Basketball From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the sport. For the ball used in the sport‚ see Basketball (ball). For other uses‚ see Basketball (disambiguation). Page semi-protected Basketball Jordan by Lipofsky 16577.jpg Michael Jordan goes for a slam dunk at the old Boston Garden Highest governing body FIBA First played 1891‚ Springfield‚ Massachusetts‚ U.S. Characteristics Contact Contact Team members 10-20 (5 on court) Mixed gender Single Categorization Indoor
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international player. You see player from all over the world China‚ turkey‚ and United Kingdom. One international player that really stands out is the Houston Rockets former player Yao Ming. Yao is an international player from China that played in the NBA. He got drafted by the Houston Rockets in 2002 First pick in the first round. Yao is hands down one of the best international player of all time. He is a seven foot six‚ 310 pounds making him one of the tallest basketball players in NBA history
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My favorite commercial in the Superbowl this years was the phone companies one. They were talking about how they lie to get people to buy there plan. They think we just buy there stuff with out reading what it comes with. They add extra stuff on so the can get you to pay fees. The people who own these business only care about themselves. They don’t think we are smart to not buy there stuff. They were successful in getting us not to buy the products anymore. They are just trying to sell something
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was this event which happened during my childhood keeps grinding in my brain. The one thing which I favor the most was to watch cartoon all day long. My childhood was so much influenced by Disney cartoons. The little girl would always have the thoughts of breaking the TV glass and get into it to join them. Me as the youngest in the family would let myself to play in a place of my own creation with the characters present in the cartoon. My parents were aware of my craze towards the fantasy land and
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“My Favorite Chaperone” is a story of a girl named Maya and her family from Kazakhstan. They are immigrants that have moved to America and now live in Seattle‚ Washington. Maya is in 9th at Beacon Junior High. The story is about Maya wanting to go to go to the Spring Fling. In class‚ Maya gets a permission slip for the Spring Fling an all school dance. She is almost positive she will not be allowed to go‚ but she has a small amount of hope that her parents will let her. The only permission
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BIOMECHANICAL PRINCIPLES BASKETBALL Colten McDermott HPED 315 2-May-12 Biomechanical Principles In Basketball Basketball is a very competitive and popular sport in our society today. The NBA playoffs are going on right now and it has proved to be a very physical and intense post season. This sport takes an extreme amount of talent‚ coordination‚ and athletic ability to become a champion. There are a few biomechanical principles that are present during the game of basketball that help these athletes
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Basketball is a sport played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop in diameter and high mounted to a backboard at each end. Basketball is one of the world’s most popular and widely viewed sports. A team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through the basket during regular play. A field goal scores two points for the shooting team if a player is touching or closer to the basket than the three-point line‚ and three points if the
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My favorite place‚ Capurganá. 1. Description Hist.background of the place. the Kuna Indians were the first inhabitants until the twentieth century that were displaced by settlers black-mulatto who came from the city of Cartagena .in 1970 one built the airport is named after its founder Narcisa Navas‚ so came the first tourists and families build summer homes. One built in 1975 after the first hotel and others like Almar and Calypso‚ and already by 1990 there were more than 20 hotels
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“My favorite childhood place” As a child I loved spending time by the “ole mango tree”‚ With its shiny green leaves as a huge‚ green blanket that kept me cool and warm and blocked out the beaming sun‚ it was the place where I freed my mind and calmed my soul‚ the tree would often creek and dance in the wind‚ shaking the branches and leaves‚ that made the mangoes fall‚ the tree was quite productive and attractive it was a landscape specimen to passersby‚ the tree was rich in colour‚ evergreen
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hungry‚ I could hardly think straight. All I wanted to do was gobble down lots of Japanese food. I could taste the Kung Pow Chicken and smell the steaming rice as I drove my truck. To my delight‚ I spotted my favorite Japanese restaurant and it was calling my name. Unable to resist‚ I parked in the parking lot and got out of my truck faster than I ever had before. The building was very old and badly in need of a fresh coat of paint. There were also several roof tiles missing. Not exactly a five
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