Boston Strangler

On August 8th 1981, Robert and Lynette Federer were expecting their second baby after Diana who had 20 months old. They did not know that the new arrival will be one of the greatest athletes in History. At the Basel Cantonal Hospital in Bottmingen Switzerland, they named him Roger. In his childhood, Roger showed interest in football. At four years, he began watching and playing tennis when his idol Boris Becker won his first Wimbledon title. After that, he became junior player and finished this…

NORFOLK, Va. – Senior forward Khalilah Ali narrowly missed a triple-double, as the Norfolk State women’s basketball team remained undefeated in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, with a 71-40 victory over North Carolina Central on Saturday afternoon at Echols Hall. Ali tallied 19 points, nine blocks and eight rebounds, with the 19 points and nine blocks are new career-highs. The nine blocks is the second most in the country this season and the most in the conference. The Spartans (8-7, 3-0…

What Makes The Golden State Warriors So Deadly? The Golden State Warriors seem to be the team that no one can defeat. The New Orleans Pelicans, Memphis Grizzlies, and Houston Rockets all failed to come up with a solution to defeat the Warriors in a seven game series and now the Cleveland Cavaliers find themselves down in the NBA Finals one game to none with Kyrie Irving out for the rest of series. 1.The Bench The Warriors proved why they are so deadly in game one of the finals. The Warriors…

The (9-35) Los Angeles Lakers host the white-hot (37-6) San Antonio Spurs tonight at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles. Today in the 10 year anniversary of Kobe Bryant giving the NBA; his magnum opus, his masterstroke, his piece de resistance one of his crowning achievements, his exemplar performance scoring 81-point game against the Toronto Raptors. We can all reminisce about Kobe Bryant dropping the second highest scoring game in NBA history, but a few things somehow end up being…

Who is Kevin Harvick? Kevin Harvick is an American professional stock car racing driver. He is recognized as the winner of Daytona 500 in 2007 and the Busch Series Champion of 2001 and 2006. He has the all-time record for most Cup Series wins at Phoenix International Raceway with eight wins. Kevin Harvick: Birth Facts, Family, and Childhood Kevin was born on December 8, 1975, in Bakersfield, California, United States. Kevin is of American nationality and North American ethnicity. His name by…

The Golden State Warriors are really, really good at basketball. After taking the league by storm last season en route to an NBA Championship, the Warriors have begun their title defense by completely rewriting the record books. Stephen Curry has become a one-man glitch in the Matrix, but that's not all the Dubs have to offer. Under Steve Kerr and his coaching staff, including current interim head coach Luke Walton, the Warriors have used their ridiculous assemblage of talent to steamroll the…

Paul Revere was a middle class man, blacksmith who was well educated, and a pro-colonies activist. He, along with the Sons of Liberty, participated in the Boston Tea Party. On April 18, 1775, he received a signal that announced the presence of more British troops arriving in Massachusetts. As per-established, he and two other riders set out to warn people of the oncoming troops. Paul job was to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams. After succeeding he reunited with his fellow horsemen and rode to…

“I, young in life, by seeming cruel fate / Was snatch’d from Afric’s fancy’d happy seat” (Wheatley, 24-25). This line from well-known poem To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth, tells the first part of Phillis Wheatley’s remarkable story. Brought to America as a young child, Wheatley became of the first to display African people’s emotional, spiritual, and intellectual ability. Though her life was short and sad, it was a testimony of African American talent to the whites of her day…

Would you put your life on the line to keep others safe? My uncle is a detective and does this every day. Dave Beuter volunteers for the Walker Parish Council and the Betterment Club, and he coaches basketball for both his children. Dave Beuter also keeps others safe by responding to calls and investigating crimes, which makes him a hero. As a detective, Dave Beuter shows “big H heroism” (Cherry, The Psychology of Heroism), when he does regular patrol functions and investigates crimes.…

Growing up in the world of sports, I had a variety of childhood heroes that I looked up too. For me, those childhood heroes were Dwyane Wade and Lebron James. These two phenomenal up and coming NBA athletes, took the league and world by storm when entering in 2003. Each has collected their fair-share of accolades and trophies. From NBA championships, to NBA scoring leaders or NBA first all-Rookie team, both of these individuals have dominated the sport of basketball for over a decade. Although,…