4. What Is Your Biggest Accomplishment In Sports

senior year. ESPN is a well-known sports television channel that analyzes sports games such as basketball, football, etc. To be featured on ESPN is not only an accomplishment, but it acts as recognition that sports teams are looking for when they recruit players. Although only one of his games was televised, having ESPN televise it in the first place is amazing. Another example of this is also seen in BallisLife, where LeBron James is said to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated which is a magazine

Public Shaming of an Olympic Weightlifter Public shaming is a highly debated and broad topic. First what is public shaming? “Public shaming(humiliation) is the dishonoring showcase of a person, usually an offender or a prisoner, especially in a public place. It was regularly used as a form of punishment in former times, and is still practiced by different means in the modern era(Wikipedia).” Public shaming is usually used as the primary form of punishment. It can destroy someones life within hours

Philippians 4:13 states, “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.”(KJV). This verse is what I base my whole life around; sports, academics, and everyday life can be traced back to this quote. Without this promise from God, I would not be as honorable, athletic, or smart as I am today. On August 9, 2009 I was at my usual Sunday morning church service when I started to feel some unusual anxiety. My heart started pounding during the service, and after a few minutes it would stop

games are about accomplishment and competiveness. Xbox and PlayStation have built an empire on video games and consoles because our society fell in love with them dating way back to the arcade Pac-Man and Donkey Kong days. “Video game sales ($25 billion in 2011) continue to be the No. 1 form of discretionary entertainment, outshining both movies and music” (USA,News 2015). Video games are obviously nothing without the consoles you play them on. PlayStation and Xbox are the biggest competitors in the

20 to 37.” Yes, his abilities were enhanced, but with what benefit? Ramirez may have brought back life and another chance to play the game like he used to, but in the end, his athletic character was denied. I mean nobody will lose respect for a player who starts off as a star and just dies off through the years: it’s called getting old. This process happens, and if you go out with integrity playing wholeheartedly, not one person will deny your abilities as a ballplayer. Ramirez chose the wrong path

their religious beliefs. When asked how she feels about the uphill struggle she endures, Alisha said, "It’s all in your mind! Nothing is impossible! I got put down, mocked, and what not, but I believe that’s how you become stronger.” (1) Alisha started racing at age 9 on go-karts and she was winning races at

as well. My dad was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and my mom was born in Pittsburgh. Very early in my childhood, I found a great passion for playing sports. I started playing baseball, T-ball to be exact, as early as 4 years old. I played other sports growing up including soccer and basketball, however, baseball seemed to be the sport that interested me the most. When I finally moved to Holmdel, New Jersey, where I spent the rest of my childhood, I continued to play baseball. I continued

Before it’s decided who are the ‘Mt. Rushmore’s’ of sports up to this day, a criteria, or rubric  to base it off from. One of the more obvious categories would be athletic ability. All it would take to fgure that out is a simple google search. However, A great story can’t be the only thing that’s considered. For example, I would consider myself a hard worker, who has overcome many obstacles to play my sport, but that does not make me a great athlete, yet alone of the greatest ever! In order to

Secret Within every gym and athletic practice across the United States there are secrets. These secrets are kept by public gyms, membership health clubs and even high school sports. This secret is killing our youth and disrupting the sportsmanship of not only the United States, but also on an international level. What I am referring to is the use of anabolic steroids. This epidemic is spreading through our country like a wildfire. It is going unnoticed and misunderstood. Even our government

4. Rivalry: A rivalry is a relationship between two people or groups that are competing for success in the same field. It is unlike any other competition between two groups. This is because it includes much more emotion and higher stakes. Quotes: To keep silent about this amazing happening deepened the shock for me. It made Finny seem too unusual for—not friendship, but too unusual for rivalry. And there were few relationships among us at Devon not based on rivalry. - Chapter 3 In this quote, Gene