Sentences with phrase «than his former teammate»

Cooley, now a media fixture in Washington, says he has worked with few people better versed in sports than his former teammate.

Armstrong is slightly older than Gauld, but has far more senior experience in the Scottish top flight than his former teammate did when making the big move, with his performances for the Terras in the SPL having attracted the attention of Ronny Deila's league leaders Celtic, who are also believed to be interested in signing Armstrong.

It's a fair argument to suggest that he would cost more than his former teammate as ultimately he's scoring goals for fun and is still providing for others.

It's likely the former, given MLB.com is also hearing that interest in Robertson has been overblown, but if the Yankees aren't interested in bringing in Robertson and they don't want to move top prospects for Quintana — who is under contract for four years, one more than former teammate and already traded starter Chris Sale — then New York isn't likely to get him, either.

Not exact matches

Atlanta can only hope that newly arrived five - time Pro Bowl linebacker Cornelius Bennett performs better than his former Bills teammate Darryl Talley did for the Falcons in» 95.

He bought theMLB Extra Innings package so he can check in on former college teammates KurtSuzuki, a catcher for the A's, and Ricky Romero, a pitcher for the Blue Jays.Wilhite's big league friends, specifically Suzuki, have raised more than $ 61,000 to help cover his medical bills and rehabilitation costs.

The winger flew back to Barcelona less than 24 hours after the game against the Baggies to say goodbye to his former teammates and coaching staff at the Camp Nou and he spoke to the Spanish media to clarify his decision to seek a new challenge elsewhere:

But after speaking to former teammate Willian — who left the Ukrainian club in 2013, and joined Chelsea after a brief spell in Russia with Anzhi — Costa wants a move to Stamford Bridge, rather than the Nou Camp.

This is an accusation that has been levelled at the Dutch winger in the past, with the former Chelsea regularly opting to cut inside and shoot rather than pass to a teammate or send in a cross for a centre - forward to meet.

(The former Arsenal skipper found a teammate with more passes than any other Premier League footballer.)

Oscar completed his # 60m move to Shanghai SIPG earlier this month, as reported by Sky Sports, and according to The Sunday Times, former teammate Diego Costa could be joining him in China sooner rather than later with Chelsea putting a # 130m price - tag on him.

Johnson on the other hand was plucked from the Championship by Manchester City aged at 22, three years earlier than his former Boro teammate.

The Polish former Celtic goalkeeper has enjoyed a reasonably successful spell with the Saints, despite an early incident that saw him fall foul of the club's supporters, although his departure would be felt less keenly than those of his teammates.

That was by far the longest of the wide receivers, longer than former Auburn offensive tackle Greg Robinson's and longer than his college teammate Jake Matthews» arms.

But rather than debating the looks, spend a couple minutes listening to this speech from Jags linebacker Telvin Smith about his former teammate Paul Posluszny.

According to our information this is more than an idea, Juventus has approached him and it appears that his former teammate Morata also spoke to him about coming to Turin.

His former Spurs teammate and close friend Danny Rose is just one month younger than Walker and they played against one another during their school days in Yorkshire.

Back in February it was revealed that Oscar had turned down the chance to move to Jiangsu Suning — the same Chinese Super League club who signed former Chelsea teammate Ramires for more than # 20m in January — in a deal worth # 57m, but the player's reluctance to move has not deterred Shanghai SIPG this time around.

This is why superstar ballplayers, for whom fluid mastery came more naturally, frequently are less effective as coaches or instructors than are less - gifted former teammates who had to master their craft much more deliberately and haltingly.