History of Basketball Essay Research Paper

Henderson State University was known as “Henderson-Brown College” in the 1920’s. Originally founded as the Arkadelphia Methodist College in 1890, Henderson’s official name was then for the second time in its history changed to Henderson-Brown to honor Walter William Brown in 1911. Brown was Henderson’s friend and business partner. Looking through the yearbooks of this time period one could see a college filled with arts and ambitions. At the beginning of the decade Henderson-Brown had only eighteen

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He set numerous National Basketball Association (NBA) records during his twenty seasons as a player. He won six NBA championships and a record setting six NBA Most Valuable Player awards, he is the NBA’s all time leading scorer and was the first pick in the 1969 NBA Draft. Abdul-Jabbar was significant for many things, however, in my opinion, he is most significant for being named a cultural ambassador for the United States

contracted it. Simultaneously, one of the most talented and influential point guards in basketball was dominating the sport: Earvin “Magic” Johnson. Throughout his career Johnson gained three Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards and was admitted into the Basketball Hall of Fame (“Magic Johnson”). However, on November 7, 1991, Johnson announced his diagnosis of HIV and his retirement from the National Basketball Association (NBA). Following this abrupt and unexpected event, Johnson became one of the

Peter Pistol Maravich Peter Press Maravich is arguably one of the best basketball players ever to play the game. Born June 22, 1947 in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania where he learned to love basketball from his father, Press Maravich, who spent many hours teaching him the game’s most important fundamentals. Maravich broke numerous records throughout his career. While in high school he scored 47 points, more than any other player, in the North Carolina High School All-Star Game. He holds nearly every

men's college basketball. He is originally from Emporia, Kansas, Smith as been called a "coaching legend" by the Basketball Hall of Fame. Smith is best known for his successful 36-year coaching career at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Smith coached from 1961 to 1997 and retired as the NCAA Division I men's basketball record-holderfor victories (879), a record which was surpassed by Bobby Knightin 2007. Smith has the 9th highest winning percentage of any men's college basketball coach(77

Black History Month Project Earl Lloyd-African American Basketball Player Earl Lloyd was born in April 3,1928 and died February 26,2015.He grew up at Alexandria Virginia.He was American Professional Basketball player.He was raised by his father name Theodore Benjamin Lloyd and mother name Daisy Mitchell Lloyd in Alexandria .His father worked at a coal industry and his mother stayed home taking care of him.His parents teached him to be a good student and a good athlete at Lisle Crouch Elementary

while playing against each other. Volleyball is an interesting sport that surprisingly has a history. William G. Morgan created the sport in 1895. He was an instructor for the YWCA which stands for Young Men’s Christians Associations. Morgan created volleyball for people who preferred a sport that had less physical contact than basketball. Morgan was able to take aspects from various sports such as basketball, baseball, tennis and handball and create a new fun sport that everyone enjoyed.

girlfriends other than the occasional one that lasted a couple days. I also wanted to work really hard at basketball so I could get up on the A1 team to play with my friends and impress a couple people. I definitely put in a lot of hours in the gym to get better, and by 8th grade, I made the A1 team. Going into my freshman year, I was definitely nervous to start playing high school basketball. The first day of tryouts were extremely hard and really made me fight through a lot of soreness to get on

The biggest debate in sports history. And will never be settled. Michael Jordan or Lebron James? Who’s better? Let me make that decision easier for you. Most people who are older than thirty will say that Michael is better only because they watched him play. Everyone under the age of 30 will say Lebron is better because they are watching him now. Those over 30 will say Michael is better only say it because they don’t want change. They don’t want to accept the fact that Michael is not the best to

as fundamentally sound as Lebron’s, meaning Jordan had to work even harder for his championships. Jordan is the best basketball player in history.     In addition to his physical game, his mental game is equally or even stronger. To win at a high level, you have to have not only athleticism, but a winning mindset. For example, in high school, he tried out for the school basketball team as a freshman and did not