Sentences with phrase «against the giants with»

Sproles had been having a quiet outing against the Giants with two touches for just seven total yards, but he has been an important part of Chip Kelly's offense with the Philadelphia Eagles this season.

Not exact matches

On this week's episode of Balancing The Ledger, Fortune's new show covering the future of finance, my colleague Jen Wieczner and I chatted with David Pakman, a partner at the venture capital firm Venrock, about the hardline approach tech giants are taking against the nascent cryptocurrency industry.

Starboard Value, the activist firm waging a proxy fight against consumer giant Newell Brands, on Monday put forward the names of the 10 executives with whom it wants to replace the Newell board.

I compared my vision to the story of Red Bull in the Shark Tank: While I'm competing with industry giants (they were up against huge companies like Pepsi and Coke), success means that you have opened a new market (remember when there wasn't a section of energy drinks in every gas station and grocery store!?!).

Faced with boycott threats from giant businesses, including Nike, Apple, Angie's List and Salesforce.com, Indiana's Governor Mike Pence has vowed to alter the language of a controversial, religious freedom bill he signed into law just last week, to ensure businesses can't use it to discriminate against LGBT customers.

The New York Giants» decision to bench Eli Manning in favor of Geno Smith for Sunday's game against the Oakland Raiders is being met with harsh criticism, and no critic is louder or in possession of a larger megaphone than long - time New York sports talk radio host Mike Francesa.

It espoused a position largely in line with other internet giants, arguing against the creation of fast lanes and emphasizing the importance of an open internet.

According to the Washington Post citing sources familiar with the matter, investing giants BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street likely voted against management, too.

After learning more about the case, Kondoker said he is now in favor of Apple and agrees with the tech giant that «this software the government wants them to use will be used against millions of other innocent people.»

Trump has railed against the e-commerce giant for its tax treatment and what he considers to be an unfair deal with the U.S. Post Office, but most market - watchers assume his frustration stems from his hatred of the Washington Post, which is owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

Game company Looney Labs is winning customers against giants like Hasbro Games with the help of the Mad Lab Rabbits -500-plus fans who volunteer to work their tails off at trade shows, conventions and local appearances.

Nick Foles proved he could still play with a steady performance against the Giants in his first start for the Eagles this year after Carson Wentz went down with a season - ending injury, and the Philadelphia defense proved they're still fearsome when they essentially won Eagles» Christmas game against the Raiders on their own.

The 7 - 2 decision (Justices Côté and Rowe dissented, finding that there were alternatives available, the order is ineffective, and expressing concern that the «temporary» injunction was effectively permanent) is not a surprise — last week's Facebook's decision suggested a willingness to side with the weaker Canadian litigant against Internet giants — but the decision will ultimately grant Google more power, not less.

As the last witness for the defense in the Justice Department's legal battle against AT&T's $ 85.4 billion deal to buy Time Warner, Mr. Stephenson portrayed the 140 - year - old phone giant as being in an existential crisis and in need of the deal with Time Warner to compete against tech companies.

It has had to address allegations of sexism in the workplace; it's grappled with the missteps of its chief executive, Travis Kalanick, who on Tuesday revealed he would take a leave of absence from the company; and it finds itself locked in a legal war against Google amid accusations that one of Uber's former top engineers stole self - driving car technology from the search giant.

The online retail giant's stock tanked this past Wednesday following a report that Trump is «obsessed» with the company and muses about targeting its tax treatment or building an antitrust case against it.

``... very strong politically correct and left - wing revisionist history attitude or tone that's also Anti-American (especially a vague charge against «U.S. foreign policy»), and strong anti-capitalist elements... blasphemy, implied urinating, vomiting, scatological humor, and comments on breast feeding and sexual parts of people's bodies; light brief violence includes beating on car window and trying to damage car, man comically shoves people off a stage, man burns books; sexual content includes homosexual references, implied adultery with a pregnancy out of wedlock, talk about a priest raping boy in the past, a giant condom balloon placed on church steeple, references to real condoms, implied fornication; upper male nudity, man wears a dress; alcohol use and drunkenness; smoking and marijuana use depicted, including eating marijuana brownies; and, strong miscellaneous immorality includes lying, stealing, revenge, rebellion, dysfunctional family portrayed, father is a pothead and a drinker and lives in a trailer»

Here's the «CliffsNotes» summary: The «Watchers» helped mankind with technology; humans abused it for evil; God cursed the angels for this and turned them into rock giants; these fallen angels help Noah build and defend the ark; when they die in the battle against the bad guys, the mysterious beings go up to heaven.

On March 26, a group of New York — based lawyers headed by Edward D. Fagan, who spearheaded successful suits on behalf of Holocaust survivors against European firms that collaborated with the Nazis in using concentration camp inmates as laborers, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn against FleetBoston Financial, the insurance giant Aetna, and railroad conglomerate CSX Corporation, on the grounds that these corporations are the successors of companies that profited from slavery before the Civil War.

Little David with a pebble up against an ancient giant!

Fifty producers anonymously stepped forward with evidence against the supermarket giants, who last year earned a combined revenue of $ 70 billion.

The farmers and truckers interviewed said they had seen their produce rejected on flimsy grounds, but decided against challenging the ruling with the US department of agriculture's dispute mechanism for fear of being boycotted by powerful supermarket giants.

