Tracy McGrady

“I don’t live on Earth just to walk on it. I live on it to make a difference.” Tracy McGrady was the person anyone could count on at any time. Teammates, family, fans they all knew what he was going to bring every night on and off the court. He always gave his fans a show and never left them disappointed. He once was considered the best in the league, until he got injured. Tracy was a superstar and could of been one of the best ever, but all his injuries ruined his career. Tracy McGrady was born May 24, 1979 in Bartow Florida. His mother could not really afford having kids, and his father was not there for him so she did what any other mother would of done. She moved to Auburndale, Florida with her mother to raise young Tracy. Tracy spent his…

neared the arena, and rows of cars blocked the streets as thousands of Rockets fans crowded into the parking garage. My first Rockets game was nearing tipp-off, and I was bursting with excitement as my dad and I piled out of his gold colored Nissan Titan. Wearing my white Tracy McGrady jersey that went down to my knees and blue jeans, and having my Rockets banner in hand, we walked down multiple flights of stairs to the bottom of the concrete structure. I still couldn’t believe I had won these…

It must hurt a lot to be in a moment when we are left with nothing except our own strength. At that moment we are completely on our own like what exemplifies by Deo Gratias in "Strength in What Raemains". Reading through the pages of Deo's chronology of life, starting from his death escape in Burundi and his survival in New York, he had lose many significant things on his way, including his family, career and right to live. However, I strongly believe that Deo's two greatest assets which are…

skilled acting, the enthralling dialogue, and the relentlessly captivating plot. Inherit the Wind has been fascinating moviegoers since it was released in 1960. The movie is an adaptation based on the famous Scopes Monkey Trial. In this trial, a teacher from Dayton, Tennessee was indicted for teaching the theory of evolution to his class. The resultant trial and controversy brought in many famous political and social commentators of the time. Inherit the Wind features fictional characters based…

her mother to let her enroll in a Catholic school for all the wrong reasons. She never mentioned her feelings to anyone, and the one time she did it was with her school’s psychologist. This did not last long since she decided to proclaim her love and the psychologist immediately assumed it was for a boy. Both girls were asked why they had stopped being friends on different occasions, both of them refused to answer. As time went on, the two found themselves growing farther and farther apart,…

John Tracy Kidder is an American non-fiction writer who was born in 1945 in New York City, New York, he is popularly known for books such as: The Soul of a New Machine (1982), which won a Pulitzer prize and a National Book award; House (1985); Among Schoolchildren (1989), which was described by the New York Book Times Review as “full of the author’s genuine love, delight and celebration of the human condition.”; and Mountains Beyond Mountains (2003), which will be the main focus of this essay.…

David 'Rowdy' Yeats and Andy Silvester had formed Sounds of Blue in 1964 as a Stourbridge-based rhythm and blues band. They invited Stan Webb, who was leaving local band The Shades 5, to join them. The band also included Christine Perfect and Chris Wood (later to join Traffic) amongst others in their line up.[1] With a new line-up Chicken Shack was formed as a trio in 1965,[2] naming themselves after Jimmy Smith's Back at the Chicken Shack album. 'Chicken shacks' (open-air roadside chicken…

began at 12:01 AM Wednesday and the flurry of deals since then have barely given us a chance to catch our breath. Just over one week removed from the draft, the league will continue to move and shake in an attempt to catch up to Cleveland and Golden State. So, in honor of the period beginning, I decided to go back and look at the best free agent signings since 2000 for each team. Today, we look at the Eastern Conference and we’ll tackle the Western Conference next week. First off, I should…

attending his freshman year at LSU (DeCourcy). What could the players need before going to the pros? Basketball players should not be forced to wait a year; it is not beneficial to the players at all (Korman). Many people do not know how much time the player takes to practice their game and improve their abilities. College has restrictions on the amount of time the player can be in the gym during and in the off season. The kids who go to college are wasting a year's worth of time they…

Jackson managing basketball operations for the first time in his career and a rookie head coach in Derek Fisher, so everything is going to be okay. 6. The 2009 NBA Draft The Knicks badly wanted Stephen Curry, and Stephen Curry wanted to play in the Garden. It was going to be a perfect match, the Knicks badly needed a point guard, and Chris Freakin Duhon was the starting point guard that year. Unfortunately, the Warriors selected Curry with the 8th pick (one spot before the Knicks could grab…