Sentence examples for former franchise from inspiring English sources

Multiple teams have lost current or former franchise players through retirement, free agency and health issues.

Not that he wants fans to dredge up dirt about his turbulent relationship with his former franchise, either.

"The current process is geared to selecting the highest risk bid and needs to be independently audited to prevent a repeat of former franchise failures".

And it came against Bledsoe, the Patriots' former franchise player, who was facing New England for the first time since being traded to the Bills in April.

These games, pitting the Knicks against their former franchise player, Patrick Ewing, used to hold an allure that overshadowed the average game.

Though the Knicks do not appear to be better without their former franchise center, they are contenders for the Eastern Conference title.

Erving, who is in the last year of his contract as Orlando's executive vice president, said he did not want to coach anywhere but that he would consider a management position with his two former franchises.

Just as the Knicks think he would be the perfect man to bring one of his former franchises back to glory, the Lakers should have been thinking the same thing.

The N.H.L. governors for providing Winnipeg, Manitoba, with the former Atlanta franchise 15 years after the previous Winnipeg franchise moved to Phoenix.

They will play the defending champion Avalanche, also a former W.H.A. franchise once known as the Quebec Nordiques.

The former postal franchise sits empty after a year because the landlord refuses to rent for anything but an absurd price.