Without a doubt, the ease of getting a basketball game started is a major factor in making it more popular. ... You just don't stand around in basketball as long as you"re into the game. ... Jumping is almost necessary to play the game well. ... Basketball is a much deeper game than it looks. ... The reasons being that it is much easier to get a basketball game started, and it provides a much better exercise. ...

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Volleyball is a very rough game. ... Basketball is not my favorite sport. ... Since basketball is the only female sport in the winter, it was my only way. ... Our first game was in mid-March. ... I struck out once, but got walked the rest of the game. ...

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Michael Jordan draws large audiences to every game due to his amazing playing style, and he is called "the god of basketball." Tiger Wood has won golf tournaments many times, and the media reports his score everyday during the game no matter how he plays. ... If you watch a basketball game, you may notice that black athletes tend to dominate the court. ... Also, African American children are more likely to want to be a professional basketball player rather than a swimmer because they feel more possibility to become a basketball player due to heroes of basketball, such as Michael Jordan and Kob...

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Most suits are similar to the one in which a mother took legal action after her 14-year-old son was benched during a "critical" hockey game. ... Deion Sanders, football and baseball professional, was an all-state basketball player in high school. ... And Cynthia Cooper, the two-time MVP of the WNBA, didn't even pick up a basketball until she was 16"(R. ... Most of them played soccer, lacrosse or softball alongside basketball. ... Whether we won would only be a bonus but if we came out learning about the game of basketball, our goals would have been accomplished in improving the skills ...

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Tuning into a professional sporting event in the twenty-first century, a person might spot at least one of the following: a coach arguing with an official, a player arguing with an official, a brawl between players, or a player being ejected from the game. ... This is no surprise, seeing how player salaries have skyrocketed over the past few decades in the major sports such as basketball, football, baseball, and hockey. ... Just a few years ago, two adults got into a fight at their sons" little league hockey game and one ended up dead. ...

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Think back to when sports were just plain fun and you could play all day, and you were good at every game, too. ... "That's why baseball, which is very methodical and specific, and basketball, where there are plays, appeal to them. ... A fully developed young athlete might wind up with a temperament for golf, not basketball, or with the perfect distance runner's body, not a tight end's. ... Ryan's dad believes that the balance and footwork that soccer requires, and the explosiveness and hand-eye skills that basketball demands, transfer easily to baseball. ... says Paul...

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In high school and at Pasadena Junior College he showed great athletic skill in track, basketball, football, and baseball. ... On July 12, 1949, Jackie Robinson made his All-Star game debut for the National league. This was the first time that a black player participated in an All-Star game. ... This was the only game that the Dodgers won in the 1949 World Series. ... He was one of the game's best base runners, with a total of 197 stolen bases. ...

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He competed in football, baseball, basketball, and track. ... He played track, baseball, basketball, and football. ... Jackie was fine after the first game. His fears were not over after the first game. ... During one game, Jackie mad a diving catch to win the game for the Dodgers. ...

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When you talk about high school sports you think of football, baseball, and basketball; therefore, are considered sports not the debate team, chess club, and chorus. ... In these cases the debate team myth be the one that wins all is meets compared to the baseball team who myth just win one game in its season are still regarded as boring event that few want to be part of. ...

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4,256 Pete Rose was one of the greatest hitters to ever play in the game of baseball. ... The National Basketball Association allows, "Bad Boy" Dennis Rodman to play basketball, despite his offending presence and antics. The National Basketball Association allows Rodman to play because he averages over 10 rebounds a game. ... Pete Rose loved the game of baseball with all of his heart when he played. ...

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It is not uncommon to hear of football players being drafted into the National Football League after playing only two or three years of Collegiate level football, or a basketball player playing in the National Basketball Association straight out of high school. ... Pete Rose is one of the men who have whole-heartedly devoted themselves to the game they love. ... He improved his game working his way up the ranks until 1963 when he finally got his shot at the "big time". ... It is a travesty and an injustice that Pete Rose's plaque is not already hanging on the wall next to the other gre...

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Mickey not only played baseball he also played football and basketball and was a very talented athlete. ... He was elected to the All Star Game. ... Like every year before, Mickey was again selected for the All Star Game. ... Mickey was selected again that year to the All Star Game. In 1965 he was selected to his last All Star Game. ...

