The Athlete Magic Johnson was an exciting athlete. He helped orchestrate the plays that where known as “Showtime” by sports commentators. During his time with the Los Angeles Lakers, Magic Johnson had his share of challenges (Larry Byrd and The Boston Celtics), however, he and his teammates won five NBA Championships. During his career Magic received three NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, three NBA MVP Awards, an Olympic gold medal, was named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA
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The Warriors' Saturday against the did more than end a record-setting start to the season — it also carried the potential to normalize what had previously seemed like an unstoppable force. Would the Warriors' record fall to a more standard level of excellence after proving themselves vulnerable? Would opponents approach them with more confidence? Wednesday's matchup with the answered those questions as clearly as possible. It turns out that the one-loss Warriors look a lot like the team that opened
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1) Three external or outside forces that I think impacted Tucker attempt to build and sell his car was, one could have been the fact that they tried to ruin his image (Tucker) his public image by saying and accusing him off things. Another could be that he couldn’t get the right steel that he needed to make his car they way he wanted to for a good price or rate, and the third could have been the delay in him getting the plant where he could start building in put him back a while and caused delays
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Winning Time The Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs have kicked off the NBA Finals in what appeared to be one of the greatest series ever. The Spurs were looking for revenge after last year’s heartbreaking defeat after being up 3-2 in the series. In game 6 of last year’s NBA Finals the Spurs looked to have it in control as Tony Parker hit a couple big shots for the Spurs with a two possession lead under a minute to play. But just when you thought the Heat were out and fans were exiting from American
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Born on August 23, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kobe Bryant played for the Charlotte Hornets right out of high school. He was soon traded to the L.A. Lakers, where he went on to win five championships and become one of the leading scorers of the NBA. He has had a famous rivalry with one-time teammate Shaquille O'Neal and was once accused of sexual assault, though charges were later dropped. Bryant played on both the 2008 and 2012 U.S. Olympic teams, winning two consecutive gold medals with
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STUDY SHEET FOR EXCELLENT EXAMPLES STUDY SHEET FOR EXCELLENT EXAMPLES Broader Topics: 1. Education / College Prep / Travis! 2. Careers/ Career Preparation/ Internships 3. Social Media 4. Family / Friends 5. Technology / Smart Phone Technology 6. Athletics / Sports 7. Internet 8. Community Service / Volunteering - Humane Society - Food Bank - Library Volunteer - Kim’s Kids 9. Family Support / School Support 10. Family Gatherings - Thanksgiving, Christmas, Fourth of July,
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Stephen Curry and LeBron James are both the same but they are way different. LeBron and Stephen Curry both have played in a high school team but they both played in a different high school. LeBron’s high school basketball team is called Saint Vincent-Saint Mary in Akron, Ohio and Stephen’s high school basketball team is called Charlotte Christian in Charlotte, North Carolina. they both were born in Akron, Ohio but they don’t have the same birthday. Lebron James birthday is December
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Throughout time in the NBA, the point guard has changed from the 50’s to the present. They have had some similarities but there have been a ton of differences. Also how the fan base was in the 50’s compared to the present. When the NBA first started it had a lot of promise coming in and people were really excited. That was until they saw how bad the scoring was with an all-time low scoring in a game 18-19. This is when fewer people were starting to watch the games. Once 1950 came around people
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Am I the only one that thinks the Houston Rockets have a puncher's chance to push the Golden State Warriors to 6 or even 7 games? Most to all basketball experts and fans have the Warriors sweeping the Rockets with ease. I don't blame them, I mean Houston did moonwalk into the playoffs thanks to the Utah Jazz coughing up that playoff spot. Kobe Bryant sends his thanks to the Jazz as well. The Rockets have been the model of inconsistency this season. Getting off to a slow start, and putting the blame
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The first marathon was run at the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. (“Marathon History”) For seventy years, running a marathon was strictly a men-only activity. That was until the 1967 Boston Marathon, when the name K.V. Switzer showed up on a marathon registration. (“Kathrine Switzer Biography”) Little did the race officials know, K.V. Switzer was actually Katherine Virginia Switzer. In the pictures shown of the race that day, it is evident that Switzer was attacked by race officials for her heroic
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