The Globetrotters were the creation of Abe Saperstein of Chicago‚ who took over coaching duties for a team of African-American players originally known as the Savoy Big Five (after the famous Chicago ballroom where they played their early games). At a time when only whites were allowed to play on professional basketball teams‚ Saperstein decided to promote his new team’s racial makeup by naming them after Harlem‚ the famous African-American neighborhood of New York City. The son of a tailor‚ Saperstein
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One of the greatest sports in the world is goes by the name of basketball. This great game was invented by James Naismith December of 1891. James Naismith was a physician from Canada and attended McGill’s University in Montreal‚ Canada. After working as McGill’s Athletic director he went to Springfield‚ Massachusetts. He introduced the game when he was an instructor at the Young Men Christian Association Training School in Springfield. He created the game because he needed to think of something the
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Boston Celtics. The Bulls lost the series 4-0. During that season‚ Michael finished his Bachelor’s degree in geography. The next season‚ Jordan was amazing. He scored 3‚000 points in a single season‚ the only other player to ever do that was Wilt Chamberlain. Jordan also had 37.1 points per game‚ 200 steals‚ and 100 blocks that season. The Bulls made it to the playoffs‚ but they got swept again by the Boston Celtics. The Bulls won their first NBA Championship in 1991 by beating the Los Angeles Lakers
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The Game of Change Over the many years that the game of basketball has been around for the game has changed drastically‚ such as adding a three point line‚ or going from being dominated by seven foot big men to favoring six foot point guards. The game has been around since 1891 and has seen all of these huge changes in a little over a century. By applying the Global Context of Identities and Relationships to the subject of Physical Education‚ we will obtain a better understanding of how basketball
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Lawrence Chamberlain Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was born on September 8‚ 1828 and died on February 24‚ 1914. He was originally named Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain and was an American college professor from the State of Maine‚ who volunteered during the American Civil War to join the Union Army. Although having no earlier education in military strategies‚ he became a highly respected and decorated Union officer‚ reaching the rank of Brigadier General and Brevet Major General. Chamberlain was born
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strong human being. His name was Robert Neville. Neville is the main character in the novel‚ and most of the story revolves around him. The author picked Neville only because he is indeed a legend of his own; being the last human to survive in a community that was quickly being transformed into vampire like creatures. Neville was a rather tall‚ and had 36 years of life under his belt. He is a English-German descent‚ has blonde hair‚ and blue eyes (page 14). Neville was previously married‚ and used to
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Neville Brody’s design of the postage stamp The influences that captured Neville Brody were Dataism‚ Futurism and Pop art. The main influence on him was the era of punk rock in 1977. A famous piece created was putting the Queen’s head sideways on a postage stamp this impacted on him hugely which nearly got him expelled out of college. Neville Brody is a internationally renowned designer who is strongly influenced in art movements such as‚ Dataism‚ Futurism and Pop Art. These art movements mantled
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Basketball Belief It was six o’clock in the morning and Kyle woke up from a dream of him being a big time basketball player in the NBA. Kyle is a very big‚ heavy footed kid that loves to play basketball. Though he is horrible at basketball and he knows it‚ he still wants to play the game. Kyle put on his shoes and went outside to shoot some hoops. Then he decided to go to the gym instead of his court at home. At the gym he saw a flier posted on the wall and it said “Private Basketball lessons with
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Game Day Game Day had arrived for the two rival basketball teams; the Eagles and the Tigers. The loud and passionate fans had been waiting in line for hours out in the freezing cold weather. As the warm ups started the players were getting nervous. Both teams wanted the state championship very bad and they were just hours away from winning it. Months and months of strenuous conditioning and closely won ball games had all come down to this one game. The referee threw the perfectly round orange rubber
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Hanoi Hilton was one of the most well known prison that held prisoners of war during the Vietnam War (Ruanyin). The name of Hanoi Hilton was came from the American GIs. “To the Vietnamese‚ the prison was known as Hoa Lo” (McMahon‚ Mary). The name Hanoi Hilton may sound a little luxurious but it actually a place that had full of brutal‚ torture‚ dirty‚ and dark in the history. First of all‚ the Hoa Lo prison had been around over a hundred years ago. It was constructed or built by the French arounds
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