Did you know Gabby Douglas was the first African American to win gold in the prestigious event? She won the gold on uneven bars when she was 13 in the 2010 Pan American Championships. In 2011‚ at the age of 14‚ she won a gold medal with the U.S. team at the World Championships. She got the nick name "The Flying Squirrel‚" from that event. She gained celebrity status after her 2012 medals at the Olympics. Childhood Gabrielle (Gabby) Douglas was born on December 31st‚ 1995. She grew up in Virginia
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Outline Topic: Basketball Central Idea: inform the history‚ rules and development of basketball Thesis Statement: The game of Basketball is very exhilarating and will keep your adrenaline plumbing. Communication and Strategic thinking is the key to teamwork. Hence you will need the help of your teammates to deliver a good pass to you to be able to score the ball into the basket. I. Introduction “To be successful you have to be selfish‚ or else you never achieve. And once you get to your
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and collegiate women’s sports in general. Since Geno Auriemma became head coach in 1994‚ the team has won eleven national championships‚ including the ones from the last four years. They won eleven in twenty-one years. The women’s basketball team has the record for most consecutive wins in college basketball‚ with ninety wins. They have won over twenty regular season championships. Still‚ the tickets to see this legendary team play cost less than tickets to see a pretty good‚ but not iconic‚ UCONN Men’s
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interest in the sport. In 1911‚ Filipinos watched avidly from the sidelines as the first swimming championship meet was held at the American Columbian Club swimming pool with competing American team from the Manila YMCA‚ the American Columbian Club‚ and the USS Saratoga. In the following year (1912)‚ the Filipinos participated in the second championship meet. Of the 42 individual entries‚ the late Condrado Benitez emerged as the most outstanding Filipino swimmer
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College football has been around for many years‚ and the BCS part of the bowl system has been in place since 1998. Many could say this was the year that one of the worst post-season sporting systems was put into place. It has done many things good and bad. It has caused a lot of controversy‚ gained universities tons of money‚ and frustrated many college football fans around the nation. With good comes bad‚ it is about outweighing the negatives with positives‚ and this is not something the BCS system
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California at Los Angeles (UCLA) men’s basketball coach from 1948 to 1975. During that period‚ he won ten NCAA men’s basketball championships‚ had four undefeated seasons‚ and once won 88 consecutive games. He also won seven consecutive NCAA championships from 1967 to 1973. To put this all into perspective‚ Adolph Rupp at the University of Kentucky won four championships‚ total‚ and he is second to Wooden. All of these accomplishments are records‚ but they do not begin to tell the story of the man
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wwe there are many titles (championships) such as the wwe world heavy weight championship witch only one single competitor can have as well as the wwe tag team championship which two people can have as a team. This is a 2 on 2 bases and a divas champion ship which is for the female wrestlers and the United States championship which is for anyone who wants it as well as the intercontinental championship. Any male superstar can challenge and compete for the championships. All wrestlers compete for
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Tavernier 1 Eng. 101 .003 Effect Essay April‚ 1st‚ 2013 Moving to Miami Back in 2010 Lebron James was under a great deal of scrutiny for being one of the best players in the NBA‚ but not being able to win a championship after seven years with the Cleveland Cavilers. Lebron was not happy with Cleveland’s front office and the fact that they could not obtain any star players to play alongside Lebron for seven years. So when Lebron’s contract expired at the end of
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movie was to never give up. If Jim White gave up on the kids to work at a richer facility‚ they wouldn’t have won the state championship‚ so that is why the message is to never give up on a team or on any task. 3. No I understood all of the film‚ and I wasn’t confused at any part. 4. The best part about the movie‚ was when the team won the state championship‚ because it proved to all the other schools in the district that they were more than just a poor farming group. 5. I didn’t like
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State football teams are both great‚ but they have a number of differences. Such as National Championships won‚ the number of players from each team who have won the Heisman Trophy‚ and the number of wins and losses against each other. One of the biggest differences between these great teams is national championships won. Ohio State has won seven and Michigan has won eleven. Ohio State won their championships in 1920‚ 1942‚ 1954‚ 1957‚ 1961‚ 1968‚ and 2002. Michigan won theirs in 1901‚ 1902‚ 1903
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