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    Asian basketball player in the NBA performing that…

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    Also, in the 2009 playoffs, Kobe was named the finals MVP, a very sought-after award for those participating in the championship series in the NBA (“Bryant, Kobe” 4). Outside of the NBA, Kobe Bryant was a member of the 2008 Olympic U.S. men’s basketball team in Beijing, where they proceeded to win the gold medal. Through all of these achievements, one can definitely see that Kobe Bryant has certainly made a comeback since 2003, and…

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    innovation and digitize athletic training equipment, announces its 94Fifty Bluetooth Smart basketball. Named after the dimensions of a college basketball court, contains a nine-sensor gyroscope, accelerometer, and compass device that is miniaturized and totally concealed within the ball. It is the first smart basketball and was released March 2013. This computerized basketball looks and feels like a regular basketball. It is made of synthetic leather, waterproof, and meets the regulation size…

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    I am a 20 year old man and I absolutely love talking about sports to everyone and anyone whether they are willing to listen or not. I even enjoy talking to those who don’t really care at all about sports. Many people have told me multiple times that they don’t care to hear it. But, if you asked me what my favorite sport to watch is I would tell you that I love watching all of them equally. If you ask me what sport was on television or who was playing, I could most likely tell you. If you told…

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    Do you think that college football players should get paid while still in college? There have been many debates on this topic with people thinking it will have a negative impact on the college football games like it will turn into the NFL (National Football League). Issues of gambling will come to people’s minds when paying college football players like point shaving. Many universities make a lot of money off their football programs. It’s fair to say that players should get some money from the…

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    their time focused on work tasks that will help them accomplish this state of wealth. You are considered successful by the amount of money you have, the kind of cars you drive, and the size of your house. Although this belief is strong throughout America today, you don 't need materialistic items to be successful. Success can differ depending on one 's standards. For example a lawyer can measure success by the amount of cases they win, but a mother can measure her success by her children 's…

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    Championship Team In fall 2011 I played basketball for my father’s friend team. Our team name was the wizards. We played all over the city, sometimes we would play out of town but mostly in St. Louis. Our season was coming to an end, but not before playoffs. Like college basketball in march madness if you lose a game, you are eliminated. We were a great team so we advanced through the first few rounds pretty easily. But our last three games were all difficult. Our first difficult game was…

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    dad had brought me a basketball goal from the neighbors house. The neighbor was throwing away its old basketball goal cause they had gotten a new one so they dint mind if we had taken the old one. That’s the first time I have ever had a basketball goal. I dint had a basketball to play with but a soccer ball was the only thing I had it was bouncy enough so it all manage to work out. Ever since then I started playing the game basketball. Since I had got the basketball court I had…

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    I started playing basketball as long as I can remember, but if i had to pick an age I would say 2 years old. My father influenced me alot he played himself, but what made me realize I like it even more is that I faced some hardships and I always overcame it with basketball. There was a time around 3rd grade I went to a basketball camp, with some friends. It was my first one ever I didn’t know what was going to happen or how would it go or anything. Well for the whole week I played great, I was…

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    time is often regarded as a hero’s journey. The concept of this 12 step journey was originally created by Joseph Campbell as an archetype for heroes in literature, particularly mythology. The hero's journey LeBron James took to become the greatest basketball player of all time draws comparisons to those of mythological heroes. The opening step in the hero’s journey for LeBron was his ordinary world. Campbell stated that if “you're going…

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