Sentences with phrase «as their basketball teams»

Of the dozen or so colleges still under consideration, almost all have medical schools nearly as renowned as their basketball teams, and most of the coaches spend as much time talking up new chemistry labs as they do their latest league championship.

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As the majority owner of the National Basketball Association's Cleveland Cavaliers, he received worldwide attention in 2010 for a scathing open letter (published in the much - maligned comic sans font) decrying superstar LeBron James» decision to leave the team to sign with the Miami Heat.

Before he went on to direct and produce movies and TV series such as Varsity Blues, Coach Carter, Smallville and One Tree Hill, sports - fanatic filmmaker Michael Tollin made Hardwood Dreams, a documentary that chronicled one season of the Morningside High basketball team in Inglewood, Calif..

He played for basketball powerhouse Midwest City High School in Oklahoma from his sophomore to senior years, a team that was ranked as high as third in the nation during his time, and played competition featuring Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh and Tyson Chandler.

She resumed athletics as a wheelchair basketball player, starring on the U.S. gold medal - winning team at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, then took up alpine skiing, winning two gold metals, a silver and a bronze in Vancouver and this past weekend a silver in Sochi.

On Wednesday, Lonzo Ball's younger brothers, LiAngelo Ball and LaMelo Ball, landed in Lithuania along with family patriarch LaVar Ball to begin their careers as professional basketball players with their new team, Prienu Vytautas.

As coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team from 1974 to 2012, Summit piled up 1,098 victories, the most in NCAA basketball history — for women or men.

(A new city hall will be located three blocks south, as part of a roughly $ 500 million redevelopment effort that includes a museum dedicated to the history of the Las Vegas Mafia and a proposed arena for a professional basketball team.)

Some of McClendon's creditors want a say over how the stake will be disposed of by his estate, viewing the basketball team as one of his few assets of value, according to a copy of a transcript from a May 13 hearing in probate court.

I always share with employees this quote from basketball coach John Wooden and it's mentioned as part of my company's core values: «A player that makes the team great is better than a great player.»

A team including Roderick Swaab, a professor at European business school INSEAD, and Adam D. Galinsky of Columbia recently took the action on the pitch as inspiration and decided to examine how adding more superstars to the mix affected football (aka soccer), basketball, and baseball teams.

As most basketball fans will be filling out their NCAA team brackets this week, Cramer decided to raise the stakes on bracketology and fill out names to add to your stock portfolio.

Now as we move into that — the next phase of storytelling, the U.S. Basketball team and moving into the Olympics in London will continue to fuel some of that excitement.

It means, he hopes, that the big free - to - air networks will be enticed to take a package of NBL games along with the rights to telecast what will be the biggest basketball matches in Australia for years, between the Boomers led by international names such as Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons and fellow National Basketball Association players such as Patty Mills and Joe Ingles against a US team that could include the biggest names in basketball matches in Australia for years, between the Boomers led by international names such as Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons and fellow National Basketball Association players such as Patty Mills and Joe Ingles against a US team that could include the biggest names in Basketball Association players such as Patty Mills and Joe Ingles against a US team that could include the biggest names in the sport.

Instead, Maher's team came up with «Wellness Adventures,» which encourages employees to pick and enjoy «fun» activities during their lunch break — such as laser tag, basketball, golf, or even trampolining — to make fitness feel a little more like schoolyard recess than another chore to fit into the day.

Smart leaders understand that executing a change in direction — even a small one --(picture of basketball players) requires their own thinking, expectations, and beliefs to shift, as well as those of the people on their team.

As an openly lesbian woman working for a men's professional basketball team, I'm humbled to share a unique coming out story right here in the pages of this magazine so aptly titled «Clarity.»

Even as Vermont and UMBC distinguished themselves as the America East's two best men's basketball teams this season, set to play in Saturday's tournament final, the gulf between the programs themselves seemed to widen.

(At truly incandescent sports moments, as when the basketball team of my alma mater and former employer Valparaiso University this year advanced, against all expectation and indeed against all rational hope, into the third round of the NCAA championship, the grace takes on the character of the miraculous.)

Then each confirmand thanked the congregation for one gift — perhaps a church school teacher, a helpful sermon or the church basketball team — that had helped her grow as a disciple.

Through high school, I was the star of my basketball team, and as a result, got a free ride to college.

Of course, any suggestion that children should be cloned for directly instrumental purposes, such as organ harvesting or providing the military with more soldiers or a basketball team with more talented players, should be rejected out of hand.

I like to think that this «me - ness» as important extends beyond just simply me, myself and I. I can remember being thrilled to see a notice of the basketball or tennis team in the local Galveston paper.

A seasoned culinary competitor, he also served as executive chef for the U.S. men's and women's Olympic basketball teams in Beijing and Rio de Janeiro.

On top of that, Monday was full of nervous energy, as my Michigan basketball boys were about to take on the best offensive team in the entire NCAA after knocking game - after - game out of the park.

Its per pound price gets reported on the news as if it were Apple stock, and our basketball team's mascot is a jacked crustacean.

I mean, playing games at places like Cameron Indoor or in the NCAA Tournament as the guy other teams are trying to stop may be of some value in terms of basketball development, but it doesn't hold a candle to FILM STUDY and EXERCISING IN A POOL!

