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by: Andrew Rogers, Devin Hinnant , Eduardo Martinez
Contents Swimming 3 Swimmer of the Week: Zane Grothe 4 History of Competitive swimwear 5 Best Female and Male swimmers today 6 Famous Quote 7 Basketball 8 Things you didn’t know about Stephen Curry 9 Basketball records 10 Lebron James’ biggest records 11
Picture of Stephen Curry 12 Soccer 13 Soccer History 14 Soccer 2017 15 Best soccer players of all time 16 sources 17 Famous Quote 18
Swimming By: andrew rogers
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Swimmer Of the Week: Zane Grothe Zane Grothe, an american swimmer, who just broke American Records and won in the 1650, and the 500 at the 2017 USA Swimming AT&T Winter Nationals in Columbus, Ohio. The meet lasted from Nov 29-Dec 2. Grothe had to beat Clark Smith, Texas swimmer, to grab those two American records which Smith got at the 2017 NCAA Championship, and at another meet. Grothe beat Smith’s 500 hundred by a full second getting 407.25 which beat 408. 42. And, his record breaker mile at 14:18. 25. Zane Grothe thought he would quit when he went to University of Indiana, but his passion for swimming is growing by the day. Zane Grothe intends to test his talent in the 2018 Tyr Swim Pros Series. That starts a chain of events that where he hopes to qualify for the Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo. His overall goal is to qualify to the 4 Olympics.
history of competitive swimwear
Back then , Swimmers wore drag filled swimsuits. Women suits were a major problem showing more than they wanted to show. In 1970, Speedo introduced nylon and elastane to their suits. Biomimetic suits covered most of the body till it got banned, and also non-textile suits covering all of body besides arns. Then, boys suits covering waist to knees, and then girls shoulders to knees.
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Best male and female swimmers today Best swimmers can only be defined by one thing fast. World records, their home country’s record. They can be fast in all strokes or one stroke. Adam peaty, Katina Hosszu, Katie Ledecky, Caeleb Dressel, Simone Manuel, and Sarah Sjostrom include the some of the fastest people in the sport. They intend to hold on their records by improving , and working hard. Never giving up on their dream. 6
Nothing is impossible. With so many people saying it couldn’t be done, all it takes is an imagination.” ~ Michael Phelps “
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Contents
Basketball
Swimming 3 Swimmer of the week 4 By: Devin Hinnant 1900s vs 2000s competitive swimwear 5 Best male and female swimmers today 6 Basketball 7 Basketball records 8 Basketball records 9 Basketball records 10 Soccer 11 History of soccer 12 soccer records 13
Things you didn’t know about Stephen Curry Did you know that Stephen Curry’s real first name is Wardell. HIs full name is Wardell Stephen Curry. Lebron and Stephen Curry were born in Akron, Ohio. Not only were they born in the same city, but they were born in the same hospital. Stephen Curry’s whole family plays professional sports. Like his brother, Seth Curry, his dad Dell Curry, and his sister Sydel. Along with his mother. Stephen Curry holds the record for three-pointers in a season in both the NBA and NCAA.
Stephen Curry’s work ethic for three-pointers Stephen Curry practices everyday, and when he does he can’t leave the practice facility until he has made five-hundred three-pointers. Do you know how many shots he has to put up to make that many three-pointers. It’s not like he makes every shot.
He actually starred in a Burger King commercial as a child. His mother fines him for every turnover he gets in a game. This rule only applies once he gets three, His biggest fear is that of snakes. He has been on the Warriors longer than anyone ever has. He met Kevin Durant in AAU basketball at 10 years old.( By the way AAU is a league for younger players)
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Basketball records AS you probably know basketball is a sport where records are broken every year. Great NBA players such as Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Michael Jordan, and Lebron James along with others have broken records during their time in the league. Klay Thompson, specifically, has the record for the most scored points in 1 quarter. He scored 37 points in the first quarter against a formidable team. Then in the following quarter he scored 27 . Making a grand total of 64 points in the first two quarters of an NBA game.
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Lebron James’ biggest records The king Lebron James broke MIchael Jordan’s record. On an earlier date he broke the record of 5,987, to 5,995 points in a season. Afterwards saying that he wore the number 23 for “Mike.”
Lebron James and the Cavs broke the record for coming back from a three one lead in 2016. The first time that Cleveland as a city as won a championship in decades. Ending the curse.
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soccer By: Eduardo Martinez
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Soccer History
The sport called soccer has been on earth for about 2000 years . It started from kicking animals to kicking a ball. Records trace the history of soccer back more than 2,000 years ago to ancient China. Greece, Rome, and parts of Central America also claim to have started the sport; but it was England that transitioned soccer, or what the British and many other people around the world call “football,� into the game we know today. The English are credited with recording the first uniform rules for the sport, including forbidding tripping opponents and touching the ball with hands. All these rules still consist today and also its popularity.
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Soccer 2017
Lieke Martens’ year like no other has prised the crown of women’s football from Carli Lloyd. The new queen of the women’s game announced her move to Barcelona and excelled as her national team triumphed at UEFA Women’s EURO 2017. Voted Player of the Tournament, which was held on home soil, the vastly talented 24-year-old left winger scored three goals and provided two assists, though there was more to her performance than mere statistics.
Although having a hard year by not winning La Copa America, lionel messi is still maintaining himself in first place. Even with hard competition such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and much more, Messi has been doing great.
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Top Soccer players
Pele is probably the best player in soccer history.
lionel Messi
Diego Maradona
Johan Cruyff
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Devin- Basketball
Sources
https://www.usatoday.com /story/sports/nba/2016/03/1 4/28-facts-you-might-notknow-about-stephen-curry /81767138/ https://www.usatoday.c om/story/sports/nba/20 17/06/...record-lebron.../ 102692220/
Andrew- Swimming http://www.underwateraudio.com /blog/inspirational-quotes-from-fa mous-swimmers/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hist ory_of_competitive_swimwear London Olympics 2012: The evolution of Olympic swimsuits.
Eduardo- Soccer https://www.pastemagazin e.com/articles/2017/04/the20-greatest-soccer-players -of-all-time.html https://www.thoughtco.co m/all-time-greatest-soccer -players-3557621
http://bouldercityreview.com/spor ts/grothe-sets-two-us-swim-recor ds
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I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be Kobe Bryant- Kobe Bryant
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