Sentences with phrase «as former pro»

As a former pro trainer, I can tell you that people don't seem to pay attention to «education» any more.

Well, Fed Ed Head Arne Duncan in his infinite wisdom as a former pro basketball player in Australia just got darned tired of waiting for Congress to remake NCLB in the image of Bill Gates and Michelle Rhee, so he first sent forth Race to the Top, the federal bribery plan that allowed Democrats for Education Reform and Stand for Children to rewrite state education laws across the land.

As former pro and commentator Jack Kramer (Pullman) tells her, «People pay to see the men play.

All of us involved in youth sports - from parents, to coaches, from athletic trainers to school athletic directors to the athletes themselves - have a responsibility to do what we can to make contact and collision sports safer, whether it by reducing the number of hits to the head a player receives over the course of a season (such as N.F.L. and the Ivy League are doing in limiting full - contact practices, and the Sports Legacy Institute recently proposed be considered at the youth and high school level in its Hit Count program), teaching football players how to tackle without using their head (as former pro football player Bobby Hosea has long advocated), changing the rules (as the governing body for high school hockey in Minnesota did in the aftermath of the Jack Jablonski injury or USA Hockey did in banning body checks at the Pee Wee level), or giving serious consideration to whether athletes below a certain age should be playing tackle football at all (as the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend).

As a former pro basketball player overseas, many people have wondered why I chose to start my own company.

Not exact matches

The site's coach pool currently includes dozens of players on Major League Soccer and Major League Lacrosse rosters, as well as thousands of former college athletes and a slew of retired pros.

This year Bunning and rookie congressman Tom McMillen, the Maryland Democrat who played 11 years in the NBA, (page 70) joined representatives Jack Kemp (Buffalo Bills) and Mo Udall (the old ABL Denver Nuggets) and Senator Bill Bradley (New York Knicks) in the Jock Caucus, as Udall has come to call the collective of five former pro athletes now serving in Congress.

The Whitby roster included two former big league pros (Sid Smith and Jean Paul Lamirande) who had been reinstated as amateurs.

Add to his raw talent and natural abilities the legacy and insight from being the son of a former NFL wide receiver (his father, also Alex Van Dyke, played six seasons as a pro with the New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles), and the big deal about the 17 - year - old is justified.

Former Jets defensive end Marvin Washington credits Williams as one of the first pro athletes to normalize cannabis use.

Boden and Fleck's diligence most noticeably pays off with their selection of Algenis Pérez Soto, a former aspiring pro and first - time actor, as Miguel.

Kelly, the beloved former Bills passer who will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame this summer, did show up, as did a couple of thousand fans for a welcome rally outside the facility.

Cameron Oliver, a former three - star prospect from Sacramento who initially signed with Oregon State, earned Mountain West freshman of the year honors in Musselman's first season at Nevada and rated out as one of the league's top defenders last season before turning pro.

The club was honored to host VIP guests Mayor Pro Tem Kristina Lawson, representatives from the Walnut Creek City Council, and our sponsor The Sports Basement, as well as Myriam Glez, a former Olympian and current High Performance Director of USA Synchro.

While Spieth and Thomas were always considered wunderkinds, it was the former that rose to stardom quicker, soaring to the top of the world rankings, while Thomas claimed just one Tour victory in his first two years as a pro and was lurking on the outskirts of the elite.

Former Liverpool trio Ian Rush, Robbie Fowler and Michael Owen have all been confirmed as returning «legends» in Konami's latest version of Pro Evolution Soccer.

Comparisons between Jadeveon Clowney and eight - time Pro Bowler Julius Peppers aren't hard to find as NFL draft analysts seek to paint an illustration of what the former South Carolina defensive end is capable of in the NFL.

Thaddeus Moss, the son of former All - Pro wide receiver Randy Moss, is drawing plenty of attention from major college football programs as a recruit.

