Basketball Hall of Fame

“Professionals athletics attained such a high degree of popularity during the 1920s through 1940s that era was called ‘the golden age of sports.’ African-Americans excelled in boxing, basketball, baseball, football, tennis, track and golf; and, in the face of racist Jim Crow laws, many initiated their own athletic associations” (West). It was called “The golden age of sports” because African Americans did so well, that they had a large…

Andrew Larson Mrs.Nelson Speech 3 January 2017 Argument Speech (Attention Getter) March Madness, Frozen Four, Final Four, these are the major NCAA tournament games that are time consuming for college athletes. (Connect Topic to Audience) Because most of us watch our favorite college sport in tournament time, we don’t realize how much time and effort athletes put into their respective sport. After looking deeper into college athletic statistics, I wondered how they can keep their grades up and…

family in hopes of developing a better life. Rosenfeld lived a life devoted to sport, vividly portrayed through her recognized excellence and passion for a vast array of sports. Throughout her athletic career, she competed in tennis, softball, basketball, and hockey. However, Rosenfeld found her greatest successes in multiple track and field events. As a result of her continued devoutness to sport, in 1950, Rosenfeld was selected as the honourable recipient of Canada’s women athlete of the…

happening to athletes when they play sports at the college level. (McCormick, R., & McCormick, A. (2006)) believe that playing college sports are more that an extracurricular activity and should be viewed more like a job. Under common law football and basketball athletes are considered employees. The common law has three tests of it, one is the right of other’s to control a person’s activity, whether that person is compensated, and lastly if that person is economically dependent on that…

Baseball park you may have noticed that a large 42 was somewhere in the stadium. On a banner that waves in the wind high above one ballpark that number appears. In other ballparks it 's hanging on the outfield fence, score board, or on their "wall of fame." Some baseball teams will retire numbers because of outstanding players when their career ends. When the number is retired there is no other player in that organization that will wear that number. The number 42 is so special that every…

Before Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, Reggie Jackson, and all of the other African American baseball stars, every ball player had one thing in common: they were all white. But it wasn’t till 1947, when one player stood up for his rights and changed the world of sports forever. His name was Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson was born into a poor family on January 31, 1919. His hometown was Cairo, Georgia. He was the youngest of five children and was raised by a single mother. Six months after…

For the most part this section focuses on the NCAA. The section provides an incident where gambling took place right under the rules of the NCAA. It says that in 1945, two basketball players from Brooklyn College were arrested in the home of two bookmarkers. Both students accepted $1,000 for purposely losing in the game against Akron University (Thornton, Champion, & Ruddell, 2012, Pg. 101). Incidents just like the is one will…

Baseball is an all American sport that takes its pride in its patriotism. At one time American baseball was the number one sport to watch and follow in the United States. It was just as popular as American Football is today. It was considered a gentlemen’s game that held a high reputation for gamesmanship and sportsmanship. Baseball had a very powerful influence on society. During the 1940’s, baseball was majority played by white Americans. Thanks to Jackie Robinson, today baseball is one…

work they would go outside and his dad pitched righty while Mickey batted lefty, then his grandpa would pitch lefty while he batter righty. This taught him how to switch hit. Being a tri-sport athlete Mickey kept busy and in good shape; he played basketball and football, along with baseball. While playing on a semi-pro team at the age of 16, a Yankees scout came to watch his game to see their third basemen play. By being in the right place at the right time Mickey was lucky enough to impress the…

On December 1st, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery Alabama. Everyone has heard of this story, but what most people don’t know is that Lieutenant Jack “Jackie” Robinson also made the same action, 11 years earlier. On July 6th, 1944, Robinson was riding a military bus at Camp Hood in Waco, Texas during World War 2. Robinson was asked to move to the back of the bus by white men. He argued and fought until he arrived at his stop, in which they continued to argue…