Who is Allen Iverson? Allen Iverson is a former National Basketball Association (NBA) player. He had a difficult childhood but that didn’t stop him from making his dream a reality. He worked hard and became a professional basketball player.
Allen Iverson was born to Allen Broughton and Ann Iverson on June 17, 1975 in Hampton Virginia. He came from a troubled background. His mother raised him and his two half-sisters by herself. The family would have to go without heat or electricity because they could not pay the bills. Allen’s situation in school was not much better. His grades were poor and he had attendance problems. Part of it may have been because of his lack of interest in his studies, but he also had family obligations. “Sometimes he had to stay home to take care of his half-sister Iiesha while his mother was working.”
When Allen entered high school he was thinking about the possibility of playing professional sports. He wanted to get his mother and sister out of the projects. He started on the football and basketball teams his freshman year. As he got older his skills impro...
Allen, in the beginning, is very apprehensive about meeting new people. He does not want to get attached to someone new and lose them too. When Maggie discovers his wedding band, she believes it indicates that he is still holding on to the past, and “wonders if it symbolized some lingering attachment to an ex-wife” (13). Later, Allen’s wife, Claire, and daughter, Miranda, died in a car accident trying to get Allen out of the airport. When Maggie and Allen were going to get coffee one day, Maggie was calling for Allen’s attention when she accidentally stepped in front of oncoming traffic.
Your dreams of being someone may not turn out the way you think they will. The documentary Hoop Dreams is a story about two boys from the ghetto that want to play in the NBA. Arthur ¨Man”Agee goes to Marshalls and William Gates goes to St. Joseph’s which are both situated in Illinois, where their dreams of becoming a pro basketball player vanished. Both of the boys face obstacles that are outside of themselves. Arthur´s family struggled with money, education, and pressure from others hurts him. Also, William struggled with balancing his family with basketball, the pressure from others, and education.
Some player's wish of winning a NBA Title but 'Larry Legend' won 3. Being the 5th overall pick in the 1978 NBA Draft Larry Bird played 13 seasons as a Boston Celtic, winning 3 NBA Championships in 1981, '84, and '86. He was Finals MVP twice in 1984, and '86, NBA MVP 3 straight years in 1984, ?85, and ?86, NBA All- Star for 9 straight years 1980- '89, elected to the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in 1998, Nine- time All NBA 1st Team 1980- '88, and Olympic Gold Medalist in 1992 with the 'Dream Team'.
Sports play a large part of an athletic student’s life, weighing heavily on one’s identity. In his essay, “Cut”, Bob Greene relays how he and several others are cut from their middle school sports team because “[they weren’t] good enough” (Greene 58). Because of this cut, Greene and his peers end up pushing harder than ever in other areas of their life. He notes, “an inordinately large proportion of successful men share… the memory
Arthur Agee and William Gates, two high school basketball players, dream of playing basketball in the NBA. Arthur controlled the basketball court as point guard at local playgrounds in Chicago. He competed against boys three years older and still dominated. One day, Big Earl Smith, the legendary playground basketball scout, approached Arthur to discuss his future playing basketball. Big Earl delivered to Arthur a tuition paid scholarship offer to attend St. Joseph. This presented Arthur the opportunity to play for Gene Pingatore, the coach of St. Joseph, considered the greatest high school coach in the suburbs and city. With the scholarship, Arthur attended St Joseph and met William Gates, another basketball prodigy and recruit at St. Joseph. Unfortunately for Arthur, William developed into the more proficient and touted player. Due to William’s success and notoriety, St Joseph passed Arthur’s scholarship money onto William. Arthur’s impoverished family situation, coupled with losing his scholarship money, forced him to drop out of St. Joseph and attend Marshall, the local public school. Throughout Arthur and William’s high school experience, they
1.)a. Rudy asks the kids he was playing with, if he didn’t have to play all time center. He wanted to try out different football positions in order to see what he is good at. Since he never got to play any other position, he had no chance to improve. Rudy loved playing football and had dreams he wanted to achieve.
Who is Russell Westbrook? How did he get his fame? How old is Russell Westbrook? These are many questions people will ask.. and yes I’m about to answer them! Russell Westbrook is one of the most dominant players in the basketball league today. He is ranked #1 for the best NBA player this year. Russell Westbrook had a good high school and college career, he is having a great NBA career putting up massive numbers pretty much every game! He leads the NBA in Points Per Game (PPG) and Assist Per Game (APG) and is also Top 10 in Rebounds Per Game (RPG) and he is a guard!
