The first three-quarters of the game was a tug-of-war with both teams evenly matched. ... Amazingly, Michael scored the last 15 points for his team including the game winner in the final seconds. ... Williams was very impressed with Jordan's ambition as well as his game. ... In the twenty-one, years Smith was coach only three freshmen had ever started a game. ... Michael went on in that game to hit the dramatic game-winning basket. ...

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The growth of the market for soccer equipment will take its final step with the organization of the World Cup during the summer of 2002 in Japan and Korea. ... He was a very competitive player that enjoyed the game and a very well educated hansom man outside the courts. ... However, in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona (Spain), the US basketball team with Jordan's leadership obtained the gold medal with a very spectacular game. ... Moreover Jordan came back to the game with such power that he helped the Chicago Bulls win another title. ... In fact, Brand Jordan's sales were still g...

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"Employees who want to excel at Nike must understand what makes people able to cry and scream with pleasure while watching a game" (Katz 1994, 54). ... Work weeks and fiscal quarts are all imagined as increments upon a game clock, as portions of the season's perpetual big game. ... When things are put in the context of a game or athletics, it makes the work environment seem more like a field or arena. One Nike employee said, "Working at Nike is like a factory for fun, like finals night, being in a playground, or coming down the face of a wave" (Katz 1994, 49). ...

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