I am a huge sports fan.I love nfl and college football i never get enough of it.I am a big soccer [the other football] fanatic.I like basketball, hockey, some baseball and rugby.I am a big jersey buyer i have a lot of jerseys mostly of american football and soccer.I love the strategy of football i think it is fascinating.I have been a falcons fan since 1990 when the went to all black helmets and jerseys i was a fan because of that and because of primetime deion sanders.I have been a falcons fan through thick and thin win or lose they are my team regardless of how they do.I hope to one day visit Atlanta and see them play at home in Georgia.I hope to one day see them bring back black jerseys as the home colors.I am still a fan of the run n shoot offense i truly believe it can work in the nfl if ran and merged with some two back formations and a one back three wide one tight end formation.

Glen Rose, who produces winning basketball at Arkansas without fuss or fancy stuff, has a team as blunt as the Ozark countryside which may be best in the Southwest

As having played basketball for many many many years I view basketball as a team game and really could care less about individual statAs having played basketball for many many many years I view basketball as a team game and really could care less about individual statas a team game and really could care less about individual stats.

Suspended Indefinitely by Colorado State, four members of the women's basketball team who set off a chemical bomb outside a teammate's apartment as a prank.

That's because Jose Jube, one of two Brazilians at the College of Southern Idaho, the nation's top - ranked junior college team, is as slick on the dance floor as he is on the basketball floor.

Consider: Cal has one of the best programs in the country, but its team includes both Olympians and women who are just discovering crew — as if the 12th man on the Duke basketball team were learning the game a month before the season.

Our men's basketball 1st team enjoyed a solid start to their cup campaign, as they welcomed the University of Hull men's 1st team to the Sugden Sports Centre yesterday.

However, if they take care of business in flag football and basketball later this week they still have the inside track at the # 2 Seed and, thus, be on the opposite side of the bracket as Team Bruksch..

It looked as if Team Zimmerman was actually going to run away this this one and send # 1 on down the Rankings but they battled back and played smart, team basketball down the stretch to pull it Team Zimmerman was actually going to run away this this one and send # 1 on down the Rankings but they battled back and played smart, team basketball down the stretch to pull it team basketball down the stretch to pull it out.

Unselfish, team basketball has been their recipe for success since the inaugural All Sports Series summer season back in 2010, and those team - before - me principles have remained as the foundation for their success.

Thursday's college basketball slate is headlined by the nation's top ranked team as Kentucky (28 - 1, 14 - 0 SEC) hosts conference rival Georgia (13 - 15, 4 - 10 SEC).

IIMAR» I THOMAS Sacred Heart Cathedral - S.F. — Basketball — Senior Thomas was the SportStars NorCal Girls Basketball Player of the Year, as well as a Cal - Hi Sports First - Team All - State Elite selection, after posting a double - double average of 25 points and 13.4 rebounds for an Irish team that finished 18 - 9 against what many computer programs determined to be the most difficult schedule in the counTeam All - State Elite selection, after posting a double - double average of 25 points and 13.4 rebounds for an Irish team that finished 18 - 9 against what many computer programs determined to be the most difficult schedule in the counteam that finished 18 - 9 against what many computer programs determined to be the most difficult schedule in the country.

However, as many of us know, it isn't always the self - proclaimed basketball guru (you know, the one who boasts about staying up late to watch every mid-major team) who wins the office pool.

Unbeaten in its league, Lefty's Davidson team lost its chance at an NCAA basketball title, as Southern Conference officials continued to choose a tournament representative in their own peculiar fashion

This Team is proving they are a dominant force in not only basketball and volleyball, but in softball as well.

His athletic playing and coaching experience includes: Coached BAVC boys and girls club teams including 18s (boys and girls), 16s (boys and girls), 15s (girls), and 13s (girls) Current De La Salle Junior Varsity Coach Former Clayton Valley High Girls Varsity Head and Assistant Coach Former Las Lomas High Varsity Assistant Coach Former St. Francis CYO and Walnut Creek Youth Basketball Coach Former AA Rated Sand & Grass Doubles Division I Football and Basketball Player (University of Maine) All - State High School Football Player (Maine) Rich brings a broad perspective on youth athletics as a club director, coach, high school and college athlete, and a father of a high school and college athlete.

Into town had come 700 coaches, 200 newsmen and half the population of Ohio to see two furious basketball teams that were bent on settling a national championship and their own civil war in what would long be remembered as the great grudge match of Louisville.

AP: As the season has progressed, we have continuously found success in playing selfless, team basketball.

Michigan enters March as college basketball's hottest team largely because Wagner is the lynchpin in John Beilein's five - out attack.

Finishing as the # 11 seed and assigned to the middle - half (1 - loss) of the bracket, Team Dean has been playing some fantastic basketball and looks like a team on a missTeam Dean has been playing some fantastic basketball and looks like a team on a missteam on a mission.

Team Liss has proven their skills in basketball and jumped up to # 6 in the Rankings as a result, but will they be able to execute in Flag Football during Week 4 against the new squad in the League, Team Slovis?

But the truth is that Howard has been a catalyst for elite team defense, and that's something worth loving as a basketball fan.

The 6» 9», 250 - pound Fairfield power forward has enough basketball sneakers for a lifetime, considering he wore one pair, beat - up and too small for his size - 16 feet, for a year as the youngest member of Sudan's national team.