Michael Jordan

“Imagine dipping your foot into sticky, melted rubber. After you let the rubber dry, you peel it off your foot. Then you let your temporary shoe harden by the fire. That’s how the Maya, Olmec, and Aztecs of Central and South America made their own version of rubber-soled shoes 3,000 year ago.” The history of sneakers go way back. Even 3,000 year ago. There is so much history behind sneakers, such as their popularity, cost, and style. To lead off, the history behind the popularity…

Since Michael Jordan never a player had been this influential and impactful in the basketball ball world as Lebron James is. Many people believe that Lebron James is the Michael Jordan of are era. Since the begin of his career Lebron has multiple impactful moment and controversial moments. Lebron James decision of living his hometown, his net value, he shoes sold, her impact on social media and his impact on team were he been to and how increased their income. Without a doubt, sports are hugely…

Growing up as kyrie irving Born on march 23 , 1992 in Melbourne, Victoria in Australia to american parents. His father Drederick irving moved from playing college basketball at boston university to playing professionally in Australia with the Bulleen Boomers. Irving moved from australia to the united states at the age of 2 and has citizenships in both places. His mother Elizabeth Irving died when kyrie was 4 from an illness. That left him to get raised by his father and aunts. Irving Grew up…

The year I was born The year I was born was a memorable year in American history. The year 2001 was the disaster full day of September 11. This was the terrorist attack on the twin towers also known as the World Trade Center. They also attacked the pentagon. In my hometown of Pittsburgh the only news I could find was the weather of the day I was born which was 81 degrees on average. Internationally I saw that some big news was also that of the biggest news in America which was 911 In sports…

In 1978 a fifteen year old sophomore was cut from the basketball team; in 1991 that same kid, known as Michael Jordan, won his first championship in the NBA. My entire life has been based around baseball. I started playing tee ball and did not stop until my sophomore year in high school. My sophomore year I was cut from the baseball team because the coaches did not think I was good enough. I was lost, those coaches took away my love. Everything grim that occurs in life can be overcame by…

Michael Jordan, who some call the greatest basketball player of all time once said, “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can not accept not trying.” In other words, everyone should put effort into what they do even if they do not succeed. If someone is perfect at everything, there is nothing to work at. Everyone fails at something and instead of whining about it, there are countless things one can do to use these failures to improve oneself. Michael Jordan's idea is shown in…

Basketball players are revered and envied not only for their impressive skills on the court, but also for their incredible wealth. Most players make millions in salary alone from the NBA, or other international basketball organizations, but the endorsement deals and shoe sales often make them even more money than they could've dream of. Here's a look at the top ten richest basketball players in the world. Number Ten: Tim Duncan One of the Spurs' most famous players, Tim Duncan easily makes the…

This I Believe By: Isaac bowah I believe in basketball. Basketball has been around for 132 years and was first created in 1891 by Dr.James Naismith in Springfield Massachusett . Basketball was first played at the Young Men's Christian association(YMCA).Just like any other professional sport that was created it all started with a few rules . Basketball with just 13 rules and a certain number of people allowed on the court. Over the years basketball evolved to being played at many…

have a hard time living up to expectations this summer.(Aliano Christopher) The fact that they are defending champs and season record holders the warriors have lots of pressure on them with winning 72 games the most ever by any team beating the Michael Jordan bulls record so they’ll have a hard time this season. The warriors team is very young with so much on there back also they are defending champs so more than likely they will fall apart because of all the pressure on…

The piece of art that I chose to write about was, Basketball Superstars by Leroy Neiman, painted from November eleventh to December seventh. This painting was featured in the Hastings Gallery. In this painting I see a lot of the all time greatest basketball players. I see eleven time NBA Champion Bill Russell, the only player to ever score one hundred points in a game, Wilt Chamberlain. I also see Willis Reed, who I think is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Julius Erving also known as Dr. J, and Oscar…