Street-ball-an informal type of basketball usually played in urban areas such as parking lots, playgrounds, etc. Think of New York. What comes to mind? Statue of Liberty, 9/11, Chinatown? Not for me. New York has 55 championships in professional sports. That’s the most wins any state has. So when I think of New York sports come to mind. New York is also in the top 10 for best basketball state according to ESPN. That includes the Knicks, Nets, Saint Johns, and the Globetrotters. New York also has another special trait to them. New York invented street ball. Street ball is now being played all around the world. New York also holds the two most recognizable street ball courts in the world. Rucker Park and West 4th street otherwise known as “The …show more content…
Rucker Park and West 4th Street are street-ball courts in New York. Rucker Park is located in Harlem, New York. “That endeavor by the late Holcombe L. Rucker became the most storied summer basketball league ever”(Nunyo Demaiso). West 4th Street is located in Greenwich Village, New York. "West 4th is the only court in New York City where a player can actually imagine what it feels like playing overseas—it's fun to play in front of all those foreign voices”(the Future). West 4th street is located right off New Yorks’ most popular subway they get thousands of visitors a day.Aside from a few chairs that get put down behind one of the baskets during West 4th Street league games, there is no seating at this court. There's standing room behind the section of chairs, and other than that, to watch the game you either squeeze onto the sidewalk (as tons of people keep trying to walk past you) or you go behind the other basket (which means you're standing on the outside of the “cage)(insideHoops). West 4th street is also not a regulation sized court so you will see a lot of fast paced play there. Rucker Park was made in the 1950s by a teacher who was trying to get inner city kids out of crime. We do not know when West 4th Street was made. However it was made by a limousine driver and it was made for the same reason as Rucker Park, to keep kids out of …show more content…
Also a lot of celebrities have played at both courts. To name a past NBA players and present players Wilt Chamberlin, Karrem Abdul-Jabar, Dr.J, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durrant,Lebron James, and the best player to ever play at the Rucker to Bleacher Report Allen Iverson. “Iverson is probably the ideal type of player to excel in these type of games. His one-on-one style of basketball was virtually unstoppable”(No name analyst The celebrities include Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, MGK, NAS, Jay-Z, P-Diddy, and Bill Clinton. “On weekend afternoons in the 1960's and 1970's, stars such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Julius Erving, Wilt Chamberlain and Nate (Tiny) Archibald faced off against the best players never to make the N.B.A. In those heydays, spectators gazed from fences, trees, windows and the roof of an elementary school. "These windows in that building would be filled with people," said Jackson, gesturing at the Polo Grounds housing project across the park. There was just enough room for us to play.(Nunyo Demasio). Rucker Park used to get the best talent in the whole country. But wait should Rucker Park and West 4th street really be considered landmarks. They're just basketball courts. Well to many people no they shouldn't be. Street-Ball courts don’t really pop out to people as landmarks. But, think of the sports fans out there. They may think of the courts of landmarks. Did you know Rucker park and West
This was the birth of the current trend in construction of ballparks. The goal of the designers of Camden Yards was to create the first fan, and player friendly ballpark. The designers wanted to capture the feel of an old fashioned ballpark combined with twentieth century technology. The designers accomplished this in many radical new ways.
bleachers in centerfield. Ivy was also planted on the walls by Bill Veeck to add
Basketball has been around for a long while. It was first established in 1891 by James Naismith. James Naismith was once the basketball coach at Kansas University. When he invented the sport he used a peach basket as the goal. When it first originated every time they would score they’d be required to call the janitor out with a ladder to get the ball down. After a few months they cut the bottoms of the basket out.
But there was Holy Cross, the product of a happy accident rather than a well-conceived plan, preparing to meet Oklahoma for the national title in New York. In March 1947, the team without a home court had appropriated Madison Square Garden. The mecca of basketball rocked to the Crusaders' locomotive cheer: "Choo-choo-rah-rah!" Although basketball traced its origins to New England, the region had been left behind in the development of the game. 0l' Doc Naismith would have been thoroughly familiar with the facilities, provided the institutions.
Florida’s state flag is a white background and a big red “X” and the flag has the state motto “In God we trust” and also says “Great seal of the state of Florida” the picture is a American woman purposely dropping flowers,a steamboat, a palmetto tree,and a beautiful sun.
Host: On September the 11th 2001, the notorious terror organisation known as Al-Qaeda struck at the very heart of the United States. The death count was approximately 3,000; a nation was left in panic. To this day, counterterrorism experts and historians alike regard the event surrounding 9/11 as a turning point in US foreign relations. Outraged and fearful of radical terrorism from the middle-east, President Bush declared that in 2001 that it was a matter of freedoms; that “our very freedom has come under attack”. In his eyes, America was simply targeted because of its democratic and western values (CNN News, 2001). In the 14 years following this pivotal declaration, an aggressive, pre-emptive approach to terrorism replaced the traditional
I. After all, there is approximately 100,000 people in New York that have post-traumatic stress disorder.
Culture is a way of life that is current and it represents who you are. It's a lot of things dealing with culture, but the main three I'm going to focus on are: food, music, and events. I'm going to talk about what dish Louisiana is most known for. How everyone comes to Louisiana to celebrate these most known events. And also, how we live in the same state but people grew up listening to different music.
