Subsequently, the game popularized, thus establishing the ABA and eventually, the NBA. ... It didn't take long for NBA teams to start looking at Jordan, as he was scouted heavily by a plethora of NBA teams looking for a star wing. In 1984, Jordan entered the NBA as the 3rd overall draft choice in the draft. ... Under Jackson, Jordan finally established himself as a winning player, winning a total of 6 NBA championships and posting the best regular season record in NBA history. ... Some of these charities include the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis, Cats Ca...

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The Bank of America underwrote the project with a $375 million credit for the creation of the Staples Center. ... Some of the corporate partners for the Staples Center are Toyota, McDonalds, Pepsi, Bank of America, Staples, Anheuser Busch, Fox, DirectTV, United Airlines and LA Times. ... Home of the NBA's Lakers and Clippers, WNBA's Sparks as well as the NHL's Kings and Arena Football's Avengers, making the downtown facility the first to host five professional sports teams. ... Just about all of Hollywood has re-located to the Staples Center, and it was never more obvio...

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The Bank of America underwrote the project with a $375 million credit for the creation of the Staples Center. ... Some of the corporate partners for the Staples Center are Toyota, McDonalds, Pepsi, Bank of America, Staples, Anheuser Busch, Fox, DirectTV, United Airlines and LA Times. ... Home of the NBA's Lakers and Clippers, WNBA's Sparks as well as the NHL's Kings and Arena Football's Avengers, making the downtown facility the first to host five professional sports teams. ... Just about all of Hollywood has re-located to the Staples Center, and it was never more obvio...

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Professional male athletes in America tend to be idolized for their unique talent and their opportunities to make money. ... Seventy-eight percent of professional male athletes involved in the NFL declare bankruptcy after two years of retirement while sixty percent of NBA players go broke after five years of retirement. ...

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The movie is about the struggles found in a newly appointed African-American coach, Hermone Boone, and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit. ... The Dallas Mavericks won the NBA finals in 2011 and had good runs in the playoffs for the following seasons, the San Antonio Spurs won the NBA finals last year (2014) and were in the finals the year before. ...

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Introduction Nike has long been an American style icon of athletic wear and athletic shoes. Nike's clothing has come to represent a kind of American ideal of youthful, healthy living and determination. ... Nice Guy" ABCNews.com) "The image was of a perfect role model, a superstar athlete who didn't have a parking ticket, the all-American boy and now, well, that image is tarnished," said Bob Williams, chief executive of Burns Sports. ... ("Nike Adds NBA's Bryant to Superstar Roster" Foxnews.com) Potential Impact Since the evidence regarding the night in question and the ...

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Women's roles expanded and prospered throughout the 1940's; for instance, Elanor Roosevelt became a U.S. delegate for the newly established United Nations; along with the first All-American Girls Professional Baseball league developing. ... Nancy Lieberman Cline, successful women's frontrunner, played in the WNBA, was a general manager, sports broadcast for national television stations such as NBC, ABC, etc., author, and was the first female coach of a men's team affiliated with the NBA, as well as the first female to perform in a men's professional league. ...

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The faculty of many colleges have changed over the past years with the Delta Cost Project in 2010 reporting "...that between 1998 and 2008, America's private colleges increased spending on instruction by 22 percent while increasing spending on administration and staff support by 36 percent" (The Economist Newspaper 1). ... It proves that the NBA does not need someone with a college degree in order to have credibility to play professional basketball. ...

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