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“You wanna be able to dunk and grab the rim by the time you are out of highschool right?” Said my Jv coach Ben Perez from Lakeview Schools. There were 6 hoops in our practice gym at Lakeview Elementary. There were 12 kids total on the team so we picked a partner to go a hoop and do the pelican drill for 1 hard minute. Ben said “ready set GO!“ I start going, I was being lazy because I didn't want to do the drill. About 30 seconds into the drill I was getting lazier my Legs were thriving with…

Requiem For The Big East is about a great conference that dominated men’s college basketball for a long time of the past 35 years, held the highest conference tournament at New York’s Madison Square Garden. It’s too satisfying in the long run, continually returning to the final Syracuse/Georgetown conference matchup in the semifinal of the 2013 Big East tournament. Conferences like the Pac-12, the Big Ten, and ACC that have had relatively equal success in football and basketball are still…

Most people want to be remembered as a prom queen, a state champion or a superlative scholar. My classmates will remember me as the girl who was always on crutches. Although it was problematic, it taught me some extremely valuable lessons. I have torn my MCL and ACL in my right knee, and my ACL and meniscus in my left knee. This resulted in four surgeries within three years. I attended my first day of high school on crutches only six days after my first surgery. I was not able to participate in…

The Road Less Traveled The Glory Road, an amazing movie that illustrates the hardships that a biracial team faced to be viewed as equals in the college basketball league. With just the teams skills and a coaches steadfastness in the face of racism, they were able to show that anyone should be allowed to play basketball. Through out the film there is a perfect example of expressive and instrumental leader, as well as an authoritarian leader. In addition, there were many examples as to decisions…

The Big Game It's October 13,2016.We are in Charleston,WV.This person is tall,basketball player,black hair,200 pounds,right handed.His personality is that he's smart,athletic,goofy, and has a temper,13 years old.His name is Joe Gilliam.People call him Lil J.There game is coming up they are 9-4.This up coming game is the championship game. Lil J is in the 7th grade.He just made varsity.On October 14 he turned third teen.On that same day he broke his leg playing football with…

Michael Jordan Michael Jordan wasn’t only an inspiration on the court, he was very courageous and very friendly off the court. Jordan is seen as a hero across the globe.Resources say “He was considered the most recognizable athlete in the world at the time.” MJ is especially an athletic icon to African-Americans and their culture. Many kids, and even adults look up to him for his perseverance and success. In his Sophomore year of high school, he got cut from the team. Michael Jordan didn’t let…

Instructions Build the Tallest Freestanding Structure: The winning team is the one that has the tallest structure measured from the ground to the top of the bag of marshmallows. Teams cannot suspend project from a higher structure, like a chair, ceiling, or chandelier. The Entire Bag of Marshmallow must be on top: The entire bag of marshmallow needs to be on the top of the structure. Eating marshmallows disqualifies the team. Use as much or as little of the Kit: The team can use as many or…

unconstitutional (Bill of Rights Institute). Since its establishment, however, it is a source of debate in relation to the application of gun laws in the United States. Nearly one hundred years following the creation of the Bill of Rights, the National Rifle Association (NRA) was founded in order to protect the rights of gun owners while opposing restrictive gun laws (History of Gun Ownership Laws). In 1994, following multiple statutes which outlawed the possession and use of machine guns, taxed…

They base this on a number of factors, but mainly by saying this about officials: “They are not, however, immune to human psychology, and that’s where we think the explanation for home team bias resides” (157). Aspects of all sports were put to the test, and it is really hard…

principal owner and chairman of the Charlotte Hornets. Jordan played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards. His biography on the NBA website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." After a three-season stint playing for coach Dean Smith at the University of North Carolina, where he was a member of the Tar Heels' national championship team in 1982, Jordan joined the NBA's Chicago Bulls in…