Sentences with phrase «grand slam as»

Vauxhall touted the Grand Slam as a spiritual descendent of the classic Viva GT on our alpine drive, but few buyers will make the connection.

Last year, the PGA of America announced its partnership with Trump, which included this year's Grand Slam as well as several future tournaments slated to take place at Trump golf clubs around the U.S..

Not exact matches

In 2003, she became one of six women to earn a career Grand Slam (or «Serena Slam,» as she calls it) in the open era when she won the Australian Open, again defeating Venus in the final.

With U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and gymnastics gold medal favorite Simone Biles looking on, seven - times grand slam winner Williams won the first set but became frustrated as the match wore on, losing 4 - 6 6 - 3 7 - 6 (5) to the world number 62.

That SolarCity would become «a grand slam 10 times over,» as DBL partner Nancy Pfund put it, was anything but inevitable in 2008, when DBL first invested in the company.

That is why, particularly as capital has flooded the Valley over the last decade, preserving the chance to make grand slam investments has been paramount.

National Deli hits a grand slam when its hot dogs are being served in New York City's Madison Square Garden and Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves, as well as being the official hot dog of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Gwinnett Braves, the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat.

We still serve the Grand Slam in every one of our restaurants as when it was started in 1977.»

Australia's Rod Laver proved again at Forest Hills last week that the best players in the world are no match for him as he waltzed away with the men's singles title to complete his second Grand Slam

Rory McIlroy will probably have to wait another year for a go at the career grand slam, as a case of the lefts on Saturday at Augusta knocked the four - time major winner out of his marquee duel with Jordan Spieth — and possibly out of contention for the 2016 Masters.

«I'm going to be more relieved now, coming as a Grand Slam champion to all the tournaments in this season,» he says.

As a result, they will become rivals and face each other in the fourth round if they win their respective matches early in the Melbourne Grand Slam.

Azarenka won her first Grand Slam in Melbourne last year and gained the No. 1 ranking — which has kind of served as a death rattle for future Grand Slam title hopes in the women's game recently — and hasn't relinquished it since.

Online streaming of the entire Wimbledon Grand Slam will also be available, as usual, via WatchESPN and the ESPN App on various devices.

This should be an exciting matchup, as Li seeks her second major title and Cibulkova plays in her first ever Grand Slam final.

As for Davenport, she hasn't won a Grand Slam title since the 2000 Australian Open, and she turns 25 this week.

If Ambrose wins the tag titles, he'll also be the 16th Grand Slam champion ever, as he's already been WWE Champion, United States Champion, and Intercontinental Champion.

The Swede came in as runner up behind multiple grand slam winning tennis player Bjorn Borg in the list made by newspaper Dagens Nyheter.

Nadal is trying to become just the second player in the Open era (after Rod Laver) to win all four Grand Slams at least twice, and he's looked as good as anyone in the field so far.

The Falcons» senior catcher hit a game - tying two - run homer in the sixth inning, and then followed it up with a game - winning walk - off grand slam in the seventh, as Freedom won a wild North Coast Section Division I quarterfinal 11 - 7 over visiting Alhambra - Martinez.

For 10 yearsthey'd been telling the same stories — at Immaculata High School in Somerville, N.J., where the legend bookended a grand slam in his first at bat as a freshmanwith a blast in his last at bat as a senior; at the neighborhood diner Jerry «sPlace, where the legend's photo hangs next to one of Mickey Mantle; and here atthis warehouse turned hitting complex, where the legend's newspaper clippingsand old jerseys line the walls.

Even casual fans know that it's now six years and counting since Woods last lifted the trophy in a grand slam event, and if Tiger's will to win has anything to do with his recovery, he'll be back in the hunt as ferocious a competitor as he's ever been and stay there for some time.

Jordan Spieth's putter got hot and he charged up the leaderboard as he continues his quest for the grand slam.

The 143rd Open Championship will be remembered as the tournament that got Rory McIlroy three - fourths of the way to the career grand slam.

