Diana Taurasi

WNBA and the remaining seven months overseas (Fagan). In the WNBA the average salary is $76,500. Where “low-level rookies make less than $40,000, the very best players about $109,500” (Fagan). The WNBA has struggled to keep attendance numbers up and has been losing millions of dollars each season. The league simply cannot afford to pay their payers larger salaries. On the other hand two of the WNBA’s top stars Brittney Griner and Diana Taurasi will make about ten times what they will make in the WNBA in their seven months as a member of a Russian team. Griner makes about $1 million and Taurasi makes about $1.5 million (Fagan). In these European leagues, owners are able to play these star players’ salaries ten times their WNBA salaries. Basketball agent Bruce Levey told ESPN in an interview, “There is no economic justification for it, referring to high salaries for women 's professional players overseas. There is no college ball in Europe” (Steele). These teams are also not bringing in a ton of revenue. For instance the Russian team Taurasi and Griner play for UMMC, it is practically free for fans to get a glimpse of them play. “Tickets on the floor and in the lower bowl are just a few bucks, and tickets in the upper bowl are free. Some who attend the games truly enjoy women 's hoops, but most just appreciate the possibility of free entertainment in a heated arena in the dead of winter” (Fagan). How is this team able to dish out such large salaries when tickets sales…

The team to watch this year in the NCAA tournament is the University of Connecticut Women’s Basketball team. Their perfect one hundred and eight game streak and four back to back national championships has earned them the title, Dynasty. While this resume is almost uncomparable with any other sports record out there, there are those who believe that the UConn Huskies are hurting the progress of women's basketball and overall the progress of women's sports. Jack Brewster, of the University Wire…

Emily Morua Edwardo Pedregon English 4 April 20, 2016 Morua i Final Draft Basketball was invented by a physical education instructor named Dr. James Naismith in the early 1890s. He was challenged to come up with a new game that was able to be played indoors due to the cold weather. Back in the days before the actual basketball was invented, they would play with a soccer ball. The basket didn’t have a hole on the bottom of the rim just yet. So what they had to do was, climb up to the top of…

Earl of Spencer’s Eulogy for Diana: A Different Approach Six days after the untimely death of Diana, Princess of Wales the Earl of Spencer delivered a heartfelt eulogy to pay tribute to his sister. A eulogy can be defined as speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly, typically someone who has just died (Eulogy, n.d.). The Earl used this eulogy not only to praise his deceased sister’s attributes but to call out those whom he felt had victimized his sister through her…

Princess Diana was known across the world as "The people's princess", and “The queen of hearts”. Throughout her life, princess Diana always had the public eyes on her, she was admired, respected, and a role model to many people around the world. Princess Diana was born on July 1st 1961, in Sandringham, Norfolk, England. She was born into an aristocratic English family who were very close to the royal family. Her parents got divorced when she was eight years old and she continued to live with…

identifiable enough to be robbed at gunpoint of her jewelry and experience a horrifying event. The uprising in social media and the obsession people have over celebrities causes a scary cross-over that leads to people’s lives being endangered over the simplicity of information of where someone is. While the paparazzi can live in privacy, they have a knowledge of knowing where celebrities live and know enough about them that they know their usual schedule and can be waiting for them exactly when…

been known to be perfect and have no obstacles or problems to overcome. They are kept away from the real world and they live sheltered lives. When Diana Spencer married into the royal household, that stereotype was broken. Diana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales and she challenged the typical stereotype of a princess by talking about mental illness, making physical contact with AIDS and leprosy patients, and by exposing her children to the horrors of the outside…

people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are.” Princess Diana (Brainy Quotes) Activism is brought upon one's desire to improve or create change in society, usually done by promoting a social injustice. Many people throughout history have successfully impacted the general public's views and opinions on various issues, thus creating a better environment for future generations.…

At the Golden Globes award ceremony Oprah Winfrey was presented the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement.Given recent events like the Me too and Time’s up movements Oprah dedicated her speech to speaking up about sexual harassment and emphasizing the need for change.Throughout the speech she talks about many different things from personal stories to the plights of everyday women to show that this abuse affects everyone. She uses many important rhetorical devices, namely pathos,…

Athenian sculptor, Leochares, created Diana of Versailles in 325 BCE to honor Artemis who is the Greek Goddess of hunting, wilderness, and childbirth. The Romans later created a marble copy of the sculpture in the Imperial Roman period to honor Diana, the Roman Goddess of hunting, the moon, and childbirth. The statue currently resides on display at the Louvre in Paris, France (Ancient Greek & Roman Sculpture). Artemis, the daughter of Leto and Zeus, is a principal Greek God who spends most of…