Slam dunk

I remember watching the 2004 Powerade Slam Dunk Contest in my basement like it was yesterday. But before I get too far into this story, let me give you some background on my life up to this point. Now I was only in the first grade when the 2004 Power Slam Dunk Contest occurred, but I do indeed remember watching the contest. At this time in my life, I had already faced some obstacles. I was a shy and unsocial kid and I found out I was color blind. The farm was the only place I wanted to be because I loved the cows. My grandpa was my hero and still is today; my Uncle Brad was my best friend and today serves as my guardian angel. I looked up to the Lamb girls (Katelynn, Kylee, and Elizabeth.) They occasionally babysat me and did more often as…

took out my basketball and shot some warm up jumpers. But just as I took my third shot I spotted Him and his gang. Right away when I saw them I asked myself “Should I challenge Him, yet?” Eventually I thought “this was the reason why I am here” so I said to him,“I challenge you to a 1 on 1.” And he burst out laughing and he was laughing so hard he looked like he was going to die of laughter. After 3 minutes of non-stop laughing he stopped and confidently exclaimed, “Sure I’m going to beat you…

Students, faculty, basketball fans of all ages, your patience is now being well rewarded. For this week, starting on February 24th, the greatest basketball event in the entire world begins: The East Ridge IBL Tournament. As with any major sporting event, there will be many self-proclaimed “experts” making predictions as to how the tournament will play out. Readers can rest assured that this writer’s predictions and analysis will be a slam dunk. The opening day of the tournament has five action…

transformational leadership has four points: clear vision, social architects, created trust, and creative deployment of self. Bhargava had a clear vision for his company-- “We will produce any product that helps the population.” He created social archtects through the department called Stage 2: Invention Shop. Here the employees are to create. Through this department they have created machines that do not bring money in for the company, but they help developing countries like a bicycle that…

you keep going with you training. I felt as like my heart was pumping out of my chest because my chest was hurting so badly. I realized why I am doing this. I am doing this because I don’t want to be someone who is blamed for the lose of our team. I want to be recognized as someone who worked hard and helped out to help our team win. I know that boxing and basketball don’t both have the same rules. You can’t fight with other people in basketball and you can’t even pinch them to get them out of…

increased my stamina, durability, and has boosted my self-esteem. Basketball has been by safe haven, I stayed away from drugs and alcohol because it would have jeopardized my career. Basketball has been the best and the worst of me, but playing such a sport has taught me people skills and made me a better team player. It taught me, you will never go anywhere if you don 't share the ball. Why NOT me, I’m a hard worker and as many people say, I can achieve anything I put effort into. A lot of…

After seeing the title Slam, Dunk, & Hook I interpreted it as suspenseful remarks within the sport of basketball. Usually slam dunk has no comma to separate it. However, within this title, it is separated with a comma, which provided emphasis on what the poem was going to be about. In other words, the speaker along with his teammates conquer obstacles, regarding basketball, which gave them motivation to push themselves. Within the introduction of the poem, a connotation is made. According…

Prepositions Text Type 1. Peter is playing tennis .............(at/on) Sunday. 2. My brother's birthday is ............(in/on) the 5th of November. 3. My birthday is ..............(on/in) May. 4. We are going to see my parents ...............(in/on) the weekend. 5. ............(at/in) 1666, a great fire broke out in London. 6. I don't like walking alone .........(at/in) the streets ..........(in/at) night. 7. What are you doing ..........(on/in) the afternoon? 8. My friend has been living…

Once David once ten his mom took him out of soccer because she saw that people where David played were too rough. So she got David to start playing tennis again. His coaches were Poncho Ochoa and Yolanda Ramirez. Yolanda was the best female player that has ever come out of Mexico and she won two grand slams in doubles and mixed doubles and also made several finals in doubles and singles. She also won several high level tournaments and had wins against the famous Billie Jean King. Within one…

she holds the record for the fastest serve ever delivered by a woman, at a shocking 130 miles per hour (Advarsity Sports). The expert player is comfortable all around the court, unlike her sibling who is mainly comfortable on the baseline. Another difference between the two is that Venus is more comfortable playing on grass courts while Serena says she likes to play on any terrain, such as grass, carpet, hard, and clay courts. The last major difference between the two are their number of…