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Jackie attended John Muir Technical High School where he starred in football, basketball, baseball, and track. ... At college he continued to play football, basketball, baseball, and track. ... After six games the Dodgers lost in the seventh game. ... In 1969 Jackie was invited to play in a an "old timers game" at Yankee Stadium. ... Nine days after the game he died of a heart attack on October 24, 1972 in Stamford, Connecticut. ...

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We find that the PGA simply watches its game grow richer purses, more television exposure and more people playing golf. ... Though Finchem (Tour commissioner who was President Carter economic adviser in 1978-79.) game has grown increasingly large, he admits that competing for the sports dollar long-term is much more challenging now than it was five years ago. ...

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Not to mention, attending a professional baseball game seems to be more expensive than going to an amusement park. ... No baseball player is going to find a better job than playing a game. ... Most people, also, find it to be much more cheap and enjoyable to be watching the game on their couch. ... The National Football League makes more national TV money than the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, NASCAR, and the National Hockey League combined. "Unlike MLB, being a fan of an NFL team means watching a game only once a week for the fan's team. ...

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Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919. He was born on a farm in Georgia. People called him Jackie. His father left his family when he was 1 years old. His mother worked hard to support the family and she was the most important person in his life. After Jackie graduated from...

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Football players pound each other for about five months each year while playing one game per week. Basketball and baseball players play a much longer season then do football. ... Nevertheless, the professional basketball season lasts about the same amount of time as does baseball except they play eighty-two games throughout the country. ... However, not until the late 1970's did the grand old game really die. ... A beer costs five dollars and fifty cents at the game. ...

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What ever happened to playing for the love of the game? ... A good example of a player who loved the game of baseball is Pete Rose. ... The game of baseball is about having fun, competing, and playing for the fans. ... That is a quarter billion dollars to play the game of baseball. ... Football, basketball, and hockey all have above-average attendance rates among those with household incomes of $40,000 or more. ...

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Robinson was a standout in football, baseball, basketball and track (26). ... Teammate, Carl Erskine, said "this is a white mans game- (118). ... Fans would shout racial slurs and throw objects at him during the game (123). ... In his first game he played he had four hits, including a homerun and two stolen bases (Elderkin). ... After 10-years in the major leagues he retired from the game in 1957 (James 215). ...

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And because so many people get emotionally invested while watching sports and become so involved in the game, sports consequently holds a great importance to them in their lives. ... However, it is the time that the "Great Bambino" came Black Sox Scandal that he reclaimed the trust that the public had lost for the game that they loved. ... For instance, how many ways can someone report game five of the World Series or if someone rushes for a 100 yards in a game? ... Prior to that, in the public's eye, Mantle was a Yankee slugger who was considered to be a hero to anyone who ...

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One most remembered event is the 1947 game when the Dodgers played the Phillies. ... In 1950 Earl Lloyd and Chuck Cooper entered the National Basketball Association, expanding the broken color barrier to other sports. ... While going to college he lettered in four sports (the first person to achieve that at UCLA) football, track, basketball and of course, baseball. ...

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He was the first African American player in the America Major League Baseball, before that African American player only allow play in African American League Baseball, when he was in University, he was the only one who play not only baseball but football, basketball and track. ... Every baseball game he played in America Major League Baseball change the American's perspective about African American. ...

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While attending there he won letters in football, baseball, basketball, and track. ... Even the magazine Sporting News, which was against black baseball players, acknowledged his great skill and ability in the game of baseball and awarded him with the Rookie of the Year award in 1947. ... Even though Jim is a runaway slave, both him and Huck end up forming a bond between each other, this breaks the color barrier of the book, similar to the was that Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in the game of baseball. ...

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Steroid use in professional sports is bad because of the after effects it has on the history of the game and the youth who will follow in years to come. ... Would we more happily pay for a Major League Baseball game in which neither team scored or pay for a game in which baseballs are flying out of the park due to performance enhanced players? ... As a young African-American male we mainly flocked to sports such as basketball and football but suddenly baseball was an attractive sport for all of us and it made many of us join baseball organizations in our area. ...

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The game in the end will be an activity, which is increasingly extreme, violent and meaningless, practiced by athletes or a class of chemical genetic mutant gladiators. ... The rules in effect of each sport determine the winner or loser of the game. ... For example, basketball banned goaltending (swatting the ball away after it has reached the highest point) when players became more athletic and tall. ...

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