Athletes Should Consider College over the NBA In the last ten years‚ many young and talented high school basketball players have chosen to enter the NBA draft. These seventeen and eighteen year olds decide to skip college and instead‚ they choose to take a big risk and enter the NBA‚ hoping to become stars and earn millions
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June 21‚ 2014‚ ` “The King vs The Greatest” Sports comes down to competition fans and people love comparing one athlete against another just to see who the public thinks is better. Whether its fantasy comparison of Muhammad Ali vs Mike Tyson or Floyd Mayweather jr vs Manny Pacquiao. In basketball one on one comparisons are made all the time. Magic Johnson vs Larry bird‚ Kareem Abdul jabber vs bill Russell and there all-time greatest comparison Michael Jordan vs LeBron James. Jordan Consider
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the 2012-2013 NBA Finals. In the sixth game‚ San Antonio had a three-two series lead and were up three points late in the fourth. The Heat’s star‚ Lebron James‚ attempted to tie the game leaving twelve seconds on the board. He missed the shot and it seemed all hope had been lost. Then‚ in a matter of seconds‚ Cosh Bosh came down with the board and passed the ball to Ray Allen for the game tying three. Miami won the game in overtime and then won game seven‚ crowning them the 2012-2013 NBA Champions.
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Men Vs. Women in Professional Sports Ever since the ancient Greece‚ men have held athletic competitions or sports. It is only in modern times that women have had an opportunity to compete. Most sports still don’t have men and women directly competing against one another. In the past athletic instructors adapted the rules to make sports less physically taxing for women. For instance in basketball‚ to ensure that girls maintain proper decorum‚ they were forbidden from snatching the ball and dribbling
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Nature -VS- Nurture Nature versus Nurture is the issue of the degree to which environment and heredity influence behavior and development. In this issue nature can be defined as‚ behaviors due to heredity. Which means behaviors are based on the genetic makeup of an individual and is an influence of the individuals’ growth and development throughout life. On the other hand nurture are causes of behaviors that are environmental. Which means the influence is from‚ parents‚ siblings‚ family‚ friends
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Information systems (IS) focuses on the system making use of technology and information technology (IT) focuses on technology and how it can help in disseminating information. Usually Information system are build using the information technology. Information system referring to system designed to create‚ store‚ manipulate‚ communicate and disseminate information. Information systems typically include an IT component but are not purely concerned with IT‚ focusing in instead‚ on the end use of
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Linux vs. Mac vs. Windows Linux vs. Mac vs. Windows The operating systems Linux®‚ Macintosh® (Mac) and Microsoft® Windows® are the main software to every computer system to run properly along with other hardware. These operating systems (OS ’s) are very different in several ways‚ but they also have some similarities too. Linux‚ Mac and Windows use memory management‚ process management‚ file management and security management to operate the computer systems correctly
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go to the hoop with authority‚ while Kobe is a sleek and flashy all around shooter. Although being two of the best players in the world they are very different in the ways they play the game of basketball. Though both Kobe and Lebron went to the NBA straight out of high school‚ and being two of the league’s best all around players who are lethal threats which must take an extraordinary game plan to defend. With the association and contrast of the two legends‚ whether it is by trophies or championship
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Nike vs. Reebok Questions 1. "The success of Nike was strictly fortuitous and had little to do with great decision making." Evaluate this statement. The important part of the success was due to the far-sight of Nike’s management team. Nike’s CEO‚ who was a marathoner and knew what runners wanted for their shoes‚ had made a very basic strategy work; "make the products that fit their consumers’ needs". Examples of great decision making are: Diversifying products (into sports wears and others)
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Whenever anybody thinks about the game of basketball‚ the NBA or sports in general‚ the first name that usually comes to mind is Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls. Throughout his career he scored over 32‚000 points‚ won six NBA titles‚ six NBA Finals MVP awards and five NBA regular season MVP awards. He undoubtedly will go down as the greatest player in the history of not only basketball but all of sports. Every time a big name enters the NBA Draft‚ everybody always asks “Is this kid the next Michael
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