Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, and Kevin Garnett are examples of these young men that encountered the same situation their senior year of high school. ... However for every Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, and Lebron James, there are the young men that are swept off their feet by the millions of dollars thrown at them and do not see the reality. ... Kobe Bryant was criticized for his decision to skip college in 1996. ... Though Bryant struggled his first year in the NBA, he has been nothing but exceptional since. ... They see Kobe Bryant, a 25 year-old who is worth $12.3 million dollars a year (bef...

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Kobe Bryant, a four time All-Star MVP Basketball Player, earns 30.5 million dollars per year as an athlete who did not pay a single penny for college yet he still earns more than many people with a MS (Master of Science) or BA (Bachelor of Arts) degree. ...

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Professional Sports Affirmative Action Imagine this for a moment: You are seventeen years old, and a star athlete in your high school. Everyone thinks that you have it great, but the truth is, athletics is about all that you have going for you. You are terrible academically, and hate being at s...

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I will present you the sport basketball. Everybody knows it, almost everybody played it once. I will you inform about the history of the game, some important facts and rules. History Fist some historical facts. Eighteen-hundred-and-ninety-one Dr. James Naismith, professor at the Springfield Colleg...

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Sports Figures as Role Models Since the beginning of time people have strived to be the best they could physically and athletically. Sports have always played a large role in society from the Primitive games to Greeks to modern day cultures. Through out time everyone has wanted to be the superstar ...

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Crime, Justice and the Media "The fact is that sensationalism has always been a part of the news, sometimes a very big part. It has been described with many different names: the penny press, yellow journalism, jazz journalism, tabloid journalism, tabloid TV, Internet gossip, and more" (Cohen, 200...

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As the 2002-2003 season comes to an end Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett, and Tracy McGrady( all players who did not go to college) were all competing for the MVP award and are all considered role models. ...

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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 Kobe Bryant. ...

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Another example among many is Kobe Bryant from the Los Angeles Lakers who goes to his basketball practices in a helicopter and who will earn $30million next year without even counting his endorsements. ... How many kids were inspired by Michael Jordan, ZInedine ZIdane, Kobe Bryant or Lionel Messi? ...

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