Sentences with phrase «hometown hero»

He literally went from hometown hero to public enemy number one.

The New Jersey - based team will see the acquisition of hometown hero Lloyd as a huge boost to its business, while adding four other quality players could help its playoff push.

News Flash: you need not be as wealthy as hometown hero Dwayne Johnson (a.k.a The Rock), to purchase effective and efficient Hayward insurance for your life, health, auto, and business needs.

With hometown hero Alvaro Morata getting his second chance in the Spanish capital, that would leave Benzema as the spare man and a prime target for Premier League clubs.

2 Times the Stanley Cup has visited Anchorage in the last four years, courtesy of hometown hero Scott Gomez of the New Jersey Devils.

Charismatic hometown hero Adrien «The Problem» Broner (28 - 1, 22 KOs) faces top young prospect Emanuel «Tranzformer» Taylor (18 - 2, 12 KOs) in a 12 - round super lightweight bout.

Lightweight world champion and three - division titlist Jorge Linares (41 - 3, 27 KOs) goes head - to - head in the anticipated rematch against hometown hero Anthony Crolla (31 -5-3, 13 KOs).

News Flash: you need not be as wealthy as hometown hero Dwayne Johnson (a.k.a The Rock), to purchase effective and efficient Hayward insurance for your life, health, auto, and business needs.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich said in a statement, «John Glenn is, and always will be, Ohio's ultimate hometown hero, and his passing today is an occasion for all of us to grieve.»

Vidéotron had already tried rebranding itself before tapping hometown hero agency Sid Lee to do it in 2009.

That's where this enterprising hometown hero stepped in — to help people out of the devastation and darkness in her home city.

Of course, if Marvel's plumbing the comics to bring some new characters into play, I'd love to see Mr. Fantastic come aboard, as well as my Canadian hometown heroes: Alpha Flight.

As if running a gastropub, ramen spot, vinegar company, and three stadium concession stands weren't enough to sate his Cleveland fans (not to mention his drive), hometown hero Jonathon Sawyer had to go and open his most ambitious restaurant yet, Trentina.

There was hometown hero Cathy Whims.

Further, as a Rome native, he may well have a desire to stay and become the next hometown hero with Francesco Totti retiring last season and with Daniele De Rossi not getting any younger.

If he were to become a new hometown hero for the Saints on his return, would he care?

Would he start hometown hero Gareth Bale, who hadn't played for more than a month due to a muscle injury?

The initial recognition of local hometown heroes was by Sally Urban, mother of LCPL Timothy G. Serwinowski who was killed in action in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

For most rural residents, their volunteer firefighters (and EMTs) are hometown heroes dedicated to preserving life and property.

It is in that spirit, then, that the city should welcome the DEP training center, which incidentally will retain the name of hometown hero Robert H. Dietz, killed in action in Germany 70 years ago on March 29.

Grace is a mom, a daughter, a sister, and a Queens hometown hero.

Justin Timberlake gyrated through his vast array of hits and paid tribute to hometown hero Prince in a solid but uneventful half - time show

After hometown hero BTRO is slain on the dance platform by thug leader L Dubba E, his protégé younger brother JTRO (Jason Trost) goes into isolation, vowing never to duel again.

Never at risk of becoming staid, indie distributor of the moment A24 returns to the weirdo Swiss Army Man well for this pizza - delivery slasher movie, starring hip - hop artist and Chicago hometown hero Chance The Rapper.

-- and «borrows» the guitar of the great, long - dead hometown hero Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt) so he can play in the talent show during the Dia de los Muertos celebration.

Eden was, to my mind, the finest film in the strongest collection of Seattle and Washington - born and - based filmmaking ever screened at SIFF, in a line - up that was framed by opening night film Your Sister's Sister (from hometown hero Lynn Shelton, whose recent work put independent Seattle filmmaking on the map) and closing night film Grassroots, shot in Seattle and based on the book by former Stranger political reporter Phil Campbell.

Filled with compelling stories of rowing, life in Depression - era Seattle, the rise of fascism, and the awe - inspiring determination of a group of remarkable young Northwestern men who became hometown heroes, this is a story to teach your kids about grit and character.

MILWAUKEE, Aug 29, 2014 / PRNewswire / — Harley - Davidson and the Ultimate Fighting Championship ® (UFC) will launch a new contest at UFC 177 this weekend sure to make one fan an instant hometown hero.

Retromobile hometown hero Citroen celebrated anniversaries of two of its most - recognized heritage models, the 2CV «duex chevaux» people's car turns 70 years old in 2018 and the rough - and - ready 2CV - based Mehari utility vehicle turns 50 years old.

But the disgraced hometown hero has returned to Seneca Lake to open a distillery — right next door to Piper's winery.

And how could I forget the excitement of the Sarah Jane Hardrath Kramer Lecture earlier that same week, when Dallas Museum of Art curator Sue Delaney thrilled an overflow crowd with a valentine to hometown hero Beauford Delaney?

Now in its 30th year, the event begins on a Friday evening, with dinner hosted at the homes of trustees and catered by well - known chefs (hometown heroes Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo, who created the restaurant Animal, helmed one dinner this year).

Legs is a famous sculpture of a pair of sexy 16 - foot lady's legs by the Hampton's satirical, brilliant, scandalous, hometown hero Larry Rivers.

Bill Arning is the director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston where he has organized solo exhibitions of Marc Swanson, Marilyn Minter, as well as an upcoming survey of Houston's hometown hero Mark Flood.

The Noire gallery of Turin, Italy, meanwhile, has mounted a quietly intriguing show of hometown hero Alighiero Boetti, an excellent complement to his current exhibition at Gladstone Gallery in Chelsea.

But take a page from Bob Odenkirk — a Naperville hometown hero and co-creator of the 1990's sketch comedy TV smash hit Mr. Show — and try to roll with the absurdities.

You don't need hometown hero and 2010 Olympic gold medal winner Evan Lysacek to tell you that persistence is important in life.

There's a difference between loyalty to the home team — athletes imported to play for our local colleges and pro franchises — and the deep emotional bond we share with hometown heroes, the local legends we knew back when.

Jan 04,2016... 2Times the Stanley Cup has visited Anchorage in the last four years, courtesy of hometown hero Scott...

Former four - division champion and hometown hero Adrien «The Problem» Broner (32 - 2, 24 KOs) takes on all - action welterweight contender Adrian Granados (18 -4-2, 11 KOs).

BGS members / hometown heroes Anthony Swinnich, Garret Varrin, and Wayne Kubiak created the music, code, and art for the game (respectively), so the vibe was on.

Here, the role model is a washed - up Olympic gymnast (Melissa Rauch from The Big Bang Theory) who agrees to train a wholesome teenager (Haley Lu Richardson) poised to replace her as hometown hero.

The ad, which will start to air next week, portrays Amedore as a sort of hometown hero, with testimonials from people who witnessed him helping others.

Toronto Blue Jays catcher (and hometown hero) Russell Martin on thriving under the stress of high - stakes situations when the whole world's watching:

As Politico's Jack Shafer notes, «The Florida jury that found in Hogan's favor thought it was delivering a rebuke to morally reprobate coastal elites on behalf of a hometown hero.

As Black Sheep found, a hometown hero is a nobody across the river.

U.S. drinkers increasingly are falling in love with a hometown hero.

The audience was thrilled to see their hometown hero, and greeted tracks from Bird's best album, The Mysterious Production of Eggs, with giant cheers.

James, a former league MVP, went from a hometown hero with the Cleveland Cavaliers in his native Ohio to the state's most infamous sports heel.