and a dad named Mallie and Jerry Robinson. Jackie was born in Cairo, Georgia in the United States of America. He went to school at Washington Middle School and John Muir High School. Jackie went to college at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and Pasadena City College. He dropped out of college for financial reasons. Then he joined the United States Army in 1942. He got kicked out of the army because of incidents with racial discrimination. His full name is Jack Roosevelt
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Jackie Robinson is an African American athlete who is an idol to others. He had a hard childhood and even though it was rough, he was in many sports. Such as basketball, baseball, football and track. People were very racist so he had many issues. Even though there was a lot of issues he wouldn't let anything stop him. Jackie grew up in a poor family, he then excelled at sports which lead him to be the first African American to play on an all white baseball team. He drove sports for African
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The movie "42" is about a young ball player, Jackie Robinson and his quest to play baseball at the highest level possible. In his day baseball leagues became segregated with colored leagues getting worse pay and organization than the all white leagues. Jackie's dream was just to play at the highest level possible, which so happened to be the all white league. At first his pursuit to play does not seem dependent on any desire to make a social statement or become an icon for any active civil rights
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politicians.(4) By contrast, it was Dodger owner Walter O'Malley's inability to establish the political connections he needed that ultimately prevented him from building a new stadium for the team in the 1950s and drove the Dodgers out of Brooklyn to Los Angeles.(5) http://www.mapsites.net/gotham/webpages/justinspiegel/politics.html SLIDE#2 Bullet 1: Money is put into the promotion of “rivalry” between teams especially if it’s been going on for a long time. It is promoted to the fans threw every
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three major cities in the US as potential locations to hold the event. Given the fact that we are located in 25 states I felt it was important to review three cities across the US to give a fair recommendation. I selected the following states: * Los Angeles, CA * Cleveland, OH * Orlando, FL After carefully consideration of all three cities I would like to recommend Orlando Florida as our 2012 training and recognition program destination. To support my decision I factored in climate,
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n my life, I had many people who I really admire from Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Sean Carter (Jay-z), and Robert Johnson. Others who have influenced me in my development of a person were my parents; my mother and my father were there for everything I have done in my life. The person who I model myself after is Earvin Johnson jr. also known as Magic Johnson. There are many reasons why but all really point to him defeated in adversity in many facets of life. In my point of view my life and his has
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Why Frank & Jamie McCourt Ruined the Los Angeles Dodgers Abstract Frank and Jaime McCourt purchased the Los Angeles Dodgers from Rupert Murdoch and the Fox Entertainment Group in 2004 for $421 Million dollars. Five years later Frank fires his wife Jaime as CEO of the team, and five days after that Jaime files for divorce from Frank. Two years later Frank is forced to file for chapter 11bankruptcy to protect the team and him during his pending divorce, and dirt hits the fan about the McCourt’s
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Should the Kings Stay In Sacramento? For many years, there has been an ongoing debate about moving the Sacramento Kings to Seattle and becoming the Supersonics. Although it may sound like a great idea, there are good and bad consequences that come with them moving or staying at either city. The reason for such a controversial debate revolves around money and fans. A group led by the investor Chris Hansen had a deal with the Kings owners with the idea of moving the team to Seattle. Once the idea
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the Oilers winning the Hart trophy (most valuable player) eight times, the Art Ross (leader in points) seven times and the Stanley Cup four times. He spent 21 seasons in the National Hockey League playing for four different teams: Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues and the New York Rangers. He set an astonishing 61 league records, some of his most outstanding records that still exist are: most goals, most assists, most points and my personal favorite, the fastest player to score
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The Characteristics of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant Felicia Clark Com/170 December 17, 2012 Shannon DeBord The Characteristics of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant MICHAEL JORDAN VERSUS KOBE BRYANT I am from Greenville Mississippi, we do not have a professional basketball team, so the Memphis Grizzlies are most of my families choice since they are close to us. I usually don’t route for the Grizzlies but I love going to the games to see other teams and players. I have seen several star
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