Sentences with phrase «years as a sports»

Furthermore, the number of sports icons and dramatic moments provided by the Summer Olympics during my most formative years as sports fan were seemingly off the charts.

I was there for three years as the sports director, went to San Antonio and did news for one year.

Throughout my years as a sports nutritionist the focus on nutrition has grown.

Before teaching at Emory she spent 10 years as a sports massage therapist in private practice specializing in injury treatment and prevention for recreational and professional athletes.

I spent a few hours in the 2018 Nissan 370Z Heritage Edition, which celebrates the Z's 50 years as a sports car icon.

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As for Nike, it and many of its peers took a hit from last year's bankruptcies Sports Authority and City Sports.

The US$ 80 million the club will now rake in every year as a result instantly put it on equal ground with deep - pocketed powerhouses like the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, both of which have their own sports networks.

Bernie Ecclestone's 40 - year reign as Formula One's commercial supremo has ended with the sport's new owners Liberty Media replacing the 86 - year - old Briton with American Chase Carey.

Hourly and half - hourly news bulletins, combined with programs on a host of topics, from sports to culture and cookery to comedy, mean that the radio is arguably still as relevant today as it was in the years before podcasts, the web and streaming.

Earlier this summer, Nike reached a deal worth $ 169 million over 11 years to replace Adidas as the official sponsor for the University of Michigan's sports teams.

That will open up an even broader access point for NextVR as it livestreams entertainment and sports events this year to owners of Carboard, Samsung (ssnlf) Gear VR, Facebook's (fb) Oculus Rift, HTC (htc) Vive, Sony (sne) PlayStation VR, and other devices.

CytoSport's innovative pipeline in recent years has been powered by Hormel Foods (hrl), which paid $ 450 million to acquire the sports - nutrition maker back in 2014 in a deal intended to help the company reach younger consumers as well as those interested in adding more protein to their diets.

However, some events are larger, such as the Vans Warped Tour, a traveling music and extreme - sports festival for which the company exclusively handled the tickets for five stops this year.

In July, Foursquare found that mid-market gyms like 24 Hour Fitness, Snap Fitness, and New York Sports Club lost 5 % of their gym visit share in the past year, as boutique fitness visits grew.

Vigorate — which has revenues in the $ 4 to 8 million range and ranked 255th on the 2013 PROFIT 500 — opened a Chicago sales office a few years ago to make further inroads with professional sports teams in the U.S. And in 2012, it set up a similar sales hub in Barcelona, reckoning, as Grieve explains, that the sprawling European soccer industry would also be receptive to the sort of digital marketing the company provides to North American leagues.

«Over my six years in finance, I learned to approach my career as an individual sport, where I was judged by the size of my bonus and how quickly I was promoted.

LANSING, Mich. (AP)-- Sports doctor Larry Nassar is on his way to prison for the rest of his life for molesting scores of young female athletes, but the scandal is far from over at Michigan State University as victims, lawmakers and a judge demand to know why he wasn't stopped years ago.

Many sports fans saw this year's rise of Leicester City as the soccer equivalent of the fictional Bad News Bears, although in the movies, the lovable losers didn't win the championship.

Eon Sports VR CEO and co-founder Brendan Reilly expects to add two NFL teams as customers before the 2015 season kicks off this year.

DraftKings is already looking to expand into other sports, with tennis, rugby and cricket on Liberman's radar, especially as it prepares for a larger international push over the next two years.

The FSTA is also disappointed that the New York Attorney General has chosen the path of hurried litigation after years of watching daily fantasy sports thrive and entertain in New York rather than pursuing the path of common sense regulation or legislation as Massachusetts, Illinois and Florida have done.

But beyond growing her family, the news could also potentially lead to important changes in her sport and others, as KPMG, one of Lewis» sponsors, has agreed to pay Lewis» contract out in full for the year, despite the fact that she'll be missing a good portion of the 2018 season while on maternity leave.

Philosopher Robert Nozick famously raised this question of sports figures» salaries over 30 years ago as a way of investigating fundamental questions of justice.

Gross margins for the third quarter fell to 47.5 percent from 48.8 percent last year, as it had to resort to increased promotions to sell products that would usually have been sold at Sports Authority.

Alevtyna (Alya) Titarenko was just 17 years old when she won the 1995 title of world champion in sport acrobatics for the Ukraine as half of a women's pairs team.

