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    How did college basketball form and how has it changed over the years? Basketball is one of the most watched or frequently played sport in history, on top of soccer, football, or baseball. In this essay, I will answer the question, and tell about some important events in basketball history. Basketball started in 1891. It has now grown into one of the most popular sports in history. Basketball was invented in December 1891 by Canadian James W. Naismith. An instructor at the YMCA Training School

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    junior year of basketball felt like it ended as quickly as a blink. It was as if in seconds we went from the stars of the state tournament to the embarrassments of it. I tried to forget the disappointment of it but it still will not leave. My desire and love to win games comes from the more apparent hatred of losing them. Junior year we had a chance to win a state championship, but we lost that chance. That was when I realized that I had one chance left to win. Senior year our basketball success would

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    every single second felt like an eternity, the referee blow the whistle. I sprinted to the ball fastest I can. I put every single piece of my body muscles to my leg. I ran for my life! I was one of the best basketball players in town. My school finally was able to compete at the championship. I arrived at the garden grove gym. My heart started beating fast, I felt butterflies in my stomach, rumbling, my legs and arms felt as heavy as 100 kg block of solid metal(Concrete). My body sweated like a huge

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    and practicing so much wanting to be the best at every single sport and still being able to maintain my grades. My friend and I focused so much on being the best we could at sports that we got the opportunity to play for our school’s 5th and 6th basketball team while only being in 2nd grade. Moving on to later grades, I kept my spot

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    school in Queens, NY and loves the game of basketball. He is arguably the best high school basketball player in the area. True’s best friend, Lee Atkins, is a senior at the school. Since he is in his last year of high school basketball, all Lee wants is to make a run in the playoffs and win the championship game. True’s mother is Darlene Robinson. Darlene got a job in California, thanks to a man named Mr. Seth Gilbert, who saw True playing an AAU basketball tournament. Mr. Gilbert wanted him to

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    Hoosiers Analysis

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    Hoosiers is a film about second chances. It’s about a small town basketball team making a comeback from their loosing streak with the help of their new head coach. The Hickory Huskers begin their season with new coach Norman Dale, whose coaching techniques rile up the townspeople and parents. He arrives at the school being a decade out of coaching the game and having a troubled past. Coach Dale is thrown many challenges with the townspeople not trusting him, the team’s best player not playing and

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    Sport Analysis: Football

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    football event. Until, I realized that football season was over and the only sports that were in this season was basketball, tennis, hockey, and baseball that was actively happening in Gainesville, Florida. So, the event that I chose to do my sport analysis on is a little league basketball game. I am not a huge fan of basketball and I’m not too sure as to why but I think it’s because basketball is missing the tackling sounds that you will hear at a football game. I put my love for football aside to attend

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    Mn Lynx Research Paper

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    including the MN Lynx. To make this good team you have to go back to the history of basketball. The owner has a big part also. Then how the Lynx started is one of the biggest parts and when they started. Their first game was in 1999. Last then I will talk about the salaries. As you can see there are a lot of important stuff about being a good team. The origin of the WNBA. Women's basketball started in 1892. Basketball was invented for aggressive boys when it was to cold to go outside. They wondered

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    over my love for the game of basketball, I think of three events that produced the exact same feelings of excitement, fear, and anxiety. I can remember feeling all three emotions leading up to these memorable events. Despite the range of emotions that I named above, I mostly remember the feeling of pride. In fact, I’ll call these events my three dimensional proudest moments. Back in January of 2011, when I was ten years old, I played my last game of recreational basketball for the Bulloch County Recreation

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    Legend 27 Research Paper

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    It was a warm day in Greece and Legend 27 was tirelessly practicing basketball. He had the biggest game of the season the next day against the top team in the country, the Titans. He had been waiting for this game for his whole life and the time had finally come. He was going to win the National Championship. It would take a lot of hard work and determination, so he continued to practice for hours. He was so focused on making his next shot that he didn’t even notice a beautiful goddess appear near

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