Sentences with phrase «big league sports»

Even though the games are simulated, Big League Sports is a great way to introduce kids to new sports and teach them lessons about teamwork and good sportsmanship.

It's what you'd expect in one of the big league sports games.

Whether you like getting into the middle of the rough and tumble of big league sports or prefer to manage teams and tactics, there's going to be something for you to sink your teeth into in this list of some of our favorite mobile sports games for Android and iOS.

Just as there are heroes and villains in pro wrestling, there will be good cities and bad cities in big league sports.

Not exact matches

As Twitter spends big bucks on deals with America's top sports leagues, Facebook has been beefing up its own live - streaming offering.

In terms of in - store innovations, the company made a big splash last year by launching and then heavily hyping two stores — a massive 140,000 - square - foot Canadian Tire in south Edmonton and a Sport Chek in midtown Toronto — that came fully loaded with all manner of screens, simulators and other forms of digital eye candy, including interactive video walls, window shopping using glass screens that display products, and community boards that give customers access to local sports clinics, league registrations and fitness classes.

It is also a year in which, in the three biggest men's sports, women have made strides: the NFL added its first female ref and its first female coach (Jen Welter, whose internship with the Arizona Cardinals has since ended), and the NBA added its second female assistant coach (Nancy Lieberman) and its first female Summer League coach (Becky Hammon).

Just a week before the NFL was set to stage the biggest sporting event of the year, the league released its latest concussion data: incidence rose 58 % during the regular season.

The move would make Powell Jobs one of the most influential female investors in America's «Big four» sports leagues — baseball, basketball, football, and hockey — which remain dominated by male ownership.

A report by Fox News Latino suggests that Major League Soccer's attendance and TV ratings are surging, and that it may soon eclipse the NHL among North America's Big Four pro sports leagues — thanks in part to the U.S.'s booming Hispanic population.

Unlike in Canada, where the country's biggest universities play in front of sparse crowds and go years without winning a season, U.S. colleges outside of the Ivy League depend upon their sports teams to bring in new students, attract attention, and draw donations and revenue.

The day before the big game was all about the 1st and Future contest, a sports - tech startup showdown organized by the National Football League, Comcast NBCUniversal, and the Mayo Clinic.

The NFL has been working to grow its fanbase in China in recent years, including by sending some of the league's biggest stars, like Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, to promote the sport in an attempt to spark greater interest in professional football.

Some of the biggest cracks so far have shown up at ESPN, the multi-billion dollar broadcasting behemoth controlling access to a huge swath of programming from almost every major sports franchise from the National Football League to Major League Baseball.

Last November, Rogers scored a $ 5.2 - billion blockbuster deal with the National Hockey League, a coup against big telecom competitor Bell and its TSN sports channel.

«Network Ten turned the Big Bash League into the television phenomenon it is today and one of the most popular sports in Australia, a sport that all Australians were able enjoy for free,» Mr Anderson said.

Through her sizable investment, Powell Jobs instantly commands an influential position in the male - dominated ownership circles of the «Big Four» professional sports leagues.

Next up is struggling Crystal Palace and with the game being played at the Emirates stadium on new years day and looking at Palace's league position and recent form you might think it is another three points in the bag, except for the fact that they have a new manager in the shape of Sam Allardyce and according to a Sky Sports report the Palace defender Martin Kelly reckons that the Big Sam effect is already making itself felt at Selhurst Park.

There will be sponsors on uniforms, and in - game advertising on the stands, and whatever else the leagues and their television partners can plaster onto a TV screen — if only because the attention spans of the audience will only get shorter, and their patience for enduring even the biggest and most coveted live sports broadcasts more scarce.

In Redding, kids and adults get the chance to feel like they're playing in the Big Leagues at Big League Dreams Sports Complex.

Most of the papers and sports websites have focused on his comments about the Gunners not being able to beat our big Premier League rivals when it comes to spending power and his suggestions that the club's youth policy combined with an ultra careful and disciplined transfer policy will continue to be the Arsenal way.

In a Sky Sports report, a Europa League winner with Chelsea, Petr Cech is quoted saying: «I have to say you want to have the Champions League one rather than the Europa League one but you can see more and more, big teams are treating the Europa League with respect because it is a European trophy.»

I'm no sports marketing expert, but I'd bet that a Trae Young or Bagley will have much bigger offers on the table than a kid working through the G league.

That would give new members a one - sport ticket to the Big 12, with other sports staying in their current leagues.

Apparently, Manfred isn't a big fan of people using «tanking» to describe what's happening with multiple teams in the league, resorting to that old favorite of excuses — that this is «a cyclical sport.»

When Arsene Wenger spoke recently about the growing use of video technology in football he reminded us all of a few big incidents that went against Arsenal and which he thinks would have made big differences to ours and the sports history if they had used replays back then, and clearly the biggest one of these was the sending off of our German international keeper Jens Lehmann in the 18th minute of the 2006 Champions League final.

