Sentences with phrase «for fighting sports»

Not exact matches

While at the MGM Grand for the Floyd Mayweather fight, the billionaire investor decided to bet on a sports book for the first time ever.

Wagner expects the Mayweather - McGregor fight audience to draw a much larger streaming audience for NeuLion's rights holding partners, especially considering that Sky Sports will be the exclusive streaming home for the fight in the U.K. and Ireland (McGregor has a huge following in his home country).

Various parties stand to profit quite a bit from Saturday's fight, from CBS» Showtime (the U.S. pay - per - view provider) to UFC (aka Ultimate Fighting Championship, McGregor is the organization's current champ, and UFC is one of streaming rights holders for Saturday's match to international broadcasters like the U.K.'s Sky Sports.

Instead of the Qualtrics logo, the Jazz team sports the 5 for the Fight cancer research foundation logo on their jerseys

Studios and sports leagues would charge top dollar for it and cable providers would fight tooth and nail to avoid being cut out of the picture.

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Busy schedules, long workdays, school, sporting events and a myriad other activities fight for time and energy in our lives.

He tweeted a picture of blooding dripping down his face after a fight with Horn which read: I love this sport and until the passion is gone, I will continue to fight for God, my family, my fans and my country.»

I love this sport and until the passion is gone, I will continue to fight for God, my family, my fans and my country.

After all, they're the superhero of your gut — the body's control center for sleep, immunity and even sports performance — responsible for fighting off inflammation and bad bacteria.

The Festival of Sacrifice is responsible for untold suffering of cattle, sheep and goats — millions of whom have been sold for profit through Australia's live export trade; closer to home, in the name of Christmas, highly intelligent pigs and turkeys not only experience the terror of slaughter, but entire lifetimes of suffering in factory farms; and sporting events such as bull fights and rodeos still present cruelty as «entertainment»...

Simeone certainly manages in the same style as he played and his teams are a reflection of that character, which is great if you want fight and desire but not so good for the fair play and sporting side of the game.

The Tigers had a disappointing debut, surged to two division titles, bottomed out offensively in 2015, made national headlines for something not just related to sports, and underwent a surprise coaching search after Gary Pinkel revealed he was retiring to fight lymphoma.

The preliminary card begins at 6:30 p.m. with the UFC Fight Pass streaming bouts, and then will shift to the televised Fox Sports 1 fights at 8 p.m. for two hours.

A Michigan helmet and a pair of Jordans are probably among the more curious gifts he's gotten: a helmet for a sport he's shown no interest in and a pair of extremely expensive sneakers for an 80 - year - old man who's made a life out of fighting for the poor and income equality.

Would you say then that you can not agree he worked hard for the fight, obviously has a lot of respect for the sport and is passionate and serious about being a part of it?

If you look at what this kid has done for the sport and for this f — ing company, how do I not let him take this fight?

You can also get around +1800 odds if you want to bet on the fight ending in a draw, and since the sports world can be full of conspiratorial thinkers who will theorize that a draw = a rematch = more money, maybe that's enticing for you.

Helpfully enough Sky Sports have compiled a stats report comparing the defensive strengths of the four clubs fighting for the EPL trophy.

Merson, who played for the club between 1998 and 2002, has insisted that he is worried for their future as he was left disappointed and speechless with the lack of fight and effort from the players against Jurgen Klopp's side, as reported by Sky Sports.

The event wasnotable for reasons that went beyond the fight, indeed beyond the sport ofboxing.

/ CBS Sports Network) is the only one to feature a team that's truly fighting for a place in the bracket.

But while the National League side will come to north London on Saturday well up for the fight, Arsenal could be well off the pace and Arsene Wenger might even struggle to field 11 fit players if the report by Sky Sports about a sickness bug sweeping through our squad are true and if it gets any worse.

It is our goal to overcome this tough challenge and get back to fighting the frontrunners of the sport, and Honda's spirit is to come back and next year our goal is to fight for the top three at the top of the grid.»

