Matt Kemp By: David Marquez Do you ever flip through the channels and land on ESPN‚ as they are showing the highlights of the game‚ as a baseball travels 390 feet and over the wall. This is called a home-run. Los Angeles Dodger‚ Matt Kemp‚ has 151 career home-runs‚ and this right handed batter is far from done. In this speech I will inform you about Matthew Ryan Kemp‚ his career‚ his personal life‚ his statistics‚ and his contributions to the community. By the end of this speech‚ you will see
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The 1980s was a decade of excess. Ronald Reagan was just elected President in what was known as the greatest prosperous years in American history. As America became richer drugs became more popular amongst the poor and the rich alike. The stock market was booming‚ and Wall Street was filled with a new breed of achievers‚ called yuppies. People were making money and lots of it‚ which prompted a more drug fueled lifestyle. That influx of drugs in the population affected sports in many ways.
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breath knowing the wide receiver will not have to miss any regular-season games. A day before the agreement was met‚ Bryant had threatened to skip training camp and possibly the regular season‚ if he and the Cowboys could not reach a deal. According to ESPN‚ Bryant’s deal is worth $70 million for five years‚ which calculates to $14 million per season. The Pro Bowl wide receiver will get $32 million in guaranteed money‚ and a $20 million signing bonus. If he remains on the roster for the 2016-17 year‚
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The team that held a news conference with more than 80 media-credentialed reporters for the arrival of their backup quarterback in March? The one that green-lit ESPN coming down for an entire week of training camp in August? The team that Fireman Ed — the franchise’s unofficial team mascot — abandoned via an op-ed in a New York City newspaper after Week 12? Those Jets? Well‚ don’t look now‚ but they’re currently winners of two straight games‚ three out of their past four‚ and are — somehow — just
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powers and their foolish actions have lead to intense investigations. Some were kept private‚ others were publicly open to the press for the entire world to take notice! It is a horrible thing to think about but it does happen; sometimes right under our noses. Just to think we had a situation in a neighboring town where “a teacher was sexually involved and had an improper relationship with a student. Although it was consensual‚ it is still a second degree felony.” (Escobar) Just like the Penn State
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This 19 year old basketball prodigy grew up to be 7 foot tall. His name is Thon Maker. He was born in Sudan and played high school basketball in Canada. His athleticism and spunk now tells him that he’s ready to make it in the big league. He can’t wait to hit the court and be with the big guys like Lebron James. What did this teenager have that everyone should follow? According to Entrepreneur‚ it’s a battle between “too soon” versus “believe in yourself.” For Maker‚ it doesn’t matter because
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Pablo S. Torre‚ an ESPN sportswriter wrote an article about athletes who make millions just to lose it all in the end. Athletes need to worry about maintaining their wealth rather than becoming richer by investing in business deals. Tubbs explained how and when they begin earning income (often in school‚ through illicit payments from agents); how their pro salaries are invested(blindly); and when the millions evaporate (before they know it). Torre focuses on a couple of athletes who engage in fraud
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Topic: College Athletes Should Get Paid. General Purpose: To Persuade. Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that college athletes deserve to get paid. Central Idea: College athletes should get paid because of the unfair lifestyle of a student-athlete‚ these athletes make millions for their universities and billions for the NCAA‚ and the finances are just as up to par as professional sports. Introduction I. Summer time is almost over. I hate to say it but it’s true. Pretty soon we’ll be
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talents. He also has vested in several restaurants. Michael Jordan was pushed further into the spotlight as he enters the film industry. He was the star actor in the movie Space Jam in 1996. He has made several appearances on the Today Show‚ ESPN‚ and even Oprah. It is also very common to view him on athletic commercials such as Gatorade ‚Nike‚ and old spice. It is so obvious that Michael Jordan is the one of the most successful‚ popular‚ and wealthy athletes in the professional sports
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1. By 1994‚ more than 80 percent of Americas daily papers were controlled by national and regional chains 9. Narrowcasting 1. Media programming on cable TV or the Internet that is focused on one topic and aimed at a particular audience. Ex: MTV‚ ESPN 10. Beats 1. Specific locations from which news frequencies emanate‚ such as congress or the white house‚ most top reporters work a particular beat‚ thereby becoming specialist in what goes on at those locations 11. Trial balloons 1. An intentional
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