Sentences with phrase «last night racing»

BORIS Johnson and his Tory leadership rivals were last night racing to sign up MP supporters — after it was announced we will have a new PM by September.

Not exact matches

With that cheeky introduction by host Carlos Watson, the PBS debate show Point Taken last night dove headlong into the fractious debate of salary transparency that has been gaining steam of late, especially as a way to bridge widening wage gaps based on gender, race, and social class.

«I was personally attacked through my Twitter account around midnight last night and the tweets represented a distraction from the respectful conversation we are trying to start around Race Together,» duBrowa said.

He completed 397 1/2 miles in last Saturday night's race to surpass Richard Petty's old mark of 10,337 1/2 miles.

Four of our stars were in action last night, with Costa Rica taking on Jamaica in the CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers, Nigeria hosting Egypt in the race to Gabon 2017 and France travelling to Holland for a friendly.

A last - minute touchdown throw from Blake Bortles to Jeff Godfrey gave UCF a three - point win over Louisville on Friday night, effectively ending the Cardinals» BCS title hopes and giving the Knights a huge advantage in the race for the AAC's automatic BCS bowl berth.

Cash pours into 300 windows, at $ 25,000 per minute, between harness races at Yonkers Raceway where, last week, a world - record one - night handle off $ 2,531,060 was set.

IF CLINT BOWYER wins his first Nextel Cup race this season, which many in the Cup garage believe will happen, then he may feel better about his seventh - place finish in last Saturday night's Pepsi 400 at Daytona than he did at the time.

The night before the last race of the season, Petty will appear before 75,000 of his closest followers in the new Georgia Dome, with the country - music group Alabama singing goodbye.

And as the competition among drivers from eight countries came down to the last meeting — Saturday night at Philadelphia's Liberty Bell Park — colorful Joe found himself in a rip - roaring race for the title with one Giuseppe Guzzinati of Turin, Italy.

The Red Devils hosted the blue side of Merseyside last night, as they looked to gain some impetus in the race to qualify for next season's Champions League competition, but were unable to put the pressure on their rivals.

When Jose Mourinho's Manchester United were in the Europa Cup semi finals last season, the Portugese boss gave up on the title race and rested players in important Premier League games so they could be fresh for the infamous Thursday night competition.

Now in his third full Cup season, Keselowski famously tweeted from his cockpit during a red - flag delay in last February's Daytona 500 (he picked up more than 100,000 followers that night), then won three regular - season races while exhibiting a brash style and a cool confidence.

Some will tell of the night last winter in nearby Burlington when Mike turned into a blond tornado with a basketball and shattered Yates Center's alltime individual scoring record with 43 points, while the team, inspired, raced on to score 100, yet another record.

Knicks fans were less than thrilled with the performance — much like Lakers fans last week — since it leaves New York with just a half game advantage over the Timberwolves (who play later Saturday night) in the race for the worst record in the league.

A survey conducted by organizers of last month's London Marathon found that runners who indulged in sex the night before a race had, on average, faster finishing times than those who didn't.

Alexis and Chile will now play Paraguay on Tuesday, who were soundly beaten 2 - 0 by Columbia last night, and another win will give them a great start to their race for the World Cup Finals.

He cut himself in last night's race.»

Barcelona suffered a shock 3 - 2 defeat at home to Valencia last night, and threw the La Liga title race wide open.

Racing Santander have been banned from next season's Copa Del Rey, after their protest saw last night's quarter final abandoned.

If we're to believe all the hype, Chelsea's 2 - 1 victory over Manchester United last night supposedly «blew the title - race wide open».

GOP gubernatorial nominee Carl Paladino came out swinging on CapTon last night in response to an attack ad from his Democratic opponent, Andrew Cuomo, and warned the AG — whom he called «Andy» — not to «jump to any conclusions» regarding the race.

There were upsets at both ends of the state last night as the race for ex-Sen.

During a CapTon interview last night, Gianaris seemed to suggest the DSCC has decided not to expend its limited resources on Amodeo, although he also said that could change if the race gets closer in the coming weeks.

