Sentences with phrase «game tournament better»

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In October 2015, rumors surfaced that the company was in talks to buy Major League Gaming, a well - known organizer of video game tournaments, though Activision (atvi) ultimately acquired the company earlier this year for $ 46 million.

A month later, Palmer made a pilgrimage to St. Andrews for the British Open, and his presence helped salvage the game's oldest championship and elevated it back among the game's best tournaments.

Given that we are writing this during college basketball's championship tournament, a good example is a team that starts a game with an extremely high three - point field goal shooting percentage.

I watched this young man holding and chambers in the toulon tournament recently in one game, i thought to myself this could be arsenal pairing in a couple years time, Chambers looked quite commanding, while Holding seem quicker and about 2 inches taller than chambers, very strong in the tackle and passes the ball well coming out.

Sergio Garcia, the kid golfer we like to think of as an irrepressible naif, had that conflicted expression he gets now after a good tournament round — the smile that says, «My game is back,» coupled with the darting eyes that ask where the next ambush is coming from.

And his tournament took a worse turn today as he was left out of the starting line up for the knockout game against Slovakia, only to see Germany put on their best attacking display so far, with the former Arsenal transfer target Julian Draxler taking most of the plaudits thanks to an assists, a goal and his all round game.

We saw during the Euro 2016 tournament this summer that our new signing had a good football brain and the ability to control a game and set the tempo with his passing from the middle of the pitch.

We have also been lucky enough to attend and enjoy events such as Student Lock - In, the Dodgeball Charity event, Asda Black Friday and Parklife Festival as well as attend many games and tournaments such as American Football.»

Middle Tennessee has won an NCAA tournament game each of the last two seasons and might have had its best overall team this year, winning Conference - USA in the regular season by finishing 24 - 7.

The occasion of his 42nd, with one tournament deemed a success by most under his white belt, and 2018 looming for the injury - plagued superstar, seemed a good time to reflect on what we might expect from the world's 656th - ranked player when he kicks off his season poised to work himself into game shape for the Masters in April.

The goal for the 24 - year old now, as well as helping Arsenal to finish this campaign as strongly as possible and secure a place at Europe's top table next time, is to get match sharp and find some form ahead of Euro 2016, a tournament that Wilshere played a big part in getting England to, with Man of the Match awards in six out of the seven qualifying games he played.

The football team gave up a game at the Dome so the women's lacrosse team could play in a pre-season tournament cross-country or so the track and field team could get a better workout space.

The 20 - year - old, who made just one appearance as a substitute for Germany during the Euro U21 tournament earlier in the summer, missed the entire 2014 - 15 campaign as he recovered from a serious knee injury sustained in the previous season and it's been well over a year since his last competitive game for the club.

im not defending jack but the blame should go the england manager for selecting him for the euros, the guy was injured all season and had played 2 games at most before the start of the tournament, no matter how hard you train the only way to get back match fitness / sharpness is to play competitive games same thing with henderson and to another degree sterling for not being a starter with his club & lacking self confidence by not having played well, do you agree??

If our people want to see good basketball we can get them tickets to the Lakers» games, just as we can for golf tournaments, art shows, concerts, Disneyland and the like, at less than box - office prices.»

They finished 9 - 9 in the SEC, lost their conference tournament opener at the buzzer to Alabama, and were an underdog in their first round game against Providence despite being the better seed.

To illustrate the method, a typical No. 7 seed would expect to win about 0.9 games per tournament, on average, while a No. 7 seed with an SRS 2.9 points better than the seed average — like Michigan State this season — would expect to win about 1.0 games per tournament.

It has been a season of record - breaking for Messi, who has become the all - time top scorer in this tournament, as well as in La Liga, and it won't surprise you to see that the Argentine's performances in terms of goals per game for Barca in Europe's top club competition is pretty good.

What wasn't expected was how good Rasmussen looked the entire month of September, from the prospects tournament, to training camp, and through the exhibition games.

Not to skip the subject, but its not too much of a deviation, i watched the Toulon tournament where England played Guinea, in the last 25 minutes the center halves pairing was Chambers / Holding and i said wow this could be arsenal pairing in a couple of years, Holding who played the whole game looked about 2 inches taller than Chambers, looked to have good pace and technical skills, i hope we buy him because its an area arsenal does not play attention.

And the title game is in Madison Square Garden, a classic hoops venue and far better place to watch / play basketball than some of the 70,000 - seat behemoths the NCAA Tournament's tried out.

I tested him before the season started at the Emirates tournament and I could see that he understands well, he reads the game well.

It's not the NCAA tournament, but the NIT typically features a few good games every year.

