Cleveland Gladiators

Ashley Ramirez Forensic Science Mr. Kirby November 1st 2014 Baseball Bat On April 19th, 2014 Ricky Betancur life was taken from him by Eric Noyola who willfully and unlawfully killed Betancur, hitting him in the skull with a baseball bat. Noyola was also charged with being drunk in public as well as first degree murder. This case began late Saturday night when the two were watching friends at Boomer Sports Complex in Oklahoma City located off I-240 and Sunnylane Rd. The two had played…

the NBA Finals after a long, stressful season. Ever since first following the sport when I was a little kid, LeBron has been of the best and most influential superstars in the league. In 2003, LeBron was drafted straight out of high school by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the first overall pick. Almost immediately, he was an impact player, winning rookie of the year as the first of many awards and accomplishments. In 2010, he joined my hometown team, the Miami Heat, where he won his first two NBA…

Grover Cleveland The Progressive Era was a time of change and forward movement for the country. As the United States came to such a crucial time in its history, immersing into the Gilded Age, it called upon a great leader to take the reins and control the country with an iron fist. Although many great presidents emerged during this time and it could be argued that Theodore Roosevelt or William Howard Taft were the most influential presidents, when all the facts are analyzed and considered,…

Despite wrapping up the most successful regular season in franchise history, there is a general sense around the league that the Toronto Raptors have accomplished nothing. 21 seasons of (mostly) underachievement doesn’t help. 1 playoff series win and 7 playoff series losses don’t help. Zero best-of-seven playoff series wins definitely won’t help. Consecutive playoff series losses as the higher seed……well, you get the picture! Are you still reading? Because that’s all the negativity you’re…

• Rectangular painting, divided into top third roof and lower thirds is ground, the floor board. • Scene is set in daytime, in a building with brown pillars that has sheep with the wools being shaved. • The colours of the floor board and the sheep are consistently pale browns with their skin and shaved wool cream in colour; the rooftop of the building is dark, predominantly browns, with black lines between it for the right side of the roof top, and dark grey rectangular on the left side. • The…

Babe Ruth George Herman, also known as “Babe” Ruth, is perhaps the most recognized player in Major League Baseball. He is an influence to many Americans because of his persistence to conquer any impediments that were blocking his road to success. Fame was not handed to Babe, he became worthy of it; he is eminent because of his distinguished statistics. Babe Ruth was, and still is, considered the most elite baseball player ever to compete on a diamond; he set records that remained unbroken for…

Kevin Love What I Already Know/What I Want to Know Kevin Love is a professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Kevin Love is six feet and ten inches tall and weighs 251 pounds. He plays the power forward position, wears jersey number zero, and makes an annual salary of 15.72 million dollars. I enjoy watching and playing the game of basketball. Ever since I was a little kid I would watch the Minnesota Timberwolves on…

A) “The big stick in the Caribbean sea” 1. What is the image conveying? How does the image convey such ideas/information? The image is conveying an illustration of Theodore Roosevelt with his expansion and enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine. Roosevelt once famously said, “Speak softly, and carry a big stick” regarding his attitude on foreign policy. The Monroe Doctrine was a U.S. foreign policy aiming to dominate the entire American continent in the 1820s. It gave the U.S. to allow military…

Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, both becoming presidents in an era dominated by private trusts and powerful businessmen, sought to revive American Democracy from its ashes. Theodore Roosevelt, having a semi-conservative perception of monopolies, believed strong American Capitalism could let America compete with the other great world powers. Roosevelt also believed that small businesses should be able to compete with the large trusts, as long as they are aware of the sheer power of the…

The “Fixed” World Series of 1919 Seated in the stadium of the White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds; the crowds are roaring, for it’s the biggest game of the 1919 season. Excitement and anxiety is contagious, as everyone waits in suspense for the first pitch to be thrown. All of America is waiting in the stadium and around their televisions for the outcome of this momentous occasion to begin. No one could guess that this event was about to be ruined by the act of eight players. As baseball and…