Basketball Association(NBA) player‚ businessman‚ and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. He is acclaimed to be “the greatest basketball player of all time.” The high lights of his career include his six National Basketball Association Championships with the Chicago Bulls. Jordan played on two gold medal Olympic teams in 1984 and 1992. Michael Jordan moved to Wilmington‚ North Carolina when he was still a toddler. In high school he played baseball‚ football‚ and basketball. During
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on the national team competing in the world cup and European championship‚ the Russian premier league and less important competitions like the Russian cup. During the Soviet Era‚ football was the number one sport and it is still the number one sport in Russia today. A very high proportion is interested in it to a certain extent and women join men when it comes to the national team. The Russian league (Russia’s main football championship) is regaining its former strength due to huge sponsorship deals
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people attended a college football game to cheer on their team in hope of a championship season. (ProCon) As the players push themselves as hard they can go and the fans cheer as loud as they can; they often come to the end of a great season to be denied by the BCS system. In 1998 the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was designed to take the top two BCS-ranked college football teams to play each other in a national championship while eight other top teams play in four bowl games. (ProCon) As other bowls
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breaking the city’s long 25 years of heart breaks since the city’s last major sport championship. They beat the Tampa Bay Rays in 5 Games in the best of 7 series. Four days later the city’s dreams of a parade down Broad Street finally became a reality. On October 31st‚ 2008 instead of costumes and Halloween candy the city was painted red. Everywhere you could see‚ everyone was celebrating the World Championship of our Philadelphia Phillies. The city took a day off. Whether it be from school‚ work
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year‚ Woods tied the course record of 64. The next few years brought even more successes‚ including four US PGA titles‚ three U.S. Open wins‚ three Open Championship wins‚ and three U.S. Masters wins. In 2003‚ among Woods’ five wins were the Buick Invitational and the Western Open. The next year‚ Woods won only one official PGA Tour championship. While he may have had some challenges on the course‚ his personal life was running smoothly.
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INTRODUCTION: Think of a man who is athletic‚ a man who dominated the basketball court from 1984-2003. Now add 6 national championships‚ 5 NBA MVP awards‚ and a Rookie of the Year award during his first season in the NBA. This man is known as the most decorated player in the NBA and the most well known athlete around the world. This man I am speaking of is Michael Jordan. BODY: According to www.biography.com Michael Jordan was born on February 17‚ 1963‚ in Brooklyn‚ New York
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Contents 1. Structure…………………………………………………………………………….................3 2. Elite level team sports………………………………………………………………………….4 2.1 Football……………………………………………………………………………………….4 2.2 Cricket………………………………………………………………………………………..4 2.3 Rugby………………………………………………………………………………………...7 2.2.1 Rugby union…………………………………………………………………………..7 2.2.2 Rugby league………………………………………………………………………….7 2.4 Ice Hockey……………………………………………………………………………………8 2.5 Basketball………………………………………………………………………………….....9 2.6 Other team sports……………………………………………………………………………
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23 goals in a 23-0 victory against a local team. The first soccer team Ronaldinho was on was Gremio he made his senior debut in the 1998 Copa Libertadores. He also play for the under 17 Brazil National team. Ina 1997 he won the FIFA U-17 World Championship. He scored his first goal on a penalty against Austria which Brazil ended up winning 7-0. Ronaldinho finished with two goals and was awarded the Bronze Ball award as Brazil scored a total of twenty-one goals while only conceding two. After playing
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Project Proposal for 2015 Intramurals Submitted By: Stefany Ann Margaret R. Maligat X-Stewardship Submitted To: Mrs. Han Date Submitted: November 25‚ 2014 Rationale: The sports intramurals is one of the most awaited and important events in each school year. This is where students and teachers interact and cooperate in different sports. This is an opportunity for the students to show their skills in different sports. This will also develop the unit‚ cooperation‚ sportsmanship and friendly
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The economic impact of major sports events: a review of ten events in the UK Chris Gratton‚ Simon Shibli‚ and Richard Coleman Introduction Over recent years there has been a marked contrast between the discussions around the economic impact of major sports events in North America on the one hand and most of the rest of the world on the other. In the USA the sports strategies of cities in the USA have largely been based on infrastructure (stadium) investment for professional team sports‚ in
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