Marcus Dupree and his record breaking high school career was a stud running back from Philadelphia, Mississippi. Recruiters and coaches were hunting the 230 pound running back throughout his whole high school career. In 1982 he committed to the University of Oklahoma where he would be featured as the next best thing, not only collegiately but professionally as well. That all changed during his sophomore year at the University he suffered a horrifying knee injury, which led to him being known as the best that never was.…
David Brower was born in 1912 in Berkeley Hills, California. When he was young his father used to take him to the…
The first painting is Tornado Over Kansas by John Steuart Curry. It is an American painting done in 1929. It was created using oil on canvas. In the picture you see a family consisting a mother, father, two young boys, a baby in the mother’s arms, and a young girl along with various animals that they are attempting to herd into the cellar. The younger of the two boys is carrying a black cat, the older boy is carrying several puppies and the young girl is dragging the dog while being led by her father’s hand. In the distance you can see a few horses running around in panic because of the approaching tornado. In the background there is a large funnel cloud that is approaching. There are no other houses or buildings in the background, other than two…
He was born December 7 in 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He grew up with his mother, Carolyn Fugett, who was a mail carrier and his stepfather, Jean S. Fugett, who was a teacher. He grew up with two sisters and three brothers. At 8, he delivered newspapers and would save the majority of his money for “rainy days”, as his grandmother would say. He graduated with honors in 1965 with an Economics degree.…
The man with a record of 105-35-6 plus winning the first two NFL Super Bowls. Vince Lombardi was born on June 11, 1913. Lombardi worked at a butcher shop and had to move large amounts of meat to different places. All of the movement created an athletic shape to him which would help when he came to sports. Lombardi’s NFL career started with the giants although he did not play he was the offensive coordinator. Later he switched to the Green Bay packers where he was head coach and led the team to 2 Super Bowl which he took victory in. He was a man who could do it all for Green Bay. Next team he switched to was the Washington redskins where they had their first winning season in 14 years. The year after he died from colon…
It was the bottom of the 9th and the killer was up. Harmon Killebrew was born on June 29th 1936 in Payette, Idaho. For most of his youth he worked as a farmworker. He was an avid athlete and loved playing football and Baseball for Payette High school. Killebrew earned twelve varsity sports letters while he was in high school. In his senior year Killebrew earned the title as an all-American quarterback playing for Payette High school and later on receiving an athletic scholarship offer from the University of Oregon to play football but declined the offer to play for them.…
As a youngster Lewis's determination to succeed as an athlete was formidable. At Kathleen High Lewis won the Class 4A 189-pound state title, while earning at the same time Florida High School Athletic Association All-State honors. But most of Lewis's notoriety came through football, which would prove his vehicle to stardom. On Kathleen's football team, Lewis was named the most valuable player during both his junior and senior years. During his career, Lewis played running back and linebacker, and returned kicks. He also had ten quarterback sacks in two years as well as several kick return…
Lou Gehrig was born in Yorkville, Manhattan in 1903. His parents both emigrated from Germany. This meant that Lou grew up speaking English and German. His early career was basically overshadowed a lot by his rival teammate Babe Ruth. He still gained a lot of achievement despite the large shadow. It also helped that he played…
Wilt Chamberlain was born on August 21, 1936 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He played basketball at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia scoring 2,200 points in his high school career. Chamberlain was heavily recruited by many of the top college teams and eventually decided to play at Kansas. In 1957 Kansas made the NCAA tournament where they lost to North Carolina. Despite the loss Chamberlain was named the Most…
Barkley L. (Leonard) Hendricks was born in Nicetown-Tioga, Philadelphia on April 16, 1945 . His mother Ruby Powell Hendricks named Barkley after his father…
Michael Dwayne Vick is mostly known as a star quarterback in the eyes of most NFL fans. He has been through many ups and downs in his career and growing up. He was born in Newport News,Virginia, on June 26,1980 (Michael Vick Biography).…
Athlete. American Football player. Ernie Davis was born on December 14, 1939 in New Salem, Pennsylvania, USA. He is the first African American man to win the Heisman Trophy and the first black athlete to be chosen 1st overall in the NFL Draft.…
Executive summary---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 How risk management could have aided in Comet project-------------------------- 3 Various types related to the Comet project---------------------------------------------- 6 Critical errors in Comet project------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Conclusion-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Reference list----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 Executive summary In the first part of this report, the writers focused on the process to undertake risk management, which including risk identification, analysis of probability and consequences, risk mitigation strategy and finally control and document. Subsequently, the writers did the analysis and hypothesis on how can risk management be helpful if De Havilland Company undertook risk management during the process of Comet project. While in the second part, the writers discussed different types of risk that related to the Comet project, such as, technical risk, financial risk, commercial risk and human resource risk. The most critical risk was technical risk because it may have lead to many problems, such as, damage of image, financial loss and unsalable product. Regarding the third part, the writers concluded the critical errors of the company made in the Comet project. In our opinion, one critical error was too big distinction of company pursue in a limited time. The research and development of high technology product itself implied huge risk and uncertainty that have to be handled within a certain period of time, let alone fulfill the extra new design elements in a short period. Another problem was their slow reaction of accident. They were over dependent on the opinion of designer, but in fact, the subjective judgment of designers didnt lead the company to get out of the trouble. In the final part,…
Astronomers first observed Halley’s Comet as far back as 200 BCE. The comet 's periodicity was first determined in 1705 by English astronomer Edmond Halley, who it was eventually named after. Halley 's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System in 1986 and won’t appear again until mid-2061. Although the nucleus of the comet itself is not that large, the coma can extend to a very large size.…
professional soccer player, made history in April 2004, when he stepped onto the field to play in his first Major League Soccer game. His team, D.C. United, beat San Jose 2-1 in the season opener. He's the youngest athlete to play in a major American sports league since 1887, when 14-year-old Fred Chapman played professional baseball in Philadelphia. In November 2003, Adu signed with D.C. United, earning a salary of $500,000 a year. Earlier in 2003 he also signed an advertising contract with Nike worth $1 million. Born in Ghana, Africa, Freddy moved to Maryland with his family in 1997 when his family won a green-card lottery. He became a U.S. citizen in 2002. Adu's talents extend beyond the soccer field. In his first jayvee basketball game, he scored 28 points. He also won the top prize at an art show.1993 world champion at age 15; edged Nancy Kerrigan by a 5-4 judges' vote for 1994 Olympic gold medal.1st overall pick in 1993 NFL draft (by New England); holds NFL season record for most passes attempted (691) and game records for most passes completed (45) and attempted (70); traded to Buffalo before 2002 season.guard/forward for the LA Lakers; graduated from Lower Merion (Penn.) HS and made the jump directly to the NBA; youngest player (18 yrs., 2 mos., 11 days) ever to appear in an NBA game; became the youngest all-star in NBA history in 1998 and scored a team-high 18 points; won 3 consecutive titles with the Lakers (2000,01,02); accused of rape in 2003 but charges were dropped in 2004; scored 81 points in game against Toronto in Jan. 2006—second highest in NBA…