SI looked at every season in the big four sports since 1966 — the Super Bowl era — giving cities points for winning (five for a championship, three for a conference title, one for a division title) while deducting one for a last - place finish, two for being worst in the conference and three for having the worst record in the league.

The big three trap shooting programs — Del Oro, Granite Bay, and Woodcreek — all reside in the Sierra Foothill League when it comes to traditional sports such as football, baseball, and basketball, so the natural rivalry has carried over well to the trap range.

Charlotte, again, has very high attendance for their minor league team, but they'd also be competing against the 2 biggest Big Four sports in the same media market.

Yes — I don't really understand AFCON — not only is it held at least twice as often as other big international sporting events, and sometimes more, if they decide they want to change the schedule, to not interfere with something else (not the players club obligations, who pay their wages, perish the thought), but it is always held at the peak of the league season, as they say it maybe raining in summer, which I also don't get, as it rains here all the time — I'm sure there are parts of Africa which have reasonable weather during the summer — it's a big continent — South Africa must be fairly clement at that time.

The addition of the Indianapolis 500, one of the biggest races in the world, gives NBC another marquee property to add its array of sports broadcast rights that includes NASCAR, English Premier League soccer, NFL Sunday Night Football, NHL regular - season games and the Stanley Cup Finals, Tour de France, and horse racing's Triple Crown.

In roughly the same period during which your football program dragged Miami's name through the mud, another urban, private university has gone big - time — raising huge amounts of money, going on a building binge and raiding the Ivy League for faculty — without big - time sports.

Sky Sports UK reports Real Madrid, Paris Saint - Germain and several big Premier League clubs are closely tracking the 15 - year - old, who has impressed at Watford since joining the Championship club last year.

English clubs will also share a bigger portion of the increased TV money because of the BT sport deal and the difference between what the Champions League and Europa League clubs receive will get bigger as well.

The Foxes were 5000 - 1 outsiders to win the Premier League before the campaign kicked off, but their relentless push to upset the odds saw them crowned champions to complete what is one the biggest sporting upsets of all time.

After the NFL fined Lynch this season for deflecting postgame questions from media, Sherman performed a press conference skit with wide receiver Doug Baldwin lampooning how the league has commercialized the sport — for example, punishing players harshly for alcohol - related charges while claiming beer companies as its biggest sponsors.

However, in what could be the biggest transfer of the summer, Sky Sports revealed that a bid for Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos was launched on Monday evening and that would represent a fantastic deal for van Gaal and the club, who will be looking to challenge for the Premier League title next season.

Louis van Gaal had been linked with an interest in Real Madrid defender Serio Ramos, Man United failing with a big - money bid for the Bernabeu star earlier this summer (via Sky Sports), but the Dutch manager has since seen his side keep back - to - back clean sheets in their opening two Premier League fixtures.

The draft and the coverage it gets all generate a bunch of revenue for the league and the big sports coverage stations.

The players union is the weakest among the big four American professional sports — it's the only one with non-guaranteed contracts, for example — and the league has become increasingly fine - happy about self - expression on and off the field.

The EPL is one of the biggest sports betting markets on Earth and the most bet on soccer league by far.

On April 22, Big League Dreams continues in the Kool April Nites car show tradition for the fourth straight year by hosting a show and shine for classic cars at the sports park from 6 to 9 p.m..

The Glazer Family — Big sports fans, the Glazers don't only own Manchester United with their stake of # 800 million: they also own the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League in America.

Team Zimmerman is coming off Chicago Men's All Sports Championship and was looking to become the first Team to ever Win both the «big» Summer League and then follow - up with a Hoops League Crown in consecutive Leagues..

They have everything you could want in an All Sports League and proved it Monday Night by getting a big softball W, something that has plagued them in recent seasons..

Both Teams are extremely familiar with All Sports Series and are among the many groups of chiseled vets that make up the biggest All Sports Series League of them all..

This League was the first ever All Sports Series (since 2010) and some grizzled vets who have gotten close so many times before, finally won the big one!

You're right about a lot of things you say but the three biggest clubs as far as the media are concerned are Manchester United, liverpool and believe it or not Newcastle.The media, especially Sky Sports would like the Premier League fought out between these three teams every year if they could get their way and ironically they were the three teams who had the worst hooligan problems in the dark years of the 70s and the 80s of all the clubs in the country

Keane, who's managed 126 goals in 349 Premier League appearances throughout his career, is reportedly confident he has one big move left in him, reports Sky Sports.

Djurgarden's sporting director Bosse Andersson said: «The development potential is huge so with the peace and quiet of our Djurgården environment he can develop into a striker able to play in the biggest leagues in Europe.