Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball

championship is a goal for everybody, whether a conference championship or the NCAA championship. What will a coach and program do to win a championship? Basketball fans know all the hard work these players and coaches go through to fulfill this feeling. The question in today's day in age is how far will a coach and program go to win a championship? We as basketball fans have seen it all in these past couple years. Whether it’s Louisville having to vacate their 2013 National Championship for…

The speech I chose for the assignment was Coach Jim Valvano’s 1993 ESPY’s speech, which was made while accepting the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. Coach Valvano, was fighting bone cancer at the time, and one may say that he gave one of the best speeches on perseverance and strength. While looking frail compared to his “normal” state, Valvano was able to bring the room to tears and demonstrate his enduring strength through his words. The first thing that builds the power of Valvano’s words was his…

Wilton Norman Chamberlain has been said to be the greatest basketball player to ever play the game. Giant like statue Wilt stood at 7’1”and weighed in at 275lbs as a rookie in 1959. Wilts parents Olivia Johnson and William Chamberlain had nine total children, Wilt Chamberlain being born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania on August 21st 1936. Chamberlains Mother worked as a homemaker and domestic worker while his father was good with his hands working as an welder. Chamberlain himself contributed to…

The main reason to support this comes from The Atlantic “Embiid had produced 4.67 wins for the Jayhawks. . . economist Robert Brown estimated that one win for the Kansas men’s basketball team was worth $159,601. . .Embiid was worth approximately $777,286. . .this means the Jayhawks have underpaid Embiid by a bit more than $650,000.” This means a college is not able to pay an athlete, such as Embiid, enough for what they are worth. Therefore…