As reported by TuttoLegaPro, former Citta di Castello goalkeeper Giordano Calavarese began his his first day of training at Cosenza yesterday, in hopes of landing a contract offer with the Lega Pro side.

Former football star and Ex-Southend United Captain Adam Barrett says that as a pro footballer he headed the ball up to 100 times a week.

-- Overheard as the former NFL player and Pro Football Hall of Famer left the stage after delivering the opening keynote during the first general session.

The decision from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals was sparked by the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the case of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, whose conviction was overturned by the nation's highest court in a ruling that narrowed the definition of the types of official acts that could be considered as part of quid pro quo arrangements.

Host Grant Reeher talks with Tom Buckel, a former county legislator and partner in a large Syracuse law firm who now works as an Attorney for Legal Services of Central New York, and Deborah O'Shea, the pro bono coordinator for the Volunteer Lawyers Project of Onondaga County.

Speaking on Accra based Neat FM, the former Presidential Spokesperson, stated that he finds everything wrong with giving the ruling party's adverts to pro opposition party, newspapers as such newspapers rake in huge monies from the adverts at while the pro government papers rather struggle with their finances.

A pro New Patriotic Party group identified as Alliance of NPP SHALL LIVE has in a Press statement, sounded a note of caution to a failed Parliamentary candidate for Asokwa constituency Maxwell Kofi Jumah and a former CEO of School Feeding Exercise under the President Kufuor administration, Dr Amoako Tufuor, to «stay off» NPP National Chairman Paul Afoko and Former Chief of Staff Kwadwo Mformer CEO of School Feeding Exercise under the President Kufuor administration, Dr Amoako Tufuor, to «stay off» NPP National Chairman Paul Afoko and Former Chief of Staff Kwadwo MFormer Chief of Staff Kwadwo Mpiani.

Serving as chairman of the Committee on Small Business, the former pro basketball player's most outspoken moments have come in defense of charter schools, and in warning that the city's aggressively progressive direction might debilitate mom - and - pop entrepreneurs.

Former NYS Commissioner of Labor and Former NYS Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore Joins Forces with Gotham Government Relations Garden City, NY; December 14, 2015 — Brad Gerstman, David Schwartz, Bob Malito and Diane Cahill, partners at Gotham Government Relations & Communications, announced today that former Assemblyman and Labor Commissioner, Peter Rivera will join the firm as a paFormer NYS Commissioner of Labor and Former NYS Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore Joins Forces with Gotham Government Relations Garden City, NY; December 14, 2015 — Brad Gerstman, David Schwartz, Bob Malito and Diane Cahill, partners at Gotham Government Relations & Communications, announced today that former Assemblyman and Labor Commissioner, Peter Rivera will join the firm as a paFormer NYS Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore Joins Forces with Gotham Government Relations Garden City, NY; December 14, 2015 — Brad Gerstman, David Schwartz, Bob Malito and Diane Cahill, partners at Gotham Government Relations & Communications, announced today that former Assemblyman and Labor Commissioner, Peter Rivera will join the firm as a paformer Assemblyman and Labor Commissioner, Peter Rivera will join the firm as a partner.

An ambassador for fitness and the healthy lifestyle, as well as someone I have had the privilege to work with personally Tom Terwilliger is a # 1 bestselling author, international speaker, 1986 NPC Nationals Light - heavyweight class winner and a former IFBB pro bodybuilder.

He's also a former pro soccer player and served as the strength and conditioning and nutrition coach at the University of Toronto for seven years.

About Blog Pet Photographer Richie Schwartz: With 40 years as a pro photographer, this former Vet Tech, Groomer and Dog Trainer's experiences and talent have given him the ability to create unique pet portraits.

A former pro once dubbed «The Pride of Lowell» for knocking down Sugar Ray Leonard in a publicized fight, Dickie has since devolved into a fidgety crack addict pitifully living off his middling past glory, and a bottom - feeder attempting to profit from, and relive his career through, his younger sibling, all while neglecting his duties as Micky's manager in order to puff the pipe and, as with one fight, throwing him to the wolves to make a quick buck.

