Kobe Bryant Essay

Basketball! It seems like a century ago, basketball was being played with peach baskets and soccer balls, today basketball is well known all around the world having billions of followers and it’s one of the most popular sports in history. Origin of the Sport It was the 891st year of the 2nd millennium and the 91st year of the 19th century, when a physical educator, and sports innovator James Naismith invented the game of basketball. He first called it “peach basketball”, it came to him when…

as the mom's worst nightmare when shoe shopping with her child due because of its high price tags. It's clear the shoes have reached points far beyond the basketball court with celebrities like Rihanna, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and even NBA star Kobe Bryant with his own shoe brand has…

As a kid, I’ve always loved sports. I always dreamt about being like my favorite player, Kobe Bryant. I would always practice my game winning shot celebrations and taunts. I always wanted to be a profession basketball player. Since then, I have learned that I’m not good enough to play professionally, but my love for the game hasn’t changed. This is why I am considering pursuing a career in primary sports medicine. There are two types of sports medicine doctors. There is an orthopedic surgeon…

accomplishments. With his third bucket against Philadelphia, James reached 9,000 field goals for his regular season career, becoming just the 20th player in league history to reach that mark. Only five active players have hit the 9,000 field goal plateau (Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan and Dirk Nowitzki), putting James in the elite of the elite’s company. Sixers big men Nerlens Noel and Okafor each scored 18 points, while Isaiah Canaan finished with 14 points and four assists for…

the summer of 2014. Throughout social media an individual would pour ice water on their head and you would see how they reacted, this created so much buzz. This created awareness throughout this whole world with celebrities from Kanye West and Kobe Bryant participating. Alsa.org states that 17 million people uploaded an Ice Bucket Challenege video, I particapated in this cause last summer. “According to Google, last August more people searched for information about ALS than in the entire last…

Ever since January 18th, 1896 the day college basketball was invented and November 6th, 1869 the day college football was invented there has been controversy over college athlete being paid. Some people believe that college athletes are classified as amateurs and that they should not reap any benefits such as money for participating in their sport. Some people believe that all college athletes deserve to receive compensation in exchange for their talents. Lastly, some people believe that only a…

What if one day not only is Kobe Bryant making 25 million dollars a year, but your universities star football player is also making a small fortune. For the past few years now there have been an uprising in the controversial conversation involving whether college athletes should be paid to play or not. This has brought about many positive and negative concerns to both sides of the discussion. Some reasons for why players should be paid including how much money the university makes, how…

Reggie Bush, and Dez Bryant, these athletes have one thing in common other than being ridiculously talented college athletes. Each of these college stars were accused of violating the NCAA’s rules regarding college players and their off-field antics. Some of these players were accused of receiving in the upwards of 200,000 dollars to play at the university they were recruited to, others were suspended for selling their jerseys for just a few hundred dollars. Dez Bryant was ineligible for some…

and cultural class, and be considered a man and not a pushover or lover boy. There are some athletes that think every nice woman that’s a fan of theirs wants to sleep with them. An example of how athletes think every woman is a groupie is when Kobe Bryant had sex with a 20-year-old woman in Colorado and the women filed a sexual assault charge on him, which the case got…

Mason Taylor 4th Hour 7 November 2017 Dual Literature Gustav Holst vs. John Williams Gustav Holst’s The Planets suite heavily influenced the soundtracks for John Williams’s Star Wars movies. This is shown through each production’s use of rhythm, tone, and orchestration. Gustav Holst - creator of famed suite, The Planets - is widely considered one of the best-loved 20th-century English composers, and is actually more serious of a composer than one might assume from listening to The Planets.…