Sentences with phrase «league teams at»

Hard - drinking, ex-minor-league hopeful Morris Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) grumpily agrees to coach a Little League team at the behest of lawyer - councilman Bob Whitewood (Ben Piazza), who has a vendetta against the league for excluding his marginally talented son from play.

Walker was a catcher for the Toledo Blue Stockings, a Major League team at the time.

Not exact matches

Of the six Canadian teams in the National Hockey League, only the Ottawa Senators reported that they did not sell 100 per cent of their tickets for the 2009 - 10 season — and the Senators were at 98.8 per cent.

The study looks at the first - team pay for 348 teams across seven different sports in 18 different leagues around the world.

A battle over how players and team owners will split the league's $ 4 billion in annual revenue, which led to the suspension of exhibition and regular - season games through at least Nov. 14, is bringing collateral damage to a range of businesses counting on professional basketball events to survive, including caterers, bars, stores, parking lots — and even the self - employed masseurs who tend to players.

Otherwise, there's the nearby and ever - entertaining New York City, a hundred - plus miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline, a smallish mountain range or two, a major amusement park, a half dozen professional sports teams (most of them mediocre at best), small - time skiing, a pretty Ivy League campus by the name of Princeton University, a wealth of black bear in exclusive suburban communities, the early homes of such celebrity types as Martha Stewart, Jack Nicholson and Bruce Springsteen, the site of the Hindenburg disaster, and (for visionary types) the ghosts of Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison, who lived and worked in the state for awhile.

«Two specific proposals are circulating at the highest levels within teams and the league office,» wrote Lowe.

Rachel Barker, PR manager at Majestic Media, a social media marketing agency, explains that teams and leagues worry about these things, and that athletes «should definitely consider their personal branding and their careers.»

There's not much Major League Baseball can do to compete with the weather, but if they continue to reschedule games at such a high rate, teams might have to begin to find some creative solutions as schedules tighten later in the season.

In narrowing down the taste field at the gamer conventions, Mullin also began to sponsor individual gamers, gamer teams and gamer leagues, «kind of like NASCAR,» he says, and became the official snack supplier of the Cyber Games to boot.

The team shamelessly exploits its legend by making reference to the great St. Paul Saints of a bygone era — a minor - league team of the same name that rose to fame in the 1920s — at the lucrative concession stands and at its Web site.

Officials at the Port of Oakland say they have entered exclusive talks with a Major League Baseball team considering the...

Most contestants will talk about how they have a «rock star» team, then list some impressive accomplishments (Ivy League graduates, proven track record, worked at Google and so on).

Over the next decade, Cohn used his mob connections to smooth the younger Trump's relations with construction unions; inked a stingy prenuptial agreement with Trump's first wife, Ivana; leaned on city politicians to favor Trump deals; traded favors in Atlantic City's notoriously corrupt casino industry; and tried to strong - arm the National Football League into a merger that would give Trump a first - tier team at a fraction of the going rate.

To stay so competitive every year in a league that is designed to keep ALL TEAMS in the mix for a shot at the title is almost mind bottling (had to throw in a classic quote there).....

Moneyball is a look at Major League Baseball's Oakland A's, a team that over the past few years has tallied the second highest number of wins with one of the lowest payrolls.

The Florida Launch honored the Marjory Stoneman Douglas boys and girls lacrosse teams before its Major League Lacrosse game on Saturday night at FAU Stadium.

Forbes earlier this year estimated the Wizards» value at $ 1 billion, but after recent sales in the league — including the Houston Rockets for $ 2.2 billion — the team is worth much more than that.

We saw the names of some who had been students at the local high schools and community college; we saw the names of friends with whom we had grown up, members of our track teams and little league; some of us saw the names of family members.

Or the professional ballplayer who had to reconcile his shock at being traded like some commodity from the only major league team he had ever played for.

Suggesting that taking a knee at the national anthem is «harming» the team or the league isn't merely nonsensical, it reduces the role of the players to that of the analogy: criminals and derelicts.

Last weekend when the Charleston RiverDogs Minor League Baseball team hosted the Columbia Fireflies, they took a few jabs at the Fireflies» Tim Tebow.

Religious players are pretty common in the league, but for many of these players, they live out their lives and faiths together — going as far as being baptized by a teammate in the team's recovery pool at the practice facility.

The company's food also is sold at the parks when minor league teams play there.

The truly interesting thing about the new era is that teams can structure their payrolls any way they want, as long as they pay every player at least the league minimum ($ 100,000 for rookies this season, $ 125,000 for players with a year's service, $ 150,000 for two or more years) and stay under the cap.

