Sentences with phrase «leading women players»

Led by reigning Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion Billie Jean King (Stone), a group of leading women players broke away from the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association in search of better pay.

Not exact matches

THERESA HIRSCHAUER CINCINNATI Hirschauer, a senior striker, became the leading women's soccer career goalscorer for both Brown (62) and the Ivy League (29) in her four varsity seasons.She was named the conference's woman player of the year last season.

Though she led the crusade for bigger prize money in women's tennis, she did not get rich — at least not by the standards of today's players.

While long - skirted, letter - sweatered, bobby - soxed women led cheers, players in frayed letter jackets hugged and slapped each other.

Sampson, who led the team to the 2015 Women's World Cup semifinals, was replaced as England coach by former Manchester United player Phil Neville.

Recently, she hosted the third season of «Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner» for the Si TV Network.New York Newsday raved over her performance in the indie hit «Woman Thou Art Loosed» calling her portrayal of an ex-con recovering addict «Haunting «Six Page Pictorial in the new Las Vegas National Magazine «Player» released Jan 2006Studied Shakespeare at «The Actors Circle Theatre» in Los Angeles and received a standing ovation for her portrayal of «Miss Alma» in Tennesee William's «Summer and Smoke «Running Scared, the film she had a supporting lead in with Paul Walker, is the Top Ten DVD Rental of the month.

As Deadline Hollywood reports, the streak of movies with people of color and women in the lead finishing at No. 1 at the box office will end this weekend as Steven Spielberg's action - packed «Ready Player One,» an adaptation of Ernest Cline's best - seller starring Tye Sheridan, is expected to top the list.

In 2013, The Battle of the Sexes chronicled the events leading up to the landmark tennis match in 1973 between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King — a match that saw the Wimbledon women's champion deliver a smashing blow to to the sexist taunts of retired player Riggs, who declared he could beat any female tennis player on the court.

Based on real events, this tennis drama is the story of a famous 1973 grudge match: between chauvinist former champ Bobby Riggs (who boasted he could beat any woman on the court) and the world's leading female player, Billie Jean King.

The Democratic congressman who called American's leading public education advocate, Diane Ravitch, «an evil woman» turns out to be a player for Democrats for Education Reform, a leading political action committee for the corporate education reform industry.

The MReport announced its 2015 «Power Players» and «Leading Ladies» in mortgage in their August Special Issue «Women in Housing».

As NRDC acquired Lord & Taylor about three years after Macy's merged with Federated Department Stores and became more geared toward middle - income consumers, Lord & Taylor executives saw an opportunity to become the leading department store player for slightly more upscale, classic department store customer — the suburban woman.