Chicago Bulls

In 1978 a fifteen year old sophomore was cut from the basketball team; in 1991 that same kid, known as Michael Jordan, won his first championship in the NBA. My entire life has been based around baseball. I started playing tee ball and did not stop until my sophomore year in high school. My sophomore year I was cut from the baseball team because the coaches did not think I was good enough. I was lost, those coaches took away my love. Everything grim that occurs in life can be overcame by…

The Dominican Republic faces Panama on the third day of Group A competitions in the 2015 FIBA Americas at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City on September 2. Kenny Atkinson’s squad was destroyed by the 2013 FIBA Americas winner Mexico on their opener on Monday, 84-66, as they were unable to contain Mexican shooting guard Orlando Mendez, who fired 24 points in the game, via FIBA Live Stats. Point guard Édgar Sosa topscored for the Dominicans with 18 points while veteran forward Francisco…

New Orleans Pelicans superstar forward Anthony Davis is looking to accomplish a feat that hasn’t been done since the 1999-00 season by Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal. The feat that he is trying to carry out is winning both the MVP and NBA’s scoring title as a big man. As I mentioned, Shaquille O’Neal was the last big man to win both awards in the 1999-00 season as he averaged 29.7 points, 13.6 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game. He also shot 57.4 percent from the field, including 57.5 percent on…

PSYC 3137 Flow The aspect of positive psychology that applies to my daily life is flow. Alan Carr defines flow as “a subjective state that people report when they become engaged in controllable but challenging tasks or activities that require considerable skill and that are intrinsically motivating, such as competitive sailing, creative writing, or having a stimulating conversation” (Carr, 2011). Flow is something that comes from within whether it has to do with motivation or just simply the…

Who is better LeBron James or Stephen Curry? It is a question many NBA fans kept hearing from other NBA fans. Both NBA players have been successful in their own ways. Both have many fans who think one of these two basketball players is better. Although LeBron has won more MVPs than Curry, Steph maybe better than LeBron. Since Kobe has retired who is now the current best NBA basketball player? Stephen Curry is a better three-point shooter than LeBron but some fans think that clutch shooting is…

On December 30, 1984 LeBron Ramone James was born to Gloria Marie James and Anthony Mclelland in Akron, Ohio. As a child he didn’t have very much money because his mom was only 16 when he was born. Because of his dads absence he uses his mom’s last name instead of his dads. Known for being one of Americas top high school basketball players he rose into the public eye at a young age. In high school by his senior year in high school he was averaging 30 points a game so it’s no surprise he was the…

I choose the article “Is Kobe Bryant Actually Better Than Michael Jordan?” by Ethan S. This article is mainly about who the better shooting guard is, Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant. With this article the author doesn’t use straight statistics to determine who the better player is. He creates a total of fourteen categories. These categories are all aspects of the basketball game but aren’t measured by stats more like character. The goal of this essay is to give the reader a view of both players…

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,…

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…

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…