Victor Ortiz net worth Victor Ortiz was born on the 31st January 1987 in Garden City, Kansas USA and has Mexican ancestry. The world knows him for his boxing skills and having won the WBC Welter Weight Champion title, has greatly influenced on his fame and also his net worth. His professional boxing career has been active since 2004. Have you ever wondered how rich Victor Ruiz is? According to sources it is estimated that Victor Ruiz`s overall net worth is $7 million, an amount earned through…
The Charlotte Hornet stormed a heavy fourth quarter charge to crush the visiting Houston Rockets with a 125-109 victory at the Time Warner Cable Arena on Saturday night. Kemba Walker led the Hornets by scoring 17 of his 26 points in the second half of the game to claim the team’s seventh straight victory and registered Charlotte’s 37th win in 65 games played this season. Marvin Williams scored 25 points while shooting 9 of 16 from the field and with a perfect 4 for 4 from the free throw line.…
The rules of basketball may seem complex and long, but they are valuable to the game and keeps the game with a nice flow and pace. To begin, fouling is an important part of the game, that keeps it in check. The first type of foul is called a common foul that can be pushing, shoving, or grabbing. If a player gets six common fouls then thy would be ejected and if a team gets six fouls throughout each quarter then the opposing team gets one and one. One and one is where the other team shoots a free…
Following six consecutive road games, the Pirates returned home to wrap up non-league play with match ups against Douglas and Siuslaw. On Friday the 16th the boys took on the Douglas Trojans in a tough battle behind a rowdy home crowd. Despite holding a four point lead heading into half, the Pirates ultimately fell with a 52-47 loss. A defensively sluggish third quarter doomed the boys as the Trojans took a five point advantage that they maintained for the rest of the game. Crucial turnovers…
Robert Love, also known as Bob Love led the 2007 campaign for National Stuttering Awareness Week. Love, suffered an extremely severe stutter since he was young. He was educated and talented and played basketball for the Chicago Bulls. He stuttered so badly that in huddles during timeouts between games, his teammates had to speak for him. After 11 seasons in the NBA, and after being dumped by his wife, he retired but was unable to find regular jobs since all of them required the ability to speak…
Have you ever thought who the best NBA player is? Well I think I can help you out right now. James Harden is the best basketball player in the NBA because he is the leading MVP candidate, his stats are very good, and he is a leader. James Harden has been a top MVP candidate this year even though Russell Westbrook has been putting up record breaking numbers. James Harden still is battling for the MVP award. To be able to even do what he has been doing to be a Top two MVP candidate, he had to…
winning percentage. Failing grades and failed coaching. The failures of the underachieving and inconsistent Saints are a close reflection of their head coach and his coaching staff. The questionable personnel moves and poor assessments of free agent talent have only compounded the problem in New Orleans. The reality for the…
Between March 13 and 15th the case became a national news story and the Martin’s are represented by a lawyer, Benjamin Crump. It was ironically Zimmerman’s father who first used race as an issue. He was unhappy that the media was referring to his son as white and not Hispanic, and made a public…
As a child, I would often dress up as my mom. I would take her clothes out the closet and pretend to make dinner for my dolls and care for them like she cared for me. Mead would describe this as my play stage because by imitating adult behavior and roles (Ritzer, 2011, p. 432). In the process of pretending to play mommy, I was able to develop the ability to evaluate myself as a parent and other individuals (Ritzer, 2011, p. 432). When I started to attend school, there was a lot of pressure…
Basketball: Why should anyone try out for it Why should more students try out for basketball? Great question, students should try out for this sport because it can give them an opportunity to enjoy it or get fit. Some ask “Well you can do that with any sport.” True, but this particular sport gives you the ability to express your own talent. Other sports have rules that will not allow you to use all of your body parts. With basketball the only body one is not allowed to use are the legs.…