NFC Championship Game

The NFC championship game is on Sunday and my friend Alex and I have tickets. The Eagles are playing the Packers in Green Bay. It is Friday and my friend and I are leaving in an hour. We had to pack many layers because it is supposed to be below 20 degrees and snowing the whole time we are there. We finished packing and then got into my SUV and we were off. We had about a 14-hour drive and we both were taking turns driving. I started first and we pulled out of the driveway. “I’m gonna sleep for awhile so I have energy when it's my turn,” Alex said. “Okay, I’ll wake you up when I need a break,” I replied. Alex went to sleep and I kept driving. I decided to listen to some sports talk radio and hear what the analysts were thinking about the game.…

rolls around, let us take a look at each team’s chances at surviving the round. Eagles (1) vs Falcons (6) This might be the most intriguing matchup in the set of games. The Eagles were the highest seed in the NFC this year, but they are the underdog in this game as star quarterback Carson Wentz tore his ACL and is out for the season. With that, the Eagles have turned to career backup Nick Foles, who has had an ugly season since Wentz was injured. But, the Eagles have one of the top defenses…

tournaments and worked as a tennis instructor in order to help herself financially (“Filmmaker Essay: On Billie Jean King”). In 1965, Billie Jean married Larry King, who was a law student at the time (“Billie Jean King Biography”). Billie Jean decided that she needed to step up her practice schedule and began a complete training plan that would work on strengthening her fundamentals, which would lead to her winning many titles (“Billie Jean King Biography”). This training plan and hard work…

From the swing of the racket to the way they move across the court, Venus and Serena Williams are both brilliant tennis players. Both sisters are equally successful in their lives outside of tennis, but their careers in the game are very different from each other. Venus Williams was born on June seventeenth, 1980 making her the older sister in the dynamic tennis duo. Her younger sister, Serena, was born on September twenty-sixth, 1981. Both girls were enrolled at Rick Macci’s Tennis Academy…

different country. I also felt that she distanced herself again after she played in the U.S. Open finals against Sam Stosur who is from Australia on September 11, 2011. As Rankine stated “Some speculate Serena especially wants to win this Grand Slam because it is the tenth anniversary of the attack on the twin towers. It’s believed that by winning she will prove her red-blooded American patriotism and will once and for all become beloved by the tennis world. All the boos, the criticisms that she…

On September 20th, 1973 Women’s tennis champion Billie Jean King took on Men’s tennis champion Bobby Riggs in Houston, Texas in a winner take all $100,000 tennis match. The match was nationally televised and was named the “Battle of the Sexes”. King would defeat Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, and become the first women to defeat a man in any sport. After the match, it is reported that Riggs “was devastated and isolated himself in his hotel room for four hours.” The match had an estimated 90 million…

The Olympic Games lead the world in showcasing a variety of foremost winter and summer sporting events. One principal sport includes tennis, a racket based, non-contact game played with one or two players on each side of the court. Tennis is played recreationally and competitively across the world. Tennis originated in England during the 19th century, but its role as an Olympic sport exhibits how it reaches numerous audiences worldwide. Tennis's universal presence suggests that it can be enjoyed…

She lost in the first round of qualifying to Anne Miller, winning just two games.Williams did not play a tournament in 1996.She finished 1997 ranked world No. 99. Williams' first tournament of the 2013 season was in Brisbane, where she won the title without dropping a set.At the 2013 US Open, Williams began as the top seed and defending champion. She reached the final—a rematch of the 2012 final against Azarenka—and won in three sets, capturing her 17th Grand Slam singles title. Williams became…

meant so much to me because it was the first time in 29 years since the Royals have been in a playoff game. So I turned on the television and started watching. They where playing the Oakland Athletics, winner goes and plays the top seed Los Angeles Angles. Like I said earlier it was the Royals first playoff game in 29 years. But early in the game I was upset because the Royals were losing 7 to 3 early. But before I knew it the royals were tying the game with setting a record of 7 stolen base.…

Back in the Summer of 2010 , my mom got laid off and could not find a job no matter where she applied. I remember seeing her sit on the couch all day just applying to places but no one was hiring at the time. But , that was no excuse for my dad he went out there and worked as much overtime as he could just to be able to support my family while my mom was unemployed. When it came to sports he was always viewing things in a positive way. I lost my first ever championship game when I was 15 in our…