I'm not sure it was a marketing ploy with so many moving parts but het UFC is so much drama these days you never know right, hopefully still some good fights and I'm glad I get it through BT Sports and don't need to pay PPV prices for it

Sports Betting — New Jersey Governor Chris Christie continues to display a great deal of hypocrisy by now rejecting a bill that would have helped the state's efforts for legalized sports wagering, something he once foughSports Betting — New Jersey Governor Chris Christie continues to display a great deal of hypocrisy by now rejecting a bill that would have helped the state's efforts for legalized sports wagering, something he once foughsports wagering, something he once fought for.

I feel like I'm watching not for the sake of the fight or the martial artistry or even a sporting event to determine a victor in a 1 - on - 1 contest.

Good entertaining fight... #McGregor did an excellent job, but as I expected #Mayweather closed him down... good advert for both sports ✨

Conor did some serious damage to the reputation of the sport, but he also provided instant mega hype for a fight with Khabib — and he's going to be footing the bill for the incident so there's no great loss for them on that front either.

Unfortunately, sportsbooks aren't in the business of revealing that information, but Scott Cooley, an Odds Consultant for Bookmaker.eu, helped put this fight in perspective by comparing it to other popular sporting events.

Leading up to Saturday's highly - anticipated Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor fight, mainstream sports media has jumped aboard the hype train, reporting on topics such as recreational vs. professional action, the handle the fight is generating and how current liability is concerning for Las Vegas sportsbooks.

They don't approach and view fighting like many other fighters as a «sport», it's a fight and war for them.

MMA is a sport for sure but UFC is here to produce entertainment content in the form of combat fighting, they try to «regulate» it and «administer» it as much as possible so it appears like a sport (e.g. fake rankings that no one know how it works), reebok deal etc. but at the end of the day it is a entertainment show similar to WWE, the only difference being that as long as fighters to rig the fights, the UFC can not determine the outcome...

The Illinois Fighting Illini's new uniforms might have leaked online for their major sports late Tuesday night.

If Egan were alive today and furthering his research for his column in the sporting «Weekly Despatch,» he might want to cross the Atlantic and attend the Thursday night fights at the Marriott Brookhollow in Houston.

Constant coverage on ABC television helped and the ratings — three fights drew the highest ratings in ABC's sports programming for the year — indicate a respectable growth in boxing interest.

Sports Illustrated rented a house in Vegas and covered the fight for a month.

What modern host of the daily sports shock jock collective can not only fight for black rights but also be unapologetic whenever he chooses?

It's a pivotal moment for the sport, and there's a good chance this is a close fight.

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

For more than five years, New Jersey has been fighting to bring legal sports betting to the Garden State.

The fight for gender equity in sports at Quinnipiac over the last eight years — both in court and on the ground at the university — is indicative of this overall struggle.

It ignores discussions about police brutality, glosses over anything that happened before the last 10 days, and lands with something that's an insult to the players and people in sports trying to fight for legitimate change in America.

If we were trying to make sense as a pure sport, there would be one belt per division and champs would be stripped for inactivity exceeding a given time frame and allowed a title fight upon their return.

Love him or hate him, you can't deny that a couple more years of someone as massive as Valentino is a good thing for the sport - especially if he ends up in a title fight with Marc Marquez again.

Doesn't matter who the manager is if the fans are at matches undermining team morale with banners and placards and trying to get their faces on TV, fighting in the stands and making embarrassing spectacles for sports tabloids.

The origins of the «student - athlete» lie not in a disinterested ideal but in a sophistic formulation designed, as the sports economist Andrew Zimbalist has written, to help the NCAA in its «fight against workmen's compensation insurance claims for injured football players.»

Las Vegas oddsmakers have given sports betting podcast listeners one of the best betting opportunities for the pick nation to take advantage of this week in football in the fight between Air Force vs. California in the Armed Forces Bowl.

Las Vegas oddsmakers have given sports betting podcast listeners one of the best betting opportunities for the pick nation to take advantage of this week in football in the fight between Florida Atlantic and Florida International.

Las Vegas oddsmakers have given sports bettors one of the best betting opportunities for the pick nation to take advantage of this week in football in the fight between Patriots vs. Chargers.