Basketball Hall of Fame

My Devastating Concussion When I was in 7th grade, I was at a basketball tournament at my school. My basketball team had set up a tournament of 8 teams including us. The best 2 teams from each division would play each other in the championship. My team had made it to the championship and we were going to play against the Bettendorf Bulldogs. We were winning almost all the way through the game until 2 minutes were left on the clock. I was in playing the wing and one of my teammates had just…

baseball, basketball, and football in America totaled nearly 9 billion dollars ("How Much Pro Athletes Pay in Federal Income Tax”)! Professional sports teams should not pay their players, even the great ones, as large of salaries as they…

Kansas city Chiefs. In reality, he was so much more than that. Despite having his most accomplishments in American Football, he helped shape 4 lasting, popular american sports leagues. He has ties to the National Football League (NFL), The National Basketball Association (NBA), The North American Soccer League (NASL), which would later become part of Major League Soccer (MLS), and the World Tennis Championships (WTC). His contributions are what make him one of the most influential men in…

vs A Championship Winning Career: The New Challenge for NBA Players Should I stay or should I go? That’s the question every Hall of Fame worthy star asks himself at some point in his career in the league. Now to be fair,the answer depends largely on the team you were drafted to and the overall potential to win a championship. At the end of the day, professional basketball is a business first and entertainment second, so each team views players as small puzzle pieces; get the right pieces to…

Bryant was born on August 23, 1978, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, into an atmosphere of basketball. His father, Joe "Jellybean" Bryant, spent eight seasons in the NBA, mostly with the Philadelphia 76ers. Bryant's parents set up a pint-size court behind their home when Kobe was just three so that the boy could mimic his dad. His mother, Pam, was a homemaker, and the family also included Bryant's two sisters, Shaya and Sharia. Bryant's father told the Sporting News that the experience…

Who Inspires You? Many different people have favorite sports like baseball, football, basketball, soccer, etc. and everyone is entitled to their own opinions. My favorite sport is basketball and the person that inspires me to do my best on and off the court is the best of all time Michael Jordan. I’ve decided to read the book, “Facing Michael Jordan,” edited by Sean Deveney with Kent McDill to learn more about my role model. Michael Jordan was as my dad would always say, the first on and off the…

Sneakerheadz. Dir. David T. Friendly and Mick Partridge. Perf. DJ Skee. Jump-Films, 2015. AT&T, 2015. Web. 17 June 2017. The documentary Sneakerheadz, explores the recent pop culture phenomenon which revolves around buying shoes worn and marketed by basketball icons. The documentary begins by exploring the origins of the so-called “sneaker culture”. They justify how on the fateful day of September 15, 1984, Nike releases the first Jordan shoes, the “Air Jordan I”. It was a very important sneaker…

rounded person, that can do many things. In school, I have worked hard to get good grades and be the best person I could be. I just tried to be myself, most of the time. My personality leads me to the realm of sports. I play three sports, Football, Basketball, and Baseball. I consider myself to pretty good at all of these sports. But my favorite or best sport I play is Baseball. I’ve played this sport since I was 3, it’s part of my lifestyle. My life would be wrong without it. Baseball is what’s…

The History of Basketball The multi-million dollar, money making game of basketball has came a long way since its humble beginning. The sport of basketball was born at a training school in Springfield, Massachusetts. For a century, basketball was played with soccer balls and peach baskets, but because of outstanding players, evolving rules and records set, basketball has became an international sensation. Basketball is enjoyed by people of all ages, has transcended gender barriers and has…

Adapted from Coach Sam Barry, to which Winter credits the invention, Tex’s redressing and further advancement of the system led to him and Head Coach Phil Jackson to a combined 11 championships with the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers with Hall of Fame players, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, Scottie Pippen, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan and…