Indiana Pacers Essays

  • Construction of Conseco Fieldhouse

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    building’s design firm, Ellerbe Becket Sports and Entertainment. (Cfhhistory) Costs and Contracts November 6, 1999 the doors opened for the first time to Pacer fans. Fans roamed the corridors and were able to see how the over-budget, 15 story high, $183 million dollar facility was going to pay off for Indianapolis. Of the $183 million the Pacers are responsible for $57 million. This comes from their pockets of team revenue. The city, through local tax, will cover $79 million. This money will be

  • Reggie Miller Research Paper

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    himself to be not only one of the best Pacer’s of all time, but one of the best shooters in the history of the National Basketball Association. Miller played in the NBA for eighteen seasons. He is also arguably the best player to ever play on the Indiana Pacers. Miller is easily one of the greatest and purest shooters to ever play the game. Reggie Miller is undeniably one of the most dominant players to ever play, due to his uncanny ability to dismantle the confidence of any player that he has ever

  • Who Is To Blame?

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    Who Is To Blame? At a home game against the Indianapolis Pacers, Detroit Pistons Center Ben Wallace reacted with fury against Pacer’s forward Ron Artest after a hard technical foul by Artest. An argument ensued followed by a shoving match between the two which got both teams involved. In a matter of minutes the brawl escalated into the seats of the fans, with some fans throwing fists and full cups of beer at the athlete, prompting what began as a simple altercation on the court into all out mayhem

  • Violence and Sport

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    He was charged with felonious batter, according to the OCPD and various wire reports. No, this is not just some random fight that occurred, this was an arrest at a recent National Basketball Association game between the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers. This violence is something that is starting to occur more and more. It seems to be a common theme, and one that does not even obtain a double-take, sports and violence the two seem to go hand-in-hand. Professional athletes such as Latrell Sprewell

  • Coaches and Players Relationships

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    article about Bobby Knight choking his player Neil Reed, it was halftime during a game when Bobby Knight was still coaching the Indiana University’s men’s basketball team and Knight was so upset with his players that the one player Neil Reed said something to Knight and Knight went after him and started choking him. After the news broke out about that incident the Indiana University’s President fined Bobby Knight $30,000 and suspended him three games. In the final article I read coach Rick Carlisle

  • Life Of Pi Quote Analysis

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    In Life of Pi, Yann Martel's novel About a young boy who gets all odds stacked against him, The Main character Piscine Molitor Patel or “Pi” knows that as people get lower in their life they begin to exceed their past achievements allowing them to conquer obstacles. In later pages in the Life of Pi he states that “The Lower You are, The Higher your mind will want to soar”. Once you have achieved everything you want in life the only place to go is down, but when people have nothing to lose People

  • Dress Code Implementation Into the NBA

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    Dress Code Implementation Into the NBA The controversial issue as of late is whether or not a dress code should be implemented into the NBA. These athletes are being paid millions of dollars a year and serve as role models to children all over the world. For these reasons it is essential that a dress code be implemented into the NBA. Last year during the Olympics, at one of Belgrade’s finest restaurants, Allen Iverson, Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James and many other U.S. players attended

  • The Physics of the High Jump

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    up phase begins with the jumper standing up vertically, in position to begin running, about ten strides away from the bar that is to be cleared. According to professors Jesus Dapena and Alexander P. Willmott of the department of Kinesiology, from Indiana University,“[the] run-up serves as a preparation for the takeoff phase, the most important phase of the jump”(2). The run up phase can be broken down into several parts. The first part of the run up phase generally follows a straight-... ... middle

  • Compare Contrast Two Persuasive Arguments

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    Compare Contrast Two Persuasive Arguments Should legendary coach Bobby Knight been fired from the University of Indiana? Does the punishment fit the crime? The two articles “The Knight Who Thought He Was King,” and “Knight Fall” try to answer these two controversial questions. Each of these articles present the debated issue in their own distinct ways. “Knight Fall” is written in a way that the reader really doesn’t know what side the author is choosing, that is until the last few sentences

  • Jude Shimmel's Discrimination In Basketball

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    Shoni and Jude Schimmel are considered one of the most inspiring Native American athletes to play Division I basketball because they have sent a message to youth across the nation that if they can many obstacles, including discrimination for playing college basketball as Native Americans, then they can motivate their selves to face any obstacle that comes their way. Their ability to play basketball is none like any other, bringing the style also known as “rez ball.” This style of fast up beat pace

