79 résultats pour "basketball"
- Olympische Sommerspiele: Sportarten Sportart Für Männer seit Für Frauen seit Badminton 1992 1992 Baseball 1992 - Basketball 1936 1976 Beachvolleyball 1996 1996 Bogenschießen 1900 1904 Boxen 1904 - Fechten 1896 1924 Fußball 1900 1996 Gewichtheben 1896 2000 Handball 1972 1976 Hockey 1908 1980 Judo 1964* 1992 Kanurennsport 1936 1948 Kanuslalom 1972 1972 Kunstturnen 1896 1928 Leichtathletik 1896 1928 Moderner Fünfkampf 1912 2000 Radsport
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Sullivan Award Winners.
2001 Michelle Kwan Figure Skating 2002 Sarah Hughes Figure Skating 2003 Michael Phelps Swimming 2004 Paul Hamm Gymnastics 2005 J. J. Redick Basketball 2006 Jessica Long Paralympic Swimming 2007 Tim Tebow Football
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Sullivan Award Winners.
2001 Michelle Kwan Figure Skating 2002 Sarah Hughes Figure Skating 2003 Michael Phelps Swimming 2004 Paul Hamm Gymnastics 2005 J. J. Redick Basketball 2006 Jessica Long Paralympic Swimming 2007 Tim Tebow Football Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Debating Sports Records
Mark Purdy, sports columnist for the San Jose Mercury News in California, compiles a list of sports records that he believes will never be broken and a separate list of
records that he thinks are soon to be eclipsed.
UCLA’s dominance of NCAA men’s college basketball in the late 1960s and early 1970s will never be matched. With John Wooden as coach, the Bruins went from1967 to 1973 without losing a tournament game. Wooden built a dynasty around a system that stressed team play and solid defense, anchored by standout centersLew Alcindor (who later changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and Bill Walton. The Bruins’ ten straight appearances in the Final Four (1967-1976) will alsobe tough to top, given that tod...
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Debating Sports Records
Mark Purdy, sports columnist for the San Jose Mercury News in California, compiles a list of sports records that he believes will never be broken and a separate list of
records that he thinks are soon to be eclipsed.
UCLA’s dominance of NCAA men’s college basketball in the late 1960s and early 1970s will never be matched. With John Wooden as coach, the Bruins went from1967 to 1973 without losing a tournament game. Wooden built a dynasty around a system that stressed team play and solid defense, anchored by standout centersLew Alcindor (who later changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and Bill Walton. The Bruins’ ten straight appearances in the Final Four (1967-1976) will alsobe tough to top, given that tod...
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The Summer Games of 1992 - sport.
In the most ambitious undertaking of all, a stretch of rundown warehouses and abandoned factories beside the long-neglected Mediterranean waterfront wastransformed into a sparkling new district of apartments, shopping areas, and palmetto-lined promenades. During the games, the area served as the Olympic athletes'village, where, for the first time at any games, organizers offered accommodations to competitors and their coaches free of charge. After the games the apartmentswere to be sold to help...
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Magic in the 1980 NBA Finals.
Abdul-Jabbar racked up 33 points and 14 rebounds as the Lakers won game one in Los Angeles, 109-102. Erving responded in game two with 23 points, 7 assists,and 5 blocked shots as the 76ers evened the series with a 107-104 victory. The series flipped back to Philadelphia. The Lakers won game three, 111-101, and the76ers triumphed in the fourth contest, 105-102. Abdul-Jabbar poured in 40 points in game five, a 108-103 Lakers win that put Los Angeles ahead in the series, 3-2,needing only one win in...
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1996 Summer Olympics.
jump, the first African woman ever to win an Olympic field event. In the first Olympic women's soccer competition, the United States returned to world prominence with a 2-1 gold medal victory over China before more than 76,000spectators—believed to be the largest crowd in history for a women's sporting event. The U.S. team won the first women's World Cup in 1991, defeating Norway inthe final match, but had failed to defend the title in 1995 when they lost to the Norwegians in the semifinals...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Sets Career Points Record.
Play stopped as Abdul-Jabbar was swarmed by players, coaches, photographers, and reporters. During the ceremony he thanked his family and fans. He left the gamewith 22 points on 10-of-14 field-goal shooting and 2-of-2 free-throw shooting, along with 5 rebounds and 3 assists. The Lakers won the game, 129-115. Among the many basketball figures offering praise for Abdul-Jabbar's achievement was Kansas City Kings head coach Cotton Fitzsimmons. “Kareem scored 15,000of his points with skyhooks, du...
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Houston - geography.
Prominent historical and cultural institutions include the Civic Center Complex, located in the central business district. The complex is composed of the George R. BrownConvention Center; the Wortham Center, which is the home of the Houston Grand Opera and the Houston Ballet; and the Jesse H. Jones Hall for Performing Arts, whichis the home of the Houston Symphony. The nearby Alley Theatre houses a professional repertory acting company. Among other local professional performance groupsare the Ma...
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Chicago (city, Illinois) - geography.
VI EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS Chicago has one of the largest public school systems in the United States. The Chicago Board of Education administers the system in a centralized fashion; in recentyears it has been experimenting with local school councils as a means of partial devolution of authority. These councils, established in 1989, have authority in severalareas, including the ability to approve budgets and curriculum. In addition, Chicago has many private schools, including larg...
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Olympic Games.
the next decade nearly all the ISFs abolished the distinction between amateurs and professionals, accepting so-called open Games. One of the most visible examples of the policy change came in 1992, when professional players from the National Basketball Association (NBA) were permitted to play inthe Summer Games in Barcelona, Spain. Professionals from the National Hockey League (NHL) became eligible to participate beginning with the 1998 Winter Olympics inNagano, Japan. V CEREMONIES The Olymp...
- Histoire basketball
- Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year.
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Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
This prize was first awarded in 1954.
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- Pat Summitt.
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- Julius Erving.
- Ann Meyers.
- Isiah Thomas.
- Oscar Robertson.
- Bill Russell.
- George Lawrence Mikan.
- Peter Maravich.
- John Wooden.
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- Magic Johnson.
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Bonnie Blair Wins Six Olympic Medals.
For the final race, Blair was paired against a familiar foe—Ye of China. Wearing goggles, a blue hood, and a red, white, and blue uniform, Blair breezed to a course-record time of 1 minute 18.74 seconds. “I don't know if that's good enough,” she told coach Nick Thometz afterwards, according to Sports Illustrated. “But that's all I had.” Blair had more than enough, outracing both Germany's Anke Baier and Ye by nearly 1.5 seconds. She won her fifth gold medal. Blair's sixth career Olympic me...
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Portland - geography.
Garden arena, which opened in 1995. In 2000 the Portland Fire, an expansion Women's National Basketball Association team, began play in the Rose Garden as well. VI ECONOMY Portland enjoys a diversified economy. Major manufactured products include paper, transportation equipment, metal products, sportswear, and electronic componentsand equipment. Major corporations headquartered in the metropolitan region include Nike, a leader in the manufacture of sports footwear, in Beaverton; Louisiana-Paci...
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San Antonio (city, Texas) - geography.
The SBC Center is the home venue for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the San Antonio Silver Stars of the Women's NationalBasketball Association (WNBA). The dome also serves as the site for the Alamo Bowl, an annual post-season college football game. Large themed amusement parks inthe San Antonio area are Fiesta Texas and Sea World of Texas. San Antonio’s major annual event is the Fiesta, a ten-day celebration in late April with carnivals, ethnic feasts, art...
- Hakeem Olajuwon.