Junior League

remembered Alexander a Negro League player. According to Encyclopedia of African American Society, it stated that, “Upon Alexander's advice, Robinson contacted Kansas City. The team signed him to a contract that paid $400 a month.” Earning money and playing the sport he loved was his motive. That kicked his career as a professional baseball player. His experience at UCLA and Pasadena Junior College that allowed integrated teams that made Jackie disappointed of the way Negro leagues players…

Lundqvist has won the Vezina Trophy, Olympic gold and led the League in victories. The Rangers selected Lundqvist in the seventh round (No. 205) in the 2000 NHL Draft while he was playing for Frolunda in the Swedish Junior League. Over the next five years, Lundqvist was the top goaltender in Sweden, winning the Honken Trophy, the equivalent to the Vezina, three consecutive times from 2003-05. In 2005, Lundqvist established league records for lowest playoff goals-against average (1.05), highest…

One aspect that has been criticized with the game of hockey is its violence in the form of fighting, as it is the only national league sport where it is encouraged. Fighting and hockey has been forever linked together since the sport was established, from scrapping with friends on the frozen pond for fun to players making a career from fighting in the National Hockey League. In 1922 the NHL regulated the act of fighting with Rule 56 where players will only be punished with a five-minute penalty…

Robinson was known for the first black person who played major league baseball. Theseus was known for helping is people by defeating a man eating beast. Claude Mckay was known for giving words of encouragement for fighting back for their rights as a black man. To begin,Jackie Robinson was known for the first black person who played major league baseball. Even early in his life, Robinson confronted racism head on. In 1938, while still at junior college, he was arrested after disputing the…

hundred different sports in the world. When it comes to the best sport Many people would probably say American football. American football is tradition for many people. There are many reasons why football is the best sport. Why is the National Football League is the most best sport. Why do I think American football is the best sport. The competition is more balance out. Each team has a great chance to win their championship. Unlike the NBA, larger market teams win the championship. Small…

Parents should restrain their kids from playing football. The risks of long term physical injury and brain trauma isn’t worth the rewards of playing football. Professional Doctors and former National Football League players tell the world to stop playing football, but it seems like people don’t listen to there professionals. Who would want an increased risk of physical injury or brain trauma? Football is dangerous for anybody, especially if under the age of 18. Since the brain doesn’t fully…

I don’t remember much from tee-ball because I was young. After my tee-ball experiences, I went on to coaches pitch for a parish league. The park we played at was called Stevens Park. I was familiar with it because my brother had played there before me. I remember how much I loved to go there to play baseball. I played for the Cardinals, which is my favorite major league team today, and we were pretty good. We made it to the championship for the two years I played parish ball. We lost it the…

A major topic surrounding this team is the fact that, due to a lack of underclassmen, this year’s Junior Varsity squad has been cancelled, forcing many freshmen and sophomores to play on the Varsity team. To Coach Locascio, this situation has both pros and cons. For the pros, it gives the younger players the opportunity to get valuable varsity experience…

right winger, who has the most points on his team. He is from a city in Russia, called Yaroslavl, where he first learned how to play the sport of ice hockey. This is his sixth season with the St. Louis Blues and his sixth season in the National Hockey League. Vladimir Tarasenko was born in Yaroslavl, Russia (The Soviet Union collapsed that year), on December thirteenth, 1991. He is the son of a former Russian hockey star named, Andrei Tarasenko, that played 21 seasons professionally,…

childhood was tough, but he was very athletic. He was good at many different sports. I learned about his baseball success and the segregation he went through. He changed the lives of others and encouraged many other colored people to join the Major Leagues like he did. Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo Georgia. Early life for Jackie was tough, at 6 months old his dad left and never came back. Jackie, his mom (Mallie), his three older brothers, and one older sister moved to…