Baseball And Basketball : The Success Of Baseball And Basketball

In the course of competing in the NBA Jordan, preformed consistently. Once Jordan’s team made it to the finals, his team dominated, specifically him. On the website “Michealjordansworld.com”, a site dedicated to sharing accurate information about Jordan, the chart listed shows that in the course of six years Jordan has averaged 33.6 points per final game. This demonstrates Jordan’s elite abilities on the court.

Jordan burst into the league as a rookie sensation scoring in droves with an unmatchable first step and acrobatic drives and dunks and concluded his career as a cultural icon. Hard work, dedication, and the desire

Next, by an athlete staying and completing their education teaches the athlete maturity levels and raises maturity levels of an athlete. By staying in college an athlete can grow, develop, and mature throughout the course of their years in college. The athletes brain is more developed. The athlete has a more mature, developed mindset that benefits the athlete by allowing them to see game plans in a different perspective and allows the athlete to face challenges with a clearer mind, because college has equipped them with more experience in tough situations. For example, Michael Jordan, also known as MJ, received a full athletic scholarship to North Carolina University in 1981. Jordan played for the North Carolina Tar Heels for 3 years. Although Jordan was drafted in the 1984 NBA draft, he was only a junior in college.

Collegiately, Jordan’s legacy was established as a freshman when he nailed the game winning shot in the National Championship versus Patrick Ewing’s Hoyas. Even though, the Tar Heels didn’t hoist the trophy in the following years with Jordan, one thing was constant, Jordan himself. Win or lose, no matter the players around him or the level of competition, he would always put on a show. This would hold true as Jordan’s rise to prominence conveyed an analysis of sport’s emergence on the global stage.

Also, Lebron James had the desire to make his high school basketball team, however, he lacked the money to afford the bills that came with the sport of basketball.

Jordan’s journey started his freshman year of high school during basketball season. “He (Michael Jordan) did not make the basketball team at Laney High School his freshman year.” (Jhonson 1) The first tryout of his high school career, he didn’t make it. That would absolutely demoralize a person and break down their self esteem. But Jordan kept at it and kept training to be the best player he could be. “Jordan was only 5’11 his freshman… He grew 3 inches his junior and senior year , making him a final height of 6’6.” (Jhonson 1). With his final height, Jordan would be able to excel at many levels of his game. Making him a national force at the high school level. Jordan would go on to play college basketball at the division one level at the North Carolina University, and then get drafted by the Chicago Bulls. “Jordan is considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of the twentieth century” (Jhonson 1). With Jordan getting a mega deal with Nike to manufacture shoes and many other products, Jordan would go on to make a fortune. Jordan won 6 NBA championships and a 5 time NBA MVP award recipient. Jordan started from not making the freshman basketball team to being named on of the best basketball players of all

One unknown to the game of basketball will assume Michael Jordan changed the game, or at least the one who made the game famous. However, before the ‘Gifted MJ’ there was one of the greatest rivalries in basketball, which raised television ratings, ergo, helped make the sport prominent. Magic Johnson and Larry bird’s rivalry was a sight to see. Magic and Bird’s contribution to basketball varies, their training techniques and personal life has led both of them to make phenomenal sport history, and everlasting legacies.

As I sat and watched the college world series this weekend I began to wonder about baseball and several questions came to mind: where did we get the game of baseball? Who should we give credit to for the formation of the game we see today?

Jackie Robinson, famous baseball player, obviously developed talent when he was a child. For example, as he grew up he “exhibited remarkable versatility as an athlete in football, track, basketball, and baseball”(“Jackie Robinson”). With the inspiration of his older brother Matthew, Olympic silver medalist, he was able to push himself enough to be placed on the Pomona Annual Baseball Tournament All-Star Team(“Jackie Robinson Biography”). By the end of

Baseball has always been a way for many Americans to get away from their problems and watch a game. The history of baseball goes back many year. Together, we will be exploring, not just the history that people think about, but some of the history people may not know about.

Michael Jordan attended Laney High School in Wilmington, North Carolina. High School is where Michael Jordan’s journey to stardom began, but the beginning of Michael Jordan’s High School career got off to a rocky start. As a High School sophomore he was cut from the varsity basketball team, and instead his 6’7’’ friend Leroy Smith made the team. Varsity head coach, Fred Lynch decided that the varsity team needed Leroy Smith’s size, and thought Michael at 5’ 10’’ was too short and needed to develop his skills in order to be a reliable contributor to the varsity team. Michael had no choice but to play on the junior varsity team, which greatly frustrated him, because he felt like he was good enough to make the varsity team. ‘’It was embarrassing

Michael Jeffrey Jordan, the former National Basketball Association player, owner of an NBA club, Hall-of-Famer and extremely resilient person, Jordan has overcome many struggles in his entire basketball career. Jordan’s high school career was not the best, after being cut from the Varsity team, Jordan was to overcome his struggles and keep training. “trying to make the Varsity team drove me to really work at my game, and also taught me that if you set goals, and work hard to achieve them—the hard work can pay off." - Is a famous quote said by Michael Jordan about his high-school career. Jordan’s performance during his senior high school season earned him a selection to the McDonald's All-American Team.

Jordan’s idea of what it means to be excellent replaced God. God’s plan was not his main focus. Whether a conscious decision or not, Michael Jordan placed excellence over

“ I used to think Michael Jordan was the Babe Ruth of Basketball.” Bulls owner Jerry Reindolf once said. “ I have now come to believe that Babe Ruth is the Michael Jordan of baseball.” (Pietrusza 6). But it was not always like that, some people did not think Michael Jordan was all that good. “Before one game Michael Jordan was chasing down the Olympians practice ball. It rolled over to Celtic star Larry Bird. Bird picked up the ball but instead of flipping it to Jordan, he sneered and then drop-kicked it back over Jordan’s head. “ Bird was showing me it was all business now, and I was beneath him” Jordan once recalled “ I didn't forget”(Pietrusza 24). He did not forget because he help them win a gold medal and he became the most decorated star in the

During the December lull between seasons of football and baseball, James Naismith, a teacher at the International Young Men’s Christian Association in Springfield Massachusetts, was presented with the task of maintaining the physicality of forty plus students (Cantwell, 2004, 1075). During the 1890’s there was no official sport or popular indoor activity that could help maintain the stamina, health and condition of football, baseball, and track athletes during his or her seasonal break. With the prospect of inventing a solution to this dilemma, Dr. Naismith took on the idea of coming up with a valid up-tempo indoor game to maintain and improve athletes’ levels of fitness during the winter months (Cantwell, 2004, 1075). With his mind and thoughts churning, Naismith pulled from deep down into his memory bank, scratching the surface of his childhood days in Canada farmland and recalled to mind a simple game that he used to play when he was a young man; “Duck on a Rock” (Cantwell, 2004, 1076).