Sentences with phrase «said league president»

«We are honored to present Keith King with the League's first - ever Lifetime Achievement Award for his life of service, leadership and creative social entrepreneurship,» said League President Ben Lindquist.

Or the season could be cut from 12 games per team to 10, said league president Steve Brown.

Not exact matches

At one point, if you asked Google whether President Barack Obama was planning a coup, the one - box reply quoted an article that said yes, he was in league with communists from China.

Club president Josep Maria Bartomeu has said Barcelona's board will have to consider the option of leaving the national league in the event of Catalonia's split from Spain.

Multimedia senior vice president Joe Inzerillo says the league is also seeing increased adoption of MLB.tv's «season pass,» which allows people to watch entire games online and costs $ 120 per year.

Starbucks said it would develop the curriculum for the training with guidance from experts including Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative; Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director - counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund; Heather McGhee, president of Demos; former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder; and Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League.

«Ferguson was an awakening for all of us to really take a hard look in the mirror, and try to turn what was a tragedy into a triumph,» said Michael McMillan, President and CEO of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, one of Starbucks key community partners in the initiative.

It's also in the south and would pull in talent from an area that's often overlooked by tech firms, said Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League, a civil rights organization.

«They're taking a very hard line in the sand of our Constitution» that has to be protected «at all costs,» said Julianna Crowder, a firearms instructor and founder and president of A Girl and Gun Women's Shooting League in Austin, Texas.

«What's at stake is the First Amendment right to religious liberty, and nothing goes to the heart of this civil liberty more than conscience rights,» said Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League.

Bill Donohue, the president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, said all the reaction has been overblown, especially by the mainstream media.

«To be recognized as a saint these days, it may cost upwards of $ 1 million,» said Steven Wolf, the lead volunteer and president of the Father Flanagan League Society of Devotion.

«We decided to counterpunch after a donor came forward seeking to challenge the anti-Christmas statement,» said Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, a New York - based Catholic advocacy group.

«These people are vicious is what they are,» says Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League.

Mr Kennett, who has just taken up the role of president of Hawthorn in the Australian Football League, said he is in for the long haul at Primary Opinion.

«We are extremely grateful for the support we receive through the Distiller's Showcase of Premium Spirits,» said Monica Zulauf, president & CEO of the Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire.

WHA President Gary Davidson said his league had no obligation not to sign a player before his 20th birthday.

«The Twins aren't moving — I'd say there's a 99.9 percent chance they'll stay,» says Mike Veeck, president of the St. Paul Saints, an independent minor league team that sells out all its games in a 6,329 - seat stadium 15 minutes from the Metrodome.

During a phone conversation last March with Ravens executive vice president Ozzie Newsome, Lewis said he wanted to lead the league in rushing, but Newsome advised him to slow down.

«There's nobody in the league with a better combination of size, speed and power,» says Tennessee Titans executive vice president Floyd Reese.

The organisation said that a May tournament would have been a solution to satisfy everyone and the French league president Frederic Thiriez said, «This is seriously damaging to the European leagues from a sporting and a financial point of view.

In fact, says NFL International vice president Gordon Smeaton, the Europe league may eventually become an all - German affair.

NBA executive vice president Stu Jackson said that the league has received reports that Sullinger is not likely to be draft in the Top 15.

«We are proud of WNBA players» engagement and passionate advocacy for non-violent solutions to difficult social issues, but expect them to comply with the league's uniform guidelines,» said WNBA President Lisa Borders in a statement.

«The stadium, not the city, is the major consideration,» says Bobby Bragan, president of the minor leagues.

Dan Gavitt, the body's senior vice president of basketball, said that the league is committed to assuring that their events are safe and accessible to everyone.

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«We are proud of WNBA players» engagement and passionate advocacy for non-violent solutions to difficult social issues, but expect them to comply with the league's uniform guidelines,» WNBA President Lisa Borders said in a statement at the time.

«I think it's a good thing because I think last two years we were on top of the league and we win Presidents» Trophy,» Ovechkin said.

Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy, a member of the competition committee, said that if the league does not make the kickoff play safer, «we're going to do away with it.

The CEO and president of Little League International even admits that this is widespread at the local level, and former MLB pitcher Mark Mulder was quoted in the same story as saying Jackie Robinson West specifically has been pulling this stunt since he was a kid in Little League.

But another storyline I found interesting was what, inside the letter that league executive vice president Troy Vincent wrote to the Patriots, was actually being said to the other 31 teams in the league.

League President, Javier Tebas, had already warned in an interview earlier this week that La Liga would not accept a payment to trigger the release clause, saying it was potentially in breach of the Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules set out by the European governing body, UEFA.

«The league strongly condemns the insulting comments regarding PSG made today by the president of LaLiga,» it said in a statement.

«But if I were to be contacted for the Italy job, I'd go to the Nantes president and ask to be released,» said the widely - travelled Ranieri, whose former clubs include Juventus, Napoli and Roma in Italy, Premier League giants Chelsea and Valencia and Atletico Madrid in Spain.

After Real Madrid's controversial penalty that saw Juventus knocked out of the Champions League, Giovanni Malago, president of the Italian National Olympic Committee, says he will speak to UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin about the introduction of VAR in Europe's biggest club competition.

An equally livid Juventus president Andrea Andrea Agnelli said VAR was desperately needed in the Champions League.

Cipriani, 28, who lives in Palatine, is president of the Northwest House Hockey League, which has 80 teams of youngsters ages 6 to 17 from numerous suburbs, said Tim Mueller of the Park District.

«It still hasn't started, and it should have started in April,» Yassim Ali, president of the Harvey Little League, said of the district's once - thriving baseball program.

«We were looking for women who had breast - fed so they could share their experience,» said Marian Tompson, a co-founder and La Leche League's president for 24 years.

«We have never been considered the park district of Lake County, offering land for organized (sports) leagues,» said forest board President Carol Calabresa (R - Libertyville).

In a criminal complaint, police said Davis was president of the Albert Gallatin Youth Football League when she took $ 24,102 from its bank account for personal use.

League President Jack Williams said it was a challenge to juggle schedules so 463 of the youngsters age 12 and under could play on four fields.

«We do understand legislators have concerns and questions about New York City's bill,» said Marcia Bystryn, the president of the New York League of Conservation Voters.

Brian DeMonte, vice president of the Cicero league, said he felt kind of guilty when Assemblyman Stirpe offered a half - million dollars.

Dare Thompson, President of the League of Women Voters of New York State, said: «Corruption in state politics has been accepted as the norm for way too long.

The evidence in favor of these approaches is overwhelming,» said Marcia Bystryn, President of the New York League of Conservation Voters.

Urban League President Brenda McDuffie said the comptroller's report was «filled with factual and -LSB-...]

«I'd like to congratulate Grand Slam Little League on their victory as well as Paulino's All - Stars for their participation in the tournament,» said Bronx Borough President Ruben Díaz Jr. «This year's championship game was a tremendous contest between two teams of great kids.

After an audit by the Erie County Comptroller's office bore out whistleblowers» claims of inflated billing and inadequate training, Urban League President Brenda McDuffie and her supporters say it's a political witch hunt.