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Number One Basketball Team In The Nation
1,032 wordsCorruption: The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery. In the film Blue Chips corruption overshadows true meaning of sports tournament. There are two challenging issues in the film dealing with money and morals. Bribery is used to save the athletic reputation of the university. A college basketball coach finds himself battling between his morals, integ...
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Year's Duke Team
875 wordsThe emotions Mike Krzyzewski displays on the court are the hallmarks of any college basketball coach. His angry stare from the bench seems to sear referees. A snarl of disgust from the Duke leader gets his team back in line, and fast. showed a softer side. He cried. From those tears sprang a new beginning. Duke's loss to Connecticut in the NCAAchampionship game no longer mattered. The stunning departure of five players, three of those leaving early for the NBAdraft, became distant memories. His ...
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Coach's Personal Life
273 wordsSvenGateWhenever I read things like Sven gate my first response is always, who gives a damn? But after a while I realize that probably the majority of the British people do give a damn. Especially when the scandal is about the head coach of the worlds "greatest" football team. I mean they really aren't the worlds greatest but the Brits think that they are, so how do you cope with the fact that they haven't won a big tournament sins 1966? Well for one thing you can blame it all on the fact that t...
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Women's Game Needs Pat Summit
554 wordsThe day after Univ. of Tennessee's Pat Summit eclipsed North Carolina's Dean Smith for most career wins by a Division I Head Basketball Coach some suggested that she would be a good choice to lead the Vols' men's squad. UT has since hired a male coach. Yet we are still left with the question of whether Summit should be considered for, or accept any such job. The 800-pound gorilla in this argument is whether Summit deserves to lay claim to the title as 'all-time winning est Division I basketball ...
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Matt
528 wordsCreative Writing: The Competitors As thousands of people poured into the rectangular shaped stadium for what was being called, 'the event of the century', the participants readied themselves for the hardships they would surely suffer from the games. After a long grueling season of intense bodily torture this would by the final chapter of confrontations. Out of the 275 original members of the DFS leagues infant year, only 20 remained. These men and women were not only hardened on the outside, but...
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Blue Devils And Coach K
1,509 wordsDuke Basketball If you want to talk about success stories, Duke basketball is the one to talk about. This miracle didn't just happen overnight, it took time. Krzyzewski became coach in 1980-81 with not a lot of talent. He makes big moves in recruiting in 1982. Some of the people he recruited included Johnny Dawkins, Mark Al arie, David Henderson, Jay Bil as and Weldon Williams. People looked at this new and approved team as one of the nations best team. This started the miracle the still lives o...
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Falcons Luke
1,062 wordsLuke is jogging down the ground, followed closely by a stalker. He feels the hot, heavy breath of his follower on his neck, and can see his large shadow looming in front of him. He tries to fun faster to get away, dodging and weaving, but cannot seem to shake him; he is with him every step of the way. There is no escape. A call from a mate is an enormous relief; Luke has been rescued. He passes the ball to his mate, and continues running towards goal. Riley lines up for goal about forty meters o...
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Tennis And Pete
1,036 wordsPete Sampras the American Sensation The reason why I chose to do my research paper on Pete Sampras is because I love to play tennis, and Pete is the greatest tennis player alive. I have always made him my role model, and I hope to one day meet him. I try and model my tennis game after his and it has really helped my tennis game. Pete Sampras is my childhood hero, and that is the reason why I chose the topic of Pete Sampras. Pete was born on August 12, 1971. in Washington, DC. Although Pete was b...
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Tennis Players Need
1,863 wordsTASK ONE PART FEEDBACK AND MOTIVATION OFFERED TO THE PLAYERS BY THE COACH TO IMPROVE SKILLS, COURT PLAY AND MENTAL ATTITUDEStuartholme A Grade Tennis Team Dennis S heard, (the coach of the A team) was mainly focusing this particular training session on footwork and communication as he felt that the team lacked both these factors during their previous Saturday match. The following are a few quotes from Dennis 'Awesome footwork Alex, could you feel the difference between that ball and the last?' D...
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David Boston
2,769 wordsWhat's going on in Room 614? There's an overgrown wide receiver in there. 'Dude, you " re on steroids!' fans yell at him at training camp. A lot of NFL players and coaches think he's on something, but the term they use is yoked up. 'Gotta be,' says an NFC defensive back. The receiver keeps testing clean (seven times last season), but his peers are still suspicious. They can't prove it, but they think he's on something they don't have a test for yet, maybe human growth hormone (HGH), and one reas...
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States Background Checks For Coaches
886 wordsThere are many problems in society today that are not always easily detected. Although these problems may be terrible problems, they are still, for different reasons, difficult to identify. Because these problems are so hard to identify criminals are able to commit these crimes multiple times. One of these problems is child molestation. Child molestation is a problem that is highly evident in youth sport leagues. Molesters are often found in these leagues because of the many targets for molestat...
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Staleness And Burnout In Athletes
611 wordsAthletic staleness and burnout is a big problem for many of today's athletes whether they are at the amateur or professional level. The good thing about this problem that ends up in total and complete physical and emotional exhaustion is that it can be recognized when it is taking place. It can also be treated if the recognition comes at too late of a stage of the onset of staleness and burnout. But the best remedy for athletic staleness and burnout is prevention of it in the first place. There ...
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Olds Play Basketball
1,026 wordsCoaching Most people think that watching seven and eight year olds play basketball is boring, but it is one of the most exciting games to watch. I would know because I am a coach at the Boy's and Girl's club of Conway. It has been one of the best experiences of my life. Going to the games is also the highlight of my week. I get to teach the kids all about basketball, and this is hard since they do not know anything about the game of basketball. Coaching is something that I have always thought wo...
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Issues Of Diversity Within The Athletic Department
3,947 wordsDiversity Issues In The Athletic Department In this world, people interact with one another. People develop and exchange a diverse set of identities. Their identities are informed by gender, race ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, religion, their varying physical and mental abilities, class, age, education, profession, and regional identity. Each person carries social values and brings multiple identities to the organizations and communities of which they are a part of. Throughout history, ...
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Cougar's Basketball Team
652 wordsThe University of Houston Men's basketball team has been one of the nation premier basketball teams in the nation for many years. Many of the NBA's top players have came from the university of Houston. Since 1946 till this day honorable men a such as Guy vs. Lewis and Ray Macllen have made Houston the most progressive school in the state of Texas. Despite of some the minor setback in the last year. Like the eight and twenty losing season. The cougars have made leaps and bounds to try to get back...
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Eddie Rake And The Other Coaches
1,185 wordsSitting in the "Bleachers" When a kid is 18 and knows how to throw a football better than anyone in the state, or can run faster than other athletes his age, or can swing a bat with more power and grace than anyone has seen in years, he is not in high school. He is in his own school. If he is from a small town where everyone knows his name and the entire community comes to watch his games, he is a hero and a legend for ages to come. He is not a boy, he is a man and he makes his decisions with an...
