In my free time‚ I enjoy a plethora of activities but I have come to the conclusion that basketball is my all-time favorite pastime. Watching the sport on television is just as enjoyable as playing it. Strangely‚ basketball has always seemed to permeate my life in one way or another. Sometimes‚ I feel like I was born to dream‚ live‚ and even sleep thinking about basketball. Basketball is such an amazing sport and I cannot fathom living in a world in which the sport did not exist
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The Great Game Called Hockey It is 3-3 going into overtime‚ it is the Chicago Blackhawks versus the Philadelphia Flyers vying for the most coveted trophy in sports- the Stanley Cup Trophy. The Blackhawks have a 3-2 series lead. If they win this game‚ they win the trophy. It is “do or die” for the Flyers‚ force a game seven or go home. Then it happens‚ a few minutes into overtime‚ Patrick Kane‚ a young superstar on the Blackhawks skates down the rink‚ takes a shot‚ and he scores
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The Romantic Era of Ballet 1. The Romantic ballet Giselle is about a peasant boy and a prince who both fall in love with Giselle. The prince sees that Giselle may not like a prince such as himself so he pretends to be a peasant boy so Giselle will like him. Giselle and the prince fall in love. But then Giselle finds out that he is‚ indeed‚ a prince and he is engaged. The real peasant boy tells her this. Giselle goes mad and stabs herself with a sword. She dies and turns into a Willi (who kills
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Hockey is by far my favorite sport of all time. I love the environment‚ and all the technique involved in the sport. Everything from slap shot‚ to wrist shots‚ to fighting‚ to passing‚ and even fighting for the puck on the boards has always brought my attention. The amount of effort that it takes to be good at this sport is absolutely ridiculous. When talk about hard work and dedication‚ you definitely need it to play this sport. I’ve tried ice skating before and it really didn’t turn out to well
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Field hockey wasn’t my first true love. My first love was softball. I believed that I had found the sport that I loved and wanted to play as long as I could. My mind was set for the long term‚ and I believed that this was the sport for me. This all changed when I was introduced to field hockey. On the last day of middle school‚ I was approached by the middle school coach and she asked me if I wanted to come out and play that summer. I was hesitant to agree‚ since I planned on playing summer softball
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it‚ but there are quite a few similarities between the Baliness cock-fight and hockey in Canada. The cockfight is a major sporting event in the Baliness community and hockey is a major sport for Canadians. In both‚ the objective is to win. In the Baliness society a person can’t bet against a cock from the family‚ or village‚ but can bet against an enemy. One should not be betting against you own hometown team in hockey. 2 roosters have sharp metal spurs on their legs‚ are to fight until the death
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just sixty minutes of hockey. The hockey played in the first‚ second and third period will be the best hockey most of these people have ever and will ever see in their lifetime. Many people do not get to experience something like this with their family. I was lucky to be with my dad‚ uncle and
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Analyzing “I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You” Pablo Neruda’s poem‚ “I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love You”‚ the theme illustrates the confusion and pain of falling in love. This poem shows how hard it is to love someone and how love sometimes can hurt. This poem combines two general poetry types: it is a narrative poem because it tells a story and it is a lyric poem because it includes the writer’s feelings and passion. In this poem‚ it shows how fast time goes by. The writer
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Ice hockey was invented in the early nineteenth century‚ and since then the sport has only developed and gotten more popular over the years. Hockey is unrelated to a lot of other sports‚ because it is played on ice. In addition‚ players have to wear steel blades that are razor sharp at the bottom of their skates and compete at a high speed. Furthermore‚ because the sport is so distinct from anything else‚ it takes a certain breed of people to play it and live the lifestyle of a hockey player. Hockey
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National Hockey League Olympic Athletes In the 2014 Winter Olympics‚ National Hockey League (NHL) should allow players to participate in the games due to the belief that it provides the players‚ current‚ and potential fans the opportunity to participate on the world stage of hockey. The Olympics only occur once every four years and it would be unpatriotic to deny NHL players the opportunity to represent their home countries at the Olympics. The Olympic Games give the fans a chance to
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