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athletes can also claim to be Oscar winners. Kobe Bryant is one of them. Kobe Bryant, well-known for winning many accolades over the course of his storied NBA career, added an Oscar to his already impressive resume when he won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for his movie Dear Basketball. In addition to his new Oscar and many NBA awards, Bryant also boasts an eye-popping net worth even by professional athlete standards. But just who exactly is Kobe Bryant? What is his net worth? Here’s

When thinking of professional athletes, sports cars, mansions, and money all come to mind. What about after the pros? Most people would say that professional athletes are set for the rest of their lives with everything luxurious. In most cases, athletes are accustomed to the luxurious lifestyle and living for the moment while playing in the pros that they do not think of retirement and no longer receiving salary or comparable salary if securing alternative employment. So if they do not have money

this biography (Playing for Keeps Michael Jordan and the World He Made) highlights his journey from a small town to the windy city. Jordan entered the NBA draft after playing three years in college and was selected third in the 1984 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls. With Jordan on the team, the Bulls made the playoffs 13 times. Jordan was awarded the NBA 's Rookie of the Year Award for his outstanding performance in his rookie season. Jordan would then go on to win five regular-season MVPs and three

everyone? Many would answer “no it’s not possible for everyone to be successful”. Well I beg to differ , if a young African American kid from a tough part of Hampton Virginia can grow to become one of the most respected athletes to ever play in the NBA, why not you.                                                                  Allen Ezail Iverson was born June 7, 1975 in Hampton Virginia as a child Allen’s father left his mother, a single 15 year old to raise Iverson. Growing up Allen was a dual-sport

possession of the ball to move around to either shoot or pass the ball. Basketball became a national sport that was played in colleges and in the NBA, which formed on August 3rd, 1949. That elite association consists of the best players in the world who were drafted after 4 years of playing with their college teams. The NBA draft is held annually for NBA teams to draft players who are eligible and wish to join the league. Players who do

winning six NBA Championships, five Most Valuable Player Awards, and fourteen NBA All-Star selections over a fifteen-season NBA career. Michael Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 17th, 1963, son of Deloris and James R. Jordan Sr. Later his family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina

The Cleveland Cavaliers never had true power in the NBA, and they had never won a championship (Zillgitt and Amick). “Julius Caesar has returned to Rome after a long civil war in which he defeated the forces of Pompey, his rival for power. Caesar now has the opportunity to take full control of Rome” (Shakespeare

The legacy of Kobe Bryant’s career in the NBA is unparalleled. On August 23,1978, Kobe Bean Bryant was born. Kobe was named after a japanese steakhouse. Kobe is the only son of former NBA player Joe Bryant. In 1984 Joe Bryant retired and moved their family to Italy, where he played basketball in the Italian league. When he was young, he was an average player at basketball and soccer, but when Kobe was 13 his family moved to Philadelphia and everything changed. He played for the Lower Merion High

The history of basketball . The basketball game was first played with a soccer ball . The objective of the game was to try to get the soccer ball into the hoop. Dr Naismith later(The History of Basketball - NBA Hoops Online) moved to go work at the YMCA . There he needed a game for his students to play . He then remembered the outdoor game his kids played at his old town, then he created basketball. He used a old regular ball which looks nothing like the basketball we have today. He started

scholarship at the University of North Carolina (By 1). His first year of college basketball he was named the rookie of the year, and his team won the ACC championship. During his junior year he left college for the NBA and got drafted to the Chicago Bulls as the third pick in the draft. He also was in the 1984 Olympics before kicking