Sentences with phrase «at sport as»

If you've ever watched a mixed martial arts fight, it shouldn't be surprising that many insurers may look at this sport as a high - risk activity.

Same story, every year, the truth is football has changed and fans need to stop looking at the sport as they did in the 80 - 90s.

She's as good at sports as men: She swims, rows, hunts — she even plays barefoot golf!

Not exact matches

Dorsey and his team have been looking at the streaming of live sports, business, and political events as a way to draw in new users and give them valuable content they can immediately tweet about and use to connect with others.

However, the new report comes at a particularly inopportune time for Cuban, as it follows a high - profile Sports Illustrated report, published two weeks ago, detailing «a corporate culture rife with misogyny and predatory sexual behavior» in the Dallas Mavericks organization.

Despite continued worries over at sports flagship network ESPN (as well as fears over cord - cutting across the media industry), the Mouse House's media networks booked nearly as much revenue as Disney's parks and resorts and film studio units combined.

But just as Twitter has probably eaten into the edges of ESPN's market, by appealing to those who don't want to have to pay for cable just to watch sports, Facebook is going to chip away at that dominant market position as well, bit by bit.

It's long been the case that advertisers paid up to two to three times more for a top - rated sports event compared to a top - rated drama or sitcom, and sports value as real - time programming and its finite availability have only caused its status to grow, says Michael Neale, a managing partner for investment at Mediacom, a global media agency that co-ordinates and purchases advertising space on behalf of marketers.

Hutchins was a competitive swimmer and excelled at «Surf Life Saving» — lifeguarding as a sport, essentially — but he was now out of shape compared with a shirtless photo he'd recently seen from those days, which he described as «biceps for days.»

This week Fortune caught up with Jarred Kennedy, the co-head of esports at Riot Games, to discuss the world championship (the finals will take place Nov. 4 at the Bird's Nest National Stadium in Beijing) as well as the overall growth of the esports industry and Riot's plans, much like rival Activision Blizzard, to remodel its own esports league after major professional sports leagues like the NFL and NBA.

Take some cues from Natalie Jill, licensed sports nutritionist, functional trainer and the creator of Natalie Jill Fitness, who has more than 1 million followers between Facebook and Instagram and whose at - home fitness videos often receive as many as 2 million views on Facebook.

The takeover, valued at $ 8 billion including debt, has been broadly welcomed in a sport featuring famous car brands such as Ferrari, McLaren and world champions Mercedes, and which has the Monaco Grand Prix as its jewel in the crown.

Stick to an exercise routine that replenishes you, whether it's individual activities (like walking, biking or working out at the gym) or group sports that build your confidence as part of a team that works together towards a common goal.

As traffic at Nike's key wholesale partners continues to slow (hundreds of department stores and specialty sports retailers are closing their doors, resulting in less square footage for Nike products), it is working to boost its direct - to - consumer channels.

Sports can mirror our own failings at times — the low periods known as a losing effort at work and the wallowing colossal inability to rise to the challenge as a father.

The Rhodes Scholar program at Oxford's University takes the sports accomplishments of their candidates as seriously as they take the academic ones.

«We've always looked at ticketing as big sports and big concerts,» Hartz says, referring to both consumers and ticketing companies.

Being healthy can also be expensive, with Copenhagen coming in as the most expensive place to buy sports shoes from Nike, Adidas, or an equivalent brand, averaging at $ 131.30, as much as 147 percent more expensive than in New York, the survey found.

As civil rights historian Taylor Branch wrote in a much - talked - about 2011 Atlantic article: «The tragedy at the heart of college sports is not that some college athletes are getting paid, but that more of them are not.»

As his guests finish tucking into plates of fried chicken and pasta salad, Jenkins reminds his guests that the point of this gathering is not to sit around throwing rocks at the FAA, an activity that has become an organized sport for advocates of a commercialized drone industry.

In the interview, Raisman — who served as team captain at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympic games — said that she won't rest until there is an independent investigation of both USA Gymnastics and the US Olympic Committee, as well as Michigan State University, where Nassar worked as a sports physician from 1997 to 2016.

At the end of February, the company's chairman and CEO Edward W. Stack announced that Dick's Sporting Goods would no longer sell «assault - style rifles, also referred to as modern sporting rifles.»

The company has even looked at picking up the rights to scripted shows that aired during previous seasons on traditional networks, while Facebook also has deals in place for streaming live sports, including MLB games and European soccer, as well as e-sports competitions.

David Simnick had been on a roll raising as much as $ 150,000 in capital at investor meetings while sporting a casual look of jeans, untucked button - down shirts and boat shoes.

LANSING, Mich. (AP)-- Sports doctor Larry Nassar is on his way to prison for the rest of his life for molesting scores of young female athletes, but the scandal is far from over at Michigan State University as victims, lawmakers and a judge demand to know why he wasn't stopped years ago.

