will see all he has done for the game of basketball and his country‚ II. Body: A. Dirks Background A.1. Dirk was born on June 19th‚ 1978 in Wurzburg‚ Germany. A.2. He came from a very athletic family‚ his mother was a member of the women’s national basketball team and his father was an international handball player. A.3. Dirk didn’t start shooting hoops until he was 13 but by the time he was 16‚ he was nearly 7ft tall and had developed into a strong all around basketball player. Bill Walton
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Paper Proposal: My interest in the topic of publicly funded stadiums and arenas for private sports franchises has been fueled by the situation in my hometown of Sacramento‚ and the building of a new downtown arena for our beloved Sacramento Kings. The city is going to be picking up most of the tab for the new arena‚ and the deal comes after years and years of other failed attempts to publicly fund a much needed modern arena. The Kings arena saga also includes many attempts to relocate the
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with average skills. His failure to make the varsity team motivated him to strive to be the best by practicing as often as the sun rises. He attended North Carolina in college and in his freshman year he knocked down the game winning shot at the National Championship game. After that shot‚ his life was never the same. In 1984‚ Michael was drafted third by the Chicago Bulls. He was supposed to be drafted second by Portland but they chose Sam Bowie instead. He signed a shoe contract with Nike shortly
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The Toronto Raptors (50-31) begin their march back to the Eastern Conference Finals against the Milwaukee Bucks (42-39). The Raptors are the more talented team top- to-bottom and boast a much stronger ORTG and DRTG at 6th and 8th in the league respectively. Comparatively‚ the Bucks are only 16th in ORTG and 18th in DRTG. However‚ the Bucks may have the best player in the series‚ the “Greek Freak” Giannis Antetokounmpo. Giannis is in the midst of a breakout season with "Freakish" averages of 22.9
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an NCAA championship‚ but never could finish the job. Jordan changed that‚ leading the Tar Heels to the 1982 NCAA championship and winning it for them in the final seconds. This was only Jordan’s freshman year at UNC‚ and he was already grabbing national attention. Although this was arguably the highest accolade Jordan would accomplish during his 3-year NCAA career‚ when he turned pro it was a completely different story. Michael Jordan joined the Chicago Bulls in 1984‚ a team that had been a lackluster
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professional athletes and this is what makes them celebrities. The American society would not be the same without the likes of LeBron James‚ Kobe Bryant‚ Peyton Manning‚ or Tom Brady. The United States is automatically associated with these names because national sports are an essential part of our culture. Therefore‚ it makes sense for the faces of these athletes to be seen on store windows and in cell phone advertisements for the sake of
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Therefore‚ I would love to be hired by the National Hockey League (NHL) in their finance department as a financial risk manager. According to The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics financial managers “are responsible for the financial health of an organization” (“Summary”). As a financial manager
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Michael Jordan Vojta Mosby English 10 Mr. Zeck February 20‚ 2013 II Theses: Michael Jordan is probably the most well known player and has had the largest impact on the game of basketball. I. Early life A. Childhood B. High school & collage stats II. Early career A. NBA Draft B. Early career stats C. Starts playing for the Chicago
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One of NBA’s Greatest Starters Saying Kobe Bryant sucks at basketball‚ is like saying Napoleon Dynamite isn’t funny. He is‚ and Kobe for sure doesn’t! In May of 2008 he got his “Most Valuable Player Award” for the first time ever in his career. (Naik‚ par. 5) He has won many awards in his career‚ and helped the Lakers win the playoffs 3 years in a row. By the ending of 2007‚ he was the youngest player to reach 20‚000 points in his career. He’s a hard working basketball player who deserves all the
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Michael Jordan Michael Jordan is an American Professional Basketball Player . I picked Michael for my biography because I consider him to be the best basketball player in the NBA . Michael is recognized for his spectacular ball handling skills and for his outrageous dunks . He is also the leading scorer in the NBA ‚ and a winner of three NBA most valuable player award in 1988‚1991‚ and 1992 . Jordan was born in Brooklyn ‚ New York ‚ and
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