American Basketball Association

A man of many talents, Michael Jordan is. Part of a very elite group of athletes to play two professional sports in their lifetime. Michael Jordan played for fifteen years in the NBA and a year in minor league baseball. An African-American standing six foot six inches above the ground, some may say sports came easy for Michael, but how wrong they are. It was not always an easy road for Michael Jordan, but a road he would take many times again. This road tested his determination, strength, guts, and

The Philadelphia 76ers continue to struggle in the ongoing regular season. Though they saw some brilliance lately, winning 6 out of their last 10 games, they are still at the bottom half of the Eastern Conference standing. Recent reports are now saying that they might trade Nerlens Noel to the Portland Trail Blazers before the trade deadline ends. The Trail Blazers are precariously sitting at the 8th spot of Western Conference division holding an 18-25 win-loss record. It only means that they are

looks like his shot is a complete miss, but swish. Hours of layup drills, free throws, and scrimmages have led to this basket. I know this is not how to shoot a basketball, and it’s definitely not what I coached the athletes to do. However, his unorthodox technique works, and it doesn’t matter that I failed to teach Jekeil perfect basketball skills, because this is Special

Standing out of the water, Team USA captain Tony Azevedo comes in at 6’1’’, 198 pounds.Just feet away in the 2 meter position, 6’7’’ behemoths battle for position in a wrestling style match. Much of the competition and his own teammates are 6’4’’, 210 pounds and above. This seems to be no matter to Tony as he is considered to be one of the greatest players ever. Going into his record 5th Olympics, it is Gold or bust. (Team USA has never won a Gold Medal in Men’s Water Polo.) Born in Brazil, water

person in this world is a perfectionist. Anyone and everyone are replaceable. Don’t have a big head just because you,are on point at the moment. Nasir Creed was a freshman at Lakeside High school. He wanted to attempt to try out for the varsity basketball team. He had practiced all summer just for this moment. He went to the event and did an exceptional job and the coach had loved him already. He made the team and was the only 9th grader on the varsity squad. He started the first game of the season

According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, the Boston Celtics have signed German forward Daniel Theis to a two-year deal. In addition, the Boston Celtics requested waivers on center Tyler Zeller, whose $8 million contract would have become guaranteed on Sunday. Theis, 25, was draft eligible in 2013 but went undrafted. Theis went on to spend his entire career in the German League, where he has won back to back to back championships with Brose Baskets, while also being named a four-time all-star and

Do you think the Duke Center basketball courts should be renovated, or have it stay like a landfill? Yes, we should fix it up because it would look nice, and a lot of people would use it. The courts would be awesome to have because kids could play multiple sports on it, improve Otto-Eldred basketball skills, and the community would come together. A basketball court would improve people's health because they would be active. The basketball courts in Duke Center should be renovated for good purposes

and do laundry (Personality Spring ). He had this need to love and be loved and be accepted by his parents that led him to comply and to fulfill the duties of his guardians. Michael Jordan self-esteem grew by him failing to make the high school basketball team his junior year. Next Michael had spent his time over the summer to work on his skills what he needed to do to make the team, and growing four inches and developing a mindset to accomplish a mission he failed before. He motivated to prove

1. Without a doubt the best play of the game would be Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller's sack of Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton that forced a fumble. The fumble was recovered for a touchdown, and was really the first (and one of the few) impact play of the game. Miller went on to win MVP and his team the Super Bowl, and this clutch play early on in the game definitely had some influence on both those things. It also set the defensive tone of the game. However, I think the best play

Do you want to know how to jump higher in basketball? If you do, you are in the right page. It is every athlete's aim to have the ability to dunk in basketball. A lot of basketball athletes aren't able to dunk but wish to learn how to have higher jumps for basketball games. The reason why a lot of individuals wish to be able to do higher jumps is because it will promote their game to the next level. The simplest way to know how to jump higher in basketball is through increasing your vertical. There