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Duringthissuccessfulperiodtheywonthetitleagainin1992and1993.JordanwasalsointheUnitedStatesOlympicBasketballTeam,knownas“theDreamTeam”,whichwonthegoldmedalatthe1992OlympicsinBarcelona,Spain.

Jordansurprisedeveryonewhenheretiredbeforethe1993-1994season,butherejoinedtheChicagoBullsandwonthreemorechampionshipswiththemfrom1996to1998.heplayedagainfortheWashingtonWizardsbeforefinallyretiringfromsportin2003attheageof40.Millionsoffansadmirehisathleticability,motivationandconfidence.TheyhavefantasticstoriestotellaboutMichaelJordan,suchasthetimewhenherescuedtheBullsfromendingagameonatie.Hesteppedtothelineandmadetwofreethrows.Eachtimehethrewtheballstraightthroughthebasket—andeachtimehehadhiseyesclosed.

Offthebasketballcourt,MichaelJordanopenedhisownsteakrestaurantbecausehelovessteaksomuch.HealsofoundsuccessasanactorinthefilmSpaceJamalongsidethefamouscartooncharacterBugsBunny!

Thereisonlyonewordtodescribethebestplayerintheworld

-awesome!

WilttheStilt—theTowerofPower!

MichaelJordanwasthesecondplayertoscoremorethan3,000pointsinaseason—butthefirstwasWiltChamberlain.ChamberlainwasborninPhiladelphiaon21stAugust1936.Hewasoneofthe11children,theonlyonewhowasverytall.HisfatherWilliamworkedinashipyardandhismotherOliviawasacleaner.

Asachild,Chamberlainhadvarioushealthproblems.Hehadpneumoniaandalmostdiedwhenhewasten.

ChamberlainistheonlyNBAplayerwhoaveragedover50pointspergameforanentireseason.Atonepoint,Chamberlainwassomuchbetterthanalltheotherplayersthattheychangedtherulesofthegametotrytostophim!

ThegiantplayerjoinedtheNBA'

sPhiladelphiaWarriorsinthe

1959-1960seasonandwasanimmediatesuccess.During14

seasonswithfourdifferentteams,Chamberlainwasnamedthe

mostvaluedplayerintheleaguefourtimes.On2ndMarch1962,hescored100pointsinasinglegame—noonehaseverdonethatsince!

ThefinalscorewasWarriors169NewYorkKnicks147!

HeendedhiscareerafterfiveamazingseasonswiththeLos

AngelesLakers.Bythetimeheretired,WiltheldmanyNBArecords:

hescored50ormorepoints118timesand60ormorepoints32times.

WasWiltChamberlainbetterthanMichaelJordanWhoknowsButthereisnodoubtthathedeservesthetitle“outstandplayerofhisgeneration”.

IsYaoMingTooNicetoBeaStar

JeffVanGundy,theheadcoachoftheHoustonRockets,hasadream.HewantsYaoMingtobelikeotherplayers.Starplayers,saysGundy,are“selfish”andwanttheballallthetime.“Let'

sputitthis

said.“Whentheyaskfortheball,theydon'

tsay‘please'

!

”

Yao,however,isaselflessandkindperson.Hehasbeenbroughtupandtrainedinthisway.Itisnotinhisnaturetobe“selfish”and“rude”.

WhenhefirstarrivedintheUS,Yaowasaninstanthitamongbasketballfansnationwide.Theyalllovedthiskind,gentlebutpowerfulgiant.VanGundywantedtobuildhisteamaroundthetalentedChineseplayer.Todothis,hetoldYaotobemoreaggressiveand,ifnecessary,toberudetohisteammates.

“He'

aswonderfulguy,hehaseveryphysicalbasketballskillandheputstheteamfirst,”VanGundysaid.“ButIwanthimtobe

star,notjustagreatteamplayer.He'

sgottothinkthathe'

playeroutthere.Thatway,hecandominatethegame.”

“Atfirst,Ididn'

treallyunderstandwhatthecoachwanted,

Yaosaid.“ButnowIdo.InChina,everyonegavemetheball,Ididnhavetoask!

Here,Ihavetobealittle‘impolite'

!

I'

mnotq

toityet.Ifyougivemealittletime,Icangetmoreusedtoit.Ihavetolearntobellittlemore‘selfish'

.”

DizzyHeightsofSchoolBasketball

Basketballisoneofthesafestsports.Unlikewrestlingorboxing,itnotusuallydangerous.Onereasonforthisisthattheplayers'

energyispartlydirectedupwards,ata90-degreeangletotheground,andovertheheadsoftheothers.Sothere'

slessriskofa

collisionbetweentwoplayers.

Inothersports,suchasbaseballandAmericanfootball,theplayer'

energymovesparalleltothegroundandtowardstheiropponents,sotheywearhelmetswhichgiveadequateprotectiontotheirheads.

