Sentences with phrase «competing at sports»

True Detective has shown that the best way to generate buzz is to get viewers competing at the sport of prestige discourse.

Most high school / youth athletes spend an average of 10 hours per week practicing and competing at their sport.

Not exact matches

Instead, he viewed the problem differently, looking at eating like a sport and experimenting with different ways to compete.

Armstrong was looking for more than forgiveness, though — he wants to return to competing in triathlons and other sports he's banned from now, and «anti-doping rules permit officials to ease penalties for athletes who display contrition and offer substantial cooperation,» say Christian Red and Michael O'Keeffe at the New York Daily News.

But what's most resonant here is the message at the individual level — that the urge you feel to compete, to accomplish things in your life, be it curing disease or earning enough for that sports car, is a natural thing.

So is a guy who today competes at nearly the highest level of his sport... yet when he first drove on a big track, he had to hold his leg down to keep himself from lifting off the gas pedal.

Indeed, that attitude explains how, nearly seven years after their fateful game of catch, the former dorm mates — RAM not only stands for «Randy and Mike» but also is the nickname (Rams) of sports teams at Colorado State University, their alma mater — have built a $ 4.6 - million company that competes against the likes of Wilson, Spalding, and Nike.

But selling to a tech company like Amazon would allow CBS to more effectively compete with other networks by bidding higher for sports rights — the only content that still keeps mass audiences tied to TV sets — while at the same time getting ahead of TV's inevitable shift to online distribution.

The problem is they're jealous of the «glory» men get because they're better at all these things and get more attention, so they ignore all the womens leagues in all thes various sports (which probably could really use their help) and try to force the males to let them compete.

Travis Tygart, president of the USADA, said in a statement, «This is a heartbreaking example of how the win - at - all - costs culture of sport, if left unchecked, will overtake fair, safe and honest competition, but for clean athletes, it is a reassuring reminder that there is hope for future generations to compete on a level playing field without the use of performance - enhancing drugs»...

Growing up I did every sport imaginable and was still competing in gymnastics at the age of 22 (whilst doing a Sports Science degree) when I decided to quit university and travel to the Himalayas to become a Buddhist monk instead.

I've been competing in the sport of Powerlifting for 3 years now (I'm headed to my second USA Powerlifting Nationals competition in October), and because I am an athlete (and an older athlete at 47), I pay pretty close attention to the way I eat so that I can maximize my strength in relation to my body weight.

The Eden Rock Art Gallery, Rockshop fashion boutique, water sports, diving, yachting and fishing compete within the endless list of activities, in addition to a perfect day lounging at the beach.

What is at play here is the unfair situation that other properly run clubs have to face when competing with resources of an Oil producing country and this just is not healthy for the sport!

But then maybe, if there is a really good one, would they come to us Just having an American driver who maybe can not compete at a certain level is maybe not good for the sport.»

The goal of the All American Sports Academy is to train and educate all student athletes on the correct physical skills and mechanics needed to compete at all levels, as well as understand the proper practice habits and time management skills needed to improve their game.

Argentine racer Jose Froilan Gonzalez competed in F1's debut season in 1950, and the following year scored his first pole position in the sport at the 1951 British Grand Prix — driving for Ferrari.

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

Competing at York Sports Village, the team came face to face with Lancaster 1s first, and enjoyed an 8 — 6 victory, before conceding 7 — 3 to an extremely strong Northumbria side.

At a time when a record two - fifths of Olympic athletes are female, when women are competing in every sport that men do except boxing and wrestling, when IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch declares that «the problem of [women's] participation has been solved,» the problem is in fact unsolved.

In 1980, while competing at the junior nationals in Devil's Thumb, Colo., he watched his first biathlon, then took up the sport with his usual intensity.

«Competing at a high level in an individual sport is extremely tough,» says Sandra Haynie, the LPGA Hall of Fame golfer who shared a house in Dallas with Martina from 1976 to 1978 and who is often credited with having been the first stablizing influence in her young friend's then helter - skelter life.

There really should be no other sports competing with the tournament, but Tiger Woods is at least putting in the effort.

