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I am currently a senior at Mayfield High School in Las Cruces, New Mexico. I have watched sports and followed sports in every way possible since birth in Panama City, Florida. I got the itch for sports at a young age from a big influence in my life, my grandpa donald. He was born and raised in New Jersey, and thats where my mother was also born, so he was mainly fans of the New York Giants, the New York Knicks, and the New York Mets. He passed down many recorded games of his teams that gave me alot of insight on the teams he rooted on. I did not root for every team he did but i chose my own team, which is the L.A. Lakers, the New York Yankees, and one of his teams the New York Football Giants. I love sports with all my heart, and blogging is just a scratch of the surface on how i show my love for my teams. It is more than just a game, its a passion that is forever timeless in my heart.
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Backpacking through Europe, Ball Park Franks, Christmas, Egg Nog, Fantasy Sports, Jesus., Madden or NCAA, Road Trips, Saving Darfur, Sports Blogging, Sports Brodcasting, Sports Journalism, Yankee Stadium
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Redemption, Disappointment, and Michael Phelps posted on 10/14/2008
The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games were not only a time of tradition and unification, but a time in which unreachable records were reachable and where the impossible was possible. It was a time where people like Michael Phelps could qualify for eight events and take home eight gold medals only to find himself breaking Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals back in the 1972 Olympic Games. It was a time where even people with unorthodox names like Usain Bolt, from Jamaica and Maarten van der Weijden, from Netherlands could take home two gold medals, break three world records and still catch a plane home to undergo therapy for Weijden's leukemia. It was a time where the heartless had heart and there flaws became flawless. It was a time where poverty wasn't an issue, and country's such as Zimbabwe could have thirteen athletes compete, taking home four medals. It was a time where the United States Women's National Soccer teammate Hope Solo could blast her coach for not being in the game and then could redeem herself with her team by winning a gold medal over Brazil in extra time. It was a time where the "Dream Team" became the "Redeem Team" after taking back seat to Argentina at the 2004 Olympic Games, and redeeming themselves by going undefeated through the games and taking home gold. Although it was a time where we could sit down with no worries of global warning, gas prices, the price of crude oil per barrel, and how we were going to get our child to school, it still had its disappointments. It was disappointing to see the United States Women's Softball team not only lose there Olympic sport after this year, but losing to Japan in the gold medal game, they so much as gave away. It was disappointing to see our United States Boxing male athletes compete and only take home one medal, but disappointment is typical in the Olympics. So as we look back on the 2008 Beijing Olympics for not only records broken or medals won, but to Beijing and future Olympic Games as a place where no matter the color of our skin, or the disability we endure, everyone has the chance to compete.
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"Bear Necessities" posted on 10/14/2008
When you hear the words Texas Western, 1966 NCAA Men’s Division 1 Basketball Championship, and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, only one coach comes to mind, Don Haskins. Donald Lee Haskins, nicknamed “The Bear” was an ambassador of the game in many aspects. He played three years under legendary coach Henry Iba at Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University). He then went on to coach Texas Western College (renamed the University of Texas at El Paso in 1967) from 1961 to 1999, including the 1966 season when his team won the NCAA Men’s Division 1 Basketball Championship over the Kentucky Wildcats, coached by great Adolph Rupp. In his time at Texas Western, he compiled a 719-353 record, and only having a remarkable five losing seasons. He won fourteen Western Athletic Conference titles, four WAC tournament titles and had fourteen NCAA tournament bids. Haskins went on to lead UTEP to seventeen twenty-win seasons and served as an assistant coach on the 1972 Olympic team. After all the accomplishments Don Haskins earned over his prestigious coaching career, it was only appropriate that he be enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Don Haskins was indeed enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1997 for his coaching ability. Haskins was not only enshrined, but the whole 1966 Texas Western team was inducted in the Hall of Fame in September of 2007. A year after the 1966 Texas Western national championship team coached by Haskins was inducted into the hall, Haskins passed away at his home in September of 2008. As we look back at Haskins career, we acknowledge him for not only his astounding 719-353 record at UTEP, his national championship in 1966, and his induction in the Naismith Hall of Fame, but we acknowledge Haskins for his dedication and passion for the game of basketball. So as we bid “The Bear” farewell, we recognize that his nickname suits him as his “Bear Necessities”, for the game of basketball will be forever timeless.
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