League (NHL). Crosby was drafted first overall by the Penguins out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). During his two-year major junior career with the Rimouski Océanic, he earned back-to-back CHL Player of the Year awards and led his club to the 2005 Memorial Cup final. Nicknamed "The Next One",[2][3] he was one of the most highly regarded draft picks in hockey history, leading many to refer to the 2005 Draft Lottery as the "Sidney Crosby Sweepstakes".[4] In his first NHL season, Crosby
Everyone has been in that confusing situation where you have to decide to have a positive or negative outlook. Whether you choose to handle it positively or negatively can change the situation drastically. Although being negative can sometimes help in situations to solve something faster, but being positive all of the time has the greatest effects on you and people around you. Famous people such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Anne Frank, and Winston Churchill always kept a positive outlook and made
First, I would like to tell you about who my boyfriend, Austin, is. He goes to college at Northwestern and is studying to get a degree in criminal justice with a minor of physiology. He plays football for NW and is on special team. Since he plays football he is a bigger guy, when I say bigger I mean big. He is an active duty firefighter in the U.S. Air Force. Which means he will get deployed this summer to the middle east. He is really cocky and also a really big sweetheart. Which sounds weird together
strike gold in the draft, which they did three years running from 2007-2009, drafting Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden respectively. But now only Westbrook remains on the roster and he is slated to be a free agent after the 2016-2017 season. He’s already
When an NBA team wins back to back championships it is no coincidence that they are the best team in the league. But what makes up a winning basketball team? Most people would assume that if the team has the best player, or the best coach, or the biggest team, then the team has the best team. In reality, it takes more than that. It takes a combined effort from different factors of a team to be considered “elite”. This paper will discuss what makes the Miami Heat so special. The Miami Heat are a winning
preview for the 2015-16 NBA season. This article is loaded with some high upside players who should be on your fantasy basketball rosters this season. The Celtics are one of the NBA’s most beloved franchises and they’re finally getting back into the thick of things in the Eastern Conference. Just like the man he was named after, Isaiah Thomas is going to be a great point guard in the NBA. As a whole, Boston has a young group of guys who are primed to get the job done this season. So, here is my 2015-16
Should the Cavs trade Kyrie Irving? Well, they already did but here is our take anyway. Dicky Fung Simply put, the answer is no. Trading a player of Kyrie Irving's caliber will not improve the Cavaliers chances of winning another championship. Needless to say, Cleveland will also have a hard time getting equal value back for their All-Star point guard, especially if the whole league has been put on notice that Irving isn't on good terms with teammate LeBron James. Of course, unless Cleveland
Back to Back The Miami Heat is an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The team was launched in 1988 and played in the 1988–89 season of the National Basketball Association The next season they moved from the Western Conference to the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. After a mainly mediocre performance in the first few seasons, there were extensive team changes in 1995 and 1996 under head coach Pat Riley, including the recruitment of Isaac Austin and P.J. Brown. They reached
When he was asked about his feeling after signing a one-year deal to return for a 14th season in Miami, he said he was glad to be back and the 13 years he played with Wade and many other great players have prepared him to lead a new generation of guys as well as the next step of his career. He says that he plans to get the guys together to
For the First pick in the 2014 draft... the Cleveland Cavaliers select… Andrew Wiggins from Vaughan, Ontario!!!!!! Steve Nash, Andrew Wiggins, Tyler Ennis, Cory Joseph, Tristan Thompson, do you see where I’m going? These people are just a few big time Canadian basketball players in the NBA who put Canada Basketball on the map. Good Morning/Afternoon my fellow people. Today I’m going to talk to you about, Canada Basketball. People like Vince Carter put not only Toronto, but our whole Country on the
Sidney Crosby the Next Great One Sidney is Crosby is a phenomenal hockey player currently playing in the NHL. Many people debate on him being the next Great One, due to multiple aspects of his talent. Sidney Crosby, being the talented player he is, many people compare him to Wayne Gretzky who is the best known hockey player in history. Since hockey has evolved from when Wayne Gretzky was on top, it makes it difficult to compare him to Sidney Crosby. But, since the evolution of hockey has occurred
The first team that Cuban looked to buy was the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL, who were going through bankruptcy at the time. Cuban wasn't able to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins, so he bought another professional team. In early 2000, Cuban purchased about 70 percent of the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA. Before Cuban was the owner of the Mavericks, he was a season ticket holder to Dallas Mavericks home games. Cuban had bought the team from Ross Perot Jr., who was the owner
13 Oct. 2011. Powell, Shaun. "Concussions in Sports: Wake-Up Call." Newsday (Long Island, NY). 07 Jul 1996: B4+. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 13 Oct. 2011. Sports Science. Dir. John Brenkus. ESPN, 2010. Film. 13 Oct. 2011 Sports Science. Dir. John Brinkess. Perf. Jacobs, Brandon. ESPN, 2010. Film. Washburn, Lindy. "Silent Epidemic Preys on Young Athletes." The Record (Hackensack, NJ). 11 Jun 2006: A1+. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 13 Oct. 2011. Woolfolk, John. "Brain-Injury Experts Say Tougher
chosen career ("The problem," 2012). The program is cited as only having “modest success” and Harry Edwards, a noted sports psychologist and advisor in Oakland, California said, “I think they ought to send players to those courses every year, every season. It should be like renewing your driver’s license and driving test” ("The problem," 2012). No one disagrees that many professional athletes have problems that are not being resolved, and that reflect negatively on the whole league. NBA players are