Sentences with phrase «back road games»

The Parkers are the hottest team in football right now but will need to win back - to - back road games to advance to the Super Bowl.

Not exact matches

The 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony takes place Friday night in PyeongChang, but some sports fans are already looking far down the road in hopes of bringing the games back to the U.S.

A Utah School of Medicine study cited in an ESPN TrueHoop report by Tom Haberstroh found that back - to - back games on the road yield 3.5 times more in - game injuries than those played at home.

After earning points in eight straight games over a 5 -0-3 run that started back in December, Chelsea slid in the standings on the heels of a 1 - 4 run that included three losses on the road.

Many bettors believe that oddsmakers overvalue the significance of playing on consecutive nights, while others claim that back - to - back games are only detrimental to a team if they're playing on the road due to the impact of travel.

The Chicago Bulls go for back - to - back road wins to open their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup against the top - seeded Miami Heat, and they'll kick off Wednesday's NBA schedule that closes with the San Antonio Spurs seeking a Game 2 victory against the Golden State Warriors.

With the Houston Rockets continuing to play well, the Blazers have fallen four games back for the eighth seed after a rough stretch on the road.

This time he merely snapped his fingers and turned back upcourt, and the surprising Sonics held on for their third win on a four - game road trip.

Paul has been brilliant in his series with the Jazz, never more so than in Game 3 when he led the Clippers back from a first quarter deficit to win a gut - check game on the rGame 3 when he led the Clippers back from a first quarter deficit to win a gut - check game on the rgame on the road.

The Milwaukee Copper Hearths» road games are being televised back home, and most teams will operate for at least part of this summer with open rosters.

Texas A&M: The Aggies looked a bit better with Hogg's return, but will need to play much better if they hope to get back on track with tough SEC road games coming up.

Mings has been one of Ipswich's key men this season, starting 15 league games, having become the first choice left - back at Portman Road following Aaron Cresswell's summer move to West Ham United.

It was just what Los Angeles needed to get back into the series after losing two straight games, and that it happened on the road makes it that much sweeter.

The series is heading back to Salt Lake City for Games 3 and 4, and the Jazz were able to steal a game on the road.

Also its «just» an road game we can install peks back in in game 5 if we please so.

After winning last year's matchup in Carolina 2 - 1, Colorado will be looking to win road games at Carolina back - to - back seasons for the first time since 1998 - 99 and 1999 - 00.

The Cowboys won't get Bailey back Sunday and if his injury is serious, the team will undoubtedly scoop up a kicker before a road game against Washington in Week 8.

The Predators will try to bounce back from a loss in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final with a road win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 2 on Wednesday night.

There was a 7 - game road loss streak back in 2011.

The claim that what we saw was us not turning up is as pathetic and utterly unacceptable an excuse to use because we've been down this road before, WEEKS were spent hyping Arsenal up, players, fans and coaching staff alike spent weeks in advance talking about our real chances winning the league, our players back from injury and on the first game of the season, where we had renewed optimism and were swelling with expectation we cracked under the pressure to a team you expect to finish no higher than 8th.

Now that we had our data subsect, we wanted to test whether road teams playing on back - to - back nights were offering value in early season games.

Tampa Bay is 8 -3-0 in its last eight road games against the Flames, dating back to the 2003 - 04 season, and including a 2 - 1 mark in the 2004 Stanley Cup Final.

so many spring games this weekend and prior is that coaches are allowed back on the road recruiting starting tomorrow (actually today I believe).....

Their biggest test will come in early December when they face Oakland and Seattle on the road in back - to - back games.

Los Blancos currently trail league leaders Barcelona by six points after 13 games, with their 4 - 0 home defeat to their rivals on November 21 setting them back and seemingly signalling the end of the road for Benitez.

The night after the trade, they welcomed the team home from a road trip with signs reading BURY GRANT — BRING BACK OUR TOM and with leaflets suggesting a boycott of home games until Seaver returned on Aug. 19 with Cincinnati.

The Cavaliers were just beginning a four - game road trip and had a back - to - back in the same city against the Lakers the next day.

Noah admitted that unruly fans, especially during road games, are part of the gig, and concurred that hostile treatment goes back as far as high school as it has for most players who have reached the professional level.

After beginning February with eight losses in 10 games, Milwaukee finished the month with back - to - back road wins over the Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets.

