Basketball

Basketball, as is true of other popular Western sports, serves as a symbol in itself for both the material and the non-material culture. The game is symbolic in that the values and beliefs of the society, which are not physical or non-material, of the society are expressed within it. For...

Between the 1950s and 1970s, a number of impressive and important figures helped to change the league and change society at large. In particular, three of the league’s most impressive big men had an influence on basketball that has continued throughout time. Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar each...

Everyone wants to be the greatest. Am I right? Each one of us sat for hours working towards the greatest speech in the classroom. Some work diligently to become Valedictorian or win student council seats. Basically, everyone wants, in some form or fashion, to be considered great and most people,...

Basketball Diaries directed by Scott Kalvert stars Oscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio as Jim Carroll. Basketball Diaries is a concerted but failed attempt to do justice to Carroll's book. However, the acting from DiCaprio is unforgettable. He plays Jim Carroll, a young aspiring basketball player, who also is a talented writer....

Jeff Haefner’s article “21 Easy Ways to Improve Your Basketball Shooting Percentage” provides 21 tips to follow if a player strives to improve the quality of his or her game. The first tip is to locate the target earlier, which helps brain better focus on the shooting objective. The second...

Basketball is a competitive activity that originated in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891. Dr. James Naismith invented the sport. In a local YMCA, Naismith gathered two large peach baskets and nailed them to opposing posts. The object of the sport was to shoot or throw a round ball through the peach...

Companies operating in the sports industry are as well affected by environmental factors. In the professional sport, the success of NBA – the National Basketball Association – is one of the most commonly questioned issues because other leagues involved in the industry are less popular among professional sportsmen. Conducting an...

Basketball is a sport that was first played in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891. The sport, which was invented by Dr. James Naismith, is characterized by the objective of shooting a round ball through designated goals. At the time of the sport’s inception, those goals were actually peach baskets that Dr....

The issue of providing compensation to college basketball players is high on nationwide agenda. While there are both pros and cons of the argument, the essay discusses the essential prerequisites of reimbursing the effort and talent of college athletes. One of the most popular annual nationwide sporting events is known...

The origins of American football are not as murky as the origins of baseball (at least there is no Abner Doubleday in the mix) but one thing that is almost universally agreed upon is that the sport as it is known today traces back to Ivy League colleges shortly the...