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19-1077: KSS may refer to: Education [ edit ] Kelowna Secondary School , in British Columbia, Canada Kibuli Secondary School , in Uganda Kingsmill Secondary School , a former high school in Etobicoke, Ontario Kingston Secondary School , in Kingston, Ontario, Canada Klahowya Secondary School , in Silverdale, Washington Knightswood Secondary School , in Glasgow, Scotland Kranji Secondary School , in Choa Chu Kang, Singapore Kwalikum Secondary School , in British Columbia, Canada Entertainment [ edit ] Kalyana Samayal Saadham ,

38-567: A 2013 Indian film Kirby: Squeak Squad , a 2006 Nintendo DS game Kirby Super Star , a 1996 SNES game Kirby's Star Stacker , a 1997 Game Boy game Other [ edit ] Basketball Federation of Serbia (Serbian: Кошаркашки Савез Србије / Košarkaški Savez Srbije ) Communist Party of Slovakia (since 1992) (Slovak: Komunistická strana Slovenska ) Communist Party of Slovakia (1939) (1939–1990) (Slovak: Komunistická strana Slovenska ) Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada , an Iraqi Shia militia Kearns–Sayre syndrome ,

57-727: A British motorcycle Kurdish Sorani Standard Bible Kochi Sun Sun Broadcasting , a Japanese commercial broadcaster Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title KSS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=KSS&oldid=1173651727 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Airport disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Serbian-language text Articles containing Slovak-language text Articles containing Japanese-language text Short description

76-704: A defunct Mormon bank in Kirtland, Ohio Kissi language (ISO 639 code: kss) Kristiania Sporveisselskab , a defunct tram company in Oslo, Norway KSS (company) ( ケイエスエス ) , a Japanese anime studio KSS Design Group , an architecture design group Kudumbi Seva Sanghom , an Indian organisation; see Kudumbi The postnominal letters for a papal Knight of the Order of St. Sylvester Sikasso Airport (IATA airport code: KSS) in Mali Velocette KSS ,

95-556: A disease caused by mitochondrial DNA deletion Key Safety Systems, now known as Joyson Safety Systems Keystone State Skinheads , a white nationalist group in Pennsylvania Khitan small script , an undeciphered Chinese script Khwarizmi Science Society , a scientific society in Pakistan Kinetic Style Sheets , an AJAX framework for the software Plone Kirtland Safety Society ,

114-472: A registered trademark of Riles & Co. for blankets and other bedding, as of June 2015. Some of the Riles & Co. trademarks are no longer in effect, e.g. keychains. In a comedic context, the same play on words, additionally incorporating the name " Pete ", is known to have been used as early as 1930 on the radio program Empire Builders . The episode of that program broadcast on December 29, 1930, featured

133-533: A third consecutive championship during the 1988–89 season , having won the previous 2 NBA finals. The term is a registered trademark owned by Pat Riley , the Lakers' head coach from 1981 to 1990. The original owner and assignor of the underlying THREE-PEAT "mark" was Bijan Khezri, former president of P.d.P. Paperon De Paperoni, a Delaware corporation. Khezri submitted in November 1988 a trademark application for

152-594: A trio of singers dubbed "The Three Visiting Firemen: Pete, Re-Pete, and Three-Pete". The Oxford English Dictionary credits an Illinois high school senior, Sharif Ford, with the earliest published use of the word in the March 8, 1989, edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch . Ford's quote uses the term in a sporting context and serves to provide a clear etymology as well: The Lincoln High Tigers say they want to "three-peat". "You know, kind of like repeat, except doing it for

171-569: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kelowna Secondary School Kelowna Secondary School was rated 3rd in the province by the 2004/05 Fraser Sand rankings. KSS received a 7 out of 10 overall rating from the Fraser Institute in 2020. It was ranked 63/252 out of high schools in British Columbia. Kelowna Secondary School is known for having strong senior varsity boys volleyball and basketball programs. Kelowna Secondary

190-524: Is known as one of the provincial championship contenders through recent years in high school boys' volleyball. In the 2023 volleyball season, the Owls completed a provincial title three-peat with a victory in four sets against the Yale Lions from Abbotsford ; in the same season, the Owls' Senior Girls Volleyball Team won the 'AAAA' High School Girls Volleyball Provincial Championship in three sets against

209-482: The New York Yankees won three straight World Series championships from 1998 through 2000 and when the Lakers won three straight NBA championships from 2000 through 2002 . For the Lakers, it was their second in franchise history, and only the first since moving from Minneapolis. As of 2024, the Lakers are the last team of the 4 major American professional sports (NHL, MLB, NFL, & NBA) to accomplish

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228-759: The Riverside Rapids from Port Coquitlam . This British Columbia school-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Three-peat In sports (especially in North America), a three-peat is winning three consecutive championships or tournaments. The term, a portmanteau of the words three and repeat , originated with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association , during their unsuccessful campaign for

247-508: The change in spelling was not dissimilar enough from Riles & Co.'s three-peat , and denied the registration. Later that year, U.S.C. fan Kyle Bunch began selling his own "Three-Pete" T-shirts. He discontinued sales once he was notified that he was infringing upon the Riles & Co. trademark. As of late 2007, the trademark "Three Peat" is still active for shirts, jackets, caps, etc., and for commemorative mugs, plates, etc., and also for posters, bumper sticker, etc. The similar "3 Peat" became

266-478: The phrase for use on merchandise commemorating that accomplishment. Riles & Co. subsequently obtained additional registrations expanding the trademark to cover many other kinds of merchandise in addition to apparel. The company then went on to reap additional profits by again licensing the phrase to merchandisers when the Bulls again won three consecutive NBA championships from 1996 through 1998 , as well as when

285-689: The three-peat. The Kansas City Chiefs are the current two-time defending Super Bowl champions, and will accomplish a three-peat if they win Super Bowl LIX . While originating in the United States, the three-peat has been replicated all over the world across different sports. In recent times, Spanish association football club Real Madrid notably became the first club of the modern era to win three consecutive UEFA Champions League titles ( 2015–16 , 2016–17 and 2017–18 ). The trademark registration for three-peat has been challenged over

304-499: The trademark to Riley, it remained an entity of Riles & Co., the corporate entity of National Basketball Association (NBA) coach Pat Riley. In 1989, Riles & Co. successfully registered the trademark under U.S. Registration Number 1552980. The Lakers did not win a third consecutive NBA championship in 1989 , but the Chicago Bulls did in 1993 , and Riles & Co. collected royalties from sports apparel makers who licensed

323-455: The use of three-peat on shirts, jackets and hats. Around that time, the phrase was being used by members and fans of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, of whom Pat Riley was the head coach, regarding the Lakers' quest that season to obtain what would have been a third successive NBA championship. According to Riley, it was Laker player Byron Scott who cited the term in reference to the team's goal for that season. After Khezri assigned

342-474: The validity of the trademark as originally conceived. In 2005, a group of individuals attempted to trademark the phrase Three-Pete in anticipation of the (ultimately unsuccessful) attempt that year by the 2005 USC Trojans football team to win a third consecutive national championship. The change in spelling was a reference to the team's head coach, Pete Carroll . However, the Patent Office ruled that

361-509: The years by those who argue that the term has become too generic in its usage for the trademark to continue to be applicable. However, such arguments have yet to succeed, with the registration continuing to be upheld by the United States Patent and Trademark Office as recently as 2001, in the case of Christopher Wade v. Riles & Co . This challenge documented the transfer of assignment from Khezri to Riles & Co., and upheld

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