GeshmakMan – Sorry, those two years they were only league title winners. All the other years mentioned, they were world champs. Thanks for the correction. The point, though, still stands.
Dovvshtein: Based on that taaina, perhaps one need not strive to learn as much Torah as Rav Scheinberg, unless he is a godol on Rav Scheinberg’s level.
The Nitai Gavriel also brings this down, though he only says the Chosson can do this (not the Kallah.) He footnotes a number of sources, including the one above.
The Yanks won the championship in ’96, ’98, ’99, ’00, ’01, ’03, and ’09 (just looking at recent history.) So it could have happened in any number of years.