美国文化一角
美国文化一角: most talked about things and persons in the american history
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If you are an American, you will take grant it that sports is a part of life. However, to a person from other country, sports maybe are totally different. To understand the American culture, to emerge into the American society, you got to know something about sports and got to be know some faces of sports figure. Michael Jordan Basketball player
Playing 11 full seasons, he led the league in scoring a record 10 times, and in 1986-87 became the only player besides Wilt Chamberlain to score more than 3,000 points in a season, getting 3,041. His 31.5 scoring average is the highest in NBA history and with 29,277 points he's fourth all-time behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Chamberlain and Karl Malone. He won the regular-season MVP five times and the Finals MVP six times. In 1991 and 1992, he became the only player to win back-to-back regular season and Finals MVP awards, and in 1993 he became the first to win the Finals MVP three consecutive years, a feat he repeated from 1996-98. -See full story from ESPN.com
Lovable Ruth Babe was the first to reach 30 homers, 40, 50, 60. Twelve times he led the American League in homers, 11 times he hit more than 40, four times more than 50. From 1920-33, he slugged 637 homers, an average of 45.5 per season. From 1926-31, from ages 31 to 36 when he was supposedly past his prime after a subpar 1925, he averaged 50 homers, 155 RBI, 147 runs and a .354 batting average. How would you have liked to have him on your Rotisserie League team? A lifetime .342 hitter, Ruth has fallen to second all-time behind Hank Aaron in homers (714) and RBI (2,211), but remains first in slugging percentage (.690) and walks (2,062). -See full story from ESPN.com Muhammad Ali
He boasted he was "The Greatest," and in the prime of his charismatic career, many agreed. But as brilliant as Muhammad Ali was in the ring, perhaps his true greatness was outside it when he fought the United States government. His refusal to accept induction into the armed forces on religious grounds cost him millions and his heavyweight title, but in the end Ali came up victorious in the most significant battle of his life. See full story from ESPN.com Jim Brown Brown was more than just a one-of-a-kind running back. He caught passes, returned kickoffs, and even threw three touchdown passes. His 12,312 rushing yards and 15,459 combined net yards put him in a then-class by himself. Jim was a unanimous first-team All-NFL pick eight times, 1957 through 1961, 1963-1965. He played in nine Pro Bowls in nine years and was the game’s outstanding back three times. He closed out his career with a three-touchdown outburst in the 1966 Pro Bowl.See full story from: www.profootballhof.com at: http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=33 Wayne Gretzky He was The Great Gretzky as a kid. He was The Great Gretzky as a teenager. He was The Great Gretzky in the NHL. And, most incredibly, he always lived up to that name. When he retired in 1999, he had scored 2,857 points in the NHL. That's about one point for every record that he owns, or so it seems. Gordie Howe, Gretzky's idol as a youngster, has the second most points in NHL history and he's more than 1,000 points behind him. Gretzky has more assists (1,963) than any other player has points. Known primarily for his playmaking, Gretzky has scored a record 894 goals in his 20 NHL seasons. See full story from: ESPN.com See Gretzky's official website Jesse Owens For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon in 1935 would be the accomplishment of a lifetime. In 45 minutes, he established three world records and tied another. But that was merely an appetizer for Owens. In one week in the summer of 1936, on the sacred soil of the Fatherland, the master athlete humiliated the master race. Owens' story is one of a high-profile sports star making a statement that transcended athletics, spilling over into the world of global politics. Berlin, on the verge of World War II, was bristling with Nazism, red-and-black swastikas flying everywhere. Brown-shirted Storm Troopers goose-stepped while Adolf Hitler postured, harangued, threatened. A montage of evil was played over the chillingly familiar Nazi anthem: "Deutschland Uber Alles." See full story from ESPN.com see Jesse Owens's official website Jim Thorpe See Jim Thorpe's official website We certainly never saw him in person. But we sure knew the legend. He was the Olympic track champion who lost his gold medals because he played minor league baseball. Long before Bo and Deion, he was the athlete who played pro baseball and football at the same time. He won the decathlon and pentathlon in Stockholm. When King Gustav V of Sweden congratulated Thorpe, he said, "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world." Thorpe reputedly replied, "Thanks, king." See full story From ESPN.com Willie Mays See more about Willie Mays Mays' major-league-high 49 homers and career-best 141 RBI led the 1962 Giants, with his game-winning homer in the regular-season finale moving San Francisco into another playoffs. Like 1951, it also was against the Dodgers. Like 1951, the Giants won the final game with a ninth-inning rally. Three years later, Mays led the majors with 52 homers and won his second MVP. He began a downhill slide in 1967, and in 1972 he was traded back to New York, with the Mets. In his twilight, Mays tarnished his career by playing his final seven seasons more in quest of money than exuberance. He was elected into the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1979. See full story from http://www.baseballhalloffame.org Jack Nicklaus See Jack's museum There have been few athletes that have started off spectacularly, then continued steadily upward, almost without interruption, for so many years. Nicklaus has won the most majors, either 18 (if one only counts Grand Slam events) or 20 (if one counts his two U.S. Amateurs). Either way, that's more than the combined total of Hogan and Palmer. Nicklaus has won the most Masters (six) and tied for the most PGA Championships (five) and U.S. Opens (four). He's also won three British Opens, making him the only person to win each of the Grand Slam tournaments at least three times; nobody else has ever accomplished that twice. And only three others (Hogan, Gene Sarazen and Gary Player) have managed to win each of the pro majors once. His 70 tour victories are seven more than Hogan's 63 and second only to Sam Snead's 81. See full story from ESPN.com Babe Didrikson Learn more about Babe Didrikson from GreatWomen.org The first to prove a girl could be a stud athlete, Babe Didrikson began as a muscular phenom who mastered many sports and ended as a brilliant golfer. An exuberant tomboy whose life was athletics, she was accomplished in just about every sport - basketball, track, golf, baseball, tennis, swimming, diving, boxing, volleyball, handball, bowling, billiards, skating and cycling. When asked if there was anything she didn't play, she said, "Yeah, dolls." As a teenager she knew her life's ambition. "My goal was to be the greatest athlete who ever lived," she said. See full story from ESPN.com
