The (5-23) Los Angeles Lakers play the (19-9) Oklahoma City Thunder for the second time in five days, in a back-to-back contest as well as in OKC’s second-straight game at the Staples Center. OKC beat the Los Angeles Clippers on a Kevin Durant game-winning shot at the buzzer. Just as sure as driving slightly more than seven miles south on the 110 Freeway and seven miles west on the 105 Freeway in L.A. you’ll reach the Los Angeles International Airport; the OKC Thunder will have something to…
There is no flash to Kahwi Leonard. But the San Antonio Spurs forward is quietly knocking at the doors of the NBA Superstardom. Despite playing excellent basketball both in offense and in defense, Leonard’s public recognition remains out of line with his real ability. When the Spurs first considered bringing in Leonard, the objective was simply to add a bigger perimeter player. Now on his fifth season with the ballclub, Kahwi has silently turned into a MVP caliber player. He has become an…
NORFOLK, Va. – Senior forward Khalilah Ali narrowly missed a triple-double, as the Norfolk State women’s basketball team remained undefeated in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, with a 71-40 victory over North Carolina Central on Saturday afternoon at Echols Hall. Ali tallied 19 points, nine blocks and eight rebounds, with the 19 points and nine blocks are new career-highs. The nine blocks is the second most in the country this season and the most in the conference. The Spartans (8-7, 3-0…
Tuesday night, the Pratt girls basketball team put up a tough fight against the Kingman Eagles, ending in a 43-54 loss. Very similar to the first time they played Kingman this season, losing 34-46. The girls played at home and started off behind in the first quarter, 10-4. They stayed with Kingman through the second quarter with both teams scoring 11 points to end the half 15-21. The Pratt girls fought to get the lead, scoring 15 points in the third quarter, but Kingman was not letting up.…
better place. Fast forward to a half white kid living in the streets on Wadsworth. He’s about nine or ten, his beloved cousins from florida have just arrived, instantly the Bogue, Johnson annual basketball game cominced. Although the “Bogue Big Three” rained the supreme for the past several years the “Jumping Johnsons” came to the unwieldy conclusion that they would obtain the dub and the bragging-writes.…
1. What is your reaction to Ansary's famous post 9-11 email? Use quotations from the email to explain. After the attack on the World Trade Center Tamim Ansary sent out an email. Which quickly spread like wildfire. Fueled by emotions he sent out an email discussing that his home Afghanistan was not part of the attack. Within three days of this email Tamim was receiving calls from news networks, because of it. When hearing of Tamim’s experiences as he witnessed and heard people saying that all…
Michael Jeffrey Jordan also famously known by his initials MJ is a former NBA (National Basketball Association) basketball player. He played for the Chicago Bulls and the Washington Wizards. Jordan has played a total of 15 seasons for the two teams. MJ is frequently referred to as the greatest basketball player of all time. Recently Jordan made his debut in the Forbes list of billionaires with an estimated net worth of US$ 1 billion. Currently MJ is 1741st richest person in the world and 513th…
president Andrew Johnson became president. He was only around for a month and was elected. Andrew Johnson was not the person you would expect him to be. Johnson was from the south of Tennessee, where he was a democratic. He did not come from a wealthy family, he grew up very poor. Johnson did not support succession and was a very hot headed person. In the summer of 1865 leading into the year of 1866 was a big deal for some, especially for the freedmen of Edisto, Island. Andrew Johnson was a well…
Reconstruction in The South to the 1900s After the Civil War, r econstruction was a difficult process, especially in the South. during this reconstruction process there was a lot of plans and changes like Lincoln’s plan and how people like Wade and Davis try to change it. Also during reconstruction there was a lot changing for the blacks as well. December of 1863, Abraham Lincoln had a plan of Reconstruction which is known as the Ten-Percent Plan. At least 10 percent of state voters takes a…
Pierpont in Virginia. Now the second interesting fact of the Johnson era is that on May 29th, 1865, that the President announced he would like to express his own “proclamation of amnesty” (206). What this amnesty proclamation entailed was a very simply act in itself. Which, was taking a simple oath of allegiance many…