Whilst FIFA is one of the best - known games in the world, it's actually only the 10th most - popular eSports game in terms of tournament prize money awarded in 2017.

The players who should be sold to man city should be Mertesacker, Joel Campbell, Giroud, Welbeck, Jenkinson, Debuchy, Ospina and the like.These are players I don't rate and will not continue to rate no matter what happens as unlike some I don't change my mind over one game or over one tournament but I judge them after a season or after long period weighing their effect.I however rate Chamberlain, Wilshere, Ramsey and the like as I think if not for injuries they would all have been world class.As a result they should also be sold to better teams who can relieve them of this curse and help them fulfill their potential so as to save them from ungrateful fans and keep mouths shut.

As good of a tournament game you'll ever see, Kentucky edged out the previously undefeated Wichita State in the Round of...

With conference games and their respective tournaments over, ESPN just uploaded a video of its 10 best buzzer beaters from the...

After winning seven tournaments as well as the 2000 U.S. Open, he seemed positioned to be the game's standard - bearer for years to come.

But if the manager says he doesn't feel I'm in his plans for the next tournament, it's probably better I don't play in the qualifying games because I won't be going to the tournament.»

But when players are irresponsible, I don't blame the manager, even though the manager is reluctant to apportion blames but I watch games, and have watch eniugh good football in 40 years all over different leagues and tournament to be able to make some reasonable observations and comment.

as for how good the kid is there is no doubting that he is physically veiera like, but whether his game skills are good enough remains to be seen, he has by all account had a great under 21 tournament, but that is different to the harsh realities of the p / l game in game out.

After Kentucky vs. Wichita State was pronounced the best game of the Tournament, the Wildcats came out and played even better against Michigan in the Elite 8.

With Gareth Bale again making the headlines ahead of Wales» game against Israel, here's a look at seven of the best players as well as the Real Madrid star to never manage an appearance at a major international tournament...

After the seven - game tournament, event organizer Gerry Freitas mused, ««The event went very well.

When the games end, there's always a clinic, combine, tournament or event quickly scheduled for the eager players ready to prepare and better themselves for the next fall.

They discuss the most profitable March Madness betting strategies, important criteria when handicapping college basketball games, how to exploit lines in smaller tournaments, the best time to place your wagers, and why bettors need to have realistic expectations when buying picks.

Positive encouragement and measured improvement in the fundamental skills are trademarks of our camp, as well as players learning to work together in a team setting while playing games and tournaments.

Early was especially good in the NCAA Tournament, scoring 54 points in two games, including 31 in a superb performance against Kentucky.

Gnabry had a very good summer with Germany at the Olympics in Rio, scoring six goals in six games to make him the tournament's joint top scorer and help his nation to the silver medal.

Osimhen was the top scorer for the same tournament which Nwakali was nominated the MVP award, and the pair could well have a bright future within the game.

Well it might have been a struggle for his national side in general, but at least the Arsenal and Switzerland international midfield star Granit Xhaka put on a strong performance in his first game of the Euro 2016 tournament and that is good news for the Arsenal fans keen to see what Arsene Wenger has added to the Arsenal squad with his first transfer of the summer.

This was arguably the Arsenal star's best game of the tournament and he nearly gave Chile a winning goal in extra time and that tells me that the burnout I was fearing from him was just a one or two game dip in intensity.

I reckon that Jack now has a much better chance of starting the serious games in this summer's tournament and I think this would be great for Arsenal and our chances of success next season, as long as he does not pick up an injury of course.

That was sanchez's best game of the tournament?!

Arkansas: The Razorbacks entered the game 30th in the NCAA's RPI ratings and likely well on their way to the NCAA Tournament following a road win at Alabama over the weekend.

It means that Steven Gerrard's dream of winning the cup on his 35th birthday and final game for Liverpool remains well - and - truly alive, with one of the Reds» biggest rivals for the trophy now certain to exit the tournament.

But, well, Florida had a losing record, Vanderbilt lost seven straight games at one point, and both Vanderbilt and Texas A&M lost their first SEC Tournament games to non-NCAA Tournament teams.

A lot of the best players have their «advisers» calling guys like me to see whether their NBA stock is up or down after each game, and a lot of coaches are using the tournament to angle for their next job.

Monroe played well in that game, scoring 19 points on 7 - for - 11 shooting with 13 rebounds and six assists (though he did have seven turnovers), but his early exit from the NCAA Tournament may have caused him to slip a tad in the draft.

They then beat Portugal 3 - 2 (their only particularly good game of the tournament), edged past a Turkey side that probably shouldn't have been there in the semifinals, and were handily dispatched by Fernando Torres in the final.