Sentences with phrase «pro career in»

A reporter had managed to track down a baseball pitcher, Jack Barbier of Schenectady, who beaned Cuomo during a game in Cordele, Ga., ending Cuomo's budding pro career in 1952.

The odds are stacked against him — a tiny fraction of academy footballers even have a pro career in the first place, let alone a Premier League career, and unlike most of them, there's only one position a goalkeeper can play in — but on a purely superficial level it's just as pointless writing him off as it is predicting stardom.

First - year United coach Peter Nowak, a former Chicago Fire star who began his pro career in Poland at age 15, seems ideally cast for overseeing Adu's development.

The 5» 9 former point guard excelled at the College of the Ozarks before a pro career in Iceland and Lithuania.

But after stardom struck, she pursued a pro career in thenascent sport.

Not exact matches

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning will announce his retirement from the NFL at a news conference in Denver on Monday, bringing an end to a career that will surely land him in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, ESPN and nfl.com reported on Sunday.

Dallas native Jessie Armstead had a decade - long career in the NFL as a linebacker and played in five Pro Bowl all - star games.

Quick meets a young man who attributes his recovery from an opioid addiction in part to Buffett's principles of ethics and integrity, and profiles NFL superstar Ndamukong Suh, who has been mentored by Buffett as he pursues business interests he hopes will carry him beyond his pro football career.

Each loan forgiveness program requires years of on - time payments before loan balances are forgiven, so it is important for borrowers to weigh the pros and cons of career decisions in advance.

In July, Luhn told Gabriel Sherman of New York magazine that Ailes «psychologically tortured» her for 20 years after she accepted his quid pro quo offer: career opportunities in exchange for sexual favorIn July, Luhn told Gabriel Sherman of New York magazine that Ailes «psychologically tortured» her for 20 years after she accepted his quid pro quo offer: career opportunities in exchange for sexual favorin exchange for sexual favors.

The career arc in investing is much closer to sports reporters than to pro athletes.

There are pros and cons to attending an online Bible College, but in my opinion, it is the best way to get Bible college and seminary education for someone who already has a family or a career.

Earlier in his journey, while he was still figuring out his role with the Tampa Bay Rays, Zobrist's pro career was in question.

The Pro Carton Young Designers Award celebrates innovation and excellence in packaging design, providing young talent with professional recognition and an industry networking platform to help kick - start promising careers.

Cam Newton could make his pro debut in the same stadium in which he closed out his college career with a BCS title game win.

He has never played in sub-45-degree weather in college or the pros, so this could potentially be coldest game of his career.

Former BYU defensive lineman Budd Orr is suing the school, alleging that a «win at any cost» attitude fostered in Edwards's program resulted in a back injury that snuffed out Orr's chance of a pro career and disables him still.

He turned pro in 2004, but a herniated disk jeopardized his career.

Seven years after beginning his pro career, he's a regular in the Rockets» rotation, using a Brylcreem - slick spot - up J to score 7.7 points per game through Sunday.

I think of my father and how he gave up what might have been a great career in pro hockey to raise a family.

And Johnson responded with the best quarter of his pro career: 90 yards on 14 carries, including a 30 - yard sweep around left end in which he waited for his blocking and then cut back against the pursuit.

Since turning pro in 2007, Castro has yet to pick up a PGA Tour win after a four - time All - America college career at Georgia Tech.

Johnson has parlayed his explosive speed into a successful NFL career, earning three trips to the Pro Bowl and racking up 9,537 career yards, including 2,006 yards in 2009.

Colquitt was named to the AFC's Pro Bowl roster in 2012, marking the first time in his career that he's earned Pro Bowl honors.

The contract begins in the 2017 - 18 season... 2016 - 17: Turned pro after completing a four - year career at the University of Minnesota - Duluth... Signed an ATO with Iowa on Apr. 13, 2017 - playing in three games.

In a prior era of Rickie's career, fellow pros, media, and fans would ding (even mock sometimes) him for what they felt was overexposure and an off - the - course profile not commensurate with his on - course resume.

