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    National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college basketball players should be paid. This would solve a growing problem as NCAA basketball players quit school after the first year to go pro. If college basketball players were paid they would stay in school longer. Secondly‚ they deserve to be paid if the NCAA is making billions of them. Others say that college basketball players should not be paid because they are already being compensated through education. Adam Silver the current NBA commissioner

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    Throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries‚ basketball became a popular sport to play for both men and women like Wilma Jean Buntin. Born in 1909‚ Buntin described her experiences playing basketball at John H. Reagan High School in Houston‚ Texas‚ particularly wearing her first pair of the basketball suits: “We had a sweater that came over and it had to have long sleeves‚ and then we had these black bloomers that were box pleated. […] We began to have the shorts‚ but they came right

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    Have you ever played basketball or just shot around at the gym with your family and friends? Have you missed your shots while shooting‚ constantly? Well‚ I started playing basketball when I was in fourth grade‚ then‚ by the time I was in the seventh grade; I started playing with my local high school team. Therefore‚ I am going to tell you how to shoot a basketball properly. The right way to shoot a basketball when you play at any level of basketball‚ such as youth‚ high school‚ college‚ or professional

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    quarter would be to remember all of the lessons in math so I can do good on end of the year testing‚ be more aggressive in basketball‚ and get all A´s. I would like to do all of these things so I can be more successful in school and in basketball. I can also get all Aś again by managing my time better and remembering all of my lessons in math. If I can be more aggressive in basketball‚ then I could help my team win more games. I want to reach all of these goals so I can apply them to the rest of my life

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    “I love sports. I’ve played basketball‚ baseball‚ soccer‚ tennis‚ track and field growing up.” states Michael B. Jordan. The sports listed above‚ couldn’t be more different‚ but they still have some characteristics and elements in common. Specifically the sports basketball and soccer. Soccer requires quick reflexes and thinking ahead; whereas‚ basketball requires speed and agility. Now‚ I’m not saying that either sport only focases on those skills‚ but they are displayed in other ways. To play both

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    The sport of basketball is one of the best sports ever to be invented. This sport features some of the best women and men to have ever played the sport; such as Lebron James‚ Candise Parker‚ Reggie miller‚ Michael Jordan‚ Stephen Curry and more. The sport has been around for many decades. This is a very simple and easy sport to play. The first thing you will need is a basketball; secondly you will need a hoop. I will start of by teaching you the basics of the game; which are dribbling the ball and

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    Here is your Chino Hills basketball starting line up; Lonzo Ball‚ Gelo Ball‚ Melo Ball‚ Eli Scott‚ and Onyeka Okongwu! These 5 guys are just a fraction of one big team who have become real winners in our hearts and really showed this nation who we are and what our basketball team is really made of. Now these guys aren’t just all basketball‚ yet it is year round for them‚ their also just regular beings like us. on March 23‚ 2016 our Journalism class sat down with these 5 guys and interviewed them

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    Basketball is a simple game where you have two teams with 5 players on each and you try and shoot the ball into the hoop. Of course‚ there are a lot of rules to follow but that is the main idea behind the game. About 5 years ago my stepsister‚ Isabel‚ was playing basketball for the Bedford Eagles and I would occasionally go see her games. At some point‚ I decided I wanted to play‚ so the next season I joined the Bedford Eagles. Through my 5 years‚ I have learned a lot about basketball and about myself

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    Naomi Nikeeta Phagau Edmonton Grads Basketball Team: Notes Link: www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/edmonton-grads * Female basketball team * Based at McDougall Commercial High school in Edmonton * Very successful * Dr. James Naismith called them - “The finest basketball team that ever stepped out on a floor” * They earned a lot of respect from Canada and abroad * Edmontonians were proud to consider them representatives of their city Book: Celebrating

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    In basketball‚ always dribble with your head up. No‚ this is not something I learned from one of my coaches or any of my teammates. This is one of the many lessons I learned from a young African refugee. It began on a snowy day‚ peering through my frost bitten window at the basketball hoop across the street. Amongst the falling snow there was someone I had never seen before with a basketball in his hand and a smile wider than I thought the blistering cold would allow. At first‚ I was hesitant to

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