Rules of basketball

Jack Duluth is an eighteen year old boy who just graduated from high school. Due to Jack’s reputation as a highly skilled basketball star and a valuable team player, plenty of girls have their eyes set on him. In fact, his overall appearance is a major contributing factor to his immense popularity. He has a short crewcut, he’s tall, his shirt always looks clean, and Angie described him as a “browned-skinned and healthy” boy (pg. 328). On the surface, he may seem care free, however as he reveals…

love Canada. I remember saying to my best friend, “Now that were here, what do you want to do? Immediately, I knew what was going through his mind. He loves basketball and evidently wanted to do something related to it. So he replied delightedly, “I know a place my cousin told me about. It’s an immense trampoline park where we could play basketball.” I agreed on going there since I didn’t want him to feel despaired; therefore, the next day we took a trip down to buy tickets to go there. It was…

As the leaves change color, the pumpkin spice latteslatte’s flow from the machines at Dunkin Donuts, and the students of Southold High School return to another year of academia., Settlers fall sports are once again in full swing. It’s a season of young teams, veteran squads, and championship aspirations. As our athletes look to achieve victory on the field, Tthe Sentinel has been keeping a close watch on their performance. Over at neighboring Greenport, the football team attempts to rebound…

astronomists mankind has ever had. Edwin Edwin was born in Missouri in 1889, the son of an insurance agent, and moved to Chicago almost nine years later. He was a very popular student in his school, he was ever smart student and in many sports including basketball, baseball, and track. Because of this, when he graduated from high school his principal looked him in the eyes and said. ¨All the years you have been at my school, I've never seen you study for more than 10 minutes, so here is a…

My fingers and legs persistently trembled after I finished playing Mozart’s “Viennese Sonata.” I stood up from the piano bench, bowed and the audience began to applaud; immediately I left the stage as the crimson curtains closed. I broke into a series of miserable sobs; it felt like my whole world was plummeting before my eyes. The term atrocious would be an understatement to describe the chaos that had occurred. Whether it was the nervousness that I felt as I performed in the presence of my…

feeling of self hatred starts creeping into his mind. He debating trying out for the basketball team because he was Indian. “I knew that practices started in a week. I’d planned on playing. But I didn’t know if the Coach liked Indians or not”(125). He also doubted the fact that he actually might be good at basketball. “‘No way,’ I said. ‘I’m junior varsity all the way’”(126). Although when he joins the Varsity Basketball team, as a freshman, pride and courage take over. His self esteem rises…

retired. Getting your number retired is telling you that all your hard work paid off, now a new future starts. But before any of that can happen my education was be completed. If you're grades are low in high-school you're off the team. Starting basketball in fifth grade gave me a rough start, while my friends started younger. So Making the NBA would prove them that it’s not about talent or shooting, it’s about hard work. One big motivation is my family. They sacrificed so much for me, now…

Teamwork is important because it is a valuable skill that helps others that need help who are by themselves. In the novel Freak the Mighty there's a kid named Kevin also called as Freak has Morquio Syndrome in his body that makes him really small and can barely walk. Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick, this novel is about two kids name Max and Kevin and they become friends in middle and the first time that they met was when Max needed some help with reading, Kevin comes in to help him read and…

It’s that time of year, the leaves are starting to turn and the weather is still scorching hot outside. Fall has finally arrived and I’m back at school for another semester. Fall baseball has just begun and it’s time for the first scrimmage. I walk out of the locker room and put my hands over my laces, and step out on the concrete and hear that first crack of the spike hitting the ground. I head to the best spot on the field the third base dugout. The field looks great the grass is cut with a…

changed my life so far but this one I think is permanent. My very first basketball, I think I was about 3 years old when me and my dad just threw a big ball around. When I was about 6 I really played basketball for the first time, and I loved it. One reason I think this artifact is so important to my life is, This gave me my passion, my love for the game. Without having a ball I wouldn't even think of playing any basketball. My family was more of the football type. Another reason that I think…