National Education Association

Being a research scientist in life science is my number one career choice. In many ways, it also reflects my second, third, and fourth career choice. Scientists explore the unknown world. Educators devote to spread the knowledge. And professional basketball players commit themselves to extensive study and practice to master the skills of their profession. As a research scientist, I see myself incorporating all three. I want to master the skill of critical thinking, devote to spread the knowledge

Teams are seeded and therefore labelled for this week’s Summit League Championships in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The Mastodons “earned” the 6th seed in an 8-team tournament after defeating Western Illinois in overtime, 96-92. The casual fans would consider their chances slim if there are really five teams “better” than the Mastodons as the tourney gets underway Saturday night with top-seeded South Dakota playing Western Illinois. But a deeper look inside the teams and the statistics makes it

Former NBA All-Star and current CBA sensation Stephon Xavier Marbury has become a permanent resident of the Asian giant China. Marbury, who left his playing career in the United States and a $20 million dollar NBA contract in 2010 to play pro basketball in China has guided the Beijing Ducks to three CBA titles and was voted as CBA finals MVP. "I'm so thankful and blessed to receive my green card today from the Beijing Government. It's a true honor to be part of the capital of China.” The former Georgia

Big Cap Players ($8,000 and Up) Anthony Davis vs POR ($11,600) - The Blazers allow the most points per game in the league and allow the most fantasy points in the league to power forwards. Sounds like a dream matchup for AD. Then throw in the fact, the Blazers haven’t looked good of late and the Pelicans have looked better with Jrue Holiday.. DeMarcus Cousins vs HOU ($10,300) - Both of these teams give up a 100+ points a night, so expect plenty of scoring. Plus, Cousins has had 51+ fantasy points

Michael Jordan is a famous for his outstanding basketball skills and his exquisite line of shoes which came later down the line and the movies he starred in like Space Jam. Michael was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 17, 1963 he was the son of Deloris Jordan and James R. Jordan. Michael is the fourth child out of five he has two older brothers and one older sister and a younger sister. Michael and his family moved to Wilmington, North Carolina when he was toddler. Michael attended Emsley A

I was 12 year old when I started playing basketball. My dream was to be similar to Michael Jordan. However, my GBL team has lost every game since I’ve started playing basketball. I was also playing with my older brother Jeremiah for the first time, but we were always fighting about whose better. I knew this season would bring us together. With a lot of hard work we finally won. It took me and my brother to work together to win. One of the hardest things for me is moving to Georgia. I was going to

In our basketball team, there was a strange player.      He was 7 feets tall and had a strong body. It said that he used to be the ace when he was in secondary school. Some even said he can dunk like NBA players.      But he became the weakest in our team. The first day of trainning, we found he always choose to shot outside the key instead having a layup, including there's nobody taking him. He got some of the shots but also lose some.      Later in the game, we found he became a problem: he pass

The red-hot team of Houston Rockets continues to extend their winning run as they beat the Eastern Conference second leading team, the Toronto Raptors, with a 129-122 victory at the Air Canada Centre on Sunday night. According to a published report of the ESPN, James Harden posted 40 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in powering the Rockets to another victorious game. It was also the four-time NBA All-Star’s 10th triple-double of the season. Harden went 13-26 from the field, nailed in 4-9 from beyond

The tandem of Sarah Curl (Portland, Ore.) and Karli McHone (Glenns Ferry, Idaho) combined for 38 points in a 72-59 loss for the Pacific University women’s basketball team to host Lewis & Clark on Saturday in Portland. The Pioneers (14-8, 7-6 NWC) were led by Ayisat Afolabi, who had a double double with 22 points and 14 rebounds in the win. She was joined in double figures by Janessa Willie, who added 10 points in the win. The Boxers (7-15, 5-8 NWC) scored the first three points on an unorthodox

When a basketball bounces it has two types of energy which are potential and kinetic energy. Kinetic energy is the energy that happens due to motion. A fast moving ball has more kinetic energy than a slow moving ball. A ball in motion type of motion has no kinetic energy. Potential energy is the energy in an object due to its height above the ground. When a ball is brought above the head it is potential energy but when the person holding the ball lets go of the ball gravity pulls it down and as the