Phoenix Suns

General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about different sports. Central Idea (Thesis): There are so many sports leagues out there, and we would like to inform you a little bit about the NFL, MLB, NHL, and competitive swimming Introduction Football American football developed out of a combination of soccer and rugby. No single variety of the sport was played -- some schools played soccer, others rugby, while still others played various combinations of the two without

overall by the Phoenix Suns. Steve didn’t do great his first couple years with the Suns, and he was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in 1998. Steve was playing great with the Mavericks and they were a pretty good team. He never won an NBA championship with the Mavericks, he still did a very good job and he even became an NBA All Star for the first time in his career. At the end of the 2004-2005 season, Steve Nash became a free agent. The Mavericks offered him a contract but the Phoenix Suns offered him

rapper, actor, and a dedicated father. Shaq is a pioneer athlete in social media, Shaq has over a million followers on Twitter. Shaquille O'Neal often challenges his “tweeple” to a game of hide-and-go -seek by tweeting things like “People n phoenix u have 5 min to touch me I have 2 Laker tickets n my hand I’m on a corner at a bus stop.” Shaq’s Twitter account was the first account to be verified. Before Shaq was on Twitter there really wasn’t any way to verify someone on the website. to show

Stephen ‘Steve’ John Nash is a Canadian retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Steve played for a couple of different teams like the Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers. Steve also participated in Canada basketball as a player from 1991-2007 and has currently been serving as the Men’s senior basketball general manager since 2012. Steve Nash is remembered as one of the greatest Canadian athletes ever, and the best for his

It feels like there is an empty hole in my heart. One minute you have this magical friendship, the next thing you know it all disappears.This ride we had together just came to a complete stop.One of my best friends just moved away and it really hurts. I’m not one to share feelings or anything, but this event feels like an illusion of horror. Jakob and i have been friends for years, and he recently moved. This had a huge impact on me. When you have someone that has been in your life as long as

The San Antonio Spurs and the Houston Rockets are facing off in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs. Amidst two of the top 3 MVP candidates meeting in dramatic fashion, one of the key highlights of the series is the coaching battle. Perhaps the greatest coach in the history of the NBA meets perhaps the greatest offensive minded coach of all-time. Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs and Mike D'Antoni of the Houston Rockets have their teams poised to advance to the Conference Finals

It is safe to say that athletes and celebrities have just as much impact on society, as the politicians that run the country. Professional athletes share the same social status as celebrities, they are seen as role models, and leave a mark on history with what they are able to accomplish in their careers. Throughout history, there have been instances where athletes use their higher platform to bring awareness to injustices in their society, just recently the NFL has been gaining a lot of backlash

Michael vs Kobe The great Michael Jordan once said “To many players in today 's NBA, Bryant stands on equal footing with the player he patterned his game after.” (http://www.foxsports.com/) I find it authentically interesting that if you ask Kobe Bryant he will willing confess to attempting to replicate Michael Jordan’s exclusive playing style. When Kobe was questioned concerning the allegations in regards to Kobe stealing MJ’s style of play this was his rebuttal “as a kid growing up in Italy, all

Dri Archer and Kyrie Erving are two amazing athletes, but they do have their differences. Dri is a professional football player, who was born August 9 1991, in laurel Florida. He attended school at Venice high school. In school he played football basketball and ran track. His fastest 100 meter dash time in high school was 10.49 and his 200 time was 21.46! he got second in the state for the 100 and third for the 200. His senior year he was named all-area first team in football as he lead Venice to

The overall vibe about the Raptors of late has been pretty horrible to say the least. Expectations ballooned too fast and became hard to maintain for a young team without one of its better players for the meat of the season. I think it's really unfortunate to see/hear the negativity and hope this slump ends soon. Everyone needs to settle down and stop panicking, because you're only making the situation worse. You. Yes, you, my panicking friend! I'll explain to you why in a second, but first...