African - Americans and physically disabled athletes have the same desire to compete as other humans, and if their abilities are up to par, there's no reason they shouldn't have the opportunity to play at their sport's highest levels.

Well said, you must crawl b4 you can walk.An at the moment Ozil is not ven close to a ballon d'or nomination let alone winning it, hes just not good enough to compete with Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar, Suarez, ibra etc, h just doesn't score enough goals to compete.Your rite galen, he needs to try winning sports writers player of the year or the pfa player of the year first.

If you look at the biggest stars in other sports (Tom Brady, Sidney Crosby, Cristiano Ronaldo, etc.) they're all consummate professionals because mainstream sports make it all about the best athletes competing against each other.

Matt Ghaffari, who wrestled for Cleveland State and won the silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, says that men's wrestling is a unique sport, «The oldest sport known to man, and one where a man who weighs 110 pounds and one that weighs 300 pounds can compete.

Fellow sport scholar, Jacob Ragan, was competing at the Revolution Series too and earned bronze in the Points Race (30 km).

Competing for the University of Birmingham Hockey Club in their final premier division game of 2015, our sport scholar and captain, Rebecca Condie, scored the only goal of the game to see the team end this year unbeaten and at the top of the England Hockey Prem!

We also closed February in Sheffield at the BUCS Nationals, with six sport scholars competing across the Long Course Swimming Championships and the Karate Championships.

With 2,000 athletes competing in 47 events, Athletics — track and field — is the largest single sport at the 2012 Olympic Games.

The Indian driver completed a half - season at HRT in 2010 and returned to Team Lotus in 2011 in a one - off at Germany but has competed in the sports car ranks ever since.

My Boxing coach told us that about 70 percent of Americans participate in organized competitive sports at some point in their life, by comparison only 1/2 percent ever get into a ring or cage and compete.

The Gil Basketball Academy was formed to promote the sport of basketball in East Salinas, as well as the overall development of local student - athletes desiring to compete at the highest athletic levels of competition.

I liked competing in a sport that was obscure — at least in the States it was.

No one competing in any sport at Lake Placid has the potential for winning more gold than Eric Heiden.

Also, if everyone can take one minute, and VOTE, All Sports Series» has All Stars from our Hoops League competing in «The Basketball Tournament» and $ 2 Million is at stake!

In 2011, I also studied at Old Dominion University (ODU) in Virginia, after receiving a full sports scholarship and competed as part of the Old Dominion Field Hockey, who were ranked number one nationally and that year were named CAA (Colonial Athletic Association) champions.»

Not only did she compete in and achieve fantastic results in a number of European and World Cup races, but she contributed to sporting life at Oxford at the same time.

Cardinal Newman students have been taking classes at other area schools and sports teams are competing at various local sites.

Savrinah Oliveros — In her first year competing, the East Bay Sports Academy gymnast moved on to the Level 4 State competition with a 36.45 all around score at the Harvest Moon Invitational on Oct. 27.

This program is designed for High School Athletes (Ages 15 +) to prepare them for their high school sports and competing at the next level.

High school sports are valuable not because of newspaper stories or scholarship offers or the number of students who watch from the pool deck, but rather for what the process of playing at a competitive level teaches those who compete.

In a sporting context, such a dismissal amounts to an assault on the foundational idea that the game, at its heart, is a group of athletes competing in a mutually appreciated spirit.

It has no outdoor athletic fields or facilities on its campus, despite the fact that 65 percent of its student body participates in sports and competes at a highly competitive level.

She also competes as a climber, placing 11th in a sport - climbing competition at CityRock in 1992 and second in speed at last year's event.

Advanced sports clinics are offered to experienced middle school girls who are looking to improve their skills and prepare themselves to compete at the high school level in their sport of interest.

At Oxford University judo is a full blue sport, and we compete in a high intensity Varsity match against Cambridge in February with both city teams and university men and women's teams participating.

David May, Mickey Thomas, Gary Pallister, Quinton Fortune and Denis Irwin compete to see who is the ultimate legend at US Sports.

Football as a sport is about winning and when the manager can not inspire a squad of talented players, to perform at their best or to even compete, then it is a tragedy that needs to be resolved urgently before further decline in performances, fortunes and revenues.