The Stanford Cardinals men’s basketball team won‚ 82-69 over visitng Arizona State on Thursday night. With the win‚ the Cardinals ended a two-game losing streak and continued their ninth straight win at home. This was an important game for the Pac-10 Conference teams. After the game‚ Stanford (9-4‚13-9) remained a game behind co-leaders UCLA and California. Stanford senior‚ Matt Haryasz‚ who scored 22 points‚ said: "Right now we just need to win. We’re only a game out of first and we think
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maroon tinted maple leaves onto his face as he strolled through the park’s veldt-coloured grass. In his hand sat a faded criminal orange basketball that he tossed from hand to hand as he approached the court on the other side of the field. Alvin wore a cloak of enthusiasm‚ as he walked up the brief flight of stairs up to the elevated court‚ looking for a vacant basketball hoop to practice on. He crossed the court’s faded white lines‚ now tainted with grime‚ passing other groups that were competitively
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Outside the sun was shinning brightly‚ while inside the basketball gym‚ everyone cheered. Today was of course the one game we had to win to get into the playoffs. Everybody cheered hoping for our team’s victory. At practice this morning we felt ready‚ so we thought. Now it was sunset‚ and The Wolves were waiting; they were legends in the county and were trying to get their 4th playoff trophy. My whole team was on the court setting up for the game and everything was ready. Finally‚ when the hosts
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If I had to pick one achievement that I have done to make my community a better place‚ it would be about my basketball team when I was in the high school. Since the school is a small private school‚ I was a co-captain when I was a sophomore‚ which was my last year of high school because I graduated early by taking the high school proficiency exam called CHSPE. What I did as the co-captain was asking a coach to join the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). It is one of the biggest sports league
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The scoreboard shows 95-96; the Cleveland Cavaliers are trailing the Los Angeles Lakers by one point. It is the final game of the NBA season and Lebron James is leading Cleveland through their victorious season. One year earlier‚ the team coach drafted James into Cleveland’s team hoping that this amateur would demonstrate the winning edge to the Cavaliers. The coach anticipated witnessing Lebron playing in a game; all doubts vanished when he realized the true skills of the young man. Now‚ Lebron’s
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Basketball and golf are two very different sports. The one major reason how they are different is because basketball is considered as a team sport while golf is more of an individual sport. There are advantages to playing just a team sports or an individual sport. Playing on either a team or individual sports has its pros and cons. In team sports winning and losing depends on many variables. It does not matter which team as the better player‚ most of the time‚ towards the end of the game the
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thing that clicks in the brain to know this thing is special. Being given a basketball was all it took for me to know that I had found real love and a best friend. The ball was brand new‚ just out of the box. It was orange and smelled like a factory of rubber. The ball was give to me for Christmas when all I wanted was to shoot crumpled up pieces of paper into a trashcan. The wrapping paper was unique with basketballs and pink bows covering every inch. The first rip of the paper and it was certain
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I had just gotten the basketball passed to me by one of my teammates. At that moment I decided to attempt making a shot. With the ball in my hand‚ I run into the key to make a basket. Instead the opponent’s centers try to block my shot‚ but I shoot before I crash into them. They were tall‚ one with white skin and was skinny‚ the other has light brown skin and was muscular. As I jumped up and released the ball‚ when I was coming down I see the basketball make it into the hoop. My teammate gives me
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all-star basketball team playing at the Target Center as incoming 8th graders? We knew we would face some hard competition‚ but we were ready for it. State was our next big competition for basketball‚ after qualifying at South Qualifier. We practiced all the time‚ and were getting prepared to face Newell-Fonda‚ 1st place at North Qualifier. April came around and it was the weekend of state. We were excited and nervous at the same time. We played Newell-Fonda first. They were great at basketball and were
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Year ago‚ National University snatched away the hopefully 20th victory of the FEU Men’s Basketball Team. Would they achieve the 20th crown this UAAP Season 78 because 6 stars of the team are on their last year of wearing their FEU jersey. How they plan to make their final push before leaving FEU/UAAP? Al Francis Tamsi‚ Roger Ray Pogoy‚ Alejandrino Antonio “Achie” Iñigo‚ Jr.‚ Russel Escoto‚ Christian Michael Tolomia‚ and The King Tamaraw‚ Rey Mark Belo. And before they puts down their FEU jerseys
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