Sentences with phrase «basketball star in»

Some of his more notable work came from his collaboration with director Spike Lee; over the course of the 1990s, Washington starred in three of his films, playing a jazz trumpeter in Mo» Better Blues (1990), the title role in Lee's epic 1992 biopic Malcolm X (for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination), and the convict father of a high - school basketball star in He Got Game (1998).

Before becoming an engineer, Bejan was a basketball star in Romania, and from the «live flow system» of the basketball court he learned that «the ball flows through non-rigid channels that are hierarchical and constantly morphing,» he said.

[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.]

Not exact matches

Mr Obama was on the US west coast in a fundraising push which included an event at the home of Marta Kauffman, creator of the 1990s television programme Friends, and one at the Beverly Hills home of former basketball star Magic Johnson.

The basketball star and the TV host split in April after six years of marriage, and a source told Entertainment Tonight.

But when the company tried the same shtick a month later with Raptors star Kyle Lowry hurling basketballs at drones in a gym, YouTubians responded with derision — exactly what a brand - driven company doesn't want in a branding exercise.

Looking to cash in on the popularity of the 7» 1» Shaq, the famed basketball star moved from the court to the screen and forever reminded viewers why athletes and the movie industry rarely mix.

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.

Think about all the high school basketball stars who dream about making it in the NBA.

The basketball star Kevin Durant, signed with rival Nike, said in an interview last month that «everybody knows» that «nobody wants to play in Under Armours.»

He went on to say, «I don't know all the rules and regulations about it, but I do know what five - star athletes bring to a campus, both in basketball and football, I know how much these college coaches get paid.

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With basketball's star rising in Canada, due to the success of NBA drafts like Wiggins, Celenza reckons he'll be in a position to associate BioSteel with the stars of tomorrow, and gain TV coverage (TSN is broadcasting the event, which takes place in Toronto this April).

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.

In late 2015, the site crashed after investor and basketball star Bryant posted a poem announcing his departure from the game.

Kestelman has cannily struck a deal with Basketball Australia to package the NBL rights with two huge high - profile matches between the men's national team Boomers and the star - studded United States next year in Melbourne and other Australian men's and women's matches.

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.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, a sequel to the 1996 basketball adventure comedy, Space Jam, starring Michael Jordan and a bunch of Looney Tunes characters is in the works.

«To watch a mostly Cuban - American crowd at a Miami Heat basketball game or at an event at the Orange Bowl or at the new Joe Robbie stadium in North Miami belting out «The Star - Spangled Banner» was to witness what appeared on the surface like the most old - fashioned, fervent expression of immigrant patriotism,» writes Rieff.

The pop star has been vocal about his faith lately, and while in Australia, he posted a picture of himself playing basketball with Hillsong pastor Carl Lentz.

The world of sports — and indeed, reality television — was shocked in 2015 when former basketball star Lamar Odom was discovered comatose at a brothel in Nevada.

At UCLA in 1939 - 41, Robinson was perhaps the greatest amateur athlete in the country, a star in track - and - field, football, and basketball.

Harry Angstrom (whose situation is one of Angst) in Rabbit, Run must switch gears: no longer the high - school basketball star, he must now support a family by selling used cars and MagiPeel peelers.

WhenSabathia and Connors arrived, a small group of women and two men — formerCleveland State basketball stars Damon Stringer and Jamaal Harris — were waiting.Sabathia was wearing $ 15,000 diamond earrings, a $ 26,000 necklace with aplatinum cross and a $ 60,000 Rolex watch, and he was carrying $ 3,200 in cash.Stringer left with Harris, went to Stringer's home and retrieved a 9 - mm pistolfrom the safe, which also held $ 16,000 in cash.

He also directed his sons (Ernie's younger brother, Gary, is a former All - Ivy basketball star at Dartmouth who practices law in San Jose, Calif.) into sports with a steadfast eye to the virtues of competition.

There was no rugby program at Taft High in the San Fernando Valley, where Gary was a star in three sports: football, basketball and track and Held.

These were some of the highlights of Thomas's farewell letter, but there was much more the All - Star guard unpacked in that letter, including how he felt the timeline of his own basketball career aligned with Boston's.

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.

The 6 - foot - 11 star averaged a double - double and was clutch in helping the Timberwolves reach the CIF State Basketball Championships.

, All Sports Series» has All Stars from our Hoops League competing in «The Basketball Tournament» and $ 2 Million is at stake!

The 6 - foot - 11 forward from Roseville was one of 24 basketball players selected to play in the 41st annual boys all - star event, as part of the West squad.

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.

So when a 6» 6 high school basketball star has 14 TDs over his last two seasons in the Big Ten, then posts a 4.54 40, 4.1 - second shuttle, and 41.5 - inch vertical leap, it turns some heads.

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.

He was one of the biggest stars in all of basketball.

Daniels had first read of Manigault in The City Game, an account of pro and playground basketball in New York written by Pete Axthelm of Newsweek, He recognized the commercial value Earl would have if he made the Stars, a notion that apparently had eluded the home - town Knicks and Nets.

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.

Yes, Cleveland has the best basketball player on planet in James, and yes, the Cavs have another two All - Stars on the roster with Isaiah Thomas and Kevin Love, but that hasn't been enough.

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 «hustling but inept gang of track stars who collaborated with Baltimore in horrendous exhibitions of church - basement basketball» must be disheveling the league.

But on the whole, Harden has been brilliant, earning his first ever All - Star Game bid and making basketball in Houston exciting again.

Jamal Murray, a five - star guard out of Canada, will reportedly have a decision on whether he'll re-classify to the 2015 class and where he will play his college basketball in June, his father reports.

Competition among summer basketball camps for high school stars is so hot that the NCAA may have to step in to cool it down

Mo Bamba, a five - star center and the No. 2 basketball recruit in the 2017 class, visited Michigan earlier this month.

American Heritage five - star tackle Tedarrell Slaton, who recently saw a Crystal Ball go in Michigan's way, shared that if any school offers him a basketball scholarship, he'll commit on the spot:

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.

One of his players last year, Tarvin Gaines, starred at Jacksonville State and now plays professional basketball in Brazil.

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.

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