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for our seats. Finally, we found our seats. Looking up onto the walls as we sat down, I marveled at the rafters where championship banners and retired numbers hung. There was a great pre-game show, but finally Rockets vs. Lakers was coming up, and Kobe vs. McGrady was ready to commence. The lights in the arena dimmed as the announcer in his thunderous voice roared “Tracy McGrady” as McGrady made his way off the Rockets team bench. Finally tip-off began, and scoring dominated the game with one…

future championship for “the King.” James has depended on Irving’s clutch shots and ability to score for help during the playoffs. Currently, James is 3-5 all time in the Finals. It’s a pretty shabby record compared to that of Jordan’s 6-0 or even Kobe Bryant’s 5-1. Though James has a basketball IQ amongst the highest we’ve ever seen, history shows that players are mostly measured constantly by championships. One will never know how many championships Jordan would’ve won without Scottie…

Athletes in the major professional sports are getting paid far too much. The New England Patriots quarterback named, Tom Brady is a perfect example of the amount of money one elite athlete can make in the National Football League. These athletes are having millions of dollars that are being tossed all around them. The salary amounts is a good representation of something terrible about our society. The large amount of money that these athletes are making may not always go to good use. Many…

Blaise Ricciardi Writing- period 1 December 19, 2017 5 Fun Facts About Athletic Sneakers! You walk in a sneaker store and see shoes that are 500 dollars. You’re wondering, Why are they so expensive? Well there are a handful of reasons. Also your shoes can give yourself a first Impression. Now you’re thinking about getting new shoes because yours are beat. Am I right? 1. Sneaker Sales Are So High!! If you haven’t noticed, sneakers cost a lot of money now a days. That is because people are…

kind in such a terrible environment in which white people crowd out and discriminate black people. It is unfair. However, despite of growing up in a terrible environment, many black people become famous by their own endeavor，such as basketball star Kobe Bryant and LeBron James and the first black president Barack Obama, all of them used to have a miserable childhood. The constantly fight between the white people and black people does not help anything, only does harm to the development of the…

It’s daunting how one seemingly meaningless task ignited a series of events that paved a route directing me to adulthood. It took time to realize the ways my traveling had molded me; these differences, slowly but surely, appeared in the way I thought about and questioned the world. My journey began in 2014 as I read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime. Unbeknownst to me, this book was equipping me with the knowledge to uncover a family secret. The next milestone along my path…

argument or debate kind of problem, I generate a variety of ideas in my head of a solution. I like to keep it calm and not proceed aggressive towards the person, similar to when I was arguing with my cousin about who's a more superior basketball player, Kobe Bryant or Stephen Curry, he would talk really loud and fast with a bunch of expressions and I would talk calmly and think of good points instead of talking nonsense. If it's a math or solving type of problem, I look through my math journal…

The Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo The rainbow Bridge in Tokyo is a wonderful one to visit. It has great architectural value people from many country visit this bridge every year. They get great interest by visiting the bridge . The rainbow bridge has three transportation way on two decks. They are upper deck and lower deck. Once the bridge was tolled but now it is untolled . There are two separate walk ways of the bridge. One is on the north & another is on the south side of lower deck. From the…

The company is tapping growth in these categories by providing innovative technologies such as Nike Free, Lunar, Flyknit and Dri-Fit, as well as leveraging partnerships with leading athletes such as Kobe Bryant and LeBron James. Nike has always strived to make business acording to the laws.But according to Marc Bain (March 23, 2015), ''Nike is currently embroiled in three legal struggles, one over copyright and two over intellectual property, with…

to excel. Talent you have naturally, skill is developed by hours and hours of beating of your craft.” The entertainer doesn’t particularly have pure talent however, Smith excels and develops skill by implementing a copious work ethic. For example, Kobe Bryant, one of the strongest NBA players in the league, stands in the highest ranking today due to a consistent and dedicated work ethic. In high school, Bryant went to practice for 14 hours and would count all of the shots made stopping at 400.…