Like Robinson, these men paved the way for today’s players and are the reason that the best athletes in the world now play in the NBA.” (Dave Howell, NBA.com, Six Who Paved The Way, Page 1). African-Americans in basketball, more specifically the first 5 players, began to make people realize that African Americans were not foreign creatures, they were actual people. People also began to realize that African Americans make equally as significant contributions to the society and community as anyone else
According to The Chicago Tribune “Close to 3,000 people have been shot in Chicago so far this year.”In 2016 chicago homicide rate was at an all time high,last year there have been reported 762 people died from gun violence,”3,550 shooting incidents, and 4,331 shooting victims.”Hundreds of people have died from gun violence every year and also a portion of the murder rate is made up of innocent people that have also died from a firearm violence.Also in the united states the number of fatalities from a firearm were “33,594” according to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention.I believe we should ban the use of firearms because the number of people that die or get injured from a firearm keeps dangerously increasing each year.
Status and prowess that inherently came from playing competitive sports and recreation also came out of convenience. As sports and recreation became integral in American everyday life, there was a problem in the north. It became too cold to play baseball and football outside, but it was wasn’t possible to play these sports inside as it just resulted in injuries to players and the facilities where they attempted to play them. Therefore, basketball was invented as a game where you couldn’t run with the ball and scoring was upright in hopes to decrease the amount of violence but also provide men with recreation in the winter. Soon, basketball just like cycling, football, prize fighting and baseball became a competitive sport and turned into a business where status and prowess become the significant. There were handbooks written to guide people to play and watch basketball and prove its status as a serious sport; “physical judgment is required and cultivated in handling the ball, receiving it from one of your own side, and eluding an opponents” (Naismith 5). Basketball, just like other sports required prowess, physical fitness and understanding of the game in order to defeat the
For example, Bill Miller says “ Fenway Park, Boston-1912” (Miller, Chart, 2013). That means that Fenway Park is the oldest ballpark still used today. What comes with baseball stadiums are there dimensions. There are bigger ballparks and smaller ballparks. As well as the ballparks in general ballparks have additional things as well. They have concessions and restaurants. They also have store that you can shop at for that team. For instance, Carly Szkaradnik says “For a good taste of Pittsburgh, stroll down the stretch from the right field gate to home plate for options including iconic Primanti Bros.” (Szkaradnik, Paragraph 5, 2015). With these examples and information about ballparks, people can insist that players and the audience love stadiums because they have the assets that people love.
Basketball is defined as a game where two teams of five play each on a rectangular court, usually indoors (Basketball/Sport). Basketball was invented by James Naismith on December 1, 1891 (Basketball/Sport). The object of basketball is to shoot the basketball through the opposing team’s basket and to out-score them by end of the regulation time limit. If the score is tied at this time, the game will go into overtime until one team wins. While reading about basketball, I found it interesting that when the sport was invented they would nail baskets to balconies with no backboards. This made it easy for spectators (in the balcony) to help their team by either swatting the
This park is an ideal setting, because the story is based on football, which is mostly played in a park like setting. Not only this, but the genre of the novel is realistic fiction, and parks are not only found in books, but in reality as well. Coppo Park is described as a large area with many people walking around and playing. I would consider visiting this place, because it is similar to parks in my town, which I always enjoy visiting. In addition to this, I would consider visiting Coppo Park, because it seems as though it is a serene setting, which is different than the usual hustle of one’s daily life. Also making Coppo Park an ideal setting. The author describes, “Coppo Park was one of their favorite places in town... A bench was positioned perfectly in the morning sun, so that even in the middle of winter you could sit without a coat on and remember what summer felt like” (Lupica 29). Coppo Park is an ideal setting, because it is realistic. Something is considered “ideal” when it satisfies what one thinks is perfect. A park is found in almost every town, but Coppo Park according to Nate and Abby is different than the rest. With its perfectly positioned bench and serene setting, Coppo Park is definitely an ideal
The class of 18 was divided into two teams of nine players. The gym they played in was only 54 feet by 35 feet (modern courts are 94 feet by 54 feet). Originally, the game required a break between each basket to allow the YMCA’s janitor to retrieve the ball from the peach baskets because they were closed at the bottom. The janitor later punched holes in the bottom of the baskets after he became tired of climbing up to retrieve balls. That way he could just use a stick to pop the ball out. Today, the baskets are open on the bottom to allow for a faster lone goal from 25 feet—a half-court shot in that small gym. It is believed that Naismith drew up the original 13 Rules of Basketball (see figure 1.) in about an hour. Most of these rules still apply today. The game of basketball became an instant success. The students found the game easy to play and the rules easy to understand. Also, the idea of getting a good exercise workout without having to go outside in the very cold winter was very attractive to the