Sentences with word «slugfest»

Often, they'd devolve into slugfests with little to no ground game due to complex, unintuitive controls.

Whatever) of shape - changing robots, the Autobots and Decepticons, bring their battle to Earth in a live - action / CGI slugfest of epic proportions, Michael Bay style.

In a surprise move, State Senator Tony Avella announced this afternoon he will drop out of the Queens borough president's race, setting up a two - way slugfest between former Councilwoman Melinda Katz and Councilman Peter Vallone Jr..

Fights often have a tendency to turn into slugfests and eschew any of the nuance and tactics of a real MMA fight.

Coming off a typical slugfest against Pittsburgh, the Ravens have won three straight games.

The executive committee of 1199 / SEIU voted unanimously this past Tuesday to endorse Lancman in what is now a four - way Democratic slugfest for the newly - drawn Queens district, according to a labor source familiar with the decision.

Showtime Boxing: On June 28, 1991, the epic rematch between Mike Tyson and Donovan Ruddock went to distance in an 12 - round slugfest from bell to bell.

This time around, of course, the party leaders decided to let all the AG contenders onto the ballot, creating a five - way slugfest for the AG's office.

They took part in an absolute slugfest with Team AEPi SO on the softball diamond on and just couldn't match run for run..

The hard - R sequel provides room for growth that the context of a humdrum origin story could not bear and even the compulsory CGI slugfests feels more grounded in a legitimate sense of stakes and thereby infinitely more watchable.

It's not surprising that the Slaughter - Brooks race is going to be a major political slugfest of the year.

Pretournament ads for the Masters dubbed it «The Main Event,» and the Sorenstam - Webb slugfest more than lived up to the hype.

The second half started how the first half went, a defensive slugfest with the teams trading punts.

Showtime Boxing: Highlights from Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter's legendary 12 - round slugfest as Thurman retained his WBA Welterweight title on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING on CBS.

The modes of MLB Slugfest: Loaded include Quickplay, Franchise, Homerun Derby, and Xbox Live support.

The t - shirt slugfest Tee K.O. (3 - 8 players).

Most boxing games, especially older ones, take after the brief, action - packed slugfests of Rocky III, but Champions embraces the epic, go - the - distance style of the first Rocky.

They took part in what turned into a true slugfest with Team ATO 1 during Week 2 Softball..

Braimah Kamoko aka Bukom Banku has once again triumph over his biggest foe, Ayittey Powers, this time by technical knockout, at the Boxing Day slugfest dubbed #RevengeOrRepeat held at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.

The Champions League Round of 16 has been a brutal slugfest so far, and Paris Saint - Germain are certainly showing a few bruises after their humbling 3 - 1 loss to Real Madrid in the first leg.

At the center of the intrigue was a the bitter slugfest between Lazio, an ex-congressman best known for his bumbling Senate run a decade ago against then - First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Levy, the Suffolk County executive.

Here we have the definition of good TV: Reps. Anthony Weiner (D, Brooklyn / Queens) and Peter King (R, Long Island) continuing their verbal slugfest, which started on the floor of the House last night, over the Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.

In last week's interview with Liz, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he wasn't making an endorsement in the five - way Democratic slugfest to take on Rep. Nan Hayworth.

Castle Crashers fans should look there for info about the four - player slugfest, as well a...

With two - day shipping being offered to all Prime members too, you'll finally be able to engage in an all - out slugfest with your friends before the weekend.

By Declan Burke of Crime Always Pays The publishing industry is in a state of chassis, if I can misquote Sean O'Casey, the Amazon - Macmillan slugfest being the latest example of how the writer and the reader, inarguably the most important...

The new competitive multiplayer mode won't replace Smash Bros. or Guilty Gear as your go - to online slugfest, but going head - to - head with players in local and online melees is a fun distraction from the game's campaign.

Matches are usually also quick paced and short, so players won't have to slog through long slugfests if they are short on time.

Team Moccio's countered with 2 runs of their own in the bottom half and seemed like we were in - store for a fun slugfest — much like the Championship game a year ago.

gabriel is suited for slugfest game or with opponent who use physical strikers e.g against everton and chelsea, see how he takes care of costa and lukaku.

The iPad is still expected to maintain its dominance... [b] ut the Kindle tablet could start a new era... [in] a major slugfest between not just Amazon and Apple, but also with other big players like Samsung and Motorola.

After an ugly slugfest of a presidential election, a lot of people predicted that 2017 would be a rough year, but nobody anticipated just how terribly the year would go for United Airlines.

Among those folk, Martin deadpans, he found few who looked like they were accustomed to sipping Chablis at the Boston Pops, and fewer still who looked like they were headed for a Bruins slugfest to raise a little hell.

With all due respect to the unrelenting slugfest that is the Championship, the PL is actually more difficult because it is more punishing.

That will be an uptempo slugfest!

It may have been sloppy as far as striking technique goes but both of them went out and put on a ferociously paced slugfest.

The Badgers have looked great thus far, but three tricky road trips remain, not to mention a home slugfest versus Penn State and their underrated defense, and the inaugural Big Ten title game.

Senior Devin Moss leads a scrappy bunch, and demonstrated Rocklin's grit and clutch play with a sprinting full - court run for a buzzer - beating lay - up to defeat Roseville in a recent overtime slugfest.

In what amounted to a footballing slugfest, it seems only fair and right that the North London derby ended with both teams punching themselves to an exhilarating standstill.

The following recollection from Dave Hepp, a veteran Capitol watcher and former producer / reporter of the long - lost TV shot «Inside Albany,» struck me as particularly apropos, in light of the seven - way slugfest scheduled to take place at Hofstra tomorrow:

Her newfound online fame was almost certainly a result of the infamous primary battle she survived this summer on the way to victory in November, a four - way GOP slugfest marred by racial slurs, unproven allegations of infidelity and whispers about her religion.

He has to wear old man Seklos down with a knockout blow in mind, which is to marginalize him in the Senate, instead of letting him hang around «rope a doping» along in a slow measured Albany legislative slugfest.

NEW YORK CITY — Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's first debate quickly became a negative slugfest Friday.

The battle for the 37th Senate District, Cohen v. Latimer, has all the makings of a good old - fashioned slugfest.

That might be mitigated to some extent if the campaign turns into a Red / Blue slugfest.