... , and towered over me. But within weeks I fell in love. He treated me as if I was one of his many nieces or nephews that played on the team. I was not the best basketball player, but never the less he would take extra time after practice to show me the fundamentals of dribbling, passing, defense, and ... would be the first one to yell " That's the way I knew you could do it." By the end of the game I had confidence, a confidence that Do brought out of me, a confidence that would remain with me for years. Although my confidence failed me my eighth grade year, Do never did. It was the Sageb...

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... NBA achievements and awards. Jordan went to Laney High School in Washington, North Carolina. As a sophomore he tried out for the varsity basketball team and was cut. Eventually as a freshman in college at the University of North Carolina he earned a starter position. In that same year at North Carolina ... that became an NBA star. It was Patrick Ewing. Little did Michael and Patrick know that in ten years they would be teammates on a USA Olympic team. Jordan was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the 1984 NBA draft. He was picked third over all. With the Chicago Bulls ....

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... moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he first played basketball. At Ringe and Latin High School, Patrick played on the basketball team. Ewing was 7 feet tall and played center. The basketball coach to the school's team in Cambridge Massachusetts, noticed Ewing the second he walked into school. He asked him if he wanted to play on the ... team , and Ewing said yes without a problem. He scored more points than any other person on the team that year, and continued to do so for the rest of his basketball career at the school, up until ... if not the greatest player in the NBA's history....

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... Carter's sixth season in the league, although he has been plagued with injuries he has brought the Toronto Raptors into and immediate playoff team. He has also yet to bring an NBA championship to the city. Dissimilar to Jordan, Jordan brought a championship to his Bulls during his sixth season. ATTITUDE Michael Jordan always had a calm ... knew what it took to win and he showed it throughout every game. Jordan knew that to be great you had to sacrifice your body for the team, and he demonstrated that during the playoffs in 1997. Jordan came down with the flu before the game, and althoug...

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... leaves in their yard, buying someone a present just because, being accepted into a great college, are all forms of shared happiness. Happiness lies in a team effort, working hard to accomplish goals, and making certain that everything is done right with great quality. People often make happiness, it doesn't show up ... of happiness. The effort put out to accomplish a task at hand can lead to being happy. Achieving a goal set by a team, club, society, or any other group can bring a sense of triumph and joy. During my junior year at Richland High School I was on the boys ... basketball te...

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... met. He encouraged her to continue running. She was asked to go to the Olympic track tryouts. She was the youngest member on the team. She made the team. She lost her 200-meter race, but her relay team won a bronze metal in the Olympics of 1956 in Melbourne, Australia. This changed Wilma's life. She now began to love track like she loved ... basketball. In 1958 she began college at Tennessee State University. She became a member of the track team. She went to the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy. She became the first American woman to win 3 gold metals and set a new speed record in the 200-...

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... of big-time college athletics there are huge amounts of revenue being brought into the universities by athletes. However, some of the athletes that make the money for their schools can't even afford to buy the team sweatshirt that they are making popular. Thus, it is difficult for ... year, these players need some type of income. First, the amount of money generated by college athletics is staggering. For example, the Miami Hurricanes football team raised $517 million for their school in a five-year period of time (Wolff, "Broken" 25). Similarly, the Washington Huskies football program ea...

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... !! Can you believe that little phrase is the origin of cheerleading? Well believe it! Cheerleading was actually stumbled upon because of a very enthusiastic football fan Thomas Peebles, cheering on his team at the University of Minnesota. At University of Minnesota was where the history of cheerleading in the United States began. Because Peebles was not afraid to be loud and root ... in the 1940's, when men were shipped off to war. It was then that women began out numbering males. In the 1900's the megaphone began coming in to use. Women brought tumbling and gymnastics in to the sport in...

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Marc and Rui are two best friends. Rui is white and Marc is black. They are best friends and stars of their basketball team. They are inseparable, watching each other's back, both off and on the basketball court. Rui is white and short. He has a sister named Sara who Marc ... likes. Marcus is black and tall and lives with his aunt. Both of them are seniors at North Quincy High School and play for the basketball team. Both Eddie and Marc have college dreams but is all thrown down the drain by on incident. They put their college scholarships at risk by staging a series ... wasn't there. A chee...

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... the NBA's teams. The WNBA teams played on the same courts as the NBA teams and they were given all the same privileges and salaries that the NBA got. This brought the idea of equality to the sport of basketball and since this started there has been a great deal of popularity of this sport. This too helped high school females become ... . In fact the numbers just keep rising. And things happen every day that show this. In Flint, Michigan Powers Catholic High School has a powerhouse girls basketball program. Last year their team made it all the way to the state championship where they were...

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... gained from any class and how to manage disorganized classes. Furthermore, my school went through several changes in administration just before my junior year, and one of the benefits that brought came in the form of a new assistant principal, a religious man with a no nonsense attitude. A month before school reopened for the fall, I was called in to talk to him about a conflict ... my course upgrade both encouraged me to succeed in Spanish III and taught me that the school's administration isn't always the enemy. Finally, through my experiences on my school's basketball team I learned ...

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... they wanted. Terry graduated from Port Coquitlam High School with straight A's, except for a B in English. He took kinesiology at the Simon Fraser University, where he also played on the basketball team. Finding Cancer On November 12, 1976, Terry ran into the back of a half-ton truck while watching the construction of a bridge near his neighborhood. The car he was driving was ... his leg had to be amputated above the knee. The Marathon of Hope On March 8, the night before Terry's operation, he was inspired by a visit from his basketball coach, who brought him a magazine article about Di...

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... . My friend was diagnosed with a type of bone cancer. Alexei Yashin, a former Ottawa Senators, was kind enough to visit my friend. He gave her an autographed poster from the whole team. Even though that may sound like a little gift, it gave her strength and encouragement to go on. Athletes such as Saku Koivu, Mario Lemieux, and Lance Armstrong all have been ... admired in return. Sports bring people together. In the 2002 Winter Olympics, we saw our nation join in celebration. The two Gold medal victories in both Men and Women's hockey brought together fans across our country. The Men's G...

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