Donaghy found a publisher willing to release the book, Vti-Group. The book renamed Personal Foul: A First –Person Account of the Scandal That Rocked the NBA, was released in December 2009. Since being release from prison and finishing his book Donaghy has been on numerous talk shows have to talk about his experiences from the scandal, to prison, and now life after. He has accepted his fate after these mistakes he has made as he has been quoted saying “I brought shame to myself, my family, and my profession”. Tim Donaghy was an NBA referee who will now forever be known as the referee that changed the
Coach Stanfield from Simmons College believes that Jabarri has a lot of potential in basketball but the only problem are his grades and how Jabarri's not willing to work hard enough to earn the grades he needs to play ball. Coach Stanfield is offering Jabarri a good future because he's willing to help Jabarri with his grades in school and let him pursue his dreams for basketball. Stanfield is ranked 25th in the NCAA and believes that it will take a lot of hard work for Jabarri to excel in school and get drafted for the NBA at the same time. He will also suffer the consequences if he doesn't make those good grades in which he would not be able to play on the Simmons College team for a season or two. Stanfield has Jabarri's best interest because he's seen talented athletes but they crumble under the academic pressure or just quit school when they don't get drafted in the NBA.
Many believed that people graduating from high school were still kids and were too young to be thrown into such a “grown up” and high profile situation. Few believed he would succeed and felt players “should be required to grow and develop in college the years after they graduate high school to allow them to grow and develop both physically and mentally” (Hilton). This marks the first significant event in the transformation of Kobe Bryant’s public identity in a negative way, and the beginning of Bryant’s path to perseverance. Skip to four years later and to the first NBA championship for Bryant, who was now an all-star, and the Lakers alongside Shaquille O’Neal which silenced any doubt about Bryant’s maturity or work ethic due to his age, changing his public image to a superstar. He now had all the sponsors and fame chasing him along with all the money that comes with it.
Cast Narrator- Sona Jash-Jash Friend 1- Karthik Friend 2- Sanak Rama- Nilay Friend 3- Ajay Narrator- Jash, a 12-year old Lakers fan needs to decide whether he should attend the Balavihar annual program, or the 7th game of the NBA finals, Lakers vs. Heat. He knows it is a once in a lifetime opportunity, but he also realizes his commitment to Balavihar where he learns about the Vibhishana Gita, which teaches valuable lessons such as the importance of Shreyas and Preyas. Jash enters along with friend 1 and 2 Friend 2- Here’s your ticket, I bought for you yesterday. It was very expensive, so you better come. Jash- Done deal.
Last night, I watched the most recent episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. One of the segments was dedicated to a clip of Obama speaking during his campaign in 2007, where he supposedly made some racist comments and was supporting class warfare. Jon Stewart’s segment pulled out a clip from FOX News, where the anchor made a comment along the lines of “People are saying this has already been reported on, but I know it hasn’t because I reported on it the first time.” This clip was the central focus of the segment because of the sheer stupidity of his comment, let alone the fact that he contradicted himself by claiming something hadn’t been done and then saying he did it. I think the piece was negative, because it was meant to portray FOX
In these court hearings, some very embarrassing and damaging things had been exposed about Zuckerberg. Simply, the humble and nerdy computer programmer had not been so innocent and forthcoming as the reader was initially led to believe. Some AIM passages were quoted in the article, showing the reader a very compelling argument against the supposedly good character of Mark Zuckerberg. The author is unsympathetic towards Zuckerberg when he comments about the new Facebook movie that was soon to be released at the time. Vargas writes, “The movie is a scathing portrait, and the image of an unsmiling, insecure, and sexed-up young man will be hard to overcome.” This unrelenting image painted of Zuckerberg is not what he chose yet was forced upon him anyway, unlike every minutely controlled detail of a Facebook profile.
Rather, I would wait until the answer was given. I would take the easy road and just not try. When called upon to answer a question, I did not understand I simply said, “I can’t do it.” This way of thinking was not preparing me for high school and the rest of life. Thankfully, in eighth grade I had just finished watching a replay of the 1991 NBA Championship game where the Bulls beat the Lakers to earn Michael Jordan his first of six championships. Watching this game and watching the great man himself play prompted me to research about him.
Coach Daly designed a game plan known as the “Jordan Rules”, which called for playing him aggressive and physical, also double-teaming his as often as possible. Skeptics would soon start to speak up again, saying that the scoring champion couldn’t win a NBA Title. However, it did not take long for Jordan to change their
He taught me how to handle pressure in clutch situations of a game. As a sophomore I started and we went to the playoffs. He taught us that this game is more than just something to do you has to love it. When I step on a basketball court it feels like nothing matters. The stresses that I been going through or the pain or the sickness just doesn’t matter.
We didn’t talk. Didn’t need to talk. We were basketball twins.’ (p. 228) Basketball is one of the central motifs in the novel and provides a link between Junior’s old world and new life. The first basketball game illustrates the hostility between Junior and his old school and friends, whereas the second game illustrates Junior’s new-found confidence and hope. One of the most poignant moments of the novel is when Junior’s team wins but then he realises he cannot take any pleasure in the victory.