Essay on Jordan Is a Land Loaded with History

major drainage system is the interior basin formed as the Jordan River flows southward; it empties first into the Hula Basin and then into the freshwater Sea of Galilee. The river then proceeds to the Dead Sea, the most saline body of water in the world. The Sea of Galilee is connected, through a complex of pumping stations and reservoirs, to Israel's aquifers in the west, providing water to almost half of the country's agricultural land {4}. The climate in Israel varies from north to south…

athletes in the country ("Michael Jordan")." During the summer before Jordan's senior year, he attended the Five-Star Basketball Camp. There he met Dean Smith, the coach of the University of North Carolina's Tar Heels. Smith encouraged Jordan to come to the school. A few months later Jordan signed his letter of intent and received a full scholarship. The Tar Heels had an outstanding season and went on to play in the NCAA championship against Georgetown University. Jordan hit the game winning shot making…

occupation of the West Bank. This area contained almost half of the Jordanians agricultural land. Prior to the war with Israel, the West Bank produced about 25 percent of Jordan's grain, 40 percent of its vegetables and 70 percent of its fruits. The proportion of the work force employed in agriculture took a server declined from 37 percent in 1965 to 7 percent in 1987. Just about 5 percent of Jordan's remaining land is fit for the growing of crops and irrigation is often a crisis because the entire area…

Division, the Bulls faced the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the playoffs and fell four games. Jordan averaged 29.3 points in the series. So far Jordan is looking like a "Legend" in progress. 1985-86 Three games into the 1985-86 season, Jordan went down with a broken bone in his left foot. He was sidelined for 64 games before returning in mid-March. In 18 regular-season games Jordan averaged 22.7 points, 2.9 assists, and 3.6 rebounds, all career lows. He was voted to the All-Star squad…

season he won the rookie of the year award with 28.2 points per game. The Bulls had a losing record before they had Jordan. After the Bulls had Jordan, nothing else but good things began to happen for this franchise. He took the Bulls to the playoffs for five straight years in a row. But they would always loose to the Detroit Pistons or Boston Celtics. "One problem was that Jordan sometimes played at a level so above his teammates that the Bulls failed to function as a team" (Greene 8-9). During…

of course. In 1993 Jordan shook the media as well as the fans when he announced his retirement. For two years Michael sat out from basketball, playing golf, baseball, and spending time with his family. After those two years Michael made the decision to return to the game he loved so much. The bulls did not win any championships in those two years that Jordan was gone but as soon as he returned they won three more, still under coach Phil Jackson. After those three titles Jordan considered retiring…

take a nap on his way home and was murdered by armed robbers. The NBA also began an investigation into allegations that Jordan had illegally bet on NBA games, but he was eventually cleared. These events eventually caused Jordan to lose his motivation and the sense of having to prove something as a basketball player, and he felt it was time to step away from the court. Jordan sought a new challenge to play professional baseball. He signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox. He was…

Carolina reached the Final Four with the help of Jordan, who had sixteen points and led the team with nine rebounds. In the final twenty seconds, Michael made a title winning shot from the left baseline. In Michael's sophomore and junior seasons, he was voted College Basketball's Player of the Year. Through Michael's three years at Carolina, he average 17.7 points per game, while maintaining a "B" average. After a great college career, the Chicago Bulls as the third pick of the 1984-85 season drafted…

Michael Jordan” (Michael Jordan). Michael Jordan is clearly the best basketball player to have ever set foot on a basketball court as Larry Bird put it jokingly. He wasn’t the perfect basketball player but he was good enough to surpass the rest of the league as a whole. Because of his superior skills and incomprehensible work ethic, he can be considered an outlier. There is no other player that has accomplished as much as Jordan and will probably never see something like it again. Michael Jordan was…

It wasn’t until his junior year of high school that Jordan finally won a game against his older brothers. But even still, only standing at 5’11 as a sophomore Michael Jordan did not make varsity and had to play on the junior varsity team. This drove him to work even harder because he was fully confident that he could play with the older kids. Every single day after his normal basketball practice, Michael would go home and worked on his game even more, day in and day out. This drive and determination…