Otherwise, there's the nearby and ever - entertaining New York City, a hundred - plus miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline, a smallish mountain range or two, a major amusement park, a half dozen professional sports teams (most of them mediocre at best), small - time skiing, a pretty Ivy League campus by the name of Princeton University, a wealth of black bear in exclusive suburban communities, the early homes of such celebrity types as Martha Stewart, Jack Nicholson and Bruce Springsteen, the site of the Hindenburg disaster, and (for visionary types) the ghosts of Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison, who lived and worked in the state for awhile.

That may have looked like a great bargain at the time, but it's not clear that YES or any of its sports programming brethren are worth as much as they appeared to be.

So if I'm looking at interacting with sports or news etc, apps may make sense...» Tonti explains, «if you're looking for a local restaurant because you're standing in Newton, Massachusetts and you've never been there, it's just as easy to do a search on Google and find some local restaurants.»

Autopilot is at least as safe as human drivers on the highway, in a car that doesn't use gasoline and performs like a sports car, the magazine said.

He got his start as a sports reporter at the Staten Island Advance in 1982.

As CNBC speaks to one of the world's most successful female tennis stars, Maria Sharapova, we take a look at the sport's wealthiest players.

Mintas previously served as the director of sports integrity at CONCACAF, the governing body for soccer in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

Formula 1 is a «very data - centric sport», Michael Taylor, IT director at Lotus F1 tells CNBC, as it is «intrinsic to the success of the team.»

Now, personally, I leave my swimming trunks at home when the weather's cold, but then I don't imagine I could pull off this paradoxical combo as well as model Kate Upton, who rocks nothing more than a Canada Goose jacket and bikini bottom as Sports Illustrated's latest swimsuit edition cover girl.

At the other end of the spectrum, Mail Boxes Etc. uses a scale of minus 2 to 2 for each of 20 criteria, which are weighted to arrive at a total score; Jinwoong, the sporting - goods marketer, uses an «eight - link chain» model for managing decisions about potential new products; the links detail the company's strengths in eight areas, such as distribution and in - store merchandisinAt the other end of the spectrum, Mail Boxes Etc. uses a scale of minus 2 to 2 for each of 20 criteria, which are weighted to arrive at a total score; Jinwoong, the sporting - goods marketer, uses an «eight - link chain» model for managing decisions about potential new products; the links detail the company's strengths in eight areas, such as distribution and in - store merchandisinat a total score; Jinwoong, the sporting - goods marketer, uses an «eight - link chain» model for managing decisions about potential new products; the links detail the company's strengths in eight areas, such as distribution and in - store merchandising.

«The emphasis on sports is part of Kim Jong Un's strategy to construct and highlight more of what makes life fun, such as culture and entertainment,» explained Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein, associate scholar at the Philadelphia - based Foreign Policy Research Institute.

Although the latter turned in fairly good numbers, investors were particularly concerned about a decline in subscribers at ESPN, which has been seen by many as an impregnable fortress due to its lock on sports.

Gross margins for the third quarter fell to 47.5 percent from 48.8 percent last year, as it had to resort to increased promotions to sell products that would usually have been sold at Sports Authority.

Cabinet reports reveal increased spending on sports every year while satellite imagery and state media show construction of new facilities as well as renovation of old gymnasiums and skate parks, according to Curtis Melvin, researcher at Johns Hopkins University's U.S. - Korea Institute.

«The specs on the new semi truck and sports car would put both vehicles at the top of their segments... assuming they can be produced and sold as part of a sustainable business plan.

And just as Patagonia's films have relied on extensive footage of Ewing and Navarro kicking ass at their various outdoor sports, Lee has wisely stocked «Journey» with plenty of performance footage, showing Jackson at his artistic peak, «from the early days of the Jackson 5 to the Jacksons» 1981 «Triumph» tour, according to the New York Times.

We want to empower people to be upwardly mobile and we'd love to create a reputation as a training environment for sports, and that starts at the top.»

Scientists believe that's because Norwegian culture views winter not as an a nasty period to get through by cocooning yourself at home, but as an exciting opportunity for winter sports and enjoying the coziness and beauty of the season.

In one of the three complaints, Jim Gatto — director of global sports marketing for basketball at Adidas — and four other defendants were accused of bribing high - school athletes to play at universities sponsored by Adidas (referred to as «Company 1» in the case).

As an official Olympic sponsor, P&G was able to use the emotions found at the intersection of sports and parenting to make the idea of selling soap seem practically transcendental:

As a former professional basketball player, longtime coach, and founder of CoachUp, the nation's leading sports coaching company, I've been afforded a rare opportunity to see coaches at their best - and at their worst.

Canadian Tire announced it has an agreement to snap up the upscale Pro Hockey Life chain, a move aimed at further shoring up its position as the country's leading retailer of sporting goods.

So, traders should look at trading as a sport / competition against others.

The government took a stab at cross-border price differences in the 2013 budget when it eliminated tariffs on baby clothing and sports equipment — rates as high as 18 per cent for skates — to try to narrow the gap.

There are a few progressive organizations that capitalize on employee passion for competition to build camaraderie, as 25 percent of employed Americans say their current employer has encouraged watching major sporting events at work, such as the Summer Olympics (11 percent).