Graham Gunter Allen, 19, died Wednesday, August 31, from a brief illness at Rex Hospital in Raleigh with his family by his side. Mr. Allen was born in Raleigh on February 22, 1997 to Laura and Page Allen and has lived the entirety of his life there. Mr. Allen attended high school at Needham Broughton High School in Raleigh and Virginia Episcopal School, a boarding school in Lynchburg, Virginia, graduating from the former. During High School Mr. Allen played Golf, Basketball, Soccer, and Lacrosse as well as being the president of multiple clubs on campus. Upon Graduating from Broughton High School Mr. Allen enrolled in Wofford College, a small school in Spartanburg, South Carolina. After his first year at Wofford College Mr. Allen transferred
If you don’t know who Kyrie Irving is, you probably don’t know much about basketball. Kyrie Irving is a superstar point guard in the National Basketball Association playing for the Boston Celtics. Kyrie is best known by his incredible ball handling skills, three point shooting, and amazing playmaking ability. Kyrie Irving is my most favorite basketball player in the world and I have many questions for him that I have always wanted to be answered.
Sport has a powerful influence over our society. For example, Mr. Patterson showed students a 1994 documentary film directed by Steve James “Hoop Dreams” in class. The film is centered on William and Arthur, two poor talented African American high school students living in Chicago. Along with, their dream to play professional basketball as a way to escape poverty.
Also according to alleniversonlive.com, Allen’s biological father was never a part of his life because he was mainly always in jail. The house that Allen was raised in wasn’t really the best house ever. Nothing could be used in the house including water or electricity. The house that he lived in was basically something that can be compared to a porta potty. According to alleniversonlive.com, his house was on top of a sewer that was broken, so from time to time it always flooded the house. Allen explains, “She(his mother) did whatever she had to do,” while refusing to elaborate on that cryptic statement(alleniversonlive.com). Growing up as a child, Allen already had big responsibilities. Allen had to watch over his younger sisters Brandy(born 1979) and Leisha(1991),(alleniversonlive.com). Later on, as his life went, Allen’s mom, Ann, had a boyfriend, Michael, who lived with them from time to time. According to alleniversonlive.com, Michael didn’t really help with their debt problem but
In a neighborhood filled with hate, crime, and violence Troy, a 17 year old boy from the cold hard streets of North Philadelphia is just trying to make a name for himself and become the first athlete to make it big out of his neighborhood. His mother is very sick but keeps it hidden from him because Troy has big dreams to be recruited by a D-1 school and very close to make it out of the streets of north philly.Mind you no one has ever made it out of these streets, They’ve either been killed or thrown in jail. But Troy wants to overlook those statistics and rise of all the hate and make it to the NBA. The only way Troy gets away from all the violence and crimes is by playing basketball. It is his passion, he attends Barton high school and plays starting point guard for the Barton high warriors. He is the only freshman to ever average a double-double and lead the team in scoring . Unlike anybody else that lived in Troy’s neighborhood he was the only it seemed like with potential. He was being looked at by many top colleges for a full scholarship to play basketball. Troy hadn’t had many friends except one who he was close to since he was in kindergarten, Jacob Watson him and Troy were best friends and had nearly been through everything together . Jacob was 6’2 , brown hair, and a very distinctive scar above his right eye where he claimed to have fallen but everyone already knew what went on at home with his step-father. Jacob wasn’t a bad kid , he did pretty well in school and was nice to everyone. But it seemed like every time his step-father would have a bad day at work he would just lash out at Jacob like a raging bull when seeing red . He was often vague about his life so know one really asked him anything. Like ...
Allen grew up with a more callous life than most live. “Allen, who was born Timothy Dick, had a fraught upbringing. In 1964, when he was 11, his father was killed in a car accident while returning
As Miller and Wilson revealed, athleticism is not always analogous with success. Willy regarded Biff highly because he observed Biff’s presence and athleticism, and he believed these qualities would result in immediate success. Today many parents associate sports with success and therefore pressure their children to excel in sports. In today’s society it is very rare that fears of discrimination would cause children to not pursue a lucrative career in sports. Both Miller and Wilson knew the impact of sports on family dynamics, and how sports have evolved from a leisure time activity to a full-time commitment. Clearly, many of the qualitative aspects of sports--competition, teamwork and physical dexterity can contribute to being a success in almost any career.
Luis and his family had just moved from brooklyn park to lincoln heights on the last few days of july. He was nervous because he wouldn’t know anybody at the school in his freshman year but he was happy too because this was going to be his first year playing football and he was very excited because this would give him a chance to play the sport he loves and it would help him make some new friends before the school year starts, And at least he would know some people.