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ESPN’s Basketball Power Index gives the Golden State Warriors a 75 percent chance to win the NBA Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers in a championship rematch. In this year’s postseason, the Warriors won back-to-back series in five games over the Houston Rockets and Portland Trail Blazers. However, Golden State is coming off a tough, physical series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, which took the Warriors to seven games before Golden State advanced to face the Cavs. At times, the Warriors…

The Great Wall of China Town You’ve heard about the rest. Now, let’s talk about the best Point Guard (PG) league. It is John Wall, The Great Wall of Chinatown. John Wall is the best PG in the National Basketball Association (NBA). All through the years, the Washington Wizards fans have witnessed the growth of John Wall. He has electrified and mesmerized the fans at Capital One Arena, formerly known as Verizon Center, located in heart of Chinatown in Washington, D.C. Throughout, his college…

The year I was born The year I was born was a memorable year in American history. The year 2001 was the disaster full day of September 11. This was the terrorist attack on the twin towers also known as the World Trade Center. They also attacked the pentagon. In my hometown of Pittsburgh the only news I could find was the weather of the day I was born which was 81 degrees on average. Internationally I saw that some big news was also that of the biggest news in America which was 911 In sports…

More or less a lot of this actually happened. I was just a regular yinzer, waiting for the Buc’s to finally advance past the first or second round of the playoffs. I felt like this was our year, it was a warm and beautiful september. The Pirates had recorded the second best record in all of baseball. The top three records in all of baseball all occurred in the Pirates division: the NL Central. The only problem is that we were going against the hottest pitcher in baseball Jake Arrieta, with…

When you hear the name Michael Jordan you probably automatically think best basketball player of all time; (Which is true), but what you don’t know is that the reason he was so successful is because he believed in himself. He believed that hard work is everything he also believed that failure is ok, but its not ok to not try and that was what drove him. Michael Jordan had some tough times where others would have quit, he stayed and worked harder than he did before to make the cut. A lot of…

There are many good receivers, but but there is no receiver like Jerry Rice. Jerry Lee Rice was born on October 13th, 1962, in Starkville, Mississippi. He started working for his dad’s work. When he was at school he was was running and the principal saw him and he stopped and said “do you want to be punished or do you want to join the football team”. He decided to join the football team. The principal told the coach about his speed. His coach was shocked. Jerry Rice was married to Jacqueline…

The Bad Boys The Detroit Pistons is one of the NBA’s most iconic organizations. It was not always sunshine and rainbows in Detroit though. The 1976-77 ended the season with the record 44-38, and lost in the first round of the playoffs. This would be their last winning season for the next seven years. The Pistons in the late seventies had picked up a reputation of being soft and lackadaisical, which resulted in end of season records like 16-66 and 21-61. This was a very fragile time for the…

following in 1993 Finals he averaged 41.0 PPG and for All Star games he holds the recrod for most made field goals career and most attempted Field Goals for a single All Star game and many more. He is also known as the best player ever by not just Chicago Bulls fans but the Majority of everyone in the basketball scene. He won six championships although he was lucky to be drafted to the bulls he still had amazing skill he was lucky because first of all ounce he was drafted he was the only star…

Ball was imagined in December 1891 by the Canadian pastor, instructor, and Doctor James Naismith. Naismith presented the amusement when we were a teacher at the Young Men 's Christian Association Training School (now Springfield College) in Springfield, Massachusetts. At the solicitation of his prevalent, Dr. Luther H. Gulick, he sorted out an incredible amusement suitable for indoor winter play. The diversion included components of American football, soccer, and hockey, and the principal ball…

Throughout the history of baseball, the baseball players and their owners have found themselves in many disputes over money and working conditions. For instance, at the beginning of 1876 baseball players found themselves at the beginning of what could be considered a monopoly; where the owner’s controlled baseball for a quarter of a century (Baseball, 2010). This was due to William Hulbert and other owner’s creation of the reserve clause. As a result of this clause, baseball player’s salaries…