popular sport since the late 1960s. Professional American basketball and football have become increasingly popular sports. Football is the most popular sport in the United States‚ with basketball checking in at third. Both sports bring in a large amount of revenue into the cities & states that own these professional teams. Professional players playing either sport usually have salaries that can start in the millions. And both basketball and football are considered contact sports and are riddled
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Week Two Article Summary James Naismith Being a high school basketball coach‚ and with the vision of being a college coach one day‚ I thought that it would be interesting to write about the founder of basketball. In December 1891‚ Canadian-born James Naismith‚ a physical education teacher at the YMCA training school‚ took a soccer ball and a peach basket into the gym and invented basketball. In 1893‚ James Naismith replaced the peach basket with iron hoops and a hammock-style basket. Ten
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high school basketball team. However‚ this improved performance is not limited to the basketball court‚ it extends into the classroom where the students use goal setting‚ motivation‚ concentration and confidence control‚ ultimately to become accepted into college‚ avoiding a life of drugs‚ gangs and prison. There were a lot of people to choose from the movie but the one character that I thought went through the most changes throughout the movie was Timo Cruz. Cruz was one of the basketball players that
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juluis very much. The point of view of the book is first person because Brian is the one who is telling the story. The theme of the book is not to judge someone by their race. Brian Hammett is a eighteen year old senior in highschool he plays basketball for his high school and he is the captain of the team and he also plays point guard on the team he is a round
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to hangout with‚ but I was missing one thing: starting on the basketball team. Basketball was going great beside that one problem‚ but I just could not remove the obsession of starting from my mind. Basketball and happiness go hand in hand for me. Over the next month basketball and my attitude started spiraling downwards and brought my happiness and friendships with them. I isolated myself from nearly everybody and dreaded basketball more and more every day. It’s funny how one thing can truly control
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from the very end of the film “Love and Basketball‚” one of the most romantic interactions between two well-developed characters in a film that was just perfectly written to capture the emotions involved in following your dream‚ of living your life and discovering love. I am a serious movie fanatic. I watch movies all the time. But‚ if I had to pick my favorite one‚ it would be without a doubt “Love and Basketball.” This is due to the fact that I love basketball‚ it inspires me to keep reaching my goals
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People use the argument that Kobe is playing closer to Jordan’s performance level because of the amount of champion ships he has won 5 rings to Jordan’s 6 rings. For those Who Actually watch the game of basketball it is not about how many champion ships a person one for him to be a great basketball because there are plenty of NBA players who were great but weren’t able accomplish every NBA players goal of winning the nba finals like‚ Charles Barkley‚ George the “ice man” Gervin who was considered
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Illustrated. Information about visits is here as well. Basketball Hall of Fame http://www.hoophall.com/ This hall of fame (located in Springfield‚ Massachusetts)‚ unlike baseball and football’s hall of fames‚ represents all of basketball in one hall. (The other halls have separate halls for college and professional). Among the items on the site are information about the Hall of Famers‚ running from James Naismith‚ who invented basketball‚ to Medowlark Lemon‚ to Phog Allen‚ to Lynette Woodward
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is just like my experience with basketball. Before this summer‚ I was not very good at basketball. I could not make any shots‚ and whenever I tried to dribble‚ somebody would steal the ball away from me. As school ended‚ I was feeling dejected. Then I decided that I would get better over the summer and try to make the ninth grade basketball team. But there was a problem. I was going to India for the whole summer‚ as usual‚ and I did not have a hoop or a basketball there. When I got to India‚ I asked
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Elite Eight When I was a sophomore in high school our basketball team made a good run into tournaments landing us in the elite eight final games. This had been the first time since 1970’s that any Rittman basketball team had made it that far in the tournaments‚ everyone in our town was excited for us and came to cheer us on. On the day of our tournament game we had a pep rally at the High School‚ everyone in town was invited‚ families‚ friends‚ anyone who wanted to come support us in this
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