With gusto, New York Republican Chairman Ed Cox again attacked former Gov. Eliot Spitzer today after a poll released last night showed a 9 percentage point lead for him over Democratic opponent Scott Stringer in the city comptroller's race.

Maragos last night denied rumors — perpetuated by the Turner camp — that he would drop out of the race and run for retiring Rep. Gary Ackerman's seat.

Megyn Kelly's controversial interview with Alex Jones on NBC ended up a distant third in the network ratings race during its first half hour last night.

Jon Cruddas» statement last night seemed to be a hint in that direction, and clearly the leadership race needs the strongest and most diverse feel possible.

Mr. Bloomberg, who endorsed no one in the race, congratulated the Democrat after his overwhelming victory last night — signaling that the billionaire mayor would likely facilitate a cordial transition for Mr. de Blasio.

Last night, the Brooklyn Young Democrats hosted a candidate forum in the little - noticed race for New York City Public Advocate.

Former gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio joined me on CapTon last night and insisted he has «no regrets» about dropping out of the race to cede the Conservative line to Carl Paladino, although he refused to say whether he will be voting today for the Buffalo businessman who trounced him in the GOP primary on Sept. 14.

County Legislator Laura Curran barely had time to savor her Democratic primary victory over County Comptroller (and party switcher) George Maragos last night before Martins, a former state senator, hit the airwaves with his first TV ad of the race.

ICYMI: There was a little friendly competition on display last night on CapTon during two separate interviews regarding the upcoming Adirondack Challenge in Indian Lake this weekend, which will pit six - member rafts manned by Team Cuomo, Team Bloomberg, the Assembly Democrats and the Senate leadership coalition against one another in a white - water rafting race.

This new blow up may not please state Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox, who reiterated to Liz on the show last night that he wanted the three candidates in the race, including Nassau Comptroller George Maragos, to follow Reagan's 11th Commandment.

A candidate for the Eastport - South Manor, Long Island school board who has a manslaughter conviction said last night he planned to stay in the race, according to a text message he sent during a candidate forum and read aloud by the event's moderator.

After last night's primary results were in, Martins also didn't waste any time releasing a statement «welcoming» Curran into the race, but also slamming her for «wanting to make this about the past.»

An Islip Town councilman who dropped out of a State Senate race last year after fallout surrounding the illegal dumping scandal in the town was nominated Wednesday night by Islip Town Republicans to run for a District Court seat in Suffolk County.

At a candidates forum for that race hosted by the Barack Obama Democratic Club last night, Mr. Rangel's longtime friend and ally, Councilwoman Inez Dickens, spoke on the congressman's behalf and told The Politicker he's back home and out of the hospital.

He said last night's result «should send a message to anyone watching this race.»

Last Wednesday night, several of the groups, including the Real Rent Reform Campaign — made up of organized tenants, labor organizations and community groups that advocate for «progressive» pro-tenant legislation — held a well - attended town hall meeting in Brooklyn (they estimated the crowd at about 200 attendees) while the board of the influential Tenants PAC met separately and decided on endorsements for state legislative races.

ALBANY — Last night's Democratic primary race is shaping up as one of the lowest - turnout statewide contests in recent memory.

Mr. Barron insisted he was waiting a few days to make a decision «out of respect» for Mr. Sampson's family, but said his political organization, Operation P.O.W.E.R., urged him to get in the race last night.

The last of those Senators, Mark Grisanti of the Buffalo are, lost his post Tuesday night in a splintered four way race.

As of last night Aidan was within 1 % of taking this race.

Both exchanged heated words during the race's first debate last night.

The victor of the race deemed too close to call on election night last week is now focused on November.

We're still tracking results from last night's party primaries for key congressional races, including a pivotal contests on Long Island and in New York City.

Unsuccessful US Senate contender David Malpass sent an e-mail out late last night touting the «constructive role» his new political action committee, GrowPac, played in at least three of the House races in which GOP contenders were victorious: NY - 19 (Nan Hayworth), NY - 20 (Chris Gibson), and NY - 24 (Richard Hanna).

Rubio dropped out of the race last night after a disappointing showing in his home state primary.

Last night's near - fight capped a day that saw the governor's race grow increasingly heated and dirty.