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241: Basketball for Beginners - Positions Part 2
There are various offensive strategies, with quite a few more options to choose from than the defensive end. All offensive plays are built through advance planning of certain movements and passes bet
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Sports/Basketball-for-Beginners-Positions-Part-2.html242: Basketball For Beginners - Positions
Though not specified anywhere within the rule books that there are certain positions which must be filled on the court, basketball has evolved into a very structured game where such positions have bec
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Sports/Basketball-For-Beginners-Positions.html243: Patrick Ewing Information - Part 2
In 1994, Patrick Ewing finally reached the championship series but lost to Hakeem Olajuwon’s Houston Rockets. The Knicks wouldn’t return to the Finals until 1999, at which time Ewing would not be a p
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Sports/Patrick-Ewing-Information-Part-2.html244: Patrick Ewing Information - Part 1
Patrick Aloysius Ewing was born August 5, 1962, and was a famous NBA basketball player, spending most of his professional career playing center for the New York Knicks. Born in Jamaica, he came to th
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Sports/Patrick-Ewing-Information-Part-1.html245: NBA Finals Information - Part 2
The 1962 NBA Finals mark what many feel is the beginning of the major rivalry between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers. At the end of the fourth quarter, game seven was tied at 100, and
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Sports/NBA-Finals-Information-Part-2.html246: NBA Finals Information - Part 1
The NBA Finals are the championship series of the league, set up as a best-of-seven series. The league is divided into two conferences (the Eastern and the Western), and the winner of each conference
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Sports/NBA-Finals-Information-Part-1.html247: Information on Michael Jordan - Part 2
In high school, Michael Jordan became a better student, more focused on his studies, and a star of three different sports – football (where he played the quarterback), baseball, and basketball. After
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Sports/Information-on-Michael-Jordan-Part-2.html248: Information on Michael Jordan - Part 1
Born February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York, Michael Jeffrey Jordan is one of the most renowned players in NBA history and considered even by some to be the greatest basketball player of all time.
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Sports/Information-on-Michael-Jordan-Part-1.html249: Information on Mark Cuban - Part 2
In 1999, after creating Broadcast.com to show live games and events over the internet for avid sports fans like himself (he was still following his alma mater), he sold the site to Yahoo! for $5.7 bil
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Sports/Information-on-Mark-Cuban-Part-2.html250: Information on Mark Cuban - Part 1
Before he was a sports fanatic, Mark Cuban was “just another billionaire”. Born July 31, 1958, in Pittsburgh, his first attempt in the business world was a salesman of garbage bags and powdered milk
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Sports/Information-on-Mark-Cuban-Part-1.html251: Magic Johnson Bio Part 2
Johnson announced his return to basketball for the 1992-93 season, though after practicing during the preseason, he opted out of seasonal play and went back into retirement. He made two other returns
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Sports/Magic-Johnson-Bio-Part-2.html252: Magic Johnson Bio Part 1
Born Earvin Johnson, Jr. on August 14, 1959, in Lansing, Michigan, Magic Johnson was a point guard for the NBA and widely revered as the best in basketball history. Having won championships in high s
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Sports/Magic-Johnson-Bio-Part-1.html253: Larry Bird Bio Part 2
Bird was selected as the first round draft pick by the Boston Celtics in 1978, but he determined to stay in school through his senior year. The Celtics then retained their exclusive rights to sign Bi
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Sports/Larry-Bird-Bio-Part-2.html254: Larry Bird Bio Part 1
Larry Joe Bird was born in December of 1956 and is listed among the greatest NBA basketball players of all time. His induction to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame took place in 1988. In
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Sports/Larry-Bird-Bio-Part-1.html255: Kareem Abdul Jabbar Bio - Part 2
Playing under his given name for his first two seasons in the NBA, he took on the name Kareem Adbul-Jabbar (Arabic for noble, powerful servant) in 1971, making an announcement on May 1st, the day afte
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Sports/Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar-Bio-Part-2.html256: Kareem Abdul Jabbar Bio - Part 1
Born in New York City on April 16, 1947, under the name of Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr., Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is one of the most recognized figures in professional basketball history. The 7’2” giant b
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Sports/Kareem-Abdul-Jabbar-Bio-Part-1.html257: Basketball Lessons: Fouls - Part 2
If a foul is blatant (excessive contact when not attempting to play the ball) are called unsportsmanlike fouls or, in the case of the NBA, flagrant fouls. These carry harsher penalties and, in rare c
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Sports/Basketball-Lessons-Fouls-Part-2.html258: Basketball Lessons - Fouls Part 1
The term “foul” can refer to many different things, depending on which sport you are discussing. In basketball, it is defined as an attempt to cause disadvantage to the opposing team in an unfair man
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Sports/Basketball-Lessons-Fouls-Part-1.html259: Information About FIBA - Part 2
The marketing team, headed out of the Geneva offices by Marketing Director Matthew Osmon and Marketing Manager Olivier Godallier, includes a total of six in-house members. This small group is charged
http://marabe7.com/ALL/Sports/Information-About-FIBA-Part-2.html260: Information About FIBA - Part 1
FIBA is the governing body for international basketball. It maintains its own set of rules to help govern the association, which is made up of 212 countries and over 450 million players. As of 2006,
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