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Steven Thomas had a dream of becoming a renowned professional NBA team writer.During his quest to achieve his dream he was able to win a writing contest, which provided him the opportunity to cover one of the on of the biggest weekends in college sports. That achievement was covering one of the final four college basketball games at New Orleans. They were sent over to the Final Four in New Orleans to see Duke versus Minnesota State University. The tickets were worth at least $3000. While at the…

NBA Trade Rumor: A Possible Team Round Up The trade season mostly happens after December 15, although at some point, there are situations that need to be dealt with. With the recent events, the trade can be seen earlier before the next season starts. The interim head coach of Minnesota Timberwolves, Sam Mitchell, decided to relegate Kevin Martin for the starting shooting guard position and replaced him by Zach LaVine. In the Star Tribune, Martin says, “I came off the bench for a 60-win team and…

The year I was born The year I was born was a memorable year in American history. The year 2001 was the disaster full day of September 11. This was the terrorist attack on the twin towers also known as the World Trade Center. They also attacked the pentagon. In my hometown of Pittsburgh the only news I could find was the weather of the day I was born which was 81 degrees on average. Internationally I saw that some big news was also that of the biggest news in America which was 911 In sports…

17. Robert Carter - PF/C, Maryland Robert Carter is also a very intriguing prospect, because his outcome depends so much on how many of his 'swing skills' translate in the NBA. If his shooting continues development (as it appears it will) into the NBA, then his offense could be a huge plus when combined with his blooming ball-moving ability. If his interior defense is legit and he's also agile enough to keep up with quicker 4's, then his defense could be reeeally good. If his rebounding isn't…

Title???? The Lehigh Valley Phantoms have had their fair share of high-end prospects make their way through town over the past seasons. This season is no different for the Phantoms who welcome three high powered offensive prospects to their ranks. Oskar Lindblom The 6-foot-1, 198-pound left winger does have American Hockey League experience playing in eight games scoring seven points at just age 19, in 2015-16 following his Swedish hockey season with Brynäs IF. Oskar Lindblom returned to Sweden…

When you hear the name Michael Jordan you probably automatically think best basketball player of all time; (Which is true), but what you don’t know is that the reason he was so successful is because he believed in himself. He believed that hard work is everything he also believed that failure is ok, but its not ok to not try and that was what drove him. Michael Jordan had some tough times where others would have quit, he stayed and worked harder than he did before to make the cut. A lot of…

big splash in a DCAA Championship game (NBA.com). He was named college player of the year two times. He left college after his junior year to be drafted into the NBA. He was the third overall drafts pick that year. He went to play for the Chicago Bulls. He then started basketball, as we knew it.…

Bill Laimbeer, John Salley, and last but certainly not least Dennis Rodman. These back to back championship teams assembled in Detroit have to go down as one of the best sports teams of all team. Not many players or teams during the Michael Jordan Bulls era can say that they went to three straight NBA finals and won two of them. It also speaks…

from 1986-7 through 1992-3 (Source#4). At the end of 1992-1993 Michael Jordan announced that he would retire for one year.Michael went to play baseball, he played outfield.He played baseball for one year (Source#2). He rejoined the bulls in the late 1994-1995 season. Before retiring in 1999, he led the team to three consecutive wins (Source#2). In January 2000 he bought a share of the washington wizards. He later became the team's president of operation(source#1). Jordan wanted to be back on…

Crazy Horse was finally realizing that he would not be able to win the war against the whites and started coming up with questions and things they would argue about if they met with the whites for a treaty. Crazy Horse and much of the Sioux leaders decided to finally meet with the whites and talk negotiating. While the Indians were on their way to meet the whites, they go through a camp of crow scouts and things turn hostile very fast. One of the crow scouts shot and killed the Indians who were…