Most Valuable Player

perfect example of a leader and role model. In his short life, Roberto Clemente worked tirelessly to be one of the greatest Major League Baseball players, serve as a pioneer to baseball for Latin Americans, and selflessly volunteer in his homeland. Even with an unlikely beginning Roberto Clemente is remembered as one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Roberto Clemente was born the youngest of a large family in Carolina, Puerto Rico. As written by Rick Laezman, the author of 100…

game to condition his young athletes during the colder months. The sport did not begin with an actual basketball and two nets. It originally consisted of peach baskets and a soccer ball. He established thirteen rules and divided the teams into nine players each. The objective of the game was to throw the soccer ball into the peach baskets, which were nailed to the lower railing of the gym balcony. Each time a team scored, a janitor had to bring out a ladder and climb up to retrieve the ball.…

Tennis West. He later became my personal coach and made me the player I am today. He has an extensive Tennis background and has been playing since the age of 8. I interviewed him where he explained his rituals that he does before and during matches. Some of those rituals he passed on to me but I also made some of my own. During the interview he also explained how and why he started playing. He told me about how he became a better player and about the people that influenced him. On the last part…

and can spend on players. Nocera breaks it down into how much each player should make, he states, “In basketball, the cap would be $650,000. In football, it would be $3 million.” Now these numbers could change but implementing a salary cap could work. It would give a team the money needed to divide among the players based on playing time and how valuable they are to the team. The scholarships would be used for players that are useful to the team but not as much as the paid players. Now this…

reactive—loosing the poise of a well established zone defense. Either Kevin Hogan, Stanford’s quarterback, or Stanford’s offensive play coordinator was able to read Iowa’s defense and prescribe a play that best leveraged Stanford’s players and Iowa’s relative perception of individual players as threats in such a way that it lead to a touchdown. Leading up to the specific play, McCaffrey had run a series of successful plays enabling Stanford to have position within Iowa’s red zone. Although the…

and dog fighting to banned substances and domestic violence, the multi-billion dollar league always seems to be under the microscope. This year has been no different with the Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson domestic violence cases. The NFL, being the most popular and lucrative sport in the nation by a considerable margin, often comes face to face with the comic book saying, “With great power, comes great responsibility.” Based on recent history, the league’s hierarchy have taken questionable steps…

anyone on the planet. The developers at Treyarch primarily try to target people who love fast action, exhilarating content and ever-challenging missions. Although most of their games have brought a vast amount of success and money to the publishers and developers, there will always be one of them that has appealed to the audience the most. In this case this happens to be Black Ops 2, which stands as the best game in the Call of Duty Franchise because it has well rounded weapon use, completely…

into being a sports practitioner, player, etc. One of the major factors of sports that goes unnoticed a lot of the time is the learning aspect. To be successful at any level, it is important to study the game and critique your craft. Specifically, at the college level many coaches spend hours and hours watching film on the other teams to understand how they work. Then they go on to create scouting reports for the team and have detailed film sessions so that the players are prepared as much as…

5-11 shows the answers about how likely were the players to continue using the app. The average response was neutral, half of the users were motivated enough to continue using the app, and the other half were not. When questioning about how likely they were to recommend the app to other people, again, half of them were motivated and the other half not too much. Most common positive highlights to continue using and to recommend the app to other players were fun and motivation. Quotes including…

“Why Soccer Is The Best Sport” Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Especially in third world countries, soccer is played often for a few reasons: fun, requires little equipment, and easy to understand. In my opinion, soccer is the best sport in the world. I believe this because, along with the reasons above, soccer teaches great life lessons and players get a lot of exercise. Soccer is a great sport; the games are especially fun. Soccer is a great way to make friends and have fun.…