Mike Tyson

“The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.” – Mike Tyson former heavy weight champion of the world. For decades boxing has been one of the most brutal and toughest sports yet it's also called the noble art and it's one of the top entertaining sports all over the world for the action it brings when two strong fighters get in the ring and give all what they've got and put everything on the line in order to win .Although it sounds cool when talking about that sport but there's an…

is not about facts of teen pregnancy, it is a story about a young girl who overcame the impossible At the time of conception, she still believed that anything could be possible. That young girl was me. It was 1986, Ronald Reagan was president, Mike Tyson was the youngest heavy weight champion in America, and the Challenger was headed to space before disintegrating on television. At the time I was seventeen years old, in high school, and living at home with my parents in Los Angeles, Ca. It…

Let’s get something straight: Any ranking of the greatest black athletes ever that doesn’t include Tiger Woods is not something I can get behind. This list, the result of public responses to surveys conducted by SurveyMonkey for The Undefeated, could be called “50 Great Athletes People Admire Most” or “Americans’ 50 Favorite Black Athletes.” But it ain’t a credible list of the greatest if it doesn’t include Tiger. You can dislike Tiger and you can dislike golf, but if you fail to acknowledge…

The song begins with a low and dreary beat and guitar strumming. The slow, somewhat sad tune casts an image, in my mind, of a man strolling from a bar after having a bad day, perhaps after being laid off by his boss. It has a slow, but steady pace that is supported by the guitar and low drum beats. At around the 3 minute mark , the beat speeds up slightly, as if to suggest tribulations or a slight sign of hope and light amongst the gray tone that has been present for the majority of the song…

Boxing is a national sport that is a violent contest between two combatants. The sport has a rich history to prove how strong and dominant a male could be. There is a lot knowledge that many do not know about the sport. The sport itself has a brutal beginning to its calmer, relegated, modern form of boxing. The sport of boxing has grown since the start. Boxing, how it transformed, the rules it had and, also the best and worst eras. Once a person knows this rich history that this sport has the…

Mark Wahlberg, Mike Tyson, and Curtis Jackson III, better known for his stage name 50 Cent, all share something in common. Not only are they all successful millionaires and famous among the public, they were also juvenile delinquents (Hsu 2011). A juvenile delinquent is someone under the age of eighteen who participates in criminal acts. Although crime in the United States is a pressing issue, crime has begun to decline during the last two decades. Juvenile crime is included in that statistic…

Being vegetarian is a big argument in our society. Being vegetarian is to stop eating or cook almost anything that comes from animals. So you are not allowed to eat any kind of meat, fish or milk, but you are still allowed to eat eggs and honey. Don’t confuse being vegetarians with being vegan. Vegan is a higher degree of vegetarianism. When people are vegan they stop buying or eating anything that is from an animal so they won 't buy eggs, honey, leather boots, wool and so on. Being vegetarian…

University of Iowa, writes about a similar view. In his essay, Beware the Trigger Warning, Overton writes how placing trigger warnings on topics in universities is difficult to do because there can be various triggers, things like “hot dogs to Nazis to Mike Tyson to the color yellow” (Overton). Students have different ways of dealing with traumatic events. Different things trigger different emotions. Some are triggered by a discussion, while others are triggered by an ordinary object. The…

Did you know that this year's Super Bowl ticket will cost somewhere around $4,500? The average pay of a professional athlete is 4 million dollars. Americans enjoy watching sports so much that it has become a major entertainment business. Other countries do not pay their athletes nearly as much as America does. Sadly, those who serve our country, like soldiers, firefighters and teachers are paid very little compared to America’s professional athletes. Additionally, America has seen many…

Islamophobia in America On a city sidewalk in some Middle Eastern country, a non-religious American is walking along with many other Muslims. Suddenly, they all shriek out in fear exclaiming, “Look it’s a Donald Trump! He’s going to spew some more stupidity!” In reality, this scenario does not happen, but in the event that it did, a very important question arises that is applied to almost the entire United States today. Why should the mistakes and actions of a small group of people, become…