Butalthoughbasketballplayerswearsocksandsneakerswhicharespeciallydesignedtoabsorbenergywhentheyboundintotheair,theywarnootherprotection,justavestandshorts.Ifthereisanabruptchangeofdirectionintheirenergy,fromverticaltohorizontal,suchaswhentheyaccelerateacrossthecourt,bouncingtheball,thereisarealdangerofpersonalinjury.

Forexample,intheKentStateHighSchoolBasketball

tournament,ChandlerHighwasplayingStMaryCentralandattheintervalthescorewas50-52.butStMaryhadappointedacaptainwhowasnotatypicalbasketballplayer.Whereaseveryoneelsewastallandslimwithshorthaircuts,JoeJohannsenwasshortandstout,withlonghairandalargebelly.Buthewasreallyfast,andwhenheobtainedcontroloftheball,hecouldmakeacircuitofthecourtandreachtheopposingteam'

sboundarnysweicthoinds.

Anyhow,twelveminutesintothesecondhalf,FrankSackler,

theChandlerstarplayer,madeacontroversialpassoverJoe'

sJoesteppedasideanddippedhisheaddown.Sacklerbouncedoffhimandcommittedafoul.Therefereeinterruptedthematch,andtherewasasuspensionofplay.ButJoewasunhurt,shortthepenalty,andthescorewas88-90.therewerethreeminutestogo.

Joeimmediatelytookpossessionoftheballandran,…andsuddenly80kiloshittheChandlerstar,whohowledloudlyinpainandfell,withhisnosebleedingandacutonhisleftcheek.Foramoment,helayverystill,andtherefereeevencheckedhispulse,butsoonconfirmedhewasOK.ButwhenSacklerstooduphewasdizzy,sotheyputabandageroundhishead,ablanketroundhisshoulders,andcalledanambulancetotakehimtothehospital.Joewasaconsiderateguy,andapologizedasSacklerleft,sniffingandweeping,eitherinpainorinfrustration.

Chandlerscoredwiththepenalty,andtheirteamworkhadwonthematch.ButFrankSacklerstillhasthescaronhisfaceasasouvenirofthetournament.

HowDidTheyStart

HowdidAmericanfootballstart

Football-orsoccer-startedinEngland800yearsago.Thegamewasplayedwitharoundballthatplayerskickedbutcouldnotcarry.Thereweretwoteams,buttherewereoftenahundredplayersoneachteam!

However,in1823,WilliamWebbEllis,apupilatRugbySchoolinEngland,pickeduptheballduringasoccergameandranwithit.TeachersattheschoolwereshockedandangrybutWebbEllis'

sschoolmatesenjoyedthisnewgame,whichtheynamedaftertheschool.Eventually,rugbywasplayedwithanovalballthatcouldbebothcarriedandthrown.

RugbywasexportedtotheUnitedStates,changedalotandbecamethesportthatAmericansnowcallfootball.DuringagameofAmericanfootball,theballcanbekicked,thrownorcarried.Howdidbasketballstart

Basketballwasinventedin1891inagymnasiuminSpringfield,MassachusettsbyDrJamesNaismith,aphysicaleducationteacher.Naismithwantedtocreateagamethatwouldprovideexerciseforanoisyclassthroughtheclodwintermonths.Naismithattachedtwobasketstotwotallpolesateachendofthegymnasiumandgavetheplayersasoccerballandtoldthemtotrytothrowtheballintothebaskets.Naismithlaterwrote13ruleswhicharethebasisofmodernbasketballrules.

Howdidbaseballstart

Theexactoriginofbaseballisunknown,butitisprobablybasedonanoldEnglishgamecalledrounders.IntheUSA,aversionofthegamebecamepopularintheearly19thcenturyandeventually,amancalledAlexanderCartwrightwrotetherulesorbaseballin1845.CartwrightIcalled“thefatherofbaseballb”ecausethemodernrulesofthegameareverysimilartohisoriginalrules.

Module2HighlightsofMySeniorYear

HighlightsofMySeniorYear

Icanhardlybelieveit,butmyschoollifeisalmostover.Promnighthascomeandgone,andI'

vereceivedmyhighschomoaldaiptloast.

It'

asgoodthingthattheexamsarefinished.Ifeeltooexcitedto

tim

mgo

thinkclearly.Itseemsstrangetothinkthatinafewdayswalkingoutoftheschoolgatesforever.ThefirstthingIdoistotakealongvacation!

Meanwhile,Ifindmyselflookingbackatmysenioryear,andthinkingaboutallthewonderfulthingsthathavehappened.I'

vedecidedtowritethemdownsothatoneday,yearsfromnow,when

Irereadthem,thememorieswillcomeback.

thisyearhasbeenworkingasanartseditorforthisnewspaper.IsoenjoyeditIlovewriting,an