soccer player to ever play on any team internationally and in the United States. She is an inspiration to all of us latino girls and shows us that we can do anything even though there is racial discrimination between people that we can push through it and we can end up being the best and outshining all of the other people who treated you different. She has gone through many problems to get where she is now‚ but she has overcome all of the problems and made her one of the best soccer players internationally
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Wake Up America Ever since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York‚ America has been racial profiling in airports. A lot of people think that this is the best thing to do to stop terrorists from coming into the United States‚ and I completely agree with them. Looking at what a person is wearing can tell a lot about who they might be. For instance‚ if I am going through the security lines at an airport‚ and I see someone in front of me wearing a head wrap that looks like they are from the Middle East
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If you are wondering who one of the best baseball players of all time is and guessed Barry Bonds‚ you are correct. He was one of the fastest players with great speed and stamina and strength. His career began in college at Arizona State University in 1984. When he graduated from college‚ he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates and finished his baseball career with the San Francisco Giants. Barry Bonds was a really great player because he was strong‚ fast and had great stamina. He has won many awards
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Ty Cobb could be easily called the greatest baseball player of all time. His determination and persistence is what made him the best. Through the lessons and morals of hard work that his father had taught Ty Cobb as a boy‚ he was able to become a great hard-working baseball player. His personal life was hard at times‚ but nonetheless he earned astonishing achievements in the 24 season playing career in the American league. A batting record for runs scored of 2‚245‚ runs batted in of 1‚937‚ a record
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Barry Bonds is the best baseball player of all time. Even before people accused him of using steroids‚ Bonds accomplished things on the baseball field that most can only dream of. Bonds started his career in the National League in 1986‚ as a member of the Pittsburg Pirates. His first four years in the League started slow and his numbers were very average for an every-day MLB player. From then on out‚ there was nothing average about Bonds’ career. Throughout the next 10 years‚ from
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Maddie Callahan Coach Cook BASKETBALL The American sport of basketball has come a long way since it was invented by James Naismith in 1891. Originally‚ the game was played with a soccer ball and peach baskets instead of a backboard and rim. There were no holes in the baskets and a ladder was used to retrieve the ball if it did stay in the basket. There were about fifty players on opposing teams and players who committed fouls were sent to a hockey-like penalty box. Today the game has changed
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who liked basketball and taught myself how to play‚ with the help of YouTube of course. I played basketball since I was a child. I remember shooting granny style because I was too short and weak to shoot it normally. The ball would be full size and the ball would be bigger than my head. My parents were the sexist type and thought basketball was a boy sport‚ so they never let me sign up for city league or some sort to get taught by an actual coach. It was cruel. Throughout my basketball career‚ I
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called the best physical player in sports by some sports analysts and publications. He has started at small forward and power forward but can also play the other three positions. Lebron with career averages of 27.5 points‚ 7.2 rebounds‚ 6.9 assists‚ and 1.7 steals per game‚ is considered one of the most versatile players in the NBA. He has been compared to Hall of Famers Oscar Robertson‚ Magic Johnson‚ and Michael Jordan. He was born in Akron‚ Ohio. Six years later he started to play basketball. He won
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Basketball From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the sport. For the ball used in the sport‚ see Basketball (ball). For other uses‚ see Basketball (disambiguation). Page semi-protected Basketball Jordan by Lipofsky 16577.jpg Michael Jordan goes for a slam dunk at the old Boston Garden Highest governing body FIBA First played 1891‚ Springfield‚ Massachusetts‚ U.S. Characteristics Contact Contact Team members 10-20 (5 on court) Mixed gender Single Categorization Indoor
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Conflicting Attitudes In “Ex-Basketball Player” by John Updike and “To an Athlete Dying Young” by A.E. Housman‚ each author has a different attitude toward his character. John Updike’s attitude toward his character Flick is of disappointment and pity. “Flick stands tall among the idiot pumps-“(1). He believes that Flick should not be employed at a gas station because his talent with basketball is so much better than pumping gas. He does not believe that he blends in at the gas station; he believes
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