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John Wooden is arguably the most successful coach in UCLA’s basketball history. While at UCLA he coached the Bruins into twenty-one first place standings, and ten NCAA championships. In addition, while the Bruins were not victorious in all of their championship matches, when they did not win they came in 2nd or 3rd. For John Wooden, or Coach Wooden, success however was not measured by the amount of victories nor losses. Instead, Coach Wooden measured his success based off of the team’s effort…

Essay about The romantic elements in "The daffodils" Williams Wordworth William Wordsworth's "Daffodils" incorporates the ideas and aspects that are essential in poetry from the Romantic movement. Various peaceful images of nature, including a field of daffodils, possess human qualities in the poem. These natural images express Wordsworth's self-reflections, whether it be tranquil solitude at the beginning of the poem or excitement about being in the company of daffodils at the end…

Poem is a piece of writing which express feelings, emotions and ideas using descriptive figurative languages. However, poems are not dependable as a secondary source and if it is written about 100 years later than when the event actually happened. Likewise, the poem cannot be trustworthy if it contains different facts from the primary source written by the person who experienced that moment and who was actually there. Furthermore, as poems use figurative languages that exaggerate things, it is…

The two commercials that are being compared will be Steph Curry Under Armour shoe and LeBron James Nike shoe. Both commercials contain outstanding basketball superstar athletes that have cultivated the NBA league. However, both players have set a different appeal on their spectators when it comes to purchasing their brand. Steph Curry expresses determination and enhancement to grab his spectator’s attention while advertising his Curry 3’s. LeBron focus more on the qualities and features of his…

Throughout the history of the NBA, there have been many schemes and strategies used to create the most potent offense possible, an offense that is limited only by the ability of the players and has the potential to have role players make a big impact on the team and catapult star players into superstar talents. One of the attempts to create one of these lethal offenses is Tex Winter’s Triangle Offense. Adapted from Coach Sam Barry, to which Winter credits the invention, Tex’s redressing and…

Prior to this assignment, I believed that I knew a fair deal of information about Yao Ming’s past, being the basketball fan that I am. It was my assumption that he was randomly blessed with extraordinary height and happened to play very well overseas, leading to him being drafted into the NBA. However, Yao’s rise to superstardom is nowhere near as natural as I thought. Brook Larmer’s 2005 biographical exposé, Operation Yao Ming: The Chinese Sports Empire, American Big Business, and the Making of…

What is their family history?: David Thompson was born on July, 7th, 1954. He was born to the parents of Vellie Thompson, and Ida thompson in Shelby, North Carolina. He grew up in the small town of Shelby, and he had somewhat of just a normal childhood. Everything was fine until he hit ten years old. When he was ten years old his father Vellie went out of his job and his family was going into debt. They had nothing paying the house for a year, and they had to think of something quick. When this…

Len Bias was born in 1963 and was only twenty-two when he died of a cocaine related overdose. Bias was and still is considered one of the most exceptional players in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Bias rose to stardom after being a star collegiate athlete at the University of Maryland, drafted into the NBA only two years on the collegiate level (Boren…). After being drafted into the NBA in 1986 and the buzz that surrounded him was loud. However, as Bias gained popularity even though…

The Ultimate NBA Playoff Experience “They need a three to tie, Lowry half court heave a prayer at the buzzer, oh Kyle Lowry he hits and we are going to overtime in Toronto (Eastern).” This is what Kevin Harlen, a NBA commentator, said during the game as Kyle Lowry hit a buzzer beater to go into overtime in the playoffs. The NBA playoffs are a huge attraction in the United States, Canada, and even countries overseas to many people. Basketball can be one of the most exciting sporting events in…

As many gamblers from the 1970s, 80s and 90s were quick to learn, players like Moses Malone can have a profound effect on the outcome of free bets or real money wagers. September 13, 2015 will forever be remember as a sad day for NBA fans, owners, coaches and players after hearing the announcement regarding the sudden passing of NBA great Moses Malone at the age of 60 from apparent heart complications. Malone will forever be remember by his now famous moniker "Chairman of the Board", a title he…