Johnson & Johnson

Bill Russell is an NBA legend who is a role model and a winner, one of the greatest winners of our legacy. His legacy is built on a foundation of winning 11 championships in 13 seasons, making him the greatest winner in U.S. professional team sports history. Over his amazing career, Bill Russell averaged 15.1 ppg, 22.5 rpg, and 4.3 apg. He earned five MVPs, 12 all-star team appearances, and won an Olympic gold medal in 1956. If the NBA had always given them out, Russell most likely would have…

Much of the economic advancement that is seen during the gilded age was brought about because of a handful of successful businessmen. Andrew Carnegie was the sole man responsible for the advances in steel production. Carnegie, like many other wealthy, rose from the bottom, beginning as a mailboy in a telegraph office to a job at the railroad all the way up to his successful steel company. he made farsighted investments in iron which ended up paying very well. he built the largest steel mill in…

“Daddy told me once why we got the names we do….Why he named us both. Lincoln and Booth….It was his idea of a joke” (Jacobus, 1650). Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/Underdog premiered on July 22, 2001 at the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival. This play centers around two brothers who have been forced to raise themselves within harsh living conditions. The older brother Lincoln’s quotation summarizes the entirety of the play because he and his brother have been set up for failure…

Conspiracy theories concerning the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln have been in existence since almost directly after the death of this great political leader. According to author Daniel Cohen, “there were hints, and sometimes shouts, of a wider and more sinister conspiracy.” In some instance, such suspicions seemed no more than murmurs. There may be a vast number of conspiracy theories but only a relatively small number of them receive scholarly attention, perhaps rightly so. But,…

A 14 time All Star, 6 time NBA Champion, a Hall of Famer, and much more, all of these successes from one amazing basketball player, one as good may never appear in the NBA again. Many immediately think of Michael Jordan, and have asked how Jordan was so good. In the chapter “The Matthew Effect”, Malcolm Gladwell argues how it is not only skill that results in being successful, but that it is the time when you were born, saying that being born in the first six months of the year gives more time…

Portland Trail Blazers finally got the spell to snap their three-game losing skid in the expense of the visiting Washington Wizards with a 116-109 overtime victory at the Moda Center on Tuesday evening. Damian Lillard led the Trail Blazers with a double-double game-high performance of 41 big points and 11 assists to go along with 5 rebounds and 1 steal in 43:38 minutes of playing time. "Coming off three losses in a row, this was a must-have," Lillard, who went 12 for 25 from the field and…

Steve Nash One of the G.O.A.T What does it take to become the greatest of all time. Well Steve Nash knew how to become one of the G.O.A.T.S in the sport of basketball. Here are some mind boggling facts about Steve Nash. He is a two time Most Valuable Player, Steve Nash is the first Canadian ever to win the MVP award, Steve Nash has also led his team in assists in both of his MVP years, He is third overall in NBA history in assists with 10,335 assists in his career. These facts about Steve Nash…

Kobe Bryant & Michael Jordan Greatness, leadership, and killer instincts are the characteristics of Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan. There are a lot o things these two have in common, and there are some differences. One reason is that they both have championship rings, and teammates that were huge contributors to their success. Secondly they both had the same coach, but on different teams. Lastly they both impacted the game of basketball big time. Bryant and Jordan have a lot of similarities…

Today I am going to teach you how the NBA champion, NBA MVP, 2x all star, AP athlete of the year, Division one leading scoring in 2009, the ninth overall Draft Pick, the NBA three point champion, and the record holder for most threes in a season, Wardell (stephen) Curry (point guard) shoots and talk about his potential. Curry’s three percentages is 43.7 He ranks 3rd in all time percentage since the NBA introduced the three point line in 1979. Steph Curry showed off at the All-star game…

I chose to write a parody of LeBron James returning back to Cleveland, after leaving for Miami in 2014. I found a lot of similarities between Act 1 and the events that transpired in the fall in 2014. LeBron James is arguably one of the best basketball players of all time and was seen by many as the heir to Michael Jordan. Therefore he was dubbed by the media as King James in the wake of his basketball success and accolades he had achieved by the fall of 2014. I found this to share similar…