Sentences with phrase «of sparse crowds»

Unlike in Canada, where the country's biggest universities play in front of sparse crowds and go years without winning a season, U.S. colleges outside of the Ivy League depend upon their sports teams to bring in new students, attract attention, and draw donations and revenue.

After Dan Graziano's report that team owner Dan Snyder's relationship with Robert Griffin III was toxic to the point where Shanahan considered quitting as the Redskins were preparing for a playoff game, the Redskins came out and laid an egg to the fullest extent in front of one of the sparsest crowds you'll ever see at an NFL game.

Vidmar's final match in charge was a 3 - 0 home victory over Navy FC on Saturday evening in front of a sparse crowd at the Leo Stadium.

Scheduled unusually early for a midweek Ligue 1 match, PSG made light of a sparse crowd to overcome Thiago Motta's early dismissal.

DiNapoli joked as he took the stage to make his victory speech in front of a sparse crowd just after 1:30 a.m.

Not exact matches

England saw off Norway with a fairly average display in front of a sparse Wembley crowd thanks to a second half penalty struck confidently home by new Three Lions captain Wayne Rooney.

When the Kansas City Chiefs hosted the Los Angeles Raiders on Dec. 12, a sparse crowd of only 26,307 turned out, leaving 51,790 empty seats — 41,054 of them unsold.

Outside, the streets were crowded with children of all ages, standing around the sidewalk, doing somersaults on sparse patches of grass, sitting on front porches.

For instance, in the crowded heart of a galaxy, black holes may have more opportunities to pair up with nearby stars — and then slurp material from them, generating x rays in the process — than they do in sparser regions of the star group.

About a third of the already sparse crowd got up and left, never to return.

After last weekend's crowded slate of high - profile openers, the July 4 holiday weekend is comparatively sparse with new debuts, though audiences seeking Specialty respite from big titles The BFG, The Legend of Tarzan and The Purge: Election Year will have some options, at least on the coasts.

They researched the dimensions of the Mall, and estimated the crowd density (close packed in front of the big screens and sparser elsewhere).

Follow Josh's sparse tweets on Twitter or, alternatively, be sure to catch him in the crowd of the next big gaming event.

The younger crowd may be skittish about moving into the housing market due to sparse financial resources and lack of credit.