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    types of sports. Two very popular sports are baseball and basketball. These two games are very similar in multiple ways‚ but they are also very different. First off‚ baseball and basketball are very similar in many ways. For example‚ they are both sports and require you to be active. Also‚ they both have professional leagues in the United States. For baseball‚ it is Major League Baseball (MLB)‚ and for basketball‚ it is the National Basketball Association (NBA). Another similarity is that both sports

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    Basketball is my favorite sport and always has been. I love both playing and watching basketball. Basketball is a very engrossing activity. It is an amusing and a straightforward sport to learn. It can lead to hours of entertainment‚ and enjoyment. Professional NBA games can lead to hours of suspense‚ and can cause you to sit on the edge of your seat for the whole game. Let’s start off with just the basics of basketball. You can have the five players on the court at one time. This

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    Soccer vs Basketball

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    watched game in the world. It is considered to be a favorite sport to many people. And‚ people prefer it more than any other sport. Compared to basketball and football‚ soccer is an interesting sport in the way it is played‚ its popularity‚ and the exorbitant amount of money paid to players. The way that soccer is played is so different than basketball and football. The whole idea of these games is scoring on the other team. Soccer is played with 11 players on each team and each team wears a special

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    How to Play Basketball

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    How to play Basketball In order to play basketball‚ you need one basketball and two basketball hoops on opposite ends of the court. The hoops should be ten feet high. In an original game‚ you should form two teams of five individuals apiece would be the requirements. If a court just so happens to be full or fewer players are available‚ a game with one hoop can be played using alternate rules. The object is for you to score more baskets than your opponent. You should

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    Basketball The game started brightly‚ we attack‚ they attack back‚ but this wasn’t just a normal game. This was a playoff match against our arch rival Riverbank High‚ in what was a repeat of last years finals. So far so good I was thinking to myself as I was supped off for the first time in the quarter‚ we were up by four points going into to the second half. All of the sudden they went on a scoring run and our defense completely gave out‚ in just the two minutes before the half the score

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    Khaled Ahmed Personal Statement - College Essay Walking through the door I felt a tense sensation among everyone. Hundreds of kids all with killer intent‚ all competing with one another. The room was dark and eerie‚ the hardwood floor full of dust. The dark winter night didn’t help the situation much either. Ever since my entrance into the room all I could ever think about was the outcome. As time slowly passed‚ my frame slouched forward‚ every step taking its toll. I could feel my heart in

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    History of Basketball

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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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    History of Basketball

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    The game of basketball has evolved a great deal throughout the years. Basketball was invented on December 21‚ 1891. The inventor of the game was a Canadian clergyman‚ James Naismith (Joseph Morse‚ 1973). <br> <br>The game of basketball was fashioned from fragments of other games‚ seeking to eliminate flaws of indoor rugby‚ soccer and lacrosse. Naismith also borrowed aspects from the children ’s game "Duck-on-a-Rock‚" in which children tried to knock off a rock from a boulder by tossing smaller rocks

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    Basketball Observation

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    Basketball at the collegiate level is not an easy task for any player‚ now getting there is even harder. I know from experience that going to practice‚ school‚ games and traveling consumes almost all of a players’ time. Once a player signs that letter of intent‚ they are saying they are ready to take on that sport like a full time job‚ which it is and more. From my observation hours‚ I have witnessed that some of the players from UTPB’s Women’s Basketball Program are not ready to take on all of the

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    Ex-Basketball Player

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    A Reading of Updike’s “Ex-Basketball Player” The purpose of this essay is to inform the reader about a poem by John Updike‚ called “Ex-Basketball player”. The speaker in the poem talks about a man named Flick Webb and his apathetic life. He informs the reader about Flick Webb’s exceptional talent as a basketball player in high school. Towards the end of the poem the realization is that Flick Webb’s exceptional basketball talent had been berried under his reality of life. In the eyes of the

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