Sentences with phrase «of gamesmanship»

What started as a bit of gamesmanship at TPC Sawgrass two weeks ago now has sponsors distancing themselves from the Spaniard.

There is a lot of gamesmanship at this time of the year between teams.

In this case, with a full investigation underway and counter complaints against New York now part of the mix, there's obviously something more happening here than the usual case of gamesmanship between teams.

As a master of mind games, Ferguson and United will use plenty of gamesmanship as they look to overcome their stronger opponents.

We'd like to congratulate Chile defender Gonzalo Jara on pulling off one of the greatest pieces of gamesmanship of all time.

I would not even think of gamesmanship with casual acquaintances.

The deal could still fail, mostly as a result of gamesmanship between Chinese and American politicians, but today's share prices offer a significant discount even if that happens and NXP must carry on as a separate business.

This is actually a precursor of the Guts bungee - basketball thing, but it works a whole lot better than Rocketball and, as in the above clip, sometimes a Gladiator will haul off and pop a dude in the mush because of gamesmanship.

This is now likely to be just another little bit of gamesmanship on Wenger's part (as we ALL know for a fact that Coquelin would not be playing against Spurs in the Capitol One Cup even if he was fully fit).

He joked about how being able to wear Jordan cleats on the field is even part of his gamesmanship — opposing batters are always trying to sneak a look at his shoes, so he'll make sure to pull the pants up and make a show of tying them, so his opponents are thinking about the kicks and not the next pitch that's coming.

Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has accused Barcelona of gamesmanship and playacting, labelling the Catalonians a «small team».

It was an effective bit of gamesmanship from the 29 - year veteran, but NASCAR's loosest cannon didn't go off.

everything I try to do with my teams» incorporates his philosophy of gamesmanship and movement.

Despite the recent spate of dubious / unsavoury incidents in the PL we are also miles behind in terms of gamesmanship and simulation.

As well as hurting Chelsea's image, all this makes us look like angels because we don't complain and surround refs and all the rest of the gamesmanship that Mourinho and his players come up with.

Everyone's favorite Brazilian Spaniard brought a new dimension of gamesmanship to the front line, and alongside his nuisance factor, he was an extremely versatile and dangerous finisher.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, never one to shy away from a round of gamesmanship with the Legislature, announced plans on Monday to establish a commission to study, and possibly raise, the pay of state politicians.

Read a little differently, the bill is part of the increasingly level of gamesmanship — or an outright game of chicken — between the two chambers in the final three weeks of the legislative session.

This movie finally isn't anything move than an intricate feat of gamesmanship, but it's still quite something to see.

Over a night of gamesmanship, the title of the film is examined in shifting power dynamics between a woman who has spent her professional life subsuming her femininity for power in a traditionally masculine arena and the girl who has spent her life exploiting femininity to the same ends.

In the end, Passion might not be much more than a glib, embittered bit of gamesmanship by somebody who's pretty much been on the sidelines since the mid -»90s, but there's something sort of sweet about seeing its maker continuing to play by his own rules.

However, the possibility of this type of gamesmanship is real and should be watched carefully.

We're not going to interject a whole lot of gamesmanship.

Even assuming that Chelsea's three strikers are out of action though, it does not mean that the Gunners will have an easy task on Sunday as it will make Mourinho even more negative than usual and that means a massive blue bus and plenty of gamesmanship is heading to north London.

It was only when Watson asked Murdoch whether he had been arrested (a classic piece of gamesmanship) that they offered a flicker of a smile, the first sign of life.

These guys can't get from the airport to the hotel without engaging each other in some kind of gamesmanship.

It was a silly little bit of gamesmanship that he's done before without getting caught, and it didn't get him fined or anything.

It's hard not to view such a statement as a bit of gamesmanship — a polite dig at an upstart.

It was a bit of gamesmanship that proved that Helen played as well as a man.

In - between, disgraced war correspondent Pierre (Buscemi) and soap starlet Katya (Sienna Miller, again) engage in an evening of gamesmanship that has all the dynamism of a night out at the local one - act play festival.