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After six National Basketball Association (NBA) Championships, eleven NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards and playing an astonishing fifteen seasons, Michael Jorden continues to be an inspiration for, not just me, but for so many young people. His combination of motivation, determination, athleticism, and definition to the game of basketball is the reason why he was voted as the Athlete of the Century. As with others, I am a huge fan of Michael Jordan; I bought his high top “jump man”,…

While watching a professional basketball game, it is easy to see the impact media and advertising has had on each particular game, but how much do they control the sport? In a perfect basketball world we would see a great battle of “teams” compete for a title, but because of the media, the rise to superstardom has reigned and being a “team” has lost its meaning. Because of the “Americanization” of sports as some are now calling it, our society focuses more on the satisfaction sports can bring…

The Best Player to Ever Play Basketball Many people consider Michael Jordan to be the best player to ever play in the NBA. Jordan has numerous amounts of awards that he was given. The main awards that he won were six NBA championships, five MVP awards, Rookie of the Year, two dunk contests, and many more. Jordan put a lot of power, agility, and leadership on the court. He has several endorsements and has popularized NBA around the world in the 1980’s and 1990’s. Jordan was also given the…

but this “faces opposition from conservatives and the gun lobby” (Vizzard). In 1995, Texas legislature made the decision to take back a “125-year-old law that made it illegal for ordinary citizens to carry a concealed weapon” (Singh). The National Rifle Association, was…

In figure one the photographer did a great job balancing the picture. The photographer captures a moment when both sides have equal number of players. Also, the basketball board is a slightly on the right side, but is balanced by placing the text and Nike logo on the left side. Adidas approaches balance in a completely different way. Adidas’s ad is two pictures put together. The left…

shooters, which were bought legally. The AR-15 magazine capacity is 30 rounds (bullets). The effective rate of fire is 45 rounds per minute, the muzzle velocity is 3,260 feet per second, and the max accurate range is 550 meters. Now let’s compare those numbers to that of a musket. The musket’s magazine capacity is 1 round (bullet). The effective rate of fire is 3 rounds per minute, the muzzle velocity is 1,000 feet per second, and the max accurate range is 50 meters (Ingraham). It doesn’t take a…

simple explanation, and instead taking on multiple topics. The lack of women’s professional sports associations with substantial league revenue’s, the fan support that these associations…

In basketball as well as having a scorekeeper and two umpires they also have a timekeeper and a shot clock operator. In rounders, there is a set number of balls per inning, 20. which all have to be good balls and the no-balls will not count. And two innings per game, this is decided before the game has started. Also if all the players are out the game will end. Basketball doesn't have a set amount…

Theme Analysis of The Crossover The Crossover is a book mostly about family relationships. The main character, Josh who goes by the nickname, Filthy McNasty is a tall teenager who plays basketball for his middle school. He can even dunk. Just when everything in Josh’s life was going really well for him, his brother, JB gets a girlfriend. This brings the two brothers who were extremely close, far apart. This makes Josh feel very alone and left out. It also makes him feel upset and…

Strive for greatness: What makes Lebron James a great athlete What exactly makes a athlete great? A excellent example of a great athlete is Lebron James. Over the years Lebron has been well established as one of the greatest to play the sport of basketball. Out of 10,000 high school players, only two or three will get the chance to play professional basketball (Shaughnessy, 2011). Every once in a generation there is a Lebron James. But what divided him from those 10,000 high players? A great…