Jim Stynes

There are a few things that can bring the town of Odessa, Texas together, football is one. Certain families aggrandize over the sport more than others. There is a direct contrast between the families of Boobie Miles and Brian Chavez. Boobie Miles’ uncle LV Miles always pushes Boobie at home and tries to live out his high school dreams of playing football, which he could not do because of segregation and the black school not having a football program at the time, whereas Brian pushes himself to succeed in both football and academics because he knows that there is life after high school football.

Who inspires you? What inspires you? Majority of people are inspired by something or someone whether by a TV show, a character, an actor, a hero, or even something as simple as a good book all are inspired to do something for the world or for themselves. John Strader, former Oncology physician assistant at UNC hospital, ebola clinical doctor, and my inspiration and real life superhero. Ever since I met Strader as my mom’s physician assistant while she had leukemia he has been nothing less than special, kind, caring, and a great person not only to me, but to my mom and my entire family. Strader is a cancer survivor himself and he continued on to help others who have cancer, not only has he inspired me to become a physician assistant myself he

Ultimately, Jim developed greatly from the beginning of the novel, to the moments shortly before his death. At the beginning of the novel, his life seemed pointless, unfulfilling, and miserable. However, joining the Party, and learning from Mac, Jim found meaning to his life as a striker and Party member. Just before his death, Jim had proved to Mac, but more importantly, to himself, that he was a leader. He was confident in his abilities, and role in the strike. Jim’s development throughout the novel is

First off, Jim Taylor is a CEO in a hospital. He makes a really good income and lives in a really good district. He lives in a district where he feels safe, where he can run and do exercise, and even wait for a deer to pass by in the morning when he is on his way to work. Jim Taylor thinks about himself a really healthy person. His wealth, power and statues gives him six more years of life expectancy than Corey Anderson, and four more years than Tondra Young.

If you ask a baseball fan to name a player that really stood out to them, there is a good chance they would name one player. That player is Derek Jeter. Derek Jeter was a very popular baseball player throughout his career (1992-2014). Being an all-star shortstop for the New York Yankees he had a pretty eventful career. Derek Jeter was a special man in many baseball fan’s hearts, he was one of the best to play the game, he has a very interesting early life, professional career, and personal life.

Jim Thorpe’s is considered to be the greatest player of the 20th century from many people. He was born on May 28, 1887, with his twin brother Charlie Thorpe. His parents Hiram Thorpe and Charlotte Thorpe were mixed native American and European. So when Jim was born he was given a native name which was Wa-Tho-Huk which meant “bright path” which was correct for his future ahead. Jim and Charlie Thorpe were very close siblings. They did everything together, they fished, they hunted and they wrestled. When they were both six their parents sent them to a Sac and Fox agency school located 20 miles away from there home.Charlie was the academic student while Jim was more into sports. An epidemic swept the school and Charlie became I’ll and never recovered

Between the times of the late 1920’s to the late 1930’s Australia fell into a state that we now consider the great depression unemployment rates doubled and more than 20% of Australians were unemployed. Many believed Australia had no economic future. Just as Many people lost confidence in the Australian Government. We were a nation that was falling and very quickly, Australia needed a hero and its prayers were answered, they were given something they could rely on the great Sir Donald Bradman.

BILLY EDWARDS is a 42-year-old advertising executive with a receding hairline, walrus mustache and a comparatively well-preserved, tubular-shaped physique of which he is proud. His wife, Antoinette, 30, is a former secretary to Shelley Winters. She has the kind of trim, well-packed figure that tends to look too plump in clothes, a face that becomes suddenly beautiful when she smiles, and, apparently, she doesn't shave under her arms.

The authors of this passage sought to catch the reader’s interest in the early life of Tiger Woods through numerous techniques and stylistic devices.

19 year old kid wonder “The Boy from Bowral” Donald George Bradman excels in his first-class debut match for NSW at Sheffield Shield in Adelaide.

Have you ever wondered how it is to have divorced parents and then come back from boarding school for holidays and find out your mom has to go to an out of country job travel trip and your dad is missing? Well this is the story of the young 15-year old Matt Stribling. When he arrived to his Dad’s house he found it turned upside down and everything was in disarray. At first he wasn’t worried and was just thinking that either he is out on some treasure hunt(because his dad loves archaeology) and forgot that Matt is coming over on the holiday. This habit of his was the cause of his parent’s divorce. His mom loved technology while his dad used to like treasures and ancient stuff. His parents loved each other but they couldn’t just live together due to these major

Preview Statement: I’d like to share that interest with you by discussing how sports raise awareness of important issues, how athletes are role models, and how sports bring people together.

Up on the top of my bookshelf there are several old soccer trophies from my childhood gathering dust. Soon enough they will thrown in boxes in storage and be long forgotten. I do not care much for these trophies; I do not look at them often. It is the picture of my soccer team that I treasure infinitely more. Often, when it comes to young athletes in parks and rec sports programs, there is a debate over whether or not to hand out trophies to all the kids that participated or to only hand out trophies to some kids. The best solution is to hand out trophies to the winning team and to give everyone else a certificate of participation. This allows the winning team to be recognized, trophies are not needed for the players self esteem, and there

While enrolling in Converse College and taking student success seminar, I’ve learned about leadership, growth, and overall success. SSS encouraged personal growth and achievement, and to do so, I explored topics of education, social issues, leadership, responsibility, etc. Converse College has shaped my views toward many things, in regards to my goals and personal habits. Such transformations have aided toward creating my own path of success.

Educator: An Educator is another role a sports coach should take on. Being an educator means you are a teacher, teaching players new skills and rules of the game. A teacher is an educator, they teach what they know through what they have learnt and their experiences, they share their knowledge with those who need to learn. It is important to have a teacher as without one you wont be able to know specific knowledge and get answers to your questions, the teachers are experienced and know what they are talking about, they know what is right and wrong and what rules are needed to follow. Without a teacher the team may not have an idea of how to play a game or how to even improve their skills of the game to lead to them winning. One example of this