After the 1966-67 college basketball season, the rules committee outlawed the dunk. John Wooden, then coach of UCLA supported it because he didn’t think that shot was good for the game. However, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar disagreed. He thought the rule change was aimed directly at him. Kareem would no longer able to stuff the ball without being [...]
Roger Bannister – The Man Who Broke the Four Minute Mile
September 5, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Roger Bannister was born in Harrow, Middlesex, England. He began school in a suburb of London, where he early showed a talent for running. University education had been beyond the reach of Bannnister’s working class parents, and he resolved at a young age to win a place in one of England’s elite universities and [...]
Derek Redmond Was Favorite To Win the 400m Finals Until…
August 19, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
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Reviews Of Cristiano Ronaldo’s Moments
August 17, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Moments allows you a glimpse of what goes on in the minds of one of the world’s greatest footballers, if not the greatest. This book was not meant to be an autobiography, and it should not be since Ronaldo is only 23 years old, a tad too young for writing autobiography. It however [...]
Natalie Du Toit – Fastest One Legged Swimmer
August 15, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Image from AdelaideNow BORN IN CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Natalie Du Toit was already a rising star in swimming when she was young. At the tender age of 14, Natalie Du Toit set multiple national age group records in both medley events and she competed in the Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games in 1998. Two years [...]
Olympic Spirit Burns Strongly With Luz Long
August 13, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
JESSE OWENS is probably the most celebrated black American athlete prior to 1950. In the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, he captured international attention by winning four gold medals – the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the long jump, and the 4×100 meter relay team. In 1935, a year preceding the Olympics, Owens’ astounded [...]
Lance Armstrong Says “It’s Not About The Bike!”
August 11, 2011 by · 2 Comments
ACCORDING to www.allamericanspeakers.com, Lance Armstrong commands a staggering $200,000 and above for one session of motivational speaking! Initially, I felt that was that is a ridiculous amount to pay considering that the average speaker commands only about $20k-30k. But when I read his book, “It’s Not About The Bike”, I realize why he is worth [...]
Oscar Pistorius – The Fastest Man On No Legs
August 9, 2011 by · 1 Comment
Oscar Pistorius was born to Henke and Sheila Pistorius on 22nd November 1986. This would have been a fairly ordinary affair except that Oscar Pistorius was born with a rare deformity of the legs – his feet contains only two toes, the heel bone and a bone to connect the toes and the heel together. [...]
Dara Torres Proves You Are Never Too Old To Achieve Extraordinary Results In Sports
August 7, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Year 2008. Dara Torres, at age 41, is going to the Olympics for an unprecedented fifth time. It was not so much the frequency of trips to the Olympics that had people gasping. It was the manner she qualified for the Olympics. On July 5th 2008, she broke the US record for 50m Freestyle with [...]
NFL – The 5th Quarter
August 5, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
Based on a true story. In February 2006, young Luke Abbate accepted a ride home from a fellow student following his high-school team practice. In a severe case of irresponsible and reckless teen-age driving, and over the objections of Luke and the other young passengers, the driver lost control of the car at nearly 90 [...]
