Grand Slam

lot of pay compared to the U.S. Even though he didn’t win (came second to Kel Nagle, by one shot), he still made a HUGE IMPACT. He had the British Open become one of the major tours of this generation and if you win all of them it is called the Grand Slam which includes the U.S. Open, The Open Championship(British Open), the Masters, and the PGA Championship. He basically made the modern era of golf by making this tournament…

One extremely hot blazing day in 2011 we were at Seneca, South Carolina. We were watching Tyler Kesterson ,my brother, and Trendin McKinney ,Kynsie's brother, at the World Series and our brother's team was in the field first ,Southwest Arkansas. When the first batter was up and Cane Edwards our pitcher threw the ball and the batter hit the ball to short stop and T.K threw it to first base and everyone screamed and shouted for him. We got three outs our turn to bat and there was no run limit and…

I attended the 5th annual grand slam tonight at the JACC. It was really fun and I really feel like I had a poetic breakthrough of some sorts just by the opening performers and that’s what really stuck with me the whole way home. They had four opening performers and I think I had tears in my eyes during the last two. I really just felt so attached to what they were saying and I had never experienced poetry like that before. Amy Pinney read two poems and I could recognize a ton of slant rhymes…

campus and the meeting of new people. I was from a small town Iowa kid graduating with 84 kids, no diversity in the school or community. Making Grand View seem like a polar opposite of my hometown, and that right there has changed me in so many different ways. I am no longer a simple minded. I have opened up to things that I never thought I would. Poetry slam is something that my girlfriend dragged me along to it and who would of thought that I would of enjoyed it. Ear piercing is something that…

2o English Each and every single person has his or her own adventure, and behind each story is a Hero's Journey. In our Hero's Journey, Erandi, Raymond, and I, The Oreos, will be competing our way to the Ultimate Slam, a grand tournament that everyone, across the entire bay area, is fighting to get into. For this reason, the three of us will have to combat a rigorous and intense battle to the top. As we prepare for the upcoming tournament, our shihan, or head instructor, will be mentoring us…

Mateo Ramirez Dr. Ainsworth English 1301 18 April 2017 More than a Game The movie 42 (2013) is an American sports movie directed and written by Brian Helgeland. The movie is about the introduction of African Americans to American baseball. The main character in the movie is Chadwick Boseman who is playing the role of the first African American baseball to sign to a professional American baseball team his name is Jackie Robinson. Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. The…

1950s Sports Following WWII, many Americans enjoyed a thriving economy and access to a range of new time-saving technologies. “With more money to spend and an excess of leisure time, people turned to sports for recreation and entertainment.” (Sports in America in the 1950s) Baseball was paramount in America, but other sports competed for the nation’s attention. Boxing and Golf were also very popular to sports fans in America, Rocky Marciano went on his historical, undefeated run between…

It was called the Cosmopolitan Club (Source Card #5). " She was the sport’s top female player in the late 1950s, winning five Grand Slam singles events. Over the course of her career, she won more than 50 other tournaments. Nearly 5 feet 11 inches tall, Gibson had an impressive reach and delivered a strong, intimidating serve." (Source Card #2). Gibson became the first African American…

Gender Equality. It’s fictitious, fake and false. Australia would not be like it is today without sport. Although, men and women are viewed vastly different. As a nation, we need to put this inequity to an end, before an important part of Australia will end itself. BY Elli Chapple Gender Equality. What exactly is Gender Equality? It is unacceptable. Gender inequality is a significant matter that reflects on Australia today. Fairness and equality in sport does not exist and remain today…

There are many famous athletes people think of for sports like basketball, baseball, and golf people think of Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth, and Jack Nicklaus. When people think of famous women athletes like in tennis they think of Serena Williams, Martina Navratilova or Billie jean king. Another famous athlete from the past is golf player Babe Didrikson Zaharias who helped other women who wanted to become a golf player be able to compete with women with the same talent. If it was not for Didrikson…