Sentences with phrase «basketball star for»
The elder Skattebo was an all - league football and basketball star for the Knights in the early 90s despite playing just his senior season.
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The group included players from all walks of basketball — role players, veterans, players with short - lived careers, star college players, successful women players — who had traveled from around the country, through a snowy New York, for the meeting.
The businessman and former basketball star, 59, became president of basketball operations for the Los Angeles Lakers this year among many other business achievements.
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This year, Alibaba hired actress Scarlett Johansson, football star David Beckham, basketball legend Kobe Bryant and pop - rock band One Republic to for a pre-sale gala that was broadcast online to drum up attention.
Vice has documented migrant worker abuses in Dubai, won acclaim for a documentary while embedded with Islamic State and garnered widespread attention when it took former National Basketball Association star Dennis Rodman to North Korea.
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.
Lavar Burton of Reading Rainbow and Star Trek: The Next Generation fame has been receiving hate mail intended for basketball dad Lavar Ball.
Christopher Esposito - Bernard on how the basketball star and outspoken Christian has set the stage for a vital discussion about racial reconciliation.
Basketball is a team game I know we're clamoring for a star but there is a process underway in BK we have to stop hating on our own players and trust that they are all works in progress.
Duke freshman star, Austin Rivers, saved his best basketball for the biggest stage.
Jordan Brown's meteoric rise to basketball notoriety took another leap in January when his name was included on the 2018 McDonald's All - American roster for the renown All - Star contest March 28 in Atlanta.
Mills starred for Romulus High in Michigan, just 20 miles east of Ann Arbor, and was named the state's Mr. Basketball, beating Derrick Coleman, now of Syracuse.
Fast forward to present day, and D'Antoni is singing an entirely different tune after Howard bolted for the Lone Star State and the Houston Rockets for a myriad of basketball reasons.
Pops Mensah - Bonsu, a one - time Dallas Maverick and star of the George Washington University basketball team, scored 22 points for the Brits.
Porter was arguably the top recruit in the country entering the season, a reputation he built by starring on big stages for USA Basketball and at the McDonald's All - American Game and Nike Hoop Summit.
It'll be an exciting start for the Aces, formerly known the San Antonio Stars, as they play their first season as Las Vegas» first professional basketball team.
In case you needed a reminder of why Chris Paul is a closer challenger to LeBron James and Kevin Durant for MVP than you might think, that's exhibit A. However, don't blame Blake Griffin, an All - Star starter yet again, for the swoon, because he's been playing inspired basketball.
During Sunday night's NBA All - Star Game, the four - time NBA MVP and two - time NBA Finals MVP did his best attempt at a back - heel kick of a basketball that rolled towards him, only for the attempt to fail in spectacular fashion and swat the ball away in frustration.
The incident was actually the second football - related activities for the United States» basketball greats during the All - Star Weekend.
Competition among summer basketball camps for high school stars is so hot that the NCAA may have to step in to cool it down
Adidas, the official on - court apparel provider for the National Basketball Association (NBA), today unveiled the uniforms and apparel for the 62nd NBA All - Star Game on February 17, 2013 at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX.
Later that evening he spoke at a banquet for a high school all - star basketball game.
His is a classic foreign basketball legend's tale: born to Greek immigrants in New Jersey, starred at Seton Hall in the late «70s, got drafted by the Celtics but never made the team, then moved to his parents» native country to dominate for over a decade and ignite a basketball explosion.
EuroPalace in particular cover a huge range of sports - related slots, from «Bullseye» to «Basketball Star» in a bid to cash in on this growing trend ««and with their massive $ 500 bonus just for opening an account, business is good.
Look for unbeaten (at press time) Loyalton, a resurgent Rincon Valley Christian - Santa Rosa (alma mater of one of Northern California's all - time best players, Erin Buescher), and Valley Christian - Roseville to make a deep run — and also show that even though there may not be that many future NCAA stars on those rosters, good basketball is good basketball no matter what the division.
The latter starred for the College of the Pacific and bounced around professional basketball with the now defunct Washington Capitols, Chicago Stags and Baltimore Bullets between World War II and the Korean conflict.
Upon returning home after graduating pre-law from Santa Clara University in early 1975, Bonfigli — a 1971 Cardinal Newman graduate and star for the Cardinals» basketball program — was offered a teaching and coaching position at the school.
