Sentences with phrase «kops tournament»

The NCAA Tournament is a major source of advertising revenue for television, generating more than $ 1 billion per year in ad sales.

With college basketball's regular season schedule finished, men's basketball teams compete against their conference rivals today and through the weekend for their final shot at improving their standing with the NCAA Tournament selection committee.

Ping - pong tournaments and happy hours with office mates might be of interest to some, but not all.

And a new study finds that the average worker will spend up to six paid hours focusing on sports - related activities during the tournament.

Telfer is also a big presence on the Canadian case competition circuit, playing host to the first annual Diversity and Inclusion MBA contest in 2016 and sending teams to the John Molson School of Business tournament every year.

Nike shares fell despite reporting better than expected earnings and a surge in global sales due to this summer's World Cup tournament in Brazil.

Speaking from the Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament, the musician said he's had luck with stock - picking elsewhere as well.

In October 2015, rumors surfaced that the company was in talks to buy Major League Gaming, a well - known organizer of video game tournaments, though Activision (atvi) ultimately acquired the company earlier this year for $ 46 million.

But under the newly proposed rules, teams ranked seven through ten would compete in a play - in tournament to determine the final two playoff spots in each conference.

Although Riot funds the championship prize pools and pays $ 12,500 stipends for pro players and coaches for each season split, teams have become increasingly vocal about sharing the revenue Riot makes when it sells world championship sponsorships, strikes distribution deals to stream games and tournaments online, and sells team - branded in - game goods.

And, the competition just keeps getting better and better the deeper we get into the tournament.

A dealer - owned co-operative, Home Hardware has worked hard in recent years to stress its connection to the communities where it operates, by sponsoring local minor sports teams and tournaments, and playing up its «Home Owners helping home owners» ad campaign.

She told Vanity Fair that she had taken a pregnancy test before the tournament at the behest of a friend.

«Oh my God, this can't be — I've got to play a tournament,» she recalled thinking.

Lee Sedol, the reigning world champion in Go, played a five - game tournament against Google's «AlphaGo» computer in March 2016.

But had someone told us at the start of the tournament that we were going to be playing for bronze, we all would have taken that opportunity in a heartbeat.

«The people out in Atlanta couldn't get a hotel because they were all booked due to the Final Four tournament going on at the same time.

Throughout his career, Tiger Woods wore red shirts on the many of the most important days of any tournament he was in.

The NCAA pays a high dollar to Division 1 schools based on their performance in the D1 tournament.

Pizza Hut is releasing a limited amount of Pie Tops sneakers to coincide with the NCAA Final Four tournament.

Dressed in a deep navy suit and a crisp white shirt, his tie is speckled with small yellow flecks that on second glance turn out to be tiny logos for the Masters golf tournament.

Nike's marquee golf star, No. 1 - ranked Rory McIlroy, is sitting out the tournament after getting injured earlier this month playing recreational soccer — a blow for Nike, which gets big exposure when the Irish star is on the course, covered in Swoosh gear from head to toe.

Montague's expulsion helped mar a historic men's basketball season for the Yale Bulldogs, ahead of the NCAA Tournament.

EA Sports (EA) invited seven NFL stars, including New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz, Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green, New Orleans Saints tight end Jimmy Graham and college standout Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater to compete on Xbox One in a single elimination bracket tournament.

Serena Williams of the US celebrates her victory against Venus Williams of the US during the women's singles final on day 13 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 28, 2017.

Last year, Fortune examined Sharapova's marketability over rival Williams tied to the U.S. Open major tennis tournament.

Inc.'s 2015 March Madness tournament operates in a phased voting system.

When the first round of the March Madness men's basketball tournament kicks off on March 17, the NCAA will be using the app Maurides created to help himself manage his schedule.

At Pier 86 on Jan. 30, Electronic Arts celebrated the 25th Anniversary of its $ 4 billion videogame franchise, Madden NFL 25, at Madden Bowl XX, the annual videogame tournament and Super Bowl party that attracts some of the biggest names in the NFL.

In March of 2000, the tournament was heating up.

Tournament and money standings aside, the new - age way to gauge standings of a player, and to attract the next generation of fans, lies in their social narrative.

We've sponsored local realtor golf tournaments, rooted for the home team at football games, chowed down at food truck parties, hit the pavement in charity runs and, of course, filmed the occasional spoof video.

After four rounds, and beating out 15 strong collegiate competitors Inc. is pleased to announce the winner of this year's Coolest College Startup tournament, Ava Anderson Non Toxic.

During Sunday's Masters Tournament, CBS Sports announcer Nick Faldo revealed that Patrick Reed — the 27 - year - old who would soon become the Tournament champion — has a specific ritual to get pumped up before a game.

The catch is that participants in the study listened to music while putting, which is explicitly verboten in US golf tournaments.

The annual tournament will feature top soccer clubs Real Madrid, Manchester United, and Paris Saint - Germain competing in stadiums across the world, including North America, Australia, and China.

NextVR has captured a NASCAR race, a motocross event, and the 2015 U.S. Open golf tournament.

Adidas also endorses Sergio Garcia, a Spaniard who tied for second at this tournament last year.

IBM previously put Watson to work picking video highlights from last fall's U.S. Open tennis grand slam tournament in New York.

With so many millions of American workers taking time to enjoy the tournament, the train has left the station.

It's Rory, who's not even playing in this tournament.»

I'm not talking bowling leagues or golf tournaments here.

In ESPN's own suite at the Open, on Day Two of the tournament, the debate was a popular topic of discussion among writers and editors from ESPNW, the company's vertical focused on women in sports.

Seeded No. 1 at the Rio de Janeiro Games, Williams was hardly at her best in the 91 - minute contest against Gavrilova, who is ranked 46th and only once has been past the second round at a major tournament.

With each package, Ellingson and Curtis negotiate revenue - sharing arrangements with the associated team or tournament; teams get 50 to 75 percent, and Fandeavor keeps the rest.

In the weeks leading up to an event, it says, the number of attacks increases, peaking during the first week of the tournament or games.

But the size of crowds did not bother Japan's Kei Nishikori, who opened the men's singles tennis tournament on center court by knocking out Spain's Albert Ramos - Viñolas with ease, winning 6 - 2 6 - 4 in two sets.

During that tournament, Brazil saw almost 90,000 attacks in a 30 - day period, according to cybersecurity firm Cytegic.

Golfer Lexi Thompson was competing in the ANA Inspiration, the LPGA's first major tournament of the season on Saturday, when she fell victim to a very unusual predicament.

Why It Took Off Fandeavor's first offering was two $ 400 behind - the - scenes immersion «experiences» at the Las Vegas Invitational college basketball tournament; each package included a «chalk - talk» with an assistant coach from UNLV, two seats in a luxury suite and a basketball autographed by the head coaches of all the teams in the tourney.