Sentences with phrase «who turned pro»

«I think every African - American has been inspired by them,» says Jenkins, who turned pro last April.

Rankin, now a commentator for ABC golf telecasts, was a golf prodigy from St. Louis who turned pro at 17.

Not exact matches

If so, they could turn into the Browns of the post — World War II era, who won seven pro titles in 10 years.

Bell, who has visited Huston in Los Angeles and seen the bright side of professional skateboarding, would welcome the chance to turn pro, but takes the skater's c’est la vie attitude.

Ifound Rick Reilly's advice to athletes who are about to turn pro right on the mark (THE LIFE OF REILLY, May 25).

In this unlikely group Dallas found the wide receiver it wanted, free agent Drew Pearson, who turned out to be everybody's All - Pro.

We literally have 4 guys on the team who are 30 or over and should be major contributors next year (Norman, Scandrick, Davis and Nsekhe) Then only 3 other guys who will turn 30 this year (McPhee, RyKer, and TW) two of which were pro Bowlers last year, so you don't get rid of those guys.

And everyone on the list has had a title shot except for Derev who just turned pro (and his early fights were at super middle anyways) and Jermall, who left 154 in late 2016 and since has had only one fight against a guy wit a broken leg.

But cute won't beat Haugen, a nasty brawler who had more than 300 fights as an amateur before turning pro in 1982.

Cameron Oliver, a former three - star prospect from Sacramento who initially signed with Oregon State, earned Mountain West freshman of the year honors in Musselman's first season at Nevada and rated out as one of the league's top defenders last season before turning pro.

Kyle: I'm all absolutely all in on Niemann, who I think makes a name for himself this weekend, that leads to him getting sponsor - exemption driven starts after he turns pro in the coming weeks, and ends up with him having a PGA Tour card by the end of the year.

If he's successful, and this appears to be a viable path for players who want to turn pro out of high school, this could be a positive development for the NBA — which doesn't want to change the age limit, but does want talent in the G League — and for college basketball.

One useful comparison could be another undersized Pac - 12 lineman who turned into a Pro Bowl NFL linebacker: Arizona's Tedy Bruschi.

A pro who, instead of turning into a flaming ball of rage after a minute of trying to get the damn thing in can remain calm, cool and collected.

The patients came to Silver from Dr. Robert Taub, a then - Columbia University physician, who in turn received $ 500,000 in state research grants at Silver's direction in a quid pro quo scheme, according to the federal indictment.

Family loyalty angle But legal and political experts alike expect the Skelos lawyers to try to turn the family narrative to their advantage, recasting the ugly allegations as a more sympathetic story of parental love for a child who needed help that may resonate, and arguing that any quid pro quos were imagined by people who wanted to curry favor with the GOP leader.

He is a former pro athlete turned lifestyle entrepreneur who went from sleeping on his sister's couch, to running a seven figure business, in a couple of years.

People who want their profiles to stand out and grab attention are turning to pro photographers specialising in dating photography to help them out.

it's hilarious at best how they try to justify it as do the males who say they don't want to see a pro but turn the sugar baby into a low paid pro at that LOL.....

I find it amusing that «sds» who claim to have a life's purpose in keeping escorts away from being sugar babies are the first ones to lay out how they see a sb's allowance as a per meet, per week, then pro rated per hour «allowance» to build a strawman argument from made up numbers in the first place all in order to discredit women who say they turned down a lower allowance.

Scott stars as Gary Houseman, a tennis pro turned high school janitor who reluctantly agrees to help coach his school's ragtag tennis team - with the bulk of the proceedings devoted to his efforts at whipping his pathetically incompetent players into champions.

Mulligan, on her strongest form since her Oscar - nominated turn in 2009's An Education, plays Laura, a seemingly chipper housewife in rural Montana who dotes over her 14 - year - old son, Joe (Ed Oxenbould), patiently tends to her embittered former sports pro and now ostensibly unemployable husband Gerry (Jake Gyllenhaal, also peerless), and greets every new family trauma with a kindly...

