Essays on Sport Page 59

A highly competitive attitude is necessary for success. This has been exemplified throughout the American Revolution in which the American colonies’ persistence helped them defeat the British. Michael Jordan’s successful basketball career also demonstrates why ambition is needed for achieving success. Finally, Laura Hillenbrad’s award winning novel, Unbroken, illustrates how competitiveness is needed for being…

Over the course of the semester, I have learned about different types of dances including hip hop, dance hall, and contemporary, Bhangra, street jazz, Latin, zumba and more. In the beginning, I believed that I danced well and dance was easy to do but once I figured out how much effort, practice, coordination, and preparation…

Sharks are known as the dangers of the sea. When people hear about sharks, they relive the bloody, horrific scenes from the 1975 movie, Jaws. Since the 1980s, the number of shark attacks has increased (Huveneers, Whitmarsh, Thiele, Meyer, Fox, & Bradshaw, 2018). Likewise, the media covering these attacks and fatalities has risen as well,…

Imagine yourself in the stands of a baseball game on a spring day. The crowd cheers and the smell of popcorn in the air. The year is 1947 In the city of Brooklyn. New York and youre about to see history in the making, For the first time in histoiy a black man takes the…

Michael Jordan: Man or God? They say being on the cover of Sports lustrated is a jinx, that one is doomed for failure as soon as their image is displayed on the nationls most popular sports magazine. It has previously happened to many athletes, and even entire teams have unreasonably dropped off the face of…

Michael Jeffrey Jordan is known by many people as the best basketball player ever to play the game. Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls, helping them obtained six championship titles in eight years. Now remembered for being the best and the most popular athlete in the sports world. He had a great influence on the…

Kerr, who was the broadcaster for most of Jordans games, always came prepared for Jordans powder clap by opening an umbrella so he could avoid Jordans dust clap. Jordan and fans thought this ritual was hilarious. Johnny ‘Red’ Kerr was a legend within the National Basketball Association, most notably for being the voice behind Michael…

In recent years, the salaries of many professional athletes have soared, allowing them to collect millions every year for merely being on a team. Worshipped by their talent and the appeal of extreme wealth, many of these athletes do not see themselves as role models, which, in turn, affects society’s younger generation. Although many of…

Micheal Jeffery Jordan, an American basketball player and the greatest basketball player to play the game in this generation. Micheal Jorndan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York City, NY to father James R. Jordan and Deloris Jordan. He was the forth of five children that the Jordan’s had. Micheal has an…

All for the Love of the Game “All is fair in love and basketball”. In the movie “Love and Basketball”, two main social issues occurred which caused a plethora of problems for the two main characters. Discrimination and relationship issues are two highly ranked social issues in the world today. They were incorporated in the…