Sentence examples similar to persuaded team from inspiring English sources

This is the agent who persuaded teams to give seven-year, $126 million contracts to Barry Zito and Jayson Werth, and persuaded another to hand not one, but two player options to Rafael Soriano.

Bosanquet persuaded team-mates to remain silent as he wished to maintain the impression that his off break was an accident so that batsmen were not expecting it.

Rimet eventually persuaded teams from Belgium, France, Romania, and Yugoslavia to make the trip.

The success of Lovie Smith in Chicago and Marvin Lewis in Cincinnati has not been enough to persuade team owners to give other African-American candidates an opportunity.

Feldman said it would be easier to persuade team officials, coaches or employees to speak with the investigators because they were not protected by the union.

An online campaign has been set up to persuade Team GB to select Lee Merrien for the Olympics.

Braunecker said he had not had to persuade teams that Burnett was physically sound.

Persuading teams to play nonconference games in Grand Forks can be difficult because of its remote location, Faison said.

Modell's two biggest contributions were his involvement in the television-contract negotiations over the past 32 years and persuading teams to accept revenue sharing.

Three years later, Harangody was on the road before the N.B.A. draft on June 25, trying to persuade teams that he was good enough to play for them.

Dr. Bobby Brown, who enjoyed more subdued clubhouse parties during his playing days with the Yankees in the 1940s and 1950s, tried to persuade teams to substitute ginger ale for Champagne when he was the president of the American League in the 1980s and 1990s.