Not exact matches
Nike has built its success on celebrity and
athlete - endorsement deals, starting with running prodigy Steve Prefontaine
in 1973 and continuing with one of the most successful shoe marketers of all
time in Michael Jordan.
The predominant concept known as «interval training» used by top
athletes and Olympic medalists for decades can now help busy entrepreneurs and ordinary folk do a lot more
in less
time.
About Lewis Howes: Lewis is a business coach, keynote speaker,
athlete and investor, who was recognized by President Obama as one of the top 100 entrepreneurs
in the country under 30 and has been featured
in The New York
Times, People, Men's Health, The Today Show and other major media outlets.
The platform, called Teamworks, helps coaches stay on top of their teams by letting them update
athletes» individual calendars and message them
in real
time.
Cristiano Ronaldo topped Forbes» highest - paid
athletes list for a second
time in a row
in 2017, having taken
in an impressive $ 93 million
in salary and endorsements.
Elsewhere on the episode, host Charles Barkley delivered a monologue about
athletes getting political, Leslie Jones reported on her
time at the Winter Olympics, and Barkley starred
in a parody commercial about arming cockroaches with guns.
How Twitter applications work: Twitter allows anyone to create and sell software that incorporates, organizes, and rearranges tweets
in real
time — for instance, by collecting messages written by professional
athletes (an app called Twackle) or translating tweets into the language of the high seas (an app called Post Like a Pirate).
The polluted bay has raised concerns for years among
athletes and residents and the Rio government promised to have most of it cleaned
in time for the games.
The percentage of women coached by women has declined to an all -
time low, even while Title IX, which prohibits sex - based discrimination
in any education program or activity that receives federal dollars, has dramatically increased participation numbers for female
athletes.
Other
athletes have come out as part of the LGBTQ community after their Olympic careers, but this is first
time that American
athletes who are competing
in the winter games are openly gay.
Some of the names on here are mainstays — recognizable
athletes who have reigned supreme
in their sports over long periods of
time and aren't going anywhere.
Around that
time they happened to attend a practice session
in San Jose, where they met an Asian swimming coach who explained that she got her visa through a clause
in the immigration law that allowed
athletes, musicians, and actors who had «exceptional ability» to stay.
Playing collegiate soccer as a Division 1
athlete sparked my interest
in nutrition and fitness at a very important
time in my life.
A coach himself, Koenig's interest
in helping
athletes achieve their potential comes from being one: At one point, his
time in the 50 - meter sprint was the seventh - fastest
in Canada.
Six -
time Olympic medalist Aly Raisman is suing the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics, claiming both organizations failed to properly police a disgraced former national team doctor now
in prison for sexually abusing young
athletes.
According to the New York
Times, most of the
athletes to produce positive tests for the drug have not yet been identified publicly, as their cases are still
in the process of being adjudicated.
Serena Williams cemented her status as one of the greatest female
athletes of all
time in tennis by claiming four consecutive major titles from late 2014 through this summer.
The performance strategies that help elite
athletes power through tough
times can also help «treps persevere
in business.
Nike has built its success on celebrity and
athlete endorsement deals, starting with running prodigy Steve Prefontaine
in 1973 and continuing with one of the most successful shoe marketers of all
time in Michael Jordan, whom Nike signed to a five - year endorsement deal
in 1984 worth roughly $ 500,000 per year.
My company is
in the field of sports and technology, so all the
time I spend learning about leading tech companies, investing
in startups, and networking with other entrepreneurs, business leaders, celebrity
athletes, or investors brings value back to CoachUp.
If an
athlete wastes all of their energy
in warm ups, how
in the world will they have enough energy to perform at their very best when game
time comes around?
In that
time, he's gone from a one - man operation to overseeing a staff of three coaches, bringing the Amazing
Athletes program to 30 - plus schools and approximately 600 students every week.
The eight
athletes get more screen
time in eight breakout films.
The push includes giving out coupons for at least 10,000 Hershey's Gold bars through posts on Facebook and Twitter each
time a U.S.
athlete wins gold
in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied
in any forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes
in consumer discretionary spending; our eCommerce platform not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected
time - frame or at all; the streamlining of the Company's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected
time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest
in strategic transactions and the
timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult,
time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes
in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes
in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products
in our stores and on our website; changes
in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional
athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled company.
Just like an
athlete, a fit company finds ways to make its processes visible so that it can assess safety, velocity, and quality — and then align people around the commonly understood goals, to make the necessary adjustments,
in real
time, and move to a higher level of performance.
