startling to catch their attention. In my persuasive value speech I did not have a topic as popular as voting for elections, so I had to familiarize my audience with players of Duke basketball and some history of their team. My persuasive value speech introductory sentence was necessary due to my audience’s lack of knowledge about Duke basketball and their program. In my conclusions, I used a very firm and act... ... middle of paper ... ...g better outlines and putting more time towards my outline.
There are 12240 students at Duke University, and every year 12 out of those 12240 are put on a mission. The expectations are far above the ground, these 12 men and their coaching staff are called the Duke University Blue Devils basketball team. Year after year their mission is to bring home an NCAA basketball national championship trophy. Three of 84 teams at Duke University have reached their goal by winning a national championship. Duke is one of the nations best known basketball programs. Just
fascinating history of Duke basketball? I personally love Duke! I have been a fan ever since I was born. For the past few years, I have dedicated myself to becoming devoted to Duke basketball. My mom is even an alumna, which made me really appreciate the history of Duke. I have even been to a game at Cameron Indoor Stadium, which has been one of the greatest experiences of my life! As you read this essay, you will learn the complete history of the Duke University basketball program. The Duke basketball program
There are two shades of blue that rule the basketball courts in and around Durham, North Carolina. Both are perennially the best in the ACC and are fierce rivals. The head coaches of both teams are great leaders on the basketball court and in the game of life. In addition, they are able to manage multimillion dollar budgets and maintain the ultra positive image of their players and their respective school. People like winners. Many have the philosophy that the underdog should win occasionally.
Krzyzewski. It’s a name so famous and distinct, that anyone tuned into the world of leadership and sports will have likely heard of it at some point, if not a lot. It’s a name the holds great honor and success. Mike Krzyzewski has been Duke Universities basketball coach for the past 36 seasons, a feat that, in and of itself, has not been accomplished by many if any. Dubbed Coach K by sport fans everywhere, his accomplishments do not stop there. Evident by his numerous accomplishments and awards,
Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K) is a hall of fame college basketball coach who has been leading teams to success during his whole career. There are certain words in which he believes play a great importance in the success he been able to achieve throughout his career. Every single chapter of this book is dedicated to one of those words and he uses that chapter to explain why this word is important to succeed not only in basketball, but also in life. He talked about how all the words are equally as important
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Christian Laettner played basketball for Duke in the 1990’s. He made perhaps the most dramatic shot in the history of the NCAA basketball tournament. He's the only player to start in four consecutive Final Fours, and was instrumental in Duke winning two national championships. He had looks, smarts and game. So why has Christian Laettner been disliked so intensely by so many for so long? Maybe it was the time he stomped on the chest of a downed player, or the battles he had with his teammates, or
Coaching style is only one of the factors that set Coach K apart from Coach Williams. In addition, Coach K’s offense and defense coaching style is higher ranked. Duke Basketball is known year after year for its outstanding defense. Coach K says, “A winning basketball team makes the opponent react to them, whether they are on offense or defense. Our philosophy is to attack on defense. Don’t be afraid of making a mental or physical mistake on defense. The only mistake you can make it not playing hard”
William James Basie's Biography During the heyday of the swing era, many big bands flourished. Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Glen Miller, and Chick Webb fronted big bands that could swing, but none of these legends could swing like the Count Basie Orchestra. Count Basie proved that a big band could still swing, without losing the spontaneity so essential to jazz. William James Basie was born August 21, 1904 in Red Bank, New Jersey (Hare, par. 3). His father was a coachman and caretaker for
Othello – Racism Expressed in Words The Bard of Avon’s tragic play Othello expresses racism; there is no doubt about this among most critics. However, to what degree – to a vulgar extent? Or to an excusable level? In her book, Everybody’s Shakespeare: Reflections Chiefly on the Tragedies, Maynard Mack comments on the audience’s reaction to the black-white union in the play: That a beautiful Venetian girl should fall in love with “a veritable negro” seemed to many implausible,
Othello is one of the first black characters in any form of literature (Speaks, 2017). Thus, in the Elizabethan era, the audience was introduced to a relatively new them when it came to discussing race and society. William Shakespeare constantly uses this idea in Othello to develop his hero and portray how those around him were affected by his colour. Shakespeare presents Othello as a highly regarded soldier, but there are still plenty of signs of racism in his society. In fact, the grand majority
Adam and Eve was created by the three Dutch Limbourg brothers that worked for the Dukes of Burgundy as artists. The painting was derived from a manuscript called Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. The manuscript is now shown in the Musee Conde in Chantilly, France. The scene of this paining was taken place in the Garden of Eden, from the book of Genesis. It represented the temptation of Adam and Eve from the devil and the expulsion they endured from eating the apple from the forsaken Tree of
During the Bebop era, Davis gained much experience in arranging music, so he was not new to arranging for other bands. When Davis just started performing in St. Louis, he was responsible for arranging an array of music for Eddie Randle 's band, the Blue Devils. “Miles emphasized
movies that also played at the theater. At the age of 15, Basie began to play with some local bands throughout New Jersey (Asbury Park, Red Bank). He even played a little while with a young Sonny Greer, a gifted drummer (who later toured with the great Duke Ellington and achieved World Wide fame). However, his time in New Jersey, as he headed to a place where Jazz was beginning to truly take shape, Harlem,
knowledge to every speech or presentation. They allow this text, “De Oratore,” to use an individual’s perspective to determine the value of whether Coach Cutcliffe’s speech uses all five of Cicero’s cannons while utilizing ethos, pathos, or logos. Text Duke is not formally known for its football, but rather its exceptional basketball team. After a long road of rebuilding the program’s football team, the players, along with Coach Cutcliffe get a chance to, after a winning season, represent their school
THE LAST SUPPER- LEONARDO DA VINCI (1497) “ The last Supper” is a fresco made by Leonardo Da Vinci at the end of the 15th Century. The dimensions of the fresco are enormous (460x880cm). Ludovico Sforza, the duke of Milan, commissioned it as a decoration for the refectory of the convent Santa Maria delle Grazie. The time period portrayed is the Last Supper of Christ and his apostles, in Jerusalem, during the celebration of the Jewish Easter. This theme was really common during the 15th century
niggers in and had prayers” (Twain 3). She enforces prayer in her home yet she does not treat everyone with the decency that they well deserve. Another example of prejudice is represented through the acts of the duke. To ensure that people do not think Jim is a runaway slave, the duke paints him blue and puts a sign on him that reads, “SICK ARAB—BUT HARMLESS WHEN NOT OUT OF HIS HEAD”
it’s just sports. Sports movies have greatly evolved from the 1990’s. The 1990’s held some of the most historical events and players. in 1991 baseball began going back to the old fashioned ballparks after two decades of domed stadiums. The Duke Blue Devils became a prestige basketball team as the famous Coach K became a legend in the 90’s. One of the most amazing college basketball momen ts of all time happened in 1992 when Christian Laettner scored the last second shot to beat Kentucky in the
Iago awakens Brabantio to announce that his daughter, Desdemona, eloped with Othello, “Even now, now, very now, an old black ram / Is tupping your white ewe. Arise, arise, / Awake the snorting citizens with the bell / or else the devil will make a grandsire of you” (I.i.91-94). Brabantio mainly displays this racist characteristic when he was first informed with the news of this spontaneous marriage. When Brabantio realizes that Desdemona willingly married the Moor, he became deeply