Women's basketball

Muhammad Ali is an American hero. Muhammad’s original name was Cassius Clay Jr. He was born on January 17, 1942 in Louisville. Kentucky. He now lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. Muhammad was known as one of the greatest athletes n boxing. As a teenager he won both the National Amateur Athletic Union and Golden Gloves Championships. At eighteen years old, he competed in the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy and won the gold medal. In 1984, Muhammad was diagnosed with Parkinson center in Phoenix, Arizona.…

Baseball vs Basketball What is it like to switch from baseball to basketball? This is a question many people ask me. Baseball and basketball are good in their own separate ways. Haven't experienced both,I can tell you that there are plenty of similarities as well as some very big differences between the two types of sports.There would be some big adjustments between them too. Baseball and basketball have many traits in common.Both baseball and basketball are sports.They both have…

Hockey in the desert Ice hockey is a sport almost unheard of in the city of Tucson, Arizona. There is the local college team, the Wildcats, but aside from that you have to drive through the middle of a scorching desert to get to the nearest city with an ice rink. And then of course there is me. Hockey is a big hobby of mine, and sadly I was unfortunate enough to grow up in the middle of a desert where hockey is not a big part of the culture. But that wasn’t going to stop me. My goal was to get…

When playing Trojan football you normally see juniors and seniors out on the field underneath all of the lights. But two years ago a sophomore had a chance to play varsity football due to a knee problem with the center. That problem moved the slow tackle to fill the centers spot opening a starting position for this new sophomore who's first game was against the Milbank Bulldogs. Well that sophomores was and still is me, I have a been a two way starter for three years now and throughout my…

“Do you believe in miracles? Yes!” This interjection by Al Michaels during the 1980 Winter Olympics became the most notorious and memorable phrase in sports as the United States hockey team defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union. As the United States claimed victory, Al Michaels gave viewers a sense of miraculous emotion that has lingered in the minds of sports fans for decades. This emotion is a necessity that all adroit commentators possess. Although many analysts express emotion and cite…

My heart was pounding, my mind racing, and I was telling myself that I had to win this point. This was it, my time to shine. At that moment everything was going well, the toss of my serve was perfect, my adrenaline was pumping, and the crowd was on their feet. I worked so hard for this point. Unfortunately, that one crucial point didn’t end up going the way I hoped for. I was devastated and dispirited for losing one of the biggest matches I’ve ever played; but losing that match has shaped my…

A challenge that i’ve experienced and i thought i wouldn’t accomplish is my freshman year in wrestling. I was always a good athlete in every sport i played. I was damn near unstoppable. We just started the season for wrestling and i was the only person in the 135 weight class so i automatically was on varsity. When i figured out that i was on varsity i started lifting and practicing a lot more because i wanted to be the best. As the season progressed, i started winning a lot more matches at…

young age, and traveling to places in rigorous conditions. Nevertheless, those struggles were forgotten when, the game of basketball was being played; it brought the whole community together as one. As a result: brothers, sisters, teachers, grandparents, parents, and all others from the community traveled many miles by sled even to witness their local team compete in the basketball tournament, the gym was packed. All the people were filled with despite their hardships, it showed me the game was…

coaches my sister and me in basketball . The best memories I had my with dad was our team won 4 tournaments in SAYBA. I love my dad because he teaches me right from wrong. Jim likes church, basketball, track and field, and football. He dislikes cats, dishonest people,and bananas. The words I would use to describe my dad is caring, smart, funny, and honest.…

In the first experiment, the acceleration of a falling mini-basketball, the results gathered disagreed with my predicted outcome. Originally, I could not imagine how the graph might appear. I could not visualize an object falling and what its acceleration, position, and velocity might be on the graph. However, after completing the first experiment, I realized that the graphs would look somewhat the same in relation to the basketball since this object was not affected as much as the lighter…