Informative Speech: Kirk Cousins And Steroid's Cover

Decent Essays
Introduction
 Attention-Getter: Did you know that 60% of Americans spend a total of 1-5 hours watching football on Sunday according to tvbythenumbers.com. Now what if I asked you who this was (reference picture).  Relevance: Even if you don’t fall into that 60% chances are you still have heard it being talked about in the office school or amongst friends. As well as seen people wearing jerseys of their favorite player or team.

 Credibility: I have vast amount of knowledge about football because I like to watch Kirk Cousins and the Redskins take on a new opponent every Sunday during football season. Additionally over the past few days I have been research and collecting data about him as well.

 Preview: Kirk Cousins is a bundle of
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This drink consist of ½ teaspoon strawberry jam or jelly

1 tablespoon peanut butter (no added sugar)

½ banana

8 ounces (1 cup) soy or rice milk (unsweetened)

½ cup of ice

1 scoop protein powder (like BODYKEY meal replacement by Nutrilite)

B. This drink made it on to everydayhealth.com which is a website that is popular for posting recipes for delicious meals snacks and drinks. Despite making it on to the website the smoothie is not very well known about amongst the health community and the NFL.

C. http://www.hogshaven.com/2014/9/16/6155887/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-kirk-cousins

*Develop a full-sentence transition that leads from your 1st to your 2nd main point*

Another fact that people fail to realize about Kirk Cousins is the significant of where he proposed.

II. Main Point Two
Cousins talked to the Congressman of his state Bill Huizenga about proposing to his wife Julia Hampton at the Speaker of the House`s office.
A. He asked her in November 2013 after dating her for a year and a half.
B. He proposed off of the balcony and she said yes to him. This ordeal took a lot of planning on Cousins part but paid off in the end.
C.

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