Women's National Basketball Association

The game of basketball is beautiful thing. With the right chemistry and connection between teammates it is something like poetry in motion. The game has developed a great deal since its start up in 1981. Newly developed rules and regulations overtime have helped build and shape the game as we know it today. Now, the game of basketball is established throughout just about every counrty with many different leagues, however, they all share the same guidelines. Basketball is a team sport. It consists

Easily one of the best women’s basketball players to go through  Michigan State University's program. The five foot eight inch guard from Freeland, Michigan was the “ace in the hole” for Michigan State's program for the past four years. Gathering over 2,000 points, setting the all time scoring record, securing the most points in a single game record, and the most three point baskets made in a single game. This superstar received BIG TEN honors all four years of her time at MSU. Jankoska graduated

sports. Basketball was one of the few sports that wasn't touched by the war. Due to most players’ heights, they were not allowed in the army (Gray, “Sports of the 1940’s”). The height limit was 6’ 2”, so some players were not exempted from the draft. Instead, an organization was created for basketball, the National Basketball League, founded in 1937. Much later, in 1946, the NBL joined with the Basketball Association of America, (founded in 1946) to create what we now know as the National Basketball

city of Seattle is seeking a sponsor for naming rights to the multipurpose arena. The arena serves as the home court for the Seattle Storm of the Women’s National Basketball Association and Seattle University basketball of the NCAA Division I Western Athletic Conference. Seattle was recently awarded an expansion team in the National Basketball Association. Residents of Seattle and surrounding suburbs recently voted to name the franchise the Seattle Splash. The current arena which is a property of AEG

the start of the 1960s basketball had entered the world of professionalism since there was a decrease in amateurism in sports. More teams have come to a conclusion and have become a part of a professional league called the NBA (National Basketball Association). In regards to a book American Decades 1960s “In the 1960-1961 season of the NBA there were eight teams in the league, which included the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia Warriors, Syracuse Nationals, New York Knicks, St. Louis

They were originally called the Savoy Big Five named after a Chicago District. The Savoy Big Five first started playing at the Savoy Ballroom for entertainment purposes. They would sometimes play basketball games before dances and such. The founder of the Savoy Big Five or commonly known today as the Harlem Globetrotters was Abe Saperstein. Saperstein was the manager and promoter of the Savoy Big Five. (Neatorama.com) The Savoy Big Five later became

Men's Volleyball in High School In recent years women have been able to play men's sports, but men have not been able to participate in women's sports. Specifically volleyball. Boys in high school should be given a chance to participate in this competitive sport. Women have found successful and enjoyable experiences with volleyball and men should be given the same opportunity. Granted there are club leagues for men, but no high school opportunities. Why? There would easily be enough high school

With 26.7 million people tuning in to watch the 2015 Women’s World Cup Final, it became the most watched soccer match in United States history (Hinong). In fact, more Americans watched this game than the NBA Finals or the Stanley Cup (Hinong). In the WNBA, television ratings and attendance numbers were up (Berkman), and first game of the NWHL’s inaugural season brought a crowd that filled the venue to capacity, followed by a later game in a larger building where 1,231 fans came to see Boston beat

CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.0 Previous research The majority of previous research pertaining to performance analysis in basketball has been focused on the quantitative analysis of game-related statistics, commonly found in a basketball box-score (Sampaio et al., 2006). These game-related statistics include: field goal attempts, field goals made, field goal percentage, 3-point field goal attempts, 3-point field goals made, 3-point field goal percentage, free throws attempted, free throws

45 percent of Division I women’s basketball players think they have a chance to play professional basketball, but only 0.9 percent of players are drafted by a Women’s National Basketball Association team. (The NCAA said that it is currently procuring data on a player’s chances of joining other professional leagues, such as those in Europe, but the information is not yet available.) Men 's hoops players are the most unrealistic. More than three-quarters of men’s basketball players in Division I say