Argumentative Speech About Basketball

With drugs everywhere in this world, Chris Herren became what he never believed he would; a drug addict. Chris grew up in a poor family in Fall River, MA and could have become a NBA star. He was predicted to be the number 1 pick in the NBA draft if he was clean. Now, not even the highs of his NCAA and NBA career will cover up what he has done to his life. The life of Christopher Albert Herren is a true example of how a person can overcome a struggle and then make an impact in society.

Indeed, who would have predicted ten years ago? That women's basketball so wildly popular? Well, people who have watched the growth of women's basketball in southern states. The enormous campus arenas at the state universities in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia filled to capacity for home games. The coach for Tennessee's Lady Vols, Pat Summitt. She has achieved nearly godlike stature in that state. A tall, striking figure on- and off-court. Summitt commands respect. Wherever she goes. My youngest sister, Ruth Ann, who lives in Tennessee. She says you can't near Pat Summitt after a game. "You'd think she a rock star," she says. Although Geno Auriemma, Coach of the UConn women's team. Not yet enjoying that kind of support. He rapidly becoming

This summer 2016, the Boston Neighborhood Basketball League (BNBL) will celebrate 47 years of providing an outstanding recreational experience for thousands of youth in the City of Boston. It is the finest neighborhood basketball league in the country, encompassing sports recreation and community engagement. Its value is in its history and its people. BNBL has helped make Boston a “basketball town”. Even more valuable, it has helped make summers in Boston happier and safer, by providing a physical outlet for Boston youngsters throughout the city.

The game of basketball was invented by a gym teacher Dr. James Naismith in December 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts.

SHREVEPORT, La. – A day after finding out he was the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Week, junior Chris Zapata of the Centenary Gents baseball team was selected for this week’s D3Baseball.com Team of the Week, released Tuesday, March 6, the fourth edition of the list in 2017.

Throughout high school I have grown as an athlete and person. I have loved playing sports my whole life, but I have learned to love giving back to the community and youth even more. Although playing sports have taken me across the country and also brought much success and joy to me, nothing brings more pleasure than passing my skills and knowledge on to the youth here in Knappa.

Every city has that one basketball game that everyone goes to. The game that brings the crowd to their feet. That one game that brings thousands of people to the audience, and leave them with something to talk about for the remainder of their lives. Saginaw High vs Arthur Hill boys basketball game is filled with people from all over the state, filled with future NBA players and lots of drama. Saginaw High is located in the poorest and the most dangerous parts of Saginaw,Mi. Just imagine a neighborhood with only three houses on each block and sounds like Fourth of July firecrackers going off every night knowing someone just died. So every year, Saginaw

“Ex-addicts Staying Sober through Sport” by Kathleen Toner talks about how Nick Nisbet and Scott Strode battled their drug and alcohol addictions and were able to stay sober through sports. The article was okay. I admire Scott Strode for sharing his personal success with other addicts by starting a non-for profit program. He knew what it was like to hit rock bottom and for many of us who never experienced a drug or alcohol addiction it was very interesting. I liked that he wanted to help other addicts through his program by incorporating sports in their daily lives. It allowed them to come together in a nonjudgmental environment and feel a different high that didn’t involve drugs. It also keeps the reader engaged by sharing personal stories

The night of March 20, 2010, certainly went down as one to remember for thousands of Shelby Valley High School basketball fans. Shelby Valley High School, located in Pike County near Lexington, Kentucky, was easily the underdog in Kentucky’s 2010 boys basketball state tournament. Facing Ballard, a school three times its size from Louisville, was a daunting task for Shelby Valley, whose total school enrollment was less than 600 students (Fields). However, the Shelby Valley players and fans didn’t let fear get in the way of their goal. Nearly two-thirds of the 15,048 fans in attendance that night supported Shelby Valley, despite a four-hour drive from Lexington (Press). The Shelby Valley Wildcats, whose fans

Hurdball is a new fitness game, taking the world by storm! The game is a mix between Netball, hula hooping, hurdles (hence the name!), soccer and basketball. The game is aimed at children aged from 12-19. It can be played on a netball court or a basketball court. Hurdball improves your fitness and your sense of self. In this article, I will be taking about Hurdball, its fitness components, how it improves your fitness and sense of self.

Picture this on the basketball court and you are playing very good. Then it all turns bad. Your start making turnovers and messing up the plays. Then the coach starts to yell at you instead of helping you. What do you do? This is why coaches need to stop screaming at their players and just help them. These three reasons explain why they should stop. One reason is that some players have way more talent than others and coaches don’t realize it. Another reason is you can make relationships with your coaches but you can’t since they are yelling at you. The third reason is their health because coaches can hurt the players confidence and their self-esteem. This is why coaches should stop yelling at the players and be nice to them and help them.

The San Antonio Spurs will face off against the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. Does that sentence sound familiar? Well that’s because these two teams met up in the first round of last year’s playoffs as well. The Grizzlies are looking for a different result this time as they got swept in last year’s matchup and lost three out of the four games by 20+ points.

In Seymour, basketball for many people is a way of life. The Games are usually filled with a sea of fans wearing red and white shirts jumping up and down screaming. Also now that Seymour had just won the division 2 state championship 2002 and their 4th straight appearance at Madison. This was only their fourth appearance and eventually made it to 8 straight Kohl center appearances. So many people's problems are not pursuing in their dreams. If people followed in their dreams so many more people would succeed. Seymour followed their dreams by making state 8 straight years in a row. From the years 2003 to 2006 a lot of my surroundings were mostly basketball related. In those first four years my life my obsession quickly began.

He even played on the same team as his father, the Tree Hill Ravens. Nathan had to try harder to keep up with his father’s high school basketball reputation. Nathan was the most sought after boy in Tree Hill High School. He was good looking, the best player on the basketball team, and he was a player. He attracted all of the girls in school. The only bad thing about Nathan was that he was the typical high school athlete that was a jerk to everyone else. He did not care about anyone but himself. Nathan was an amazing basketball player but Dan was never pleased. He always wanted more from Nathan. A hundred percent was never enough. Nathan tried to measure to his father’s expectations but he was never able to. Nathan’s mother and Dan’s wife, Deb, was not home much. She was usually away on business trips for meetings so Nathan never got to escape his father because his father had to be there. Deb was an alcoholic and she also got addicted to pills at one

I kept reading the speech out loud to myself over and over again, making minor changes here and there to set the tone. I did not want to come off as sexist or cocky because I really wanted to connect with the young ladies. I mentioned in the speech how my mom always said that I was the prissiest tomboy she had ever seen. My basketball coach even chimed in and said that he could testify to me being 100% athlete on the court and 100% young lady off the court. He briefly joked about my defense skills and how I would leave the basketball court, all sweaty having put up double figures, but then come out of the dressing room with hair done, makeup perfected and wearing heels. He said that he oftentimes had to do a double-take because he couldn’t