My favourite person “Michael Jordan” " I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times‚ I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." Those encouraging words were spoken by Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan was born in Brooklyn‚ New York‚ on February 17‚ 1963. He moved to Wilmington‚ North Carolina. I am going to tell you why Jordan is in fact so famous. He had to go
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The person I admire There have been several people who have a great influence on my life but only one is a person I really admire- my mother. I admire my mother because of her morals‚ some of the obstacles she has overcome‚ and for all she has done for me in my life. She is simply different from all other parents. She is a psychologist. She works with people with special necessities and with children. She is a leader and not a follower and the difference is that as a leader and not a follower
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While I was growing up‚ I watched my mother suffer pain and depression form multiple breakups with my dad. For 16 years she was always unhappy. Though she was unhappy‚ I did my best to help out. We grew closer as time passed. I admire my mom the most out of anyone in my life because she is a strong women; she has always been there for me during tick and thin‚ she is a wonderful mother. When my mother officially split up with my dad‚ she had to take care of three children. She had to be strong
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‘A Person I Admire’ Conor Duffy 11 (4) The person I admire is Saint Maximilian Kolbe. He was born on 8th January 1894 and died on 14th August 1941.He was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz in Poland. He was canonized on 10 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II‚ and declared a martyr of charity. He is the patron saint of drug addicts; political prisoners; families; journalists; prisoners; amateur radio; and
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Endicott College The Globalization of the NBA Cody Sinnott Global Mass Communication Dr. Yang 5/9/14 The Globalization of the NBA The sport of Basketball was created in a Massachusetts gym in the 1800s. Basketball was a classic American sport for hundreds of years until technological advances in the 1990s aloud for globalization of the sport to really begin. These advancements led to the emergence of dedicated sports channels‚ satellite and cable distribution networks‚ and pay-per-view and
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Which basketball team has been with the NBA since it’s birth and has broken many records? In Springfield‚ Massachusetts‚ James Naismith in 1891. The first baskets were peach baskets while the backboards were just wires. The NBA was founded on June 6‚ 1946 as the Basketball Association‚ BAA‚ but it became the NBA‚ or National Basketball Association on August 3‚ 1949 after merging with the National Basketball League‚ NBL. Which team made all the records? The Warriors! They are the four time Finals
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but the NBA regulations are increasingly restricting player freedom‚ both on and off the court and quite frankly the players are sick and tired of being treated this way. The NBA used to be a business of competitive athletes and coaches ’ competing for the national title in June‚ now it seems the NBA is to excite the fans and keep the media happy with its outrageous stories. Basketball was created by James Naismith 1908; Sonam Aheer first established the NBA in 1949. Fashion in the NBA is not what
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Hansen Manti High Professor Stephen Fullmer English 1010 10 November 2011 The NBA Lockout: Players vs. Owners As the final seconds of game six of the 2011 National Basketball Association (NBA) finals ran off the game clock‚ so did the final seconds of the entire 2010-2011 NBA season‚ leaving its fans nothing else but to wonder when the next time would be that they would get to watch their favorite players and favorite teams play the game they love again. Now let’s fast forward about four
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Case study n 2 1- NBA Referee Tim Donaghy is involved in betting on games he officiated. He is involved in setting the score of the NBA 2002 final by extending the games series to seven games. This betting scandal affected the NBA in many ways; the customers and fans of this sport felt betrayed by the referee and the NBA management. The image of the NBA went down in its fans eyes and watchers lost their trust in the game. Fans‚ from now on will interfere in every questionable decision from the
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Original New HEIGHT 6 ft7 in / 2.01m Age 27 years FROM Marquette NBA DEBUT 2011 YEARS IN NBA 5 PREVIOUSLY CHI 2011-17 Appeared in 67 games (all starts) and averaged a team-high 20.9 ppg (T-16th in the NBA)‚ 5.3 rpg‚ 4.8 apg and 1.64 spg in 36.9 mpg (3rd) … shot .454 from the field‚ .312 from behind the arc and .832 from the line … led the team in scoring a team-high 31 times‚ in assists a team-high 29 times‚ in boards three times and in minutes a team-high 55 times … scored 10+ points 62 times‚
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