Ray Milland is great as cold fish Tony Wendice, a former tennis pro who plans to bump off his adulterous wife.

All the supporting parts have been well cast, especially David Morse as former all - pro center Mike Webster of the Steelers.

«Creed» also stars Tessa Thompson («Selma,» «Dear White People») as Bianca, a local singer - songwriter who becomes involved with Adonis; Phylicia Rashad (Lifetime's «Steel Magnolias») as Mary Anne Creed, Apollo's widow; and English pro boxer and former three - time ABA Heavyweight Champion Anthony Bellew as boxing champ «Pretty» Ricky Conlan.

Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, a former hot baseball prospect out of high school who passed on a Stanford scholarship for a chance to go pro.

Woodson is a former member of the Tennessee General Assembly, first serving in the House, then moving on to the Senate, where she served as Chair of the Education Committee and later as Speaker Pro Tem, the number two job in that body.

The lawyer representing Brown's suit in New York pro bono is Jay Lefkowitz, a senior partner at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis who previously worked as former President George W. Bush's deputy assistant for domestic policy and special envoy for human rights in North Korea.

CTE has gotten attention in the news recently due to former pro football players such as Junior Seau and Adrian Robinson, both of whom committed suicide and were found to suffer from CTE.

Moreover, Razer Edge Pro inherits the design of former Project Fiona concept gaming tablet, including a dual wing - styled game controller, but it will be available as an independent modular.

Former pro Kerry Goulet likewise lends his approval, lauding its balanced weight as well as its slapshot - enabling «snap.»

Several C - suite finance executives, as well as golf legend Ben Crenshaw, former tennis pro Lindsey Davenport, and Jacksonville Jaguar Davon House have all joined the club.

About Blog Pet Photographer Richie Schwartz: With 40 years as a pro photographer, this former Vet Tech, Groomer and Dog Trainer's experiences and talent have given him the ability to create unique pet portraits.

The former can be purchased for $ 9.99 or as part of the $ 25 Capcom Pro Tour 2017 Premier Pass, which also includes access to the Capcom Cup 2017 and Capcom Pro Tour 2017, a monthly challenge to acquire in - game money, formal outfits for Ryu and Ken, and a Guile costume designed by Capcom Cup winner Du «NuckleDu» Dang.

A former Chair of the Construction Law Section of the Arizona Bar Association, former Legal Counsel to the Arizona Subcontractor's Association, a former Member of the Arizona State Board of Technical Registration, contributor to the Arizona Construction Law Practice Manual (2nd and 3rd Editions), and frequent speaker, Julianne earned an AV Rating with Martindale Hubbell, served as a faculty member of the Arizona Trial College, and is a Judge Pro Tem with the Maricopa County Superior Court (2017 - 18).

(OK, Civ Pro, too, I admit as a former Civ Pro TA.)

One such tussle, as we recounted here, was with Chicago's Winston & Strawn, which reported a spike in pro bono hours, driven by its no - fee commitment of 20 lawyers to the defense of former Illinois Gov. George Ryan against federal fraud and racketeering charges.

As the former president and founder of the realtime software company, Transcript Manager Pro, he is also an integral member of the Veritext product development team.

Former TBA President Buck Lewis is credited with the vision for the project as he was very involved in his local pro bono clinic, but realized the limitations of this traditional model.

Expert speaking coach, former TV newswoman, and P.R. pro, Chicago's Maura Devine, provided a hands - on presentation on improving your lawyers or yourself as a speaker.

The respondent son moved to set aside the order on the grounds, inter alia, that he can not afford the cost of legal counsel and his mother was prepared to represent him pro bono; that his mother had acted for him throughout the prior divorce proceedings in Nova Scotia; and that his former spouse had made no attempt to remove her mother - in - law as counsel in those proceedings.