Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball and went on to fight for equality and justice beyond the field. His life and career exemplify nine values that can guide us all to live well and make a difference in the world: courage, determination, teamwork, persistence, integrity, citizenship, justice, commitment, excellence. How do these values guide you?
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We’re going to get through this together one day at a time, but for now make sure you are doing your part to keep not only yourself, but other fellow athletes motivated and hungry. Just because our season has stopped, doesn’t mean the grind has.
Effa was the first, and remains the only, woman inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
High school is a period of time where you can start to write your own story and create your own path, and I wrote down some of the things I learned while I was creating mine.
When I started playing League, I’d always choose Riven because she looked cool…no other reason needed. My first 30 games I would get utterly eviscerated.
The process of setting a time and sticking to it has made a world of difference with my productivity as I can work with much more focus and confidence when I’m not burdened by anything else going on at that moment.
I grew up in an environment that was full of different people of color, race, and wealth. I believe in treating everyone with respect and not judging anyone by appearance.
In my eyes, the task attributed to journalists and media personnel is as challenging as the one players and coaches face. It is the job of the media to make these larger than life personalities accessible to every sports fan in the world.
All the hope and expectation that my teammates and I had built before the season was suddenly washed away by a wave of regulations and precautions put into effect because of the COVID outbreak.
I have been so angry these past two weeks. I understand that the world is going through hard times and that there are people suffering. I am grateful for my family and that they have […]
I play three sports while taking Honors and AP classes as a sophomore. But let’s start at the beginning. I knew I wanted to play sports at age six, when I watched my brother playing […]
Talking about your special person to other people could get pretty boring. But I am going to do it anyway because I can write a lot about it. The special person I am going to […]
The thing I’m most passionate about is neurology or any study on the human brain. I know very little about the functions and all the basic information about the human brain. There are many sub-sections […]
As Doctor Francis said in class one day, “Every writer begins as a reader.” Some of the books that make me want to write are Percy Jackson, Lost Hero, and Bodega Dreams. My favorite topic for reading is probably Greek Mythology. It has a lot of mysterious characters with crazy powers.
