mixed with a bit of flamboyance. And it’s those credentials that elevated him to the level where he was the focus of what was called the "Fantastic Scholastic LeBron James Tour‚" an 8‚500-mile‚ cross-country road schedule that included stops in Los Angeles‚ Philadelphia‚ Pittsburgh‚ Dayton and Greensboro‚ N.C.Life was often a struggle for LeBron and his mother. LeBron James‚ who has been called "the best high school player ever‚" is a creative dunker with the explosiveness of Jordan and the passing
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Have you ever had an idol? Have you ever had someone‚ who you might not even know‚ inspire you and make an everlasting impression on your life? How about someone who left you in awe from the moment you first saw them? That’s how it was and still is for me‚ with my idol‚ Kobe Bryant. For as long as I can remember‚ I’ve been encapsulated by the Mamba. It’s hard to explain how and why‚ but what started out as watching him play basketball has turned into a full blown obsession. As I had gotten older
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One Game‚ One Love By John Victor Marcelino After almost 4 months of waiting‚ the world’s most popular basketball league‚ the National Basketball Association (NBA) returns in front of its tens of millions of fans around the world. With the last season ending on a high note via an epic 7-game Finals series between the elite teams of Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs‚ NBA fans will expect more surprises this new period of basketball battle. By the bird’s eye view‚ let’s look on some teams
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The Portland Trail Blazers will be attempting to claim their fourth victory in the Western Conference First Round Playoffs best-of-seven series when they face the injury-plagued Los Angeles Clippers at the Moda Center on Friday evening for the climacteric Game 6. The Trail Blazers lead the series with a favorable 3-2 advantage and in a position of finishing off their opening-round with another win at home to advance to the next stage and book a Western Conference semifinal showdown against the defending
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of this comes breaking the stereotypical mold. The first example is the LA Lakers with the theory of “When in Doubt‚ Tweet” Although the platform of Twitter success is already set up for the Lakers‚ the Lakers social media marketing managers found a way to gain followers. They found that Lakers fans are information hungry and want updated information as often as every minute. When anything that is related to Lakers happens they tweet about it‚ and they put up context that does not make other
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Earvin “Magic” Johnson Born Earvin Johnson Jr. on August 14‚ 1959‚ in Lansing‚ Michigan‚ Magic Johnson dominated the court as one of America’s best basketball players for 12 years. He retired from the LA Lakers in 1991 after revealing that he had the AIDS virus. He has since then built up a business empire‚ which includes real estate holdings‚ several Starbucks franchises‚ and movie theaters. He is also an author and has written several books including this autobiography titled “Magic.” I was
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Magic was the leading influence behind each of his championship-winning teams at every possible basketball level‚ including high school‚ collegiate‚ and the NBA‚ and his Olympic Gold Medal. During his 12 year professional career‚ Magic led the L.A. Lakers to five NBA Western Championship titles (1980‚ 1982‚ 1985‚ 1987‚1988) and nine appearances in the NBA National Finals. Magic was named the NBA’s "MVP" three times (1987‚ 1989‚ 1990)‚ NBA Finals "MVP" three different occasions (1980‚ 1982‚1987)‚ received
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Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7‚ 1975)[1] is an American retired professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for four teams. He played both the point guard and shooting guard positions. Iverson was an eleven-time NBA All-Star and won the All-Star MVP award in 2001 and2005. Iverson attended Bethel High School in Hampton‚ Virginia and was a dual-sport athlete; he earned the Associated Press High School Player of the Year award in both football and
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our seats‚ really good ones‚ in fact‚ and saw Muhammad Ali‚ who is a retired‚ world famous boxer‚ and John McCain‚ politician running for president‚ sitting down in the first few rows. Another one of my favorite games was when we played the LA Lakers. The crowd at that game was insane! The arena was roaring with noise‚ but in a good way. Every time Kobe so much as touched the ball the Phoenix fans booed like crazy! Even on the court our mascot‚ Hairy the Gorilla‚ was handing out tissues to all
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Crime-Based Economic and City Development Los Angeles is one of the biggest and most populated metropolises around the world. It was founded by governor Filipe de Neve‚ a Spanish governor of Las California‚ in September 4‚ 1781. Los Angeles started as a small city with population of 11‚500 people and continued steadily growing. At the beginning 20th century‚ the discovery of oil brought a lot of attention‚ and it shaped the economy‚ politics and social growth of the city. As population grows
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