Kevin Durant

“ALMOST” THE NBA DREAM Have you ever had a dream of what you want to do when you’re older in life… well buckets did… “I want to play ball”, said Bucket. Buckets woke up to another beautiful day in california watching the sun rise and eating a huge breakfast. Buckets lives just about 2 miles from the Los Angeles Lakers home the Staples Center. He once had a dream about being in the NBA with his favorite NBA player Kobe Bryant, he just really wanted to be in the NBA. That night when…

1) Functionalist Theory focuses on the ways that social structures influence action and relationship in the social worlds. Sports are an inspiration because it contributes to an individual and groups by bringing everybody together by sharing cultural values. An example of the functionalist theory is that sports organizations have a hierarchy system where everyone plays a role interconnected from top to bottom. That means everybody from ownership, to coaches, players, and all employees need to…

received $2,000 and a small share of the company’s proceeds from profits on Nike’s basketball shoes (Hays, 23). This was the beginning of Nike’s basketball endorsements, now they sponsor big-time names including: Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, and Kevin Durant. Nike also sponsored John McEnroe for $25,000 (Hays, 23). He was the top tennis money-maker at the time and also received the nickname “Super Brat.” He argued with umpires and officials and threw tantrums on the court. But whether people…

Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Stephen Curry: What do these people have in common? They play basketball. It is playable at many different levels. There are high school, college, professional, and even international teams. Basketball has become so popular due to the simplicity of it. The game as we know it wasn 't always the way we think of it today. Basketball has evolved in many ways over the years with all the history, rules refinements, rule additions, and the basic play. Today 's version…

The game of basketball would not be around today if it wasn’t for one man, his name was James Naismith. James was born on November 6, 1861 in Ontario, Canada. He was born to the parents of John and Margaret Naismith. When James was only nine years old both of his parents had died, leaving James an orphan. This was a very rough time in James’ life. After becoming an orphan, he was raised by his very strict grandmother for a little bit, and then his bachelor uncle. While growing up James enjoyed…

Play and Get Paid Like a Girl To think it is normal to make less pay, receive less recognition, or to be declined a job position based on gender might sound like an absurd thought in today’s culture. Unfortunately, gender discrimination still exists in today’s society and is especially commonplace in women’s professional sports. Men appear to have led the way in success, talent and, agility in professional sports for as long as we can remember. However, the truth of it is many women athletes go…

Nike Inc, is an American sportswear company. The company was founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sport by student Phil Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman. Knight was a middle-distance runner for Oregon University team and Bowerman coached local team. Both of them felt the lack of good equipment for the competition at an affordable price. In fact, the only serious brand in this area was then Adidas, but, unfortunately, their athletic shoes were highly priced and the products of local companies for…

Every year, more than 460,000 student-athletes compete in 23 sports under the National Collegiate Athletic Association or NCAA (NCAA.org). Each and every one of these young, talented, and dedicated high school seniors are required to select an academic major that is, more often than not, not relevant or consistent with their true intentions of attending the college they choose. Improving athletic skills is why significant numbers of NCAA Division I student-athletes are at their respective…

Basketball is arguably the greatest sport to ever exist. Basketball is literally for everything: fun; reliving stress, anger, depression; and especially for a living. Hence the sport being made into a moy making organization, but only for the NBA lower leagues except for the college level. To play the sport of basketball takes many things, and many people have what it takes. Even if it’s only playing in college, a minor league, or the NBA. The Great Plains played a huge role in the inventory of…

the time period of 1996-2014. I started by looking at the major sports figures of the time. The following is what I found. The major sports heroes of this time period include Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, and Albert Pujols in the MLB, Kobe Bryant, Kevin…