«We have done the
athlete family home stay programme for about 20 years starting
in Atlanta for the games there and this is the first
time that we have run out of homes,» he said.
Why do we spend so much
time bouncing around from job to job, organization to organization — all
in a desperate attempt to escape the very thing that makes these
athletes legendary?
Not remembered as the greatest 200m final
in Olympic memory (that accolade probably goes to Michael Johnson and his world record
time of 19.32 at the Atlanta Games or Usain Bolt at 2016 Rio Olympics), this moment would be remembered for the events after the race: three
athletes» protest against the violence, subjugation and oppression of racial injustice.
All those
times I didn't fit
in the boxes I was
in, whether it be school, girl, church, sorority,
athlete, etc..
A recent article
in the
Times details the injurious effects of an overly - focused single - sport athletic regimen when commenced too early: «The heightened pressure on child
athletes to be, essentially, adult
athletes has fostered an epidemic of hyperspecialization that is both dangerous and counterproductive.»
Billy Sims is a former professional
athlete celebrated for his
time spent with the Detroit Lions, even winning NFL's Rookie of the Year award
in 1980.
Mark Sisson, New York
Times bestselling author, media personality, ex-endurance
athlete (5th place USA Marathon Championship, 4th place Hawaii Ironman finish) founded Primal Kitchen
in 2015.
Consuming foods high
in antioxidant capacity has been
in the spotlight now for the last few years and the enthusiasm for tart cherry juice is hitting an all -
time high, thanks to proponents like Dr. Mehmet Oz, NCAA and professional
athletes, the running marathon community, the gluten - free movement and millions of health - conscious consumers to newly discover the juice.
If I wanted to be a disingenuous putz, I could pretend that comparison meant something (as if the bodies of a high schooler and a grown - ass professional
athlete wouldn't be markedly different), and I could point out that Jones sure had a noticeable dip
in production when he turned 32 and then suddenly got much better (as if that kind of variance doesn't happen
in baseball all the freaking
time).
Lead by Castro Valley jumper Nate Moore setting two national - best marks en route to defending gold
in both the long and triple jump, NorCal
athletes spent plenty of
time on the podium at Buchanan High
in Clovis.
High school
athletes who are
in - season must budget their
time extremely well.
If an
athlete get stronger and more powerful
in the weight room, they he or she have an easier
time maintaining optimal acceleration angels and balance, but only through building strength and power.
For most competitive
athletes, the
time and energy commitment needed to succeed
in their chosen sport is very intense and
time consuming.
Another recent former NorCal
athlete to have appeared on
Time's cover was Jeremy Lin of Palo Alto (the NBA basketball player)
in 2011.
My favorite
times to cover and write about high school sports will always be warm September nights for high school football, March evenings
in packed - to - the - rafters gyms for playoff basketball, and the final weeks of May and early June at events that honor
athletes I've covered throughout the year.
It's simple; if
athletes want to maximize their power and explosiveness, then they have to be able to generate the highest amount of strength
in the shortest period of
time.
Our philosophy is based on giving children a safe place to learn without the additional stress and
time commitment of competition allowing them to truly enjoy being an
athlete in a healthy, balanced way.
Nadine started the day by taking the 100m, 200m and 400m titles, but the moment of the match was her anchor leg
in the 4x400m relay, where she caught and overtook the Cambridge
athlete in the final metres of the last race of the day, bringing the match victory back to Oxford for the first
time in four years.
In one of the greatest no - brainer gimmicks of all
time, Corbin is an entitled jerk who thinks he's done it all and is the world's greatest
athlete.
igh school
athletes who are
in - season must budget their
time extremely well.
To get an idea of what a «typical» week might be for a student -
athlete facing a big weekend game, SI chronicled the comings and goings of Vaughn, a top player
in a top program, during the
time between Tuesday's Colorado game and last Saturday's showdown with Iowa State.
At a
time when a record two - fifths of Olympic
athletes are female, when women are competing
in every sport that men do except boxing and wrestling, when IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch declares that «the problem of [women's] participation has been solved,» the problem is
in fact unsolved.
It's that mystical state most
athletes are lucky to achieve a few
times in their careers.
Carlen's
athletes spend most of their
time in their dorm, which is as good a place as any, considering that Carlen is a tough disciplinarian and Morgantown, the site of the university, doesn't have a level street to walk on.