A Manager that beat all the top teams away at the initial stage of the league.

Wenger was at pains to stress that the whole team is still not fully fit, but he still has another week to prepare for the first League game.

But we didn't challenge for the league again, got knowked out the carling cup at home, came 2nd in an easier group AND eliminated by a far easier team.

The former Porto boss has been less than impressed by some decisions against his team, even going so far as calling referees» chief Mike Riley to complain about the performance of the officials in Chelsea's Barclays Premier League defeat at Manchester United.

Of course we might not be exactly buzzing with self - belief ourselves but at least we are coming up against a team that is also yet to win this season, with a draw against Southampton and a loss to Chelsea before this league cup exit.

Arsenal are readying a bid for Barcelona attacker Pedro Rodriguez as sources within the Nou Camp have confirmed that high level scouts from the North London side have been spotted at matches state Tribalfootball, even before the two teams were drawn to meet each other in Champions League action.

Correction Gab, we HAD a great chance to win the league but we've blown it, we aren't second but 3rd, both Leicester and spurs (auto correct said sours lol) are above us and even if they weren't thinking of winning the league at the beginning they surely would by now, it's Leicester's to lose and sours to challenge, sadly, we have become an «also ran» team, again.

Losing faith with Arsene Wenger and the Arsenal players because we lost an away game at the strongest team in the Premier League?

They need to try and play more tougher teams from the mid major leagues or power five leagues and try to get more of those teams to play at the SMC.I think that would help put butts in the seats and help a little more in recruiting better players.A complaint i hear about the basketball program from fellow fans hear in tulare county is why don't they play more higher profile teams like the football team does.

He has faced Premier League teams too including two games against Chelsea in the Europa League semi-finals the year the Blues won the competition, and holding Liverpool to a 1 - 1 draw at Anfield, but it another European game that he remembers the most.

Year 2 — 2007 League Cup Final Year 3 — 2008 ECL Quarter Final — League Cup Semi Final — EPL 3rd After leading the Premiership since the previous September until Eduardo had his Leg broken at Birmingham — with a REALLY young Team.

New additions across the team obviously needed to compete at the top of the league (I guess that's where the club wants to be).

That was at the time the Italian league was the strongest in Europe and they had a fantastic team.

Portland lost to the Spurs but beat the Memphis Grizzlies the next night at the buzzer — and off the team went on a 13 - game winning streak, the longest in the league this season.

every other team are winning week in week out, everyone is catching up on us, and the boss is busy looking at which team has most loans in the league and how to rectify it..

Vegas improved to 8 -0-0 when taking at least 35 shots, the only undefeated team in the league this season.

For the umpteenth time since Louis van Gaal took over at Old Trafford, Manchester United looked truly dreadful in their midweek Champions League game and despite the fact that they are currently above us in the table, I just can not imagine that a team this dull and devoid of quality could win the lLeague game and despite the fact that they are currently above us in the table, I just can not imagine that a team this dull and devoid of quality could win the leagueleague.

Whether Arsene Wenger chooses to rest a few first team players for the Champions League away game against Barcelona on Wednesday night remains to be seen, but judging from his comments in the press conference today reported by The Mirror, I would not be at all surprised.

Tello starred as Barcelona came back from a 2 - 1 down to beat Spartak Moscow 3 - 2 at the Camp Nou in their opening group game of the Champions League, scoring the first goal before setting up Lionel Messi for his team's second.

But when their team does (liverpool) it's all fine at least they're in the champions league!

Once a team that defied the odds to actually win the Champions League almost on the quality of their defence alone, it's remarkable to see Chelsea look as wobbly at the back as this.

at the start of his career he inherited the best back 4 + gk in the league... won 2 league titles later on i admit he was able to sign good defenders and cdm to build arguably one of the best team in europe at that time... but even with that team he underachieved.....

It is not an easy fixture, though, even though Arsenal are coming off a shaky start to the new Premier League season after losing away to Stoke, so every Arsenal fan will be delighted to see that Arsene Wenger's team for the game at Anfield includes the Chile international star Alexis Sanchez, although Lacazette starting on the bench with Welbeck in the XI will certainly raise a few eyebrows.

Arsene Wenger has been handed a few selection problems ahead of this game, but he did the right thing by resting most of the regular first team stars in the Europa League win at BATE Borisov, so there should be no excuses about tired legs today.

Or would you rather be the 11th or 12th most prestigious in a power 5 league that (used to at least) sends half or more of their teams to the tourney?