are only a few players whose greatness and tenacity can be equated to that of Earvin "Magic" Johnson. A hero in the record books of NBA‚ his 12-year spanned professional career‚ his five NBA national titles‚ and even his many most valuable player (MVP) awards are second tier compared to the well-known on court rivalries that helped bring the NBA to the fore front of the mass media. Since retiring from the NBA‚ Magic has rejuvenated his career and his image as a successful businessman and spokesman
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Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant are two of the greatest basketball players to ever live. The way they play the game is memorizing. These two athletes are very extraordinary‚ though only one can be called the greatest of all time. The debate still and will always continue on who is the best. On one hand‚ there is the 6 time NBA champion in Michael Jordan; in the other there is the phenom who scored eighty- one points in one game‚ Kobe Bryant. In my opinion‚ Michael Jordan is and will always be the
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kobe bryant is the bestIt’s "the trial that changed South Africa." In the fall of 1963‚ Nelson Mandela and ten other leading opponents of South Africa’s apartheid regime went on trial for their lives. The charges (in what is often called "the Rivonia trial" for the Johannesburg suburb that was the location of the hideout for a militant wing of the African National Congress) were sabotage and conspiracy‚ and there was little doubt that but that Mandela and most of the other defendants would be found
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Kobe Bryant Five-time NBA champion‚ two-time NBA Finals MVP‚ one NBA MVP award‚ fourteen time NBA All Star‚ and two time Olympic gold medalist are several of Kobe Bryant’s many accolades that shape his legendary career. Many ex and current NBA players believe he is the best Los Angeles Laker player of all time. Some even strongly believe by the end of his illustrious career he will be the greatest of all time surpassing the legend‚ Michael Jordan. But his greatness also brings harsh critics‚ many
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Adrian Espinoza Mr. Diaz ELA 16 May 2013 Kobe Bean Bryant nicknamed the “Black Mamba” is a professional basketball play who plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born on August 23‚ 1978. He was drafted right out of high school to play for the Charlotte Hornets‚ but soon was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers‚ never playing in Charlotte. Bryant is a five-time champion with the Lakers and a two-time Olympic gold medalist with the USA national team. Bryant was born on August
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Kobe Bean Bryant (born August 23‚ 1978)‚ nicknamed the "Black Mamba"‚ is an American professional basketball player who plays shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He entered the NBA directly from high school‚ and has played for the Lakers his entire career‚ winning five NBA championships. Bryant is a 15-time All-Star‚ 14-time member of the All-NBA Team‚ and 12-time member of the All-Defensive team. As of June 2012‚ he ranks third and fifth on the
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the best‚ so we don’t think about how it can affect the people around us. This is exactly what happens in the story‚ “MVP‚” by Clare Mishica. Derek wants to be the most valuable player on his basketball team instead of Cole so much that he forgets to be a team player. When Cole gets hurt‚ Derek realizes how much more important the trophy and being a part of the team is than getting MVP. Teamwork is always more efficient than trying to achieve something individually because a person can do very little
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Comparing Kobe and Sichuan Earthquake- “The wealth of a country influences the nature of the earthquake event experienced there”. With reference to the Kobe earthquake (1995) and Sichuan earthquake (2008)‚ decide whether this statement is true or not. This statement can be true in a number of ways‚ because an MEDCs have generally better infrastructures made for withstanding huge earthquakes unlike LEDCs where houses (especially squatter settlements) are damaged very easily and this makes the
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Kobe Earthquake – Case Study Kobe Earthquake – Case Study In the early morning of January the 17th 1995 instruments in a lab in western Japan picked up a burst of intense electro-magnetic radiation. It was the signature of a massive earthquake which had just struck the City of Kobe from its epicentre 20 kilometres to the south west. There was no warning‚ 180‚000 buildings were destroyed‚ an urban area 20 kilometres long and 4 kilometres wide was totally wrecked. Nothing moved in or out of Kobe
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Kobe Earthquake An earthquake occurred on January 17th‚ 1995‚ at 5:46 am in the south-central part of Japan. This earthquake registered as 7.2 on the Richter scale and caused mass destruction. It was thus named The Great Hanshin Earthquake. It later earned the name as the Kobe Earthquake due to the amount of damage that Kobe‚ Japan suffered. Its focus was only 16 km below ground. Shock-waves splintered buildings‚ destroyed roads‚ and ruptured mains of gas‚ water‚ and electricity. Over 6‚400 people
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