Moonmorot Research Paper

In the novel, Travel Team, by Mike Lupica, the main character, Danny Walker, is one of the best basketball players in his home town. Basketball talent runs in the family, as his dad, Richie, was drafted in the first round by the Golden State Warriors. Sadly, Richie Walker suffered horrendous injuries due to a car crash, which ended his playing career. As tryouts come along for the local Travel basketball team, Danny is very confident that he will make the team because he has been one of the most successful players in his town. However, tryouts do not go as plan and Danny ends up not making the team because of his size. He is very small for his age and much smaller than the rest of the guys in his grade. However, his talent did not affect the result of him not making the team. The team decided to go “bigger” this year, therefore, height becoming a disadvantage for Danny. Danny’s best friend, Ty Ross, made the Travel team and his father is the coach, who has been Danny’s coach for the past few years. Everyone around town is shocked Danny did not make the cut and this is a huge discussion around his school as well. Many of Danny’s friends were surprised of the end result, especially Ty, who strongly believes Danny should have easily made it. Hearing that he was too small to play on the Travel team, Danny lost all of his confidence to play again, as he told his mom he is planning on the taking the year off of basketball. Danny finally comes to his consensus and decides to not

“Basketball was once a game for the Irish and Italian Catholics in Rockaway and the Jewish on Fordham Road in the Bronx.” (Greenfield 210). Back in the beginnings of basketball ethnic names like Red Holzmans, Red Auerbach, and the McGuire Brothers were etched as stars of the NBA (Greenfield 210). But in the present names such Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal and Allen Iverson are a fixture of pro basketball with national television exposure and million dollar salaries. This is a far cry from the old school basketball of white men with status playing it for leisure. Greenfield and Wolf believe there is a question of style with today’s modern player.

Small forward often primarily responsible for scoring points and on defense getting steals and rebounds

Attention Getter: “I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a Baller, I wish I had a girl who looked good I would call her.” That timeless phrase coined by Ski-Lo in the early nineties, resonates with so many of us because all of those goals are things that people relate to being successful. And while I can’t help you with the first and the last respectively, becoming a “Basket-baller” is quite feasible, with a little hard work.

The talented young senior quickly established himself as a star on the Lincoln high school team in Portland Oregon. While playing for the school, he has consistently stood out on the team during Boy's Singles, earning respect at all levels. During the Oregon State High School Racquetball Championships, he played exceptionally well, winning several matches. He has been described as a contender for the national stage and a possible Olympian.

He possesses the appearance of power and strength. Notice that this is an ESPN magazine sports cover which is highly viewed by sports fans, especially young black males. This picture alone holds the power to not only impress but to entice those who want to be depicted this way. The sports media industry does not directly state that black athletes dominate sports. “They just show an endless highlight reel of slam dunks and touchdown runs, and the pictures speak for themselves.” (fulwood). In fact the “media creates false perceptions about black athletes in America” (Munir). I was also informed through research of a cartoonish illustration “of people with overt racial and ethnic features apparently swimming in a cash-filled house.” (fulwood). I can imagine the thought process of not only the young black males who came across this picture, but also of the family of these males. They saw money, lots of money. From my own personal experiences I have heard parents say to their boys, “You’re going into sports.” Or “You’ll make a lot of money as an athlete.” But this is not the parents fault. Glamorization is never seen with black males in other profession besides sports. The first image on the left, depicts this professional basketball player as somewhat inhuman as he is seen dunking a ball and boasting this act of achievement in mid-air. The image on the right is the famous Labron James. His strength is shown through his muscles, which are covered in tattoos. These images are how the mass media target and pull in viewers. Munir revealed in his article that these images of the “black athletic form produces a black athlete as post-human” (Munir) and that they are also portrayed as “strange creatures” (Munir) with “sub-human abilities to jump higher, hang in the air longer, punch harder and run faster.” (Munir). In a nut-shell African-American athletes are projected as

Do you really know who Earl Campbell and Warren Moon are? Well they were NFL football players of course. Now I’ll take you on an adventure to discover who Earl Campbell is, who Warren Moon is, and why they were unstoppable.

On July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon....or so they say. It has been debated that the landing was actually fake, based on some characteristics in the photos that were taken on the moon. While majority thinks that the moon landing was indeed real, there is more evidence that proves it was fake. For example: The American flag planted in the moon, Buzz Aldrin’s footprint, and mysterious lights appearing in the sky all have hidden things in their photos that could have been impossible in outer space.

Long before the star in the sky gave us warmth and the rock in the sky gave us it’s luminous presence, there were two people. The sun and the moon. Sun was a fierce warrior and proud to his merit. Moon was gentle, soft spoken and often vague with their words. These two polar beings lived in harmony with one another for centuries, that was until Moon felt the pang of hunger. Sun could sense disturbance in the air as Moon began to speak “I’m hungry”. Sun knew what was about to arise, these two words conjoined in sentence would be his undoing. Reluctant, knowing the outcome, he asked “What do you want to eat”. The three words in response would send a fluster of annoyance and agitation towards Sun, these three words would be “I don’t know”. Visible

Planning for the Apollo Space Program began in 1957 and the program ended in 1972. The Apollo Space Missions increased our understanding of the moon. The goal of the missions was to land men on the moon and return them safely to earth. This goal was achieved with Apollo 11. On July 20, 1969 man walked on the moon for the first time. This was a huge step in space exploration and much preparation had gone into it. Apollo 8 orbited the moon, but did not test a lunar lander, and Apollo 9 tested a lunar lander while orbiting earth. After achieving the goal of getting man to the moon, the Apollo program continued to enlarge our understanding of the moon. Apollo missions 12 and 14 installed seismic stations on the moon’s surface. This led us to the discovery of “moonquakes”, which are essentially earthquakes on the moon’s surface.

Trimmed closely at the neck, his silky black hair grew longer on top. A straight nose, dimpled cheeks and chin graced him with a look of nobility, but his tanned skin and muscular physique hinted at a tougher side.

In November 2011, retired astronaut James Lovell sold a valuable item through an auction house. It was a checklist from the Apollo 13 moon mission in 1970. It was sold by Heritage Auctions for more than $388,000. It brought in so much money because it has Lovell's handwritten notes on it. Now, though, NASA is claiming that Lovell had no right to sell the checklist. The agency claims that the checklist did not belong to Lovell; it belonged to NASA. NASA is also making this claim for three other items from the auction.

When thinking about America being the first to go to the moon one should also address the program that was formed to make that dream possible. In 1958 the NASA program was organized in America to work on winning the “space race”. America was the first country to reach the moon and now is determined to be the first country to reach another planet. The U.S. is currently working on projects to be able to reach Mars, which means that they are making NASA focus on Mars, causing a decrease in funds for other projects. While going to space is not going to solve Earth's issues, the NASA program deserves more funding because the program explores other planets for medical purposes, receives less than other budgets, and provides protection for the planet.

The video game series NBA 2K18, is a realistic simulation of the National Basketball Association that puts an emphasis for people to strive for greatness through their game modes of MyCareer and

Tommy was always excited for the first day of practice. For the last three years he has dribbled his way to greatness; three state titles. Tommy was now a senior at Belleview Heights High school his coach had him down as a 6’0” - 165lbs point guard, but he knew only on a good day he was even 5’11”. . But that’s what coaches do they bump up all the players’ heights and even weights on the stats, hoping to psych out the opposing team. Tommy was given the nickname “Dimes” because he averaged his sophomore and junior year 14 assists per game with 10.9 points per game. Averaging a double double was an amazing feat for any point guard in the area But Tommy didn’t care this was his year to really show how well he can pass and cut.