Champion in a sentence as a noun

Why do we let in a champion unicycle rider over a hard-working kid with an SAT score 100 points higher?

He's a very marketable champion, young with good looks and modelling contracts.

For example, I bet Al Gore makes one-day trips to cities all year long, and he's quite a champion of not wasting resources.

Champion in a sentence as a verb

Yet somehow he's ridden on the coattails of Apple's ascent by positioning himself among the fandom as a "champion of good taste".

What we're getting is a larger pool of people actively gaming the system in hundreds of ways: what kinds of snide comments might sneak by, what's the best time to run flame-war submissions, who to praise, what topics to champion or deride.

The one thing that puzzles me above anything else about this whole thing is: "Linode uses ColdFusion".I mean, you have this Linux company that's pretty much an open source champion to us Linux guys and then... Adobe ColdFusion.

Champion in a sentence as an adjective

[1]It's amazing how much building a new company in a supposedly free market requires arguing against politicians who claim to champion free market economics, but who actually use government to give cushy monopolies to incumbents with big lobbying budgets.

If you want to skip to the main accusation of hypocrisy, it is: Speaking of facts: While presenting itself as the champion\n of the working classes, the fact is Dentons Gawker empire is\n guilty of almost every crime it accuses the tech industry of\n committing, and several it doesnt.

Champion definitions

noun

someone who has won first place in a competition

See also: champ title-holder

noun

someone who fights for a cause

See also: fighter hero paladin

noun

a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"

See also: supporter protagonist admirer booster friend

noun

someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

verb

protect or fight for as a champion

See also: defend

adjective

holding first place in a contest; "a champion show dog"; "a prizewinning wine"

See also: prizewinning