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    Michael Phelps is the best athlete of all times. Michael Fred Phelps II is an American retired competitive swimmer and the greatest and most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for tons of individual events and also won Olympic gold medals in these races.He has proved the world that he was unique and that was not giving up even though he had adversities coming to the London Olympics. Another reason why Phelps is the best athlete of…

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    big men play different and are less physical than they used to play. Finally, the NBA free agency has changed in player motives. The way the point guard plays has changed majorly. The point guard plays so different in many aspects of the game basketball and the NBA in general. The point guard shoots…

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    “Being a superstar means you’ve reached your potential, and I don’t think I’ve reached my potential as a basketball player and as a leader yet.” Stephen Curry, professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors, is the spokesperson for a one-on-one coaching company CoachUp. The most recent commercial advertisement to come out by CoachUp has Stephen Curry reading his scouting report from the 2009 NBA Draft. His readings are about how he will not be a dominant athlete in the NBA. The…

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    contrasts and similarities in their basketball career. There are many people who believe LeBron will later be greater than Jordan. Since the age of eighteen, LeBron James is currently still putting in hard work in his legendary career. At the age of thirty, LeBron James has played twelve seasons, won two NBA championships with the Miami Heat, four MVP awards, and has five NBA final appearances. Conversely, Michael Jordan started playing professional basketball at the age of twenty-one, which is…

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    (750): The Career Goals of Phil Green IV: Playing Professional Basketball in the NBA Career goals are an important way to discover the potential of an individual to achieve success in the profession of sports. I have chosen to pursue a professional basketball career in the national Basketball league due to the increasing success that I have had at the collegiate level. At St. John’s University, I have appeared regularly in 32 games during the freshman, sophomore, and junior years. In fact, I…

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    The Lion King movie was released on June 24, 1994. The film lasted a total of an hour and twenty-nine minutes, there were many children and even parents that could not wait to go and see it. A very talented man played the main character, Simba. Matthew Broderick was the famous man who played Simba in the movie, he was very good with the voices he used. Jeremy Irons played uncle Scar, he is also one of the main characters. Uncle Scar was known as the “bad guy” because he killed Simba’s dad and…

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    height. He attends an upper level elementary school in rural Washington County, Indiana. Daniel says that he makes A's and B's in school, and that he loves playing basketball. His dad was a starter on the basketball team when he was in high school. His brother is also on the high school basketball team. Daniel says he plays basketball whenever he gets the chance because it is important to him and he thinks it is fun. He also said that he likes to read and play video games. Daniel lives with his…

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    Sportsman I have always had an interest in Basketball so from the stimulus sports I decided to choose Basketball for my internal assessment. I have always watched my father playing and coaching Basketball which has enabled me to see that there is a connection between sports and maths. But what is the connection exactly, which can help us in improving our plays in Basketball? I chose to take a gander at basketball from a mathematical point of view where the basketball frames a bend when thrown.…

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    CASE STUDY: CONVERSE The Converse Rubber Shoe Company was founded by Marquis M. Converse in 1918. About 10 years after its establishment, Converse All Star Basketball Shoe, one of the most famous shoe lines of all time was added to the converse shoe line. Player of a basketball team, Charles Taylor chose his athletic shoe as the Converse all star and started spreading the brand across all college teams and high schools. With this, converse all star emerged as a sports shoe line and found a…

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    ¨Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness¨(Euripides). Friendship is a big concept in almost everyone's life. In the movie Finding Forrester, there is a kid named Jamal, who loves the game of basketball and is a great student athlete. He seems to not do as well on his homework assignments, but always gets a great grade on his test scores. He and his friends break into this one house that they call the Window. Jamal leaves his bag and runs off after the Window scares him off.…

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