The Old Ball Game
.... cities were destroyed. For
the first time in Japan's history, their "God" had spoken to the public
destroying his immortal reputation. During the postwar years, Japan looked to
the major powers of the world to develop a foundation for a new country.
Included in this foundation was a need for new ideas and dreams. Of course
Japan did not completely erase thousands of years of tradition and culture, but
Japan did take many international ideas and transformed them into her own. In
the Movie Mr. Basebal .....
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Basketball Needs To Be Fixed
.... you should not be eligible to be drafted by an NBA team. What problems
would this solve? The answer is most problems in basketball today.
First, college basketball has paid greatly by losing its most talented
players to the NBA as many as three years early. This has resulted in not only
an overall lessening of the game, but in certain circumstances caused the
downfall of once great basketball programs. This is how it happens, colleges
recruit players based on what their needs are or what they will .....
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Basketball
.... and usually watch the Knicks play.
Out of all of the 28 teams in the NBA my favorite teams from best to least
favorite are the New York Knicks with Patrick Ewing, Larry Johnson, John Starks,
Charlie Ward, Chris Childs, Charles Oakly, and Allen Houston. Then I like the
Charlotte Hornets with Anthony Mason, Tyrone Bouges, Glenn Rice, Gladie Divac,
and Curry. My third favorite team is the Seattle Super Sonics with Shawn Kemp,
Gary Payton, Schremph, and Perdue. My fourth and final favorite team is the
Orlan .....
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Basketball's Greatest Players
.... Jordan. He has won four NBA titles and is the most recognized player
ever. Despite his pro career he was once cut from his H.S. team. Then two
years later he was a H.S. all-american. Two years later at the University Of
North Carolina Michael as a freshman hit the game winning shot to secure the
legendary coach Dean Smith his first ever collegiate championship. As a pro
playing for the four time defending champions he has averaged 32.2 points per
game, 5.9 assists per game, 6.4 rebounds , 2.7 stea .....
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Billiards
.... push the
balls around the table, similar to the game of shuffle board. As the game got
more popular, as it is today, the sticks got narrower and easier to use
(Billiards, http).
A few games today are similar to billiards, such as shuffleboard, and
the same equipment - stick and balls. One of the most important tools to
playing any game of this type is the table. In the fourteenth century, the
length of the tables was much longer than today becuase they were used instead
of playing outside. Today the .....
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Boxing: Down For The Count
.... when properly conducted, is safe. The
classic justification goes something like this: "[b]oxers are not two brawling
brutes seeking to maim or kill each other. [t]hey are two closely matched
athletes seeking, through the use of such skills an footwork, timing, accuracy,
punching, and feinting, to determine who is the better man in the ring" (Farley
26). Unfortunately, dead boxers tell a different story. A study on dangerous
contact sports conducted by Patrick Malone of the Knight Ridder News Service in
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Bull Fighting
.... a trumpet
blast. The first trumpet signals the paseo, or march of the bull-fighters. The
second trumpet proclaims the entrance of the bull. The matador first watches his
chief assistant perform some passes with the yellow and magenta cape, in order
to determine the bull's qualities and mood, before taking over himself. During
this period the matador is testing the bull's speed, power and tendencies to
hook one way or the other. Information learned now is crucial for a successful
fight
The third trumpet .....
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Bullfighting
.... weaken and anger the bull by piercing its neck and shoulders.
Then come the banderilleros, named after their banderillas, or decorated barbed
sticks. Clutching a stick in each hand, they rush the bull on foot and plant
the barbs in the animal's neck, weakening and angering the beast even more.
Finally the matador comes in for the kill. Brightly dressed, he uses a
sword draped with a cloth, called muleta. After a number of intricate passes
with the muleta, during which the matador must work extremely .....
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Why Are The Chicago Bulls So Good?
.... basket to pull the team ahead. He also
keeps the team focused and helps bring the younger players around. The leader is
Michael Jordan, a player who everyone knows. Michael Jordan is the most
recognizable athlete in the world. He is not only the top player of his era but
is quite possible the best player ever to wear the uniform of an NBA team. What
amazes me about Michael is he was not good in college. He worked harder then any
other player to become great, and his career stats prove that fact. Michael
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Coaching Decisions
.... of the year, or should he never be
allowed to coach again? I think Coach Kraus should be fired without any
hesitation. Many of the players and the parents wanted Kraus fired after the
first incident, and they definitely want him fired now. In school systems today,
many incidents similar to this happen often. Are athletic coaches today given
too much power and think they can do whatever they think can improve the team?
The coaches should be setting examples to the players, not putting them down.
Athletic .....
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Wrestling
.... when one wrestler has the other wrestler under
control on the mat, all four extremities are touching the mat. In Free style,
after a takedown both wrestlers start back at the standing position. Takedowns
are worth one point, because using the legs is not favorable in Free style.
Throws are exactly what is sounds like, one wrestler throws the other one. Two
to four points can be awarded depending on the height of the throw. The higher
the more points. After a throw both wrestlers start back at the s .....
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Floor Exercise
.... and is important even when learning the
vault and the uneven bars.
The best way to learn floor exercise is through progressions. A
progression is a step by step method of learning skills, beginning with the easy
ones and gradually mastering the more difficult ones. If you wanted to learn a
forward somersault, you would not just start out trying to do the somersault.
Instead, you would learn a whole series of skills one by one, moving along to
the next one only after you mastered the first. It is impo .....
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Drivers
.... in the fast lane. They also seem to always have their turn signal
on and never turn. Ugly drivers refuse to turn right on red, even when there is
no other traffic coming. They also have the bad habit of not seeing a traffic
light turn green and they just sit there till someone honks their horn at them.
All drivers fall into one of these three categories. Most people would
probably lie and say that they were in the good driver category. Some would have
an honest opinion of his/her driving and categor .....
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Greed In Sports
.... These players want
their millions handed to them on a silver platter, no matter what happens. If
they get injured and can no longer play; pay up! If they averaged thirty points
a game in college, but struggle to make the transition into the pros, and
average only four points; pay up! If their egos swell so much that they are out
of control in public and do something to disgrace the organization they play
for; pay up, because the contract guarantees that they get their money.
The NFL is a breedi .....
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History Of Basketball
.... that could be played indoors in a not too big, but not to small
space. The first basketball game ever was played with a soccer ball and two
peach baskets used as goals.
Naismith made a set of thirteen rules for his new "basketball" game:
1. The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands.
2. The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands, but never
with the fist.
3. A player cannot run with the ball. The player must throw it from the spot on
which he catches it, a .....
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