Later it will be found out that Harbaugh left the stadium and hoped in the back of my truck and in true action - movie - getaway fashion burned rubber out of New Orleans down Bourbon St.. We road trip to Ann Arbor, making stops in Nashville to see the Grand Ole Opry and Cincinnati where Jimmy and I get on a heater on a Riverboat Craps game.

like I've said before, Wenger is simply stating that Sanchez is staying so that he can regain some leverage when it comes time to make a deal and to shift the focus back squarely on Sanchez... this is 101 tactics in PR management... the very fact that he even mentioned RVP's name speaks to the utterance arrogance of a man that believes he answers to no one... before you harshly judge Sanchez think carefully about what the ultimate intentions of both parties involved... Sanchez wants to win trophies and get paid generously for his efforts, whereas the club wants to pull the wool over our eyes once again so that we blame the player for wanting the very things we told him we wanted when we brought him in... how many times do we have to go down this road before we realize the only common factor in each of these scenarios is the club itself... trust me, if we showed any ambition Sanchez's contract demands would be much different... just like in other major sports players will take a «home town» discount if they see those in charge making a truly honest attempt to fight for the highest honours in their respective fields... that being said, if they see a team trying to make disparaging remarks about them in the press and not following through on their promises, they will likely try to make them pay a premium for their services or seek greener pastures... btw if anyone simply looks at the score versus Bayern today and thinks that even for a second that this was a deserved victory, just watch the game and judge for yourself... actually save yourself the anguish and just know that if it weren't for Cech and Martinez this could have been a repeat of our Champions League flopping or worse

Many Arsenal fans were very underwhelmed when Joel Campbell got a run in the First XI as the right - winger due to simultaneous injuries to Aaron Ramsey and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain, but for today's game at Norwich both of those will be back in the Arsenal squad so Arsene Wenger now has to decide on which of the three will start the match at Carrow Road.

In back - to - back games on the road in Indiana and New York, the Lynx lost 23 and 24 - point leads.

After a humiliating loss to New England the Impact have one final road game against the New York Red Bull before coming back home.

But the Clarets have won just the one game this season back in the top flight, can they up their game and land a big three points on the road?

Whilst Everton head into this game off the back of a 3 - 0 win over West Brom and 4 - 0 versus Hull City, both of those games came at Goodison Park and they are winless on the road since January.

The fact Hull have scored just twice on the road in 10 games shows the lack of a goal threat they possess away from home, and whilst Arsenal were hardly impressive defensively in their past two matches, conceding five goals, they should be more balanced here with Mohamed Elneny back and I can see them keeping a clean sheet.

They did take a win in their last away game though to give themselves a bit of hope, fighting back to beat Watford at Vicarage Road.

They have been level at the break 0 - 0 in five of their road games this far and should be good value to back in a half time correct score at Paddy Power.

They are just W1 D2 L2 in their last five games, but the two losses in that sequence did happen out on the road and they are unbeaten in three now at Molineux (W2 D1) since a loss against Notts Forest back in January.

I expect them to be strong at the back and potentially shut out Watford on the road for a fourth successive game.

«Henry earned back - to - back shutout victories in a pair of road games last week.

Here's the Big East.com writeup on her: «Henry earned back - to - back shutout victories in a pair of road games last week.

They have found the back of the net in each of their last three road games, all of which have gone over 2.5 goals.

Defense is definitely something to continue to monitor, but I think the added minutes for the freshman over the next several games will pay dividends down the road until Eric Paschall and Phil Booth are back in the mix.

No team has collected fewer points (17) or conceded more goals (34) than Blackpool at home, who last celebrated victory in the Premier League at their Bloomfield Road stadium back on 22 February, six home games previous.

As Granit Xhaka says, the team need to iron out the «small details» that are holding them back on the road - and with three games out of the next four at home, we have an opportunity to build confidence again.

Norwich, after seven league games, lie a respectable ninth in the table − three - points off the relegation places on eight - points − while they lifted the proverbial monkey off their back when securing their first home win of the season last time out, in eye - catching fashion too, beating Sunderland 2 - 1 at Carrow Road.

They have failed to hit the back of the net in their last two road games.

The Toffees dug deep to secure a 2 - 1 win at Stoke City in their last away game and are now eyeing back - to - back victories on the road.