  • The Movie Invincible: Vince Papale

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    The movie Invincible is based on a true story on a 30 year guy old named Vince Papale. Vince was a huge football fan and his favorite team was the Philadelphia Eagles. Vince worked as a teacher and a part-time bartender in Philadelphia. One after morning as Vince went to work at his teaching job, the principal called him into his office to tell him that he was being let go because of budget cuts. So that only left him with the bartender job, which he was already struggling financial with both jobs

  • George Best Research Paper

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    George best was an athlete that played soccer for Manchester United and Northern Ireland national team. Best was suffering from alcoholism throughout his whole life which lead to many issues including his death. Around 1984 best was given a 3 month sentence to prison for getting caught drunk driving and for also assaulting a police officer. Later in best life he was diagnosed with severe liver damage around 2000. In 2001 George was taken to the hospital and then found out he had pneumonia. In London

  • Bobby Knight

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    Robert Montgomery "Bobby" Knight (born October 25, 1940 in Massillon, Ohio) is the head men's basketball coach at Texas Tech University. He previously held the same position at Indiana University and the United States Military Academy. Knight is one of NCAA Division I college basketball's most controversial coaches but is the third all-time winningest coach in the men's division, behind Dean Smith and Adolph Rupp. With only 10 wins separating him and all-time leader Dean Smith, Knight will probably

  • James Dean

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    impact in Hollywood then and now. On February 8, 1931, James Bryon Dean was born to Winton and Mildred Dean in Marion, Indiana. Dean was extremely close with his mother, who referred to him as James Bryon. On June 7, 1935 Dean's family moved to California when James was only five. On April 14, 1940 Dean lost his mother to cancer. He was then sent by his father to Indiana to live on a farm with his aunt and uncle, Marcus and Orlense Winslow at the young age of nine. He was filled with great grief

  • Sam Bass

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                                             11/25/99 Language Arts                                              Per 8 Sam Bass Two Column notes Location Guardians Biographical Information •     Sam Bass was born in the town of Mitchell Indiana on July 21, 1851. •     Later Bass Moved to the state of Texas where he took up the business of train robbing •     Sam's parents died when he was a youth, his mom Jane, in 1861, Dad Daniel, in 1864. •     Sam and his Twelve siblings moved in with

  • Rhetorical Analysis On John Boeehner

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    John Boehner tells the press of his hatred for Cruz saying” never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch in my life. There have been many intra party conflicts this isn't the first, John Boehner said he would not vote for Cruz if he was a GOP presidential nominee. Boehner says that he has many friends that are republican and democratic. Boehner said he was good buddies with Trump. Cruz later tweeted “Tell me again who will stand up to Washington? Trump, who's Boehner's "texting and golfing

  • Who Is Samantha Smith

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    The Biography of Samantha Smith Samantha Nicole Smith was born into a small family on April 21st, 1998, in Indianapolis, Indiana, the daughter of Chief Prosecutor Christine Smith and Part Owner/Superintendent Brian Smith, sister of high school graduate and a future freshman of Butler University Nathan Smith. Samantha came from a hardworking, family oriented, working class of community involved family members on her father’s side. Her paternal grandmother, Joanne Smith, pushed her four sons to

  • David Taylor Research Paper

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    Abbey Cordia Mrs.Dwiggins Computers 24 October David Taylor David Taylor is a 3 time all American. He’s one of the most dedicated wrestlers in Penn State history. Once you watch him wrestle you become an instant wrestling fan his motion his non-stop. He wrestles with passion. David has a national title also a Hodge trophy going into his final year as a Nittany lion. David has had a pretty good summer, making the U.S national freestyle team and the

  • Training and Development at Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Indiana

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    Training and Development at Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Indiana (TMMI) The main problem that Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Indiana, commonly known as TMMI, faces in the training and development of its employees is getting their group leaders trained. This program is structured so the group leaders can learn decision-making, leadership, communicating, problem-solving, and analytical skills to bridge the gap between the upper management and the team members on the assembly line. The problem

  • Follow the River

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    Follow the River Follow The River by James Alexander Thom is about Mary Ingles gruesome but yet courageous tale of her remarkable 1,000 mile journey home after she had escaped form the captivity of the Shawnee Indians. Through Mary Ingles hard work and determination she proved that all obstacles big and small can be overcome. The book started out with a bloody massacre at Mary Ingles Virginia settlement in 1755. Mary Ingles was pregnant with her third child and twenty-four years of age when