like Nike‚ Adidas and Reeboks gaining a share of the market.” Converse had controlled eighty percent of the athletic market shoes at their heights”. In 1986‚ Converse release The Weapon Basketball Shoes. The campaign ad features Larry Bird of the Boston Celtic and Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers holding their own Weapon with the sentence “CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON”. The highlight of the shoes was the leather construction throughout including extra padded collar that combine with “the Y Bar System” for
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I was an eight year old kid when I had my first ever glimpse of the NBA Basketball. It was a lanky afro manchild doing a reverse dunk versus Indiana right in front of the Laker crowd. Crowd was in awe‚ Commentators were ecstatic and Kevin Harlan in his usual voice saying‚ Kobe can’t be denied. That day‚ my love affair with the Los Angeles Lakers started. The 2000-2002 Seasons were the very foundation of my Purple and Gold affair. My Lakers were champions and Kobe was the superhero. He’d beat the
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Ray Allen ‘’When people say God blessed me with a beautiful Jump-Shot‚ it really pisses me off. I tell those people‚ ‘’’Don’t undermine the work I’ve put in everyday‚ not some days‚ everyday.’’Ray Allen is a hard worker‚ he has been since the day he was born on July 20‚ 1975.His parents‚ Flora and Walter Allen‚ were in the Military during Ray’s youth. He was even born on Castle Air Force base in Merced‚ California. Ray constantly moved with his family. He had a hard time making friends at all the
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Bryant was named Most Valuable Player and carried his team to the NBA Finals‚ where they lost to the Boston Celtics. In the 2009 NBA Finals‚ the Lakers beat the Orlando Magic to win the championship. Shortly afterward‚ Bryant was part of the memorial service to honor friend and music superstar Michael Jordan . The following year‚ the Lakers won their second straight title by defeating the Celtics. In November 2015‚ Bryant announced his upcoming retirement from the Lakers with a poem on The Players’
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The Boston Photographs In “The Boston Photographs” by Nora Ephron‚ Ephron used most of the time writing about the reactions of the many readers all over the nation and world whom were shocked by the pictures that were published in their local newspapers. She should have used most of the time writing about the day when the incident happened. By doing this‚ it would have affected people a lot more than seeing the bad of it. In telling the facts‚ Ephron only provides factual information such as whom
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Oldershaw ASM20-2 Mr. MaCrae Thursday‚ December 2‚ 2010 MY HERO My hero is Rajon Rondo. He is a basketball player for the Boston Celtics and he plays starting Point Guard. He was born on February 22 1986 (age 24)‚ in Louisville‚ Kentucky. He is 6 ft 1 inches and has been playing in the NBA since 2006. The Phoenix Suns drafted him and has since been traded to Boston where he won his first title in 2008. He went to Kentucky for university and then went straight to the NBA as the 26th pick in
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Boston is one of the few cities in the US that offer an ultimate historical experience. With its fascinating architecture and chic yet peaceful urban environment‚ this city of wonders will surely entice every discriminating tourist. “Founded in 1630‚ Boston is one of America’s oldest cities… and is the largest city in New England. [Boston] is often referred to as the “Cradle of Liberty” for its role in instigating the American Revolution in the late 18th century” (Bunker Hill College: 2011). “With
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The events of March 5‚ 1770‚ dubbed as "The Boston Massacre"‚ was a tragedy in which 5 Bostonian civilians lost their lives at the hands of British Redcoats. Although the Redcoats‚ terribly at fault‚ shot into the masses‚ the rebellious Bostonians played a role in the shooting as well. Although they were quite justified in doing so‚ the townspeople of Boston severely over exaggerated the events of that day in order to gain public sympathy and pit more colonists against the British regime. Within
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Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy” by Bill Simmons‚ was a book only the Sports Guy could write. Save a few hundred pages for Simmons to inform the readers on how he became the basketball and Celtics fan he is today (hint: it was his dad choosing between a motorcycle and season tickets to the Celtics)‚ why as a child he called himself Jabaal Abdul-Simmons‚ footnotes galore‚ his hatred for Isiah Thomas and Wilt Chamberlain‚ and many of the greatest “What-if’s” in basketball history. Other than
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With tensions between the colonial townspeople and the higher class British soldiers sparking conflicts‚ the Boston Massacre was sure to happen at one point. As the most famous story goes‚ colonists threw snowballs at the soldiers‚ called them nasty names‚ and dared them to fire their bayonets. The Redcoats responded as so by readying their weapons and shooting bullets into the crowd. Five people were killed in this incident‚ including Crispus Attucks (the only African American that was killed.)
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