The film surrounds its heroine with a vibrant ensemble: her warmly supportive but depressed father (playwright - turned - prolific - supporting - player Tracy Letts), the school's reasonably understanding head nun (veteran character actor Lois Smith, who's having a good year), the highly emotional drama instructor (fellow stage pro Stephen Henderson).

He comes up with the idea to challenge a top female pro and goes after King, who thinks the whole thing is a joke and turns him down.

As thoughts begin to turn to the forthcoming Six Nations, Joe Schmidt will be particularly heartened by the ominous form of Leinster, who've begun to dominate in the Pro 12 and Europe once again.

GM says that a pro driver will turn the fastest laps with everything off, but a driver who's merely really good will be fastest in track mode.

If and when you find yourself in a similar situation, you're going to have to weigh the pros and cons of taking the offer... or holding out for someone else who might turn out to be «The Best Book Agent for You» that you were originally hoping for.

But think twice before turning your back on these amateurs who function like pros.

Now, let me turn it over to these «pros» who've lost millions investing.

You can get a seasoned PLI pro who has been down that road before and knows the right, and wrong, turns.

Clients who don't meet the bar are turning to private lenders, mortgage investment corporations (MICs) and credit unions, which are provincially regulated and not required to implement the stress test, said Carmen Campagnaro, president of Pro Funds Mortgages in Burlington, Ont.

«So I took her to a holistic vet, who turned me on to literature from veterinarians around the world who were pro raw feeding.»

We now have 2 goldendoodles who just turned 1 year old — and they have been on Pro Plan Focus for puppy since we got them.

Here at Global Pet Expo, Pet Store Pro is debuting two new courses to help everyone who works for you learn how to turn pet parents into loyal customers.

Just a little pro tip to players who are having trouble funding Ether Crystals for Poppi; in her customization menu where you create new parts, you can press Y to turn unused parts into Ether Crystals.

Emilia is a former pro cheerleader who turned to a life of crime and badassery.

You should be ashamed at almost driving away someone with such great ability who turned up to help pro bono.

On Oct. 5, 2015, Superior Court Judge Raymond M. Cadei in Sacramento, Calif., entered the stipulated judgment against Bluford in favor of the married plaintiffs who turned to Bluford and another company of his, California Legal Pros, for help evicting a tenant from a home they owned in Discovery Bay, Calif., only to be defrauded out of more than half a million dollars.

-LSB-...] Even those living in poverty, who are eligible for civil legal aid, often are unable to obtain assistance: the Legal Services Corporation estimated that in 2009, half of those seeking assistance from LSC - funded services were turned away -LSB-...] As for pro bono work: American lawyers average about 30 hours of pro bono work per year.

I almost can't imagine that when you think about all of the people annually, who are served by the Legal Services Corporation and then all of the people, who are turned away but yet because the Legal Services Corporation affiliates are there throughout the country, they're almost a triage or emergency room where they help coordinate so much pro bono service around the country.

After an initial interview by SLS staff, the client is referred to the SLS Pro Bono Unit who in turn attempts to place the case.

Lenovo has been building convertible laptops with head - turning looks for nearly a decade, which is long enough to convince people who think that the only sleek laptop worth buying is a MacBook or MacBook Pro to change their minds.

Those who don't understand how noise - canceling circuits work may be surprised to learn that the BackBeat Pro sound considerably different with the ANC turned on — if there is no real noise to cancel, that is.

Who would have suspected that turning your tablet into a Lego accessory could be so useful - check out this incredible Lego Surface Pro 3 mod.

Previously, noted KGI Securities analyst Ming - Chi Kuo, who has also made accurate predictions about Apple products in the past, has turned his attention to the rumored monster iPad Pro.

So says one certified public accountant turned real estate pro who thinks you can make your profession work for you now and in retirement.