miller (16 December 1846 – 11 March 1939), also known as Professor William Miller, was an Australian athlete, the only athlete to hold Australian championships for boxing, fencing, wrestling and weight-lifting. Miller was born in Liscard, Cheshire, England, the son of Alexander Miller, a wine and spirits merchant, and his wife Sarah Anne, ""née"" Hatton (W. Miller was partly of French heritage). At age 5, William Miller arrived in Victoria, Australia with his family. From 1862 to 1869, Miller worked for the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company as station-master and telegraph instructor. Miller became"
"won several professional tournaments, including one each on the Challenge Tour and the European Seniors Tour, which he joined in 2001. European Tour playoff record (0–1) ""Note: Miller only played in The Open Championship.""<br> CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> ""T"" = tied Mike Miller (golfer) Michael John Miller (born 22 April 1951) is a Scottish professional golfer. Miller was born in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, near Glasgow. He turned professional in 1978 at a relatively late age, and was the European Tour's Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year in 1979. That year he lost a playoff to Mark James"
"Harold Muller Harold Powers ""Brick"" Muller (June 12, 1901 – May 17, 1962) was a professional football player-coach for the Los Angeles Buccaneers during their only season in the National Football League in 1926. He was also an American track and field athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. Muller competed for the United States in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the high jump, where he won the Silver Medal. He got nicknamed ""the Brick"" because of his flaming red hair. Muller grew up in Dunsmuir, California and later attended the University of California, Berkeley."
"is still in its infancy, but already it has produced a popular favourite as idolised as any horse, cinema star, footballer or boxer in history."" He was featured in articles around the world including ""Welt im Bild"" (Germany), the ""Herald Sun"" (Australia) and ""The American Weekly"" (USA). Mick continued to race for most of the rest of the year, with his final race being the St Leger Stakes in October at what was then called the Empire Stadium, winning the race whilst watched by 40,000 spectators. This race was later described as the greatest race ever staged at Wembley, which"
"and stroked the ball. Miller's small stature in a contact sport such as football forced him to rely on physical courage, something for which he became famed. However, his lack of height prompted him to turn to horseracing. Miller saw his first Melbourne Cup in 1926 at the age of seven and had been fascinated ever since. Caulfield Racecourse was only a short distance from the family home, and Miller spent many early mornings watching the trainers and jockeys go through their routines. He eventually persuaded his father to let him take horseriding lessons. Aside from being attracted to the"
"and once recovered was beaten in the attempt to win a third Derby title. He went on to appear in films, and is still considered one of the greatest sporting heroes in the UK. Mick, a male brindle Greyhound, was born in Killeigh, County Offaly, Ireland before the introduction of Greyhound track racing in Ireland, and before the sport became popular in Britain. The smallest of a litter of ten puppies, his father was a direct descendant of Master McGrath, a famous Irish Greyhound who won the Waterloo Cup on three occasions. Originally expected to be used for hare coursing,"
"Don Miller (American football) Don ""Midnight"" Miller (March 29, 1902 – July 28, 1979) was an American football player and coach. He was one of the famous ""Four Horsemen"" of the University of Notre Dame's backfield in 1924, when the Fighting Irish won the 1924 National Title. Miller was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1970. Miller's three brothers attended Notre Dame before him. The most famous of these being Red Miller, captain of the 1909 squad. Notre Dame head coach Knute Rockne called Miller ""the greatest open field runner I ever had."" In"
"Mundial Sports. He also has narrated a series of films on soccer and wrote a chapter in the book Winning Soccer. East Stroudsburg State College inducted Miller into its Athletic Hall of Fame in 1987. Hartwick college inducted Miller into its Hall of Fame in 1995. That same year, Miller was elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame. In 2008, Miller was inducted into the New Paltz Hall of Fame along with the 1965 Men's championship soccer team. Miller made news headlines again in 2012 at the age of 75, when he survived an alligator attack while playing golf"
"served as the team captain. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1888. After graduating college, he played with the Staten Island Athletic Club and captained the lacrosse team to the 1890 championship. He then attended law school at Columbia University, where he graduated ""cum laude"" in 1891. Staten Island participated in the 1892 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) tournament with the Lorillard, Manhattan, and New York clubs. There were allegations of professionalism and the importation of ineligible Canadian ringers by those three teams, and Staten Island played only under protest. Miller was critical of the New York club in"
"racer, male or female; the victory was his sixth of the season after only ten races. At the 2005 World Championships in Bormio, Italy, he won two gold medals, in super-G and downhill. In the downhill portion of the combined, he lost a ski 16 seconds into the race, but decided to continue down the course nevertheless at speeds up to 83 km/h on one ski, before sliding out near the bottom nearly two minutes later. Despite the hype surrounding Miller prior to the 2006 Winter Olympics, every one of Miller's five medal bids in the Turin Games fell short:"
"five days later. Macoma also trained by Horan broke the world record time for 500 yards beating the existing record holder Kriesler in a time of 28.80 sec. Later in the same month the pair went to Celtic Park to contest the Abercorn Cup and during a gallop Macoma caught his leg in the mesh traps breaking his hock. Mick the Miller finished third in the final but made a name for himself when equaling the world record of 28.80 at Shelbourne, a race sandwiched in between the semi and final at Celtic Park. Then Mick the Miller was struck"
"allow."" In 2006, Miller also became famous for his reclusive (but outspoken) personality and his attention-getting statements. Miller not only first appeared in the World Cup during the 1998 season but also represented the United States in the 1998 Nagano Olympics, competing in both of the technical disciplines (giant slalom and slalom). In 1999, he also competed in super-G (which is considered a speed discipline, not a technical one) and represented the U.S. in all three events at the World Ski Championships at Beaver Creek, with a best finish of 8th in slalom. He finally achieved a podium in a"
"School in Owensboro, Kentucky. While there, he was a two-time All-State, All-Area, All-Conference, and All-Region pick, and as a senior, he won ""USA Today"" All-American Honorable Mention honors. Rated as the #1 or #2 player in the state of Kentucky by numerous publications. Was rated as the #9 Athlete in the Country by Super-Prep as a senior and also the #11 CB in the nation by ESPN. He also starred in track, and was the state long jump champion as a junior, along with running a personal best of 10.48 seconds on the 100 meter dash. Miller also played in"
"titles until 1973, when Patricia's Hope won her second title. Royal Doulton produced a limited edition run of Mick the Miller figurines in the 1990s. A memorial to Mick was built on the village green of his birthplace in Killeigh, Co. Offaly. The statue was created by Northern Irish artist Liz O'Kane, and was unveiled by the Taoiseach of Ireland, Brian Cowen. In 2007, journalist Jon Henderson drew up his list of 100 top British sportsman for his book ""Best of British: Hendo's Sporting Heroes"". Mick the Miller was included in the list as the only Greyhound, with the only"
"Munster Championship medals during that time. Murphy also had the distinction of playing against Cork in the All-Ireland Championship. This occurred in 1928 after he transferred to Dublin, where he played at club level with Faughs and was selected for the Dublin senior team that won the Leinster Championship but was later beaten by Cork in the All-Ireland semi-final. Mick Murphy (Cork hurler) Michael Murphy (30 March 1894 - 20 September 1968) was an Irish sportsman and revolutionary figure. He is best known as a hurler who played in a variety of positions for the Cork and Dublin senior teams."