Ambrose especially has a lot to be happy about, as he's the newest WWE Grand Slam winner, finally winning the tag team belts after previously holding the United States, Intercontinental, and WWE championships during his incredible career in the WWE over the past five years.

Should he win the PGA, Spieth would beat Rory McIlroy, whose most recent of four major wins came at the 2014 PGA, to the grand slam and overtake Tiger Woods as the youngest golfer to own all four major titles.

Once again the Old Course was the center of the sporting universe as Tiger Woods, of Orlando, attempted to become the youngest man ever to win the career Grand Slam.

Spieth, who turns 24 on Thursday, joined Jack Nicklaus as just the second player to win three legs of the grand slam before age 24.

It was the first time the Nationals had ever hit a postseason grand slam, whether in their current incarnation or as the Expos.

Federer, the second seed, came into the Australian Open as one of the favorites, and searching for his 20th Grand Slam title.

A few batters later, Mookie Betts finished what he started, giving Boston the grand slam that Martinez had come so close to hitting, as well as a 14 - 1 lead.

Despite the Sept. 11 attacks, Andre Agassi's sixth annual Grand Slam for Children benefit went on as scheduled last Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Frankie Hammoude (Bishop O'Dowd - Oak - land), Sr. — Smoked 11 home runs (three grand slams) and hit.508 with 41 RBI as a junior.

USTA has announced another 10 % increase in prize money making US Open 2017 as the most lucrative tennis grand slam in the world.

Of course Ana Ivanovic is a star in her own right, the 27 - year - old Serbian is a Grand Slam winning tennis star, but she may become better known among Man United fans as the girlfriend of German international Bastian Schweinsteiger

These Frenchmen had been winning what we now refer to as Grand Slam events, but in «international play,» which mattered more in those days (the Davis Cup finals were roughly equivalent to soccer's World Cup finals today) the U.S. was considered unbeatable.

Spieth joins Jack Nicklaus as the only player to get three of the four legs of a career grand slam before his 24th birthday, which comes next week.

In last night's game, shortstop Addison Russell belted a grand slam, third baseman Kris Bryant went 4 - for - 5 with a home run and first baseman Anthony Rizzo went 3 - for - 5 with a home run, as the Cubs cruised to a 9 - 3 victory.

«As we began to research commercially available fencing options for outfield fences, we were unable to find any that we considered safe enough to bring well within the field of play,» says Grand Slam Safety CEO Bob Lyndaker.

National Squad, was in top form as she earned a «Grand Slam» taking first in every event; combo, team, solo, figures, and duet (with team mate Dana Drury, a 14 year old also from WC), winning 5 Gold medals overall.

This year, fans will be treated to another stellar player field as five - time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova comes back to Stanford.

No one would be surprised to learn — as Spieth already knew, according to Ferguson — that the term gained currency after Tiger Woods failed to claim the third leg of the same - season grand slam at the Open Championship at Muirfield in 2002.

«And for players (active or retired) who have won five different majors available in their careers, the LPGA has and will continue to acknowledge them as having accomplished a Super Career Grand Slam.

Philadelphia smashed two grand slams, and the Marlins even had to use a position player, catcher Bryan Holaday, as a pitcher.

Park may not spark the same passion among fans and the media for her quest as Williams ignites just by stepping on the court, but completing what the LPGA touts as the «Super Career Grand Slam» would be no less impressive.

PEAK MOMENT The first of her five Grand Slam wins as a 17 - year - old at Wimbledon was a hard act to follow.

With only hours remaining before the 2018 January transfer window slams shut, we're heading for a grand - stand finale as several Premier League clubs look to complete major deals.

It spelled the end of the road for the American as Kerber held her nerve to win her first Grand Slam when Williams put another volley long.

«I'd like to congratulate Grand Slam Little League on their victory as well as Paulino's All - Stars for their participation in the tournament,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Díaz Jr. «This year's championship game was a tremendous contest between two teams of great kids.

The day felt like a grand slam for a group of Northern Manhattan students, as Major League Baseball (MLB) star Nelson Cruz visited...