In his last three games — a win over the Vikings, a showdown with the Lions to determine the NFC North champion, and a Wild Card game against the Giants — he's thrown for at least 300 yards and four touchdowns in each.

Despite his lack of starts, Pedro was still able to weigh in with six goals and assists including a stunning effort in against Real Sociedad which left the Catalan giants on the brink of clinching the La Liga title.

A seventh - placed finish in Serie A coupled with defeat in the Coppa Italia final against Juventus on May 21 would see the Italian giants miss out on a place in the Europa League next season.

The England Under - 21 international joined the west London giants» academy aged 7 and earned his first competitive debut in a Champions League clash against MSK Zilina in 2010 — with high expectations placed on his shoulders.

DFS edge: As mentioned on the Week 13 Daily Fantasy Flex pod, Raiders TE Jared Cook is a potential chalk lock against the Giants, who have allowed the most fantasy points to tight ends with 17.1 DraftKings and 14.0 FanDuel PPG.

The Giants offense is also in trouble with both WR Sterling Shepard (hamstring, questionable) and RB Orleans Darkwa (illness, questionable) potentially unavailable against a Cowboys defense expected to welcome back all - world LB Sean Lee (hamstring, not listed).

This is set to be one of, if not the, key battle in Saturday's cup quarter - final, with the giant Belgium international going up against the home side's outstanding and pacy France international.

The French teenager, who joined the Red Devils from Ligue 1 giants AS Monaco on transfer deadline day earlier this month, enjoyed a dream debut against bitter rivals Liverpool last Saturday as he netted within 20 minutes after coming on a substitute against Old Trafford as he weaved past a number of challenges and found the back of the net with a composed finish.

The 22 - year - old star certainly put himself in the shop window with his European displays against both Merseyside giants Liverpool and Everton in Europe in the last few seasons.

The NL West looks unsettled, with much of it hanging around.500 almost two months into the season, so if the Giants are banking wins before they even play the way they are capable of — including a series win against the Cubs this past weekend — it's going to be a tough summer for the rest of the West.

At first, the offense struggled against the New York Giants, with quarterback Sam Bradford throwing an interception, dropping a fumble and going three - and - out more times than the home crowd liked during the first half.

Again, he would not let himself be bullied like United's defenders were against Leicester and would be able to command the respect of his team mates after several excellent years at the top with the German giants.

In Week 2, with the score tied at 17 against San Diego and Denver driving for the winning field goal, Shanahan brought in Dayne, the Heisman winner - turned - Giants - castoff, who carried six times for 38 valuable yards.

Philadelphia's star righthander, Robin Roberts, hurled 8 1/3 hitless innings in opener against Giants, was tagged for three blows in ninth, won 4 - 2, came back later in week to beat New Yorkers by same score as Phillies swept doubleheader, moved into second place with 4 - 1 mark.

The Red Devils have struggled with the right - hand side of their defence in particular during pre-season and manager Louis van Gaal flagged up the issue in the aftermath of the game against Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint - Germain.

Giants, Skins, 49ers and Bears, all who were ranked bottom third of run defenses, with Chicago highest at 22nd against the run, are our first four opponents.

Sonny has some actor in him, and against the Giants he was in true character, clasping his helmet in disbelief at officiating calls, scooping up a handful of dirt in disgust, either with himself or because of a dropped pass, and looking at times as if he would not be able to raise up from one knee after he had called a play in the huddle.

Arsenal could be boosted by the fact that the youngster appears against a move back to the Bernabeu, with comments about his relationship with his former club indicating the forward wouldn't be keen on a return to the Spanish giants.

The Spanish right - back has enjoyed somewhat of a whirlwind year with the Gunners as he struggled on his UEFA Champions League debut against Bundesliga giants Borussia Dortmund 12 months ago and it appeared he wasn't quite ready to make the step up to first - team football at the time.

The Premier League giants played against Real Madrid in Michigan on Saturday, with Chelsea ultimately going on to fall to a 3 - 2 defeat.

Manchester City lost 2 - 1 at home to Barcelona on Tuesday night, with the Spanish giants» two away goals meaning City will be up against it in the second leg in a fortnight.

The midfielder's finest moment of the season came in the Merseyside giants» 3 - 3 draw against Arsenal in the middle of January, when he marked an eight - minute cameo with a last - minute equaliser to rescue a point at Anfield.

Blackpool is set to be a tough challenge for the highly rated 19 year - old, who joined Chelsea from SPL giants Celtic in 2011, with former Birmingham City manager Lee Clark facing a losing battle when it comes to trying to keep the Seasiders in the second tier after a chaotic season that has been overshadowed by fan protests against the club's ownership.

TNF with raiders week 9 followed by MNF at home against the giants week 10.

The Italian international has been quoted as saying he would like to bow out at Juve with a win in the Champions League final, with his side edging Real Madrid 2 - 1 in the first leg of their semi-final against the Spanish giants.

As reported by Arsenal.com this week the manager has suggested that he may still not be ready to face the National League side Lincoln City as they look to continue their amazing FA cup dream with the biggest giant killing yet against the Arsenal.

The Giants opened as -116 favorites against the Los Angeles Angels and the betting percentages have been fairly equal with San Fran receiving just 55 % of moneyline wagers.

Chelsea drew with Spanish giants Atletico Madrid as the Blues finished second in their Champions League behind Italian side Roma following their win against FK Qarabag.