2010 NBA All-Star Game

look at the Eastern Conference and we’ll tackle the Western Conference next week. First off, I should clarify a few things. For the sake of this exercise, I will be including sign and trades. Originally I considered excluding S&T’s but this would all seem ridiculous if I didn’t include the likes of LeBron James taking his…

1890s. He was challenged to come up with a new game that was able to be played indoors due to the cold weather. Back in the days before the actual basketball was invented, they would play with a soccer ball. The basket didn’t have a hole on the bottom of the rim just yet. So what they had to do was, climb up to the top of the basket, throw the ball back down, climb down, then continue playing. Women didn’t start playing until a year after the game was invented. In 1892 a female instructor…

trade from the Cleveland Cavaliers owner, Dan Gilbert. This mind boggling ordeal comes after the Cleveland Cavaliers third consecutive trip to the NBA Finals, one of which resulted in a championship. Now it is LeBron James who is forced to face his own future legacy. Without Irving (who averaged 25 points per game in 2017) and his clutch late-game performances, James has to wonder whether he will have as sure of a road through the Eastern Conference, perhaps jeopardizing a potential eighth…

how much of a change they can make in this world with their actions they do on or off of the court/field by making a “conscious political stand for justice,” (Zirin, 2017, p. 424). He proves his point by providing examples about the 2009 Miami Heat NBA team making a political stand for justice for a young African American teen named Travyon Martin who was shot and killed by a self appointed neighborhood watch leader because he had his hood on which “some pundits in their infinite wisdom believed…

Michael Jordan, a name everyone around the world knows and loves. Jordan is known as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He has won many awards while doing what he loves. Michael’s journey is filled with all kinds of inspiring stories and still has an impact on the world of basketball to this day. Jordan has such a complex life that keeps you hooked whether it’s his childhood, basketball skills, baseball career, or even his acting. Michael Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York on…

A Feather in a Salary Cap Why should the President of the United States make less than a Major League Baseball rookie? Professional athletes acquire a whole heap of money, and there are some people who believe that star players make way too much money. For example, many superstars in baseball, basketball, and football enjoy multi-year contracts that are worth more than $100 million. Because of these unreasonably high salaries, many people think salary caps are a good thing for the players. On…

since they were founded in 1998. The first WNBA game ever played was in 1997. The Lynx played their first game over a year later, because no NBA teams were looking to manage a WNBA team at the time. But in April 1998, the league announced they would be adding two expansion teams, one of the two to be managed by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Their head coach was Brian Agler, who went on to coach three seasons with the franchise. The Lynx…

Imagine being a 28-year-old, NFL star, out of Rutgers University, a household name especially in Baltimore. Rushing for 6,000+ yards, with just over 1,000 carries for eight short seasons. Some would classify that as a good start to a career. But, in the blink of an eye it 's all gone. Then the blink of an eye it was over because of the videotaped scandal that exposed himself and the NFL of wrongdoing. This man was the running back for the Super Bowl XLVII Champions, Baltimore Ravens, Ray Rice.…

Dre and his beats, Ice Cube absolutely loved the game of basketball as depicted in his iconic song, “It Was a Good Day,” which came out in 1992. In “It Was A Good Day”, Ice Cube said, “Called up the homies and I’m askin y’all, ‘Which park are y’all playing basketball?’ Get me on the court and I’m trouble…

team were he been to and how increased their income. Without a doubt, sports are hugely important in not only our American society, but global society as well. Basketball is a sport enjoyed all over the world by people from all walks of life as this quote shows the influx of viewers every year:"since 2007, NBA ratings have steadily risen,…