Timo Cruz one of the primary actors in this film has shown himself to be a lost street thug who has no aspirations in life but to play basketball and sell drugs. In the scene where Carter is introducing himself to his new basketball team he approaches the athletes in a very respectful manner which was disrespected and taunted by one of the players Timo. Timo ridicules Carter by saying: “are you some country church nigga….” (Coach Carter). Timo unaware of his disrespect he was kicked out of the gym. This particular scene shows the bias and disrespect that minority society has grown to acquire in their daily lives and racist has been inferential in society: “[M]ore widespread, common, and indeed insidious….” (Omi
Narrative- Descriptive Essay Assignment on Lost Ticket to a Basketball Game In 1949, the National Basketball Association (NBA) was formed. Basketball is not a sport for anyone it takes a lot of dedication, strength, and team work. Basketball is an out line of the event or sport. A brief out line of basketball is it is a game played with a pumped round ball between two teams of five players each on a rectangular court. Basketball is usually played indoors, but it does not need to be.
When came time to play his former school, Wellpinit, he started his first game. He scored only three points, but shut down his best friend/ best enemy, Rowdy. Reardan went on to beat Wellpinit by 44 points. Sherman Alexie has been noted for his love of basketball as a player, and a fan. He happens to be a huge fan of the Oklahoma City Thunder, and even testified for the then Seattle Supersonics to stay in Seattle until there lease at the KeyArena in Seattle was to expire in the year 2010.
Coach Haskins though didn’t see color when he evaluated the skill of all of his players, and choose who played in the game. With courage and determination, Coach Haskins changed basketball history against all odds, when his underdog team beat the powerhouse Kentucky team with five starting colored players, a first in NCAA Basketball. It was like David vs. Goliath. Through this they were able to make a statement that blacks,
Colby's friends had been warning him for some time that they did not like the way Colby had been behaving. But after Colby did something, his friends decided that he should be hanged. They tried to rationalize their decision by saying that they, ".... had a perfect moral right to do so because he was our friend, belonged to us in various important senses, and he had after all gone too far." (Barthelme, 1973, pg. 194) His friends would not listen to Colby's argument that, "Going too far was something everybody did sometimes."
He thinks they’re all nice to him, but instead they just laugh at him and make fun of him which signalizes that he’s lonely. After Charlie laughs at a mentally retarded boy he grows furious at himself and shouts, “Shut up! Leave him alone! It’s not his fault he can’t understand!” (Pg. 237) I know this quote demonstrates loneliness because after he stops laughing at the boy he then knows that the boy getting laughed at use to be himself getting made fun of by his friends and other people.
Some of the great coaches C. Some of the great players D. The madness that is March III. Next time you think about watching basketball hopefully you will want to watch these college athletes.
Another reason he is asking this is because during one of Andy’s Saturday Night Live skits they made fun of jack Johnson for be this “Mellow Man” meaning he is laid back and does not care about anything. One big problem in the world is bullying and everyone in there life has been either bullied someone or been bullied. By addressing this problem in his song he uses pathos by appealing to such a large audience as almost everyone in the world has been a part of it. In the video when Jack and Andy are fighting, Andy goes out into the street and gets hit by a car. Jack then helps him up and they go
That being said what is an athlete going to do once he or she is done, money does not last forever; especially the way professionals spend their money. One of the coolest things I remember about high school is that we had a teacher that had won two super bowls with the Steelers. This man is a prime example of why you should get your education: he graduated from Clemson and after he had his professional career, he ended up having to get another job. Turning down millions is a hard thing to do, I imagine, but it is the future that an athlete must think about before making his or her decision. In the end it comes down to the decision of the athlete: risk it all for money or have a back up
They wrapped around the basketball court like a stubborn wall keeping the warriors in place. The whole camp attended this evening “activity” creating a crowd worthy of a show, meanwhile, six men approach the bench nervous, excited, and determined. My friend A.J. and I recruited Ethan as our third member for the 26th annual three-on-three basketball tournament. We lacked a post up player or for lack of a better term, a “big man.” We needed rebounds, both offensively and defensively if we were to even have a shot at beating the well known, “Triple Threat.” They were made up of Michael Butler, Cody Brown, and Ian Cohen.