MAX BLANK Sir: Thanks to Bruce Newman for his excellent profile of Soviet émigré basketball star Max Blank (From Russia with Love, April 30).
Everybody included Joe's wife, Mary Sue; another couple, Pat and Cecil A. Morgan Jr. (he is a stockbroker for Rauscher, Pierce and Co., Inc. and a former University of Texas basketball star); and the Coffmans» baby - sitter.
SELECTED: As the first woman to play for the Harlem Globetrotters, 5» 11» former Kansas star LYNETTE WOODARD, 26, the captain of the gold - medal - winning 1984 U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team.
[There's hardly a basketball star in America without a late - model car and some spurious piece of paper, signed by an «uncle,» to vouch for it; Macon rides public transport.]
As the playoffs near, success or failure for basketball's top winning teams may hang on the considerable talents of those two giant stars, Chamberlain and Russell
Just like people watch the D - League or college basketball in the interest of seeing future basketball stars or go to minor league baseball games for a glimpse of the future of MLB, people will watch the future of WWE at NXT.
The Michigan basketball star made the announcement Saturday morning in an essay for The Players» Tribune.
Jalen Brunson Now «The Man» for Villanova Basketball HERO Sports Villanova's Jalen Brunson, son of former NBA point guard Rick Brunson, is showing star abilities on the floor for the Wildcats.
Melton, a four - star recruit from Cedar Creek High and a Rutgers legacy - his dad Gary played football for the Scarlet Knights and mom Vicky played basketball - had four catches for 83 yards in five games last season.
The NBA All - Star break is a favorite time among wiseguys as recreational NBA bettors who don't regularly wager on college basketball flood the market to satisfy that thirst for action.
For the little NBA all - star in your life, this basketball rattle is a must have!
Mike Krzyzewski — Head basketball coach for Duke University John Harbaugh — Head coach of the Baltimore Ravens Joe Maddon — Manager of the Chicago Cubs Vivian Stringer — Head coach of the Rutgers women's basketball team Ken Hitchcock — Head coach of the Dallas Stars Sean Payton — Head coach of the New Orleans Saints Roy Williams — Head basketball coach of the University of North Carolina John Fox — Head coach of the Chicago Bears Jim Larranaga — Head basketball coach of the University of Miami Danny Manning — Head basketball coach of Wake Forest University Ben McAdoo — Head coach of the New York Giants Bruce Boudreau — Head coach of the Minnesota Wild Lisa Stockton - Head coach of the Tulane women's basketball team Buck Showalter - Manager of the Baltimore Oriole
Rose's charity all - star basketball game at the United Center at 3 p.m. Sunday will benefit five Chicago institutions: the Chicago Public Schools, the Greater Chicago Food Depository, the Illinois Special Olympics, the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, and the Juvenile Diabetes Fund.
A basketball court at a Brooklyn playground will be named after late rapper Notorious B.I.G., according to a NYC city councilman who has tried to honor the hip hop star for years.
His comments came at a dinner in Miami for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which aims to get Democrats elected to the House, at the home of retired basketball star Alonzo Mourning.
Florida Democratic Senate hopeful Kendrick Meek said in a news release that Miami Heat basketball star Dwyane Wade will vote for him next week.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — For Buffalo, playing host to the NCAA Tournament came with busy streets, lots of visiting basketball fans and a starring role in Uber's latest ad campaign.
We currently pay for rock stars, movie stars, and football and basketball players.
During the opening keynote address, former NBA basketball star and U.S. global cultural ambassador Kareem Abdul - Jabbar set the tone for the summit: In order for the United States to stay economically competitive with emerging markets in China, India, and elsewhere, it will have to overhaul its education system to increase its focus on critical thinking and on applied science, math, and tech skills.
Researchers were baffled by the immense popularity of curry before realizing that Twitter was crazy for basketball star Stephen Curry, not the spicy dish.
Stoudemire, a 6» 11» basketball player, was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 2003, played in the All - Star Game six times, and won a bronze medal for the U.S.A. at the Olympics in 2004.
For Kim Kardashian's second wedding to basketball player Kris Humphries on August 20, 2011, the reality TV star chose not one, but three Vera Wang dresses, each costing $ 25,000.