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    their career. Serena Williams' awards include Time Magazine World’s 100 Most Influential People, WTA Player of the Year and she has won the BET award for Female Athlete of the Year. Venus Williams' awards include Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the World, WTA Player of the Year and BET’s Best Female Athlete of the

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    Throughout my high school career, all I really knew was wrestling. The hard practices, making weight, and the camaraderie of all my teammates is all I cared about. I lived and breathed the sport, all thanks to a friend of mine that encouraged me to go to one practice Freshman year. Looking back now that I have graduated, like many other people I wish I could go back and do it again. I want one more match. But life goes on and I must keep going. Going through high school wrestling has shaped who I

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    Serena Williams lost the French Open final Saturday to Garbine Muguruza. It marked her third failed attempt to win a 22nd singles Grand Slam title, which would tie the Open-era record set by Steffi Graf. Williams was extremely gracious in defeat as she addressed the crowd at Roland Garros in French. The tennis icon can afford to be gracious these days: She earned $28.9 million over the past 12 months. That makes her the world’s highest-paid female athlete over that span, unseating Maria Sharapova

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    roars with excitement. Cold stone sweat rolls down my face from the scorching dry air. The intense pressure on both teams for the championship has forced the players to tighten their defense. The screeching sound of the whistle breaks the tension between the enemy team. The game commences. These last 24 seconds determines the fate of the final round – the championship is now at stake. I look at the score, and the odds are in no one’s favor, it read “101-99.” I stand facing my opponent waiting for

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    course this highly relates to his great physical shape and facial features, but it is also about his class, humbleness, and charm. As mentioned in the audit chart, Federer is considered a great philanthropist as he has helped many people around the world and even has his own foundation. In many ways, he can be thought of as the “perfect gentleman”. The perfect complimenting accessory for an attractive gentleman such as himself is a classic pair of aviator Ray Ban sunglasses. Of course, attractiveness

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    Serena Williams is currently the greatest female tennis player in the world. She holds more grand slams titles than any male player. With her older sister Venus, she is well known for her commitment, generosity and charity work. Serena's contribution to society is outstanding, and her hubristic personality is one to cherish. Her determination is incredible towards everything she does, which makes her a role model to society. Specifically young female tennis players are inspired by Serena, due to

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    That’s how long the bus ride took from, my home, Bethel Park Pennsylvania to Omaha Nebraska. Days before we arrived in Omaha, my teammates and I lost the Pennsylvania state championship game. We were the number one seed and a heavy favorite but were upset in a gritty back and forth struggle against a bitter rival. Sometimes it takes a painful loss to make us change our ways. Never the less you win as a team and lose as a team

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    could not lose again or we would go home and I would never play with this team again. Attitudes and hope started to fade as Coach read us our new schedule. We would have to play eight games in a row without losing once in order to make it to the championship. Everyone started to say goodbye and thank you to one of our coaches and a teammate that would not be there the next day. Halfheartedly they included a doubtful “see you on Sunday”. As ACDC blasted through coach’s speaker, we stretched and sang

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    He’s on a breakaway, he shoots, he scores. The North Iowa Bulls have won once again. The North Iowa Bulls have made history not only in Mason City Iowa, but around the nation with their great coaching and fans, championships, arena, community service, and their potential goals for the future of Mason City. The coaching and fans are one of the biggest reasons why the North Iowa Bulls are so well known. The head coach of the Bulls is Todd Sanden who does a really good in my opinion. Todd is also

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    effects of time in tennis through both statistical regression analyses. Since the time of when players used wooden tennis racquets and played solely at country clubs, the sport of tennis has progressed into a sport that requires top athletes in the world. Not only has the technology progressed for the better, but so as the physical demands. Similarly, the total amount of money in the sport, which was presented in the Player’s chapter the Pilic Affair, has increased dramatically since the founding of

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