Mar 23, 2010

Swimming

Swimming

Swimming is one of the most popular sports in the world because of it is good for your physical body in many ways. The aquatic sport of swimming is based on the human act of swimming. Swimming was part of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 in Athens. Swimming has been recorded since prehistoric times; the earliest recording of swimming dates back to Stone Age.

Basketball


Here are some facts and history about the break through of the century.

--> Basketball was invented years ago by an American named James Naismith. It began when a physical teacher thought of a brilliant idea for his students to stay healthy and play a sport during the Fall Season.
--> Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of 5 players try to score points against one another by placing a ball through a 10 foot high hoop under organized rules.
--> Points are scored by throwing (shooting) the ball through the basket from above. The team with more points at the end of the game wins.
--> Basketball have helped many teenagers throughout the world to stay off drugs and be more active.
--> Basketball is also one of the most popular and widely viewed sports in the world.
--> A regulation National Basketball Association basketball court is 94' long by 50' wide.
--> Basketball Hall of Fame was founded in the 1950s.
--> Michael Jeffrey Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. He was also considered the best in the sport of basketball.
--> Tracy Lamar McGrady, Jr is currently the most expensive player in the National Basketball Association with $23,239,561 who is playing for New York Nicks.
--> There is also Woman Basketball.
--> Women's basketball began in 1892.
--> The International Basketball Federation was formed in 1932.
--> FIBA dropped the distinction between amateur and professional players in 1989, and in 1992, professional players played for the first time in the Olympic Games.
--> Dwyane Tyrone Wade, Jr is currently my favourite player who is currently playing as a shooting guard in Miami Heat in the NBA.


In conclusion, basketball is an interesting and a great sport for every age and gender.

Biography

Hi my name is Labang Naw Mai San. I have two brothers and a younger sister and i'm a second born. I'm a Christian. I was born in 1992. I graduated in 2009. I love to play games, listen to music and playing basketball. I am a 17 years old student at at KBU in Malaysia. My dream school that i wish to go is MIT. I love playing sports, listening to music and play games. I love to listen to people and talk about random stuff. That's it? yeah that's it.

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