Sentences with phrase «as a spectator sport in»

But for better or worse, it's becoming clearer all the time that if soccer does succeed as a spectator sport in the U.S., it will be the indoor brand that will thrive.

Camel racing is to be transformed as a spectator sport in the United Arab Emirates with robot riders taking the place of child jockeys.

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The raucous crowd, a bigger turnout than most local soccer games, underlined how popular gaming as a hobby and spectator sport has become in China.

«As I read it, the message of the Christian Men's Movement is this: Following Jesus is not for women only, nor is it merely a spectator sport, which it tends to become for men in our domesticated, mostly female congregations.

«Football has overtaken baseball as the spectator sport of choice in the United States, and pizza usually is on the game day table when friends and family gather to cheer on their favorite teams,» he said in a statement.

In fact, sluggers Ronnie Ford and Bert Smith of the Caesars and Benny Holt of the Storm hit so many home runs during the first weekend of play that the league office became concerned that Chicago spectators might view the sport as some sort of freak show and never come back.

But as Bill Center, an SI correspondent who has been covering soccer for the San Diego Union since 1968, notes, «One of the first things said by the owners of the original San Diego Toros was, «When the kids playing soccer today grow up, soccer in the U.S. will become the Number One spectator sport.»

Long before meteorology became a national spectator sport, 12 - year - old Joshua Wurman built a makeshift weather station in his backyard in a suburb of Philadelphia, erecting a wooden shelter to shield his instruments from the elements as they captured temperature and relative - humidity readings.

That he is acknowledged as the finest golfer in the world, and is being courted by and English promoter interested in turning golf into a spectator sport rather than a nobleman's pastime, gives him the edge he needs to convince Boothby, whom he confronts not just with political rhetoric, but also with the temerity to use the man's front door before doing so.

In this funny sketch, the duo Key & Peele re-imagine teaching as a nationally - acclaimed spectator sport, complete with multi-million dollar contracts for teachers, and an ESPN - style commentary roundtable.

Now 11 years later, Taylor is returning to Le Mans — not as a spectator, but as a driver in the world's most prestigious sports car race.

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While it will never replace football as a spectator sport, watching the quality and quantity of your cat's stool in the box is vital to keeping your older cat healthy.

Although many think of video games as a solitary pursuit, or at most something shared among friends or in limited online multiplayer groups, they are becoming something of a spectator sport in their own right.

Not a spectator sport, Roger's states that he felt strangely as if he was in the «twilight zone.»

She lives in Aylesbury and, in her spare time, enjoys motor sports as a spectator and hill climbing as a participant.

Competitive video gaming as a spectator sport continues to grow in popularity, rapidly transforming esports from a niche market to mainstream industry.