Cabinet reports reveal increased spending on sports every year while satellite imagery and state media show construction of new facilities as well as renovation of old gymnasiums and skate parks, according to Curtis Melvin, researcher at Johns Hopkins University's U.S. - Korea Institute.

The burly entrepreneur continued to play professional football with the Calgary Stampeders even as he ran the store, but eventually gave up professional sports to focus on his business full - time two years later.

As a 15 - year - old in Glendora, California, he decided to become a sports writer after failing to make the baseball team.

«When we founded ESL 15 years ago, our goal was to bring eSports to fans all around the world and establish it as a global sport,» Reichert says.

The son convinced his 68 - year - old mother to take the couple's sports cars, boats and planes as part of her $ 7 - million - plus settlement for his own enjoyment.

He was fired last year as president of Independent Sports & Entertainment's basketball division, but remained close with the clients he'd worked with for many years.

That victory was the culmination of a controversial, years - long rebuilding strategy that Sports Illustrated presciently wrote about in 2014, even going so far as to put a prediction that the Astros would win the pennant in 2017 on the magazine's cover.

The company, majority owned by Walt Disney Co., has lost 3.2 million subscribers in a little over a year, according to Nielsen data, as people have «cut the cord» by dropping their cable - TV subscriptions or downgraded to cheaper, slimmed - down TV packages devoid of expensive sports channels like ESPN.

«When we launched in July 2017, we set out to sign a new college athletics client to an annual subscription (which is priced per team sport) in each month of our first year as a business,» says Cavale.

For a $ 150 full - year subscription, users get access to all content across every vertical, as well as archived footage, training videos, and documentary videos created to highlight specific athletes and sports featured on the service.

Cable sports giant ESPN's struggles in recent years have been well - documented, with the Walt Disney - owned network shedding more than 12 million subscribers in the past six years as the number of cord - cutters has ticked upwards and cable providers have started offering slimmer bundles that don't always include ESPN.

In addition, the study states that in markets where Super Bowl viewing is higher in a given year, Budweiser sales increased during subsequent big sporting events such as the NCAA's «March Madness» and MLB and NBA matchups.

Adidas last year overtook Nike's Jordan as the No. 2 brand in U.S. sports footwear, behind the U.S. company's flagship label, according to NPD analyst Matt Powell.

These healthcare brands will have the effect of soothing out the inevitable fluctuations that occur on the pharmaceutical side, though right now, Glaxo's portfolio is boasting robust growth from small - scale HIV drugs Triumeq and Trivicay (which, as the CEO noted in the last annual report, sport year - over-year sales growth of 41 % and 43 %, respectively).

The company is home to growing media platforms and extensions, including digital video, OTT, television, licensing, international markets, paid products and services and celebrated live events, such as the TIME 100, FORTUNE Most Powerful Women, PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED's Sportsperson of the Year, the ESSENCE Festival and the FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen.

It means, he hopes, that the big free - to - air networks will be enticed to take a package of NBL games along with the rights to telecast what will be the biggest basketball matches in Australia for years, between the Boomers led by international names such as Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons and fellow National Basketball Association players such as Patty Mills and Joe Ingles against a US team that could include the biggest names in the sport.

With U.S. consumer discretionary companies outperforming year - to - date, this sector may be vulnerable if sales do not start to accelerate, particularly as the sector sports the second highest valuation of any of the 10 economic sectors.

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Long - term: Over Skipper's five - year run, ESPN laid out billions of dollars for sports rights for leagues like the NBA, in an effort to solidify its status as the dominant sports network — and to freeze out would - be challenges from Rupert Murdoch's Fox and Comcast's NBC.

The latest issue of Sports Illustrated has on the cover Houston Astro Jose Altuve and the Houston Texans» J. J. Watt as Sportspersons of the Year.

She has over 20 years of management experience including owning and operating her own business as well as being the Executive Director for a number provincial sports association.

As part of the deal, Mercedes owner Daimler will take a stake of up to 5 percent in the 100 - year - old maker of the DB9 and Vanquish sports cars.

According to one news report, he was married for 30 years, had two adult children, was active in his community, including as a youth sports coach, and had lots of friends — not unlike many of the other commuters in their smaller vehicles.

On Tuesday, the sports apparel company reported a narrower - than - expected second - quarter loss, but shares fell as the company trimmed its sales forecast for the year.

Keith McMillan, after spending nearly 10 years as an editor in Sports with The Post, is a deputy editor on the General Assignment desk.