Berry was voted into the Pro Bowl for the fourth time in his career last week, but for those out there that see the Pro Bowl as a popularity contest or a name - recognition game (which it is, sometimes), I know we both think it's pretty important to point out that Berry's performance this season definitely makes him deserving of the honor — it's no sympathy vote based on his story.

Last season, before the Buccaneers played the Cowboys, Bucs defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, who would make the Pro Bowl for the first of what will be many times in his career, went to the head coach and asked that they stop calling so many stunts and blitzes and just let the defensive line rush straight for most of the game.

Fridge did play a lot more defense than he'd been accustomed to, however, even getting the first sack of his pro career when he nailed Viking quarterback Tommy Kramer in the first quarter.

He went 10 - 6 with a 4.95 ERA in 27 starts — the only time in his pro career that he finished a full season with a winning record — and led the Pacific Coast League with 157 strikeouts.

A bum shoulder has prevented the No. 1 pick from returning to form after leading the Colts to the AFC title game in 2014, putting his future in doubt after starting his career with three straight Pro Bowl appearances.

«I went out there and put a smile on my face like everything was alright,» Marcus says today of his pro football career, which ended last fall short of his ever getting to play a single down in the NFL.

# 34 Deron Cherry PALMYRA Chiefs free safety from 1981 to»91 had 50 career interceptions and played in six Pro Bowls.

# 17 Maxie Baughan BESSEMER All - America center at Georgia Tech in 1959; went to Pro Bowl as a linebacker nine times in 12 - year NFL career.

Angell traces two years in the career of a 27 - year - old pitcher, once a promising pro prospect, who's giving baseball one more chance to discover him after an eight - year layoff.

McAfee is not only a Pro Bowler but a first - team All Pro selection for the first time in his career.

The correlation between your marginal efficiency in college and the first four years of your pro career is about 0.29, while the correlation between your college career and your first pro season is about 0.32.

His career as a kickboxer aside, he started doing MMA in 1999 and he racked up 20 pro fights in less than 4 years... this fight vs Curtis would be his 61st fight... like 3 times as e.g. Stipe... why not call it a career though?

So it'd make sense for Denver — the same team that signed Peyton Manning to a five - year, $ 96 million deal in Elway's second season as GM — to want to sign Cousins, a quarterback who has a career passer rating of 93.7 and a Pro Bowl under his belt in three seasons as Washington's starter.

This year's crop of Big Swing candidates includes a coach who is almost certainly not going anywhere, a coach who spent the last 19 years of his coaching career (which ended four years ago, by the way) in the pros, a coach who leaves every job either hated or in unceremonious fashion, and a coach who knowingly played ineligible players for an entire season and lied about it to the NCAA and must sit out part of his next season as a head coach.

At 27 Lewis hardly blinks when he glances around the Ravens» training - camp locker room and sees rookies and career backups dressing in stalls once occupied by charismatic Pro Bowl players.

The 13 - year NBA pro has spent his entire career in Miami.

He had the sort of pro basketball career so many top - flight college players without great size have had, in that it was well outside the NBA spotlight.

Marcus Mariota has played just two games in temperatures below freezing during his college and pro career.

Whether they are completing degrees or pursuing coaching opportunities, these guys seem to understand that a career in pro sports doesn't last forever, and that without something to fall back on, there is little chance for prolonged success beyond the court.

Consider: Jan Stenerud, the only pure kicker in the Hall of Fame, made more than two 50 - yarders in only one of his 19 pro seasons, and his career conversion rate from 50 and beyond was just 26.6 %.

Professional teams own under 23 teams all the way down to under 8s teams, so you essentially have collegiate level sports but the players are being paid and can train with the best in the world, always working towards a pro career.

If he remains healthy, Kolb will likely put together a solid 2013 campaign, but there's nothing to suggest that he'll blossom into a Pro Bowl - quality quarterback at this point in his career.

One of his closest friends, filmmaker Richard Rubinstein, says Abdul - Jabbar is more approachable today than he was early on in his pro career.

The 6» 9» forward called his chances of playing against the Grizzlies on Saturday, «very low,» which likely puts second - year pro Jimmy Butler in the starting lineup for the first time in his career.