Sentences with phrase «stars as rookie»

Luke Bracey stars as rookie FBI agent Johnny Utah, now a former motocross star with a hunch that professional thrill - seekers are behind a string of heists.

Bourque, a first - team All - Star as a rookie, is a player whose greatness is not that he is a 35 - year - old who looks 18, but that he was once an 18 - year - old who played like 35.

Mitchell already is a star as a rookie.

Not exact matches

But the Jazz had seen the destruction wrought by Anthony's trade demands as well as by the abrupt departures last summer of LeBron James and Chris Bosh and so, without public warning, Utah yielded its franchise star to the Nets for rookie Derrick Favors, point guard Devin Harris, two draft picks and $ 3 million.

Expected to be one of the top four picks in this Saturday's and Sunday's NFL draft, Ogden, who starred at left tackle for UCLA, is already being talked up as the league's next outstanding offensive lineman, a player with even more potential than last year's rookie wonder, the Jacksonville Jaguars» Tony Boselli, who went second in the draft.

Joel Embiid is probably a top 10 player right now, Simmons has nearly averaged a triple double since the all star break as a rookie point guard and you have not fans, but actual basketball insiders comparing him to Lebron james and Magic Johnson.

There are NO other teams in the league that have accomplished anything close to what the Sixers did this year who had their best players be a rookie and a 2nd year player, some of the teams that Philly is most often compared to in regards to young talent are Minnesota (they won less games than Philly, Wiggins sucks, and they were buoyed by Jimmy Butler as a veteran star) and the Lakers (most people don't view anybody on the Lakers on the same level as Embiid or Simmons and they only won 35 games this year).

At the end of the year he was voted the Golden Glove as the best defensive catcher in the league (the first rookie to win it) and made the player - selected Sporting News national all - star team.

Vancouver Canucks forward Zack Kassian is listed as 6» 3 ″ 205, while Dallas Stars rookie forward Antoine Roussel is listed as 5» 11»...

Clifford was also impressed by Stephenson's development as a player from raw rookie to near - All - Star, and for his unselfish style of play.

Some housekeeping, first: Cody Bellinger isn't on the ballot, and even though he's having the kind of season that would make him a contender on the Only Correct All - Star Ballot ™, even as a rookie, he's not going to be mentioned here.

But it might be best to put the biggest star of the event with a rookie, such as Stephen Gallacher or Jamie Donaldson, taking the spotlight and some of the pressure off those first - timers early in the Cup.

And when he took off as a rookie, he endured the legendary freeze - out in the All - Star Game by veterans.

Not only was he one of the last two - sport stars, he went No. 2 in the NFL Draft and proved his home state's NFL team right by winning Rookie of the Year and eventually amassing 100 sacks as a pro.

Clay starred at Oregon and is a rookie with the NFL's Miami Dolphins, Amanam is a fifth - year defensive back at Stanford and Defensive MVP of the Rose Bowl, and Danser, also at Stanford, is on the watch list for the Outland Trophy as college football's top interior lineman.

# 41 Luke Petitgout GEORGETOWN All - America lineman at Sussex Central High; starred at Notre Dame; off - and - on starter at guard as Giants rookie in 1999.

The return on the investment of coaching time and coaching energy into a potential star is exactly the same as paying rookies big signing bonuses — things may not work out as you hope, but the reward is well worth the risk.

After March 28, the Simmons - led 76ers had a 16.7 net rating with their rookie as the lone star, a mark that would have led the NBA by a full - court heave.

In the past ten years, I've moved from rookie status to all - star status, and even though it still feels hard sometimes, and the lack of «right answers» is frustrating, it is also my dream - come - true to raise these two children and watch as it becomes increasingly clearer that they will develop into adults who don't think only of themselves, don't need calculators to figure out tips, and can get lost in a good book.

Jose Alberto Pujols Alacantara, or Albert Pujols as he is known in the baseball world, won the National League Rookie of the Year award in 2001, and has been elected as an All - Star nine times.

Notable Season 1 guest stars include George Takei («Star Trek»), playing himself in a Comic - Con - based episode; Kurtwood Smith («That»70s Show»), as Lassiter's former boss with a faltering memory; and Academy Award winner Mercedes Ruehl, as a rookie trainee who finally passed the police - force entrance exam at an advanced age.

The Phenom is also available for streaming on the site, where he stars as a Major League baseball rookie opposite Ethan Hawke and Paul Giamatti.

From the producers of «The Rookie», this inspiring sports movie will star Mark Wahlberg as a Philadelphia Eagles fan who has just lost his wife and his teaching job.

The project, which was put into development in August by CBS, is set 15 years after the original, which starred Denzel Washington as a corrupt LAPD detective and Ethan Hawke as a rookie being evaluated on his first day as a narcotics officer.

Wind River stars Jeremy Renner as a tracker and Elizabeth Olsen as a rookie FBI agent pursuing a murderer on Wyoming's Wind River Indian Reservation.

Marking Sicario scribe Taylor Sheridan's directorial debut, the thriller stars Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen as a game trapper and rookie FBI agent, respectively.

Antoine Fuqua and David Ayer's Oscar - winning thriller stars Denzel Washington as a rogue detective who take a rookie (Ethan Hawke) under his wing for a 24 - hour crash course in LA policing.

James McAvoy stars as a man with 23 different personalities who abducts three teenage girls, one of them being The Witch «s breakout rookie Anya Taylor - Joy.

Denzel Washington stars as Frank, an older guy in the train business who's been recently partnered with Will (Chris Pine), a rookie with the right last name to get ahead.

But I really shouldn't bury the lede: if you are going to catch The Infiltrator (and here, your Cranston fandom and / or your interest in drug war films not starring Emily Blunt will surely factor in), you should know that you get to see Diane Kruger rock some serious fashion while nailing the tricky role of a smart and rookie undercover agent playing Bob's arm candy fiancée, you get to witness Olympia Dukakis chew scenery as Mazur's Aunt Vicki, who's not as clean - cut as her nephew, and you get to watch Amy Ryan... well, sadly not all the women could get choice roles here, now could they?

Dubbed as the most expensive war movie ever made, filming is halted only five days into production due to a skyrocketing budget and a cast of prima donnas that include A-list action star Tugg Speedman (Stiller), Australian method actor Kirk Lazarus (Downey Jr.), drug - addicted comedy star Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), rapper - turned - actor Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson), and rookie actor Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel).

Sandra Bullock delivers one of the best performances of her career as the rookie astronaut caught up in a seemingly impossible situation, but the real star of «Gravity» is Cuarón himself, and he deserves every bit of praise for creating what can only be described as pure movie magic.

With four A * stars (for quality of work, peer support, partner approachability and work / life balance) and five As (for training, perks, office, social life and chances of secondment abroad), rookies who work here are clearly in good spirits.

Before long he was the brokerage's rookie of the year, and is described by broker / owner Ross Webley as «a shining star.»