Showing posts with label Basketball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Basketball. Show all posts

Friday, June 18, 2010

Kobe Bryant, Lakers shooting guard

Kobe Bryant LakersCaption: Kobe Bryant, Lakers shooting guard, stands ready to shoot a free throw during Tuesday nights pre-season game against the Golden State Warriors. Bryant was essential in bringing together a large point gap late in the second quarter, after the Warriors took the early lead.

Date Photo Taken: 10/11/2005 8:21:52 PM. Byline: Sgt. Joseph A. Lee. ID: 1954. VRIN#: IMG_7144.jpg. Unit: Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Al Harrington

Albert (Al) Harrington (born February 17, 1980 in Orange, New Jersey) is an American professional basketball player currently playing for the NBA's New York Knicks.

Al Harrington warming up before a Warriors/Lakers game on March 23, 2008. Photographed by Asim Bharwani, Full resolution‎ (1,333 × 2,000 pixels, file size: 362 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
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Friday, August 22, 2008

Olympic Basketball LeBron James

Olympic Basketball LeBron JamesU.S. Olympic Men's Basketball team member LeBron James goes up for a shot against China's Yao Ming, Sunday August 10th 2008., during action in the group B men's Olympic Basketball game between the U.S. and China,
at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. White House photo by Eric Draper.

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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Olympic Basketball Lisa Leslie

Olympic Basketball Lisa LeslieLisa Leslie and the U.S. women's Olympic Basketball team as seen in action in a preliminary round match Saturday August 9th 2008.
against the Czech Republic team at the Beijing, China Summer Olympic Games. White House Photo by Eric Draper.

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Wilt Chamberlain Harlem Globetrotters

Wilt Chamberlain Harlem Globetrotters[Wilt Chamberlain, three-quarter length portrait, wearing uniform of Harlem Globetrotters basketball team] / World Telegram & Sun photo by Fred Palumbo.

CREATED, PUBLISHED 1959. NOTES NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection.
MEDIUM 1 photographic print. CALL NUMBER NYWTS - BIOG--Chamberlain, Wilt--Basketball [item] REPRODUCTION NUMBER LC-USZ62-115428 DLC (b&w film copy neg.) PART OF African American Odyssey

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Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wilton Norman Chamberlain grew to be seven feet one inches tall. From his youth he dominated the basketball courts. Attending the University of Kansas for two years, Chamberlain led his team through twenty-four wins and three losses in 1956, his first year on varsity.

He became a Harlem Globetrotter briefly, and signed with the Philadelphia Warriors in 1959. Although he was lured away to other teams, Chamberlain dominated the National Basketball Association (NBA) for fourteen years. Named to the NBA Hall of Fame, he still holds many records, including the honor of being the first player to earn thirty thousand points.

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