Playoffs

The Great Wall What makes a player earn the nickname “The Great Wall”. Yao Ming is a basketball player from China who played for the Houston Rockets, reaches 7’6” tall, dominated the NBA during his short eight season career, and was named “The Great Wall” because of his size and his talent. Finally having a promising Asian player in the NBA, a lot of Asians, and especially Chinese people hopped onto the bandwagon and supported him. So even though Yao had to move to a new country where he…

He broke another record in “1994 [when] he scored the 802d regular-season NHL goal of his career”. By the end of his career, he had a total of “more than 60 NHL scoring records, including regular-season goals (894)”. He also held the NHL career playoff scoring record for a total of “122…

in his first All-Star game in that year. Jordan scored over 3,000 points in a single season, even more than Wilt Chamberlain. Jordan and the Bulls were unstoppable, they wasn’t a force to be reckoned with. The Chicago Bulls will always go to the playoffs with Jordan on their side, but Jordan had some issues during his career. His father, James Jordan, died from two teenagers that shot him in a robbery, then found them for the act of crime. Then, he retired from basketball to do baseball. Jordan…

It is incredibly rare to become an athlete. The most popular high school sport is football. Not to mention that over one million high schoolers play football and only 6.5% of those will play college and only 1.6% college players will be drafted to play in the NFL("Probability of Competing beyond high school"). An athlete requires being in peak physical shape, a high school diploma, and a very weird and sometimes unpredictable work schedule(“Athletes and Sports Competitors: Occupational Outlook…

Do you ever feel really mad, and you just want to punch the wall? Or you just scream at everyone who tries talking to you? Everyone has these moments, it's a part of being human. You just feel like a ball of fire, with all your emotions running high. You feel a distasteful shock of anger and sadness running through your body. Sometimes it easily leaves you, but other times it can stay there for a while and it can be aggravating. For example whenever I get a bad grade my entire day is ruined, I…

the coach talked to us individually the next season he said that I got the spot as starting varsity catcher. It is safe to say that I didn't disappoint him, because I lead the team in RBI's and was a very important part of getting the team to the playoffs for the first year since…

at defense as well. Paul’s ball handling skills are very crafty and clean because of his strong quick hands. They consider his trick passing as a lethal weapon. Even with his talents, Chris Paul has never led his team past the second round of the playoffs. This is because the lack of another high scorer on the team, ties in with the lack of support. “He competes, makes multiple effort plays doesn’t give up on plays, and he sets the tone for defense” is how one describes Stephen Curry ( Herbert…

“Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it” - C. JoyBell C. People fought all the time, but to fight people need one thing. Heroes are brave people who would help other people despite the fear of getting injured or even killed. To function as a true hero you have to be strong to help someone despite the chance of getting hurt. “ A student climbed on top of the van, forced the sliding door open to get access to the…

His extreme ability to abandon the running game is really what makes him a good play-caller. I am aware that most of the people who watch football predicted the Cowboys to win the Super Bowl each of the last three years, but they have only won one playoff game in the past seasons. However, this year will be different. This year will be something special. With a team that has one of the best rosters and coaching staffs in the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys have the potential to go 13-3 or 14-2 and go…

ways, he is only pointing them out to inform and instigate change. This book is in the non-fiction sports genre. Friday Night Lights starts off in the thick of a football game, which is where most of the focus lies throughtout the book. It’s a playoff game, and thousands of football craving fans adorned in black are shouting mojo at the Permian football team. But just as quickly as Bissinger shows you the glory of the football program in Odessa, he shows you the not so glorious history of…