"tournament competitor, winning the world championship three times, and once the ISKA kickboxing championship. He was brought to professional wrestling after being asked by WCW executive Eric Bischoff. Miller was by then a karate instructor and was teaching Bischoff's son Garett, when Bischoff asked him to become a professional wrestler. Miller made his World Championship Wrestling (WCW) debut when he saved Glacier from a two-on-one attack by Wrath and Mortis at the 1997 Slamboree pay-per-view. Initially thought as just a fan who had jumped the railing, the WCW commentators then realized that this was no ordinary man and he was"
"Malcolm Kirk Malcolm Kirk (18 December 1936 – 24 August 1987) was an English professional wrestler who went by the ring name of ""King Kong"" Kirk as well as Kojak Kirk, Killer Kirk and ""Mucky"" Mal Kirk. He started as a professional rugby league footballer before becoming a professional wrestler. Kirk died of a heart attack on 24 August 1987 after collapsing in the ring during a tag team match at the Hippodrome in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. The wrestling event was run by Joint Promotions with the main event being a tag team match between Kirk and King Kendo"
"he was jailed for a night after intervening in a fight outside a nightclub. He was later cleared of wrongdoing. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Miller was the fastest qualifier for the 100 m butterfly final, setting a new Olympic record of 52.89s in his heat, raising Australian hopes of a first gold at these Olympics. However, Denis Pankratov, representing Russia], who had reserved a rather controversial technique for the final, had other ideas. Pankratov employed the ""submarine"" technique of underwater swimming, which involved diving into the water and gliding underwater for as long as possible (as swimmers"
"a mark of . This led to his inclusion in the English team for the 2014 Commonwealth Games and at the event in Glasgow he threw to take the silver medal behind James Steacy – Miller's first international medal. In spite of this, Miller said ""a little bit of me is a bit upset I didn't win but part of me is just 'what a fantastic achievement'"". Nick Miller (athlete) Nicholas ""Nick"" Miller (born 1 May 1993) is a British track and field athlete who specialises in the hammer throw. He was the gold medallist at the 2018 Commonwealth Games,"
"Mike Miller (wrestler) James Michael Hillman (born October 14, 1951), better known by the ring name ""Mean"" Mike Miller, is an American professional wrestler who had great success in Pacific Northwest Wrestling. Mean Mike was brought in to professional wrestling by Herb Welch. In Pacific Northwest Wrestling he wrestled for many years and held the NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship and NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship a combined 11 times. During his career Mean Mike faced many wrestling legends such as Rip Oliver, Bobby Jaggers, Tom Prichard, Jerry Lawler, Chief Jay Strongbow, Brett Sawyer, Billy Jack Haynes, and Steve"
"knowledge of the sport. Kentucky finished with a 2–4–1 record, and Miller allowed John A. Thompson, who was more familiar with the game, to coach the team the following season. By 1907, Miller was the head of the geological, zoological, and entomological departments at Kentucky, and ""proved himself to be the friend and patron of pure athletics, as his heart co-operation and assistance can always be relied upon in any matter pertaining to the interests of the physical attitude."" From 1908 to 1917, he served as the school's first dean of arts and sciences. During the First World War, he"
"a living, HEAD rejected that argument and showed disappointment in Miller for not honoring his word by trying to race with different skis. On October 31, 2017, Miller announced his retirement from competition. * Miller is one of the most successful alpine ski racers in Olympic history. He participated in five Winter Olympics, from 1998 through 2014. Miller had 19 starts in all five alpine disciplines and won six medals, including one gold in the super combined event in 2010. He is the only American ski racer in history to win medals at three different Olympics. Miller's fame was partly"
"noise is drowned out by the crowd as Mick the Miller is suddenly coming through the pack. Despite being bumped earlier in the race, he found the inside rail and moved up past the others, beating Golden Hammer by a head at the line. The announcer repeats that it is a no race to the disappointment of the crowd. Ryland R was disqualified for ""nosing and impeding"" another dog. Phiddy Kempton, Mick's owner at the time, broke down into tears, ""Mick has won! My darling Mick has won!"" he cried. A re–run was ordered for 9:55pm, while the crowd began"