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Results tagged “close”

If the game is close, who has the edge?

Jan. 30: ProFootballTalk: Terrell Suggs says the Ravens would win because "we've been there before." Randy Moss claims the 49ers would have the edge because "we're hungry and determined to make it happen." (NBC Sports)ProFootballTalk: Terrell Suggs says the Ravens would win because "we've been there before." Randy Moss claims the 49ers would have the edge because "we're hungry and determined to make it happen." (NBC Sports)

48 hours until the polls close: Focus on Ohio

Nov. 4: The focus remains on Ohio, but both candidates raced through battleground states in the final sprint to Election Day. Mitt Romney visited seven states where he conducted eight events. NBC's Peter Alexander reports.  (Nightly News)The focus remains on Ohio, but both candidates raced through battleground states in the final sprint to Election Day. Mitt Romney visited seven states where he conducted eight events. NBC's Peter Alexander reports. (Nightly News)

So close, yet so far for RGIII

Oct. 21: Redskins QB Robert Griffin III talks about scoring what looked like would be the game-winning TD before the Giants came back with a score of their own for the win. (NBC Sports)Redskins QB Robert Griffin III talks about scoring what looked like would be the game-winning TD before the Giants came back with a score of their own for the win. (NBC Sports)

Viola Davis: Education film 'close to my heart'

Sept. 24: Actress Viola Davis is starring in the new education film Actress Viola Davis is starring in the new education film "Won't Back Down," and says that after growing up in challenging circumstances, gaining an education helped open the door to many possibilities in her life. (TODAY)

Glenn Close: Oscar win would be 'phenomenal'

Jan. 25: Oscar nominee Glenn Close tells TODAY's Matt Lauer that it would be a huge honor to win a first Academy Award for her gender-bending role in the upcoming film Oscar nominee Glenn Close tells TODAY's Matt Lauer that it would be a huge honor to win a first Academy Award for her gender-bending role in the upcoming film "Albert Nobbs." (TODAY)

Allen: 'Very close' to sealing well

Aug. 13: Thad Allen says that tests show there is no oil flow into the Gulf, but that plans have yet to be finalized on creating a permanent seal for the well. (NBC News)Thad Allen says that tests show there is no oil flow into the Gulf, but that plans have yet to be finalized on creating a permanent seal for the well. (NBC News)

Jones: 'Close doesn't count'

July 26: Jerry Jones, Wade Phillps and Tony Romo talk about their high expectations for 2010 as Cowboys camp opens in Dallas. (NBC Sports)Jerry Jones, Wade Phillps and Tony Romo talk about their high expectations for 2010 as Cowboys camp opens in Dallas. (NBC Sports)

BP looks to 'close chapter' on Hayward

July 26: CNBC's Bertha Coombs says that big second quarter losses will give BP an appropriate opportunity to cut ties with troubled CEO Tony Hayward and CNBC's Bertha Coombs says that big second quarter losses will give BP an appropriate opportunity to cut ties with troubled CEO Tony Hayward and "close the chapter" on a difficult period in the company's history. 

Beaches close; more reports of oil plumes

June 9: As As "do not swim" signs are posted along Gulf Coast beaches, scientists at the University of South Florida reveal data they say shows vast fields of oil suspended hundreds of feet deep. NBC's Kerry Sanders reports. 

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