Playing 11 full seasons, he led the league in scoring a record 10 times, and in 1986-87 became the only player besides Wilt Chamberlain to score more than 3,000 points in a season, getting 3,041. His 31.5 scoring average is the highest in NBA history and with 29,277 points he's fourth all-time behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Chamberlain and Karl Malone. He won the regular-season MVP five times and the Finals MVP six times. In 1991 and 1992, he became the only player to win back-to-back regular season and Finals MVP awards, and in 1993 he became the first to win the Finals MVP three consecutive years, a feat he repeated from 1996-98. -See full story from ESPN.com
Lovable Ruth Babe was the first to reach 30 homers, 40, 50, 60. Twelve times he led the American League in homers, 11 times he hit more than 40, four times more than 50. From 1920-33, he slugged 637 homers, an average of 45.5 per season. From 1926-31, from ages 31 to 36 when he was supposedly past his prime after a subpar 1925, he averaged 50 homers, 155 RBI, 147 runs and a .354 batting average. How would you have liked to have him on your Rotisserie League team? A lifetime .342 hitter, Ruth has fallen to second all-time behind Hank Aaron in homers (714) and RBI (2,211), but remains first in slugging percentage (.690) and walks (2,062). -See full story from ESPN.com Muhammad Ali
He boasted he was "The Greatest," and in the prime of his charismatic career, many agreed. But as brilliant as Muhammad Ali was in the ring, perhaps his true greatness was outside it when he fought the United States government. His refusal to accept induction into the armed forces on religious grounds cost him millions and his heavyweight title, but in the end Ali came up victorious in the most significant battle of his life. See full story from ESPN.com Jim Brown Brown was more than just a one-of-a-kind running back. He caught passes, returned kickoffs, and even threw three touchdown passes. His 12,312 rushing yards and 15,459 combined net yards put him in a then-class by himself. Jim was a unanimous first-team All-NFL pick eight times, 1957 through 1961, 1963-1965. He played in nine Pro Bowls in nine years and was the game’s outstanding back three times. He closed out his career with a three-touchdown outburst in the 1966 Pro Bowl.See full story from: www.profootballhof.com at: http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=33 Wayne Gretzky He was The Great Gretzky as a kid. He was The Great Gretzky as a teenager. He was The Great Gretzky in the NHL. And, most incredibly, he always lived up to that name. When he retired in 1999, he had scored 2,857 points in the NHL. That's about one point for every record that he owns, or so it seems. Gordie Howe, Gretzky's idol as a youngster, has the second most points in NHL history and he's more than 1,000 points behind him. Gretzky has more assists (1,963) than any other player has points. Known primarily for his playmaking, Gretzky has scored a record 894 goals in his 20 NHL seasons. See full story from: ESPN.com See Gretzky's official website Jesse Owens For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon in 1935 would be the accomplishment of a lifetime. In 45 minutes, he established three world records and tied another. But that was merely an appetizer for Owens. In one week in the summer of 1936, on the sacred soil of the Fatherland, the master athlete humiliated the master race. Owens' story is one of a high-profile sports star making a statement that transcended athletics, spilling over into the world of global politics. Berlin, on the verge of World War II, was bristling with Nazism, red-and-black swastikas flying everywhere. Brown-shirted Storm Troopers goose-stepped while Adolf Hitler postured, harangued, threatened. A montage of evil was played over the chillingly familiar Nazi anthem: "Deutschland Uber Alles." See full story from ESPN.com see Jesse Owens's official website Jim Thorpe See Jim Thorpe's official website We certainly never saw him in person. But we sure knew the legend. He was the Olympic track champion who lost his gold medals because he played minor league baseball. Long before Bo and Deion, he was the athlete who played pro baseball and football at the same time. He won the decathlon and pentathlon in Stockholm. When King Gustav V of Sweden congratulated Thorpe, he said, "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world." Thorpe reputedly replied, "Thanks, king." See full story From ESPN.com Willie Mays See more about Willie Mays Mays' major-league-high 49 homers and career-best 141 RBI led the 1962 Giants, with his game-winning homer in the regular-season finale moving San Francisco into another playoffs. Like 1951, it also was against the Dodgers. Like 1951, the Giants won the final game with a ninth-inning rally. Three years later, Mays led the majors with 52 homers and won his second MVP. He began a downhill slide in 1967, and in 1972 he was traded back to New York, with the Mets. In his twilight, Mays tarnished his career by playing his final seven seasons more in quest of money than exuberance. He was elected into the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1979. See full story from http://www.baseballhalloffame.org Jack Nicklaus See Jack's museum There have been few athletes that have started off spectacularly, then continued steadily upward, almost without interruption, for so many years. Nicklaus has won the most majors, either 18 (if one only counts Grand Slam events) or 20 (if one counts his two U.S. Amateurs). Either way, that's more than the combined total of Hogan and Palmer. Nicklaus has won the most Masters (six) and tied for the most PGA Championships (five) and U.S. Opens (four). He's also won three British Opens, making him the only person to win each of the Grand Slam tournaments at least three times; nobody else has ever accomplished that twice. And only three others (Hogan, Gene Sarazen and Gary Player) have managed to win each of the pro majors once. His 70 tour victories are seven more than Hogan's 63 and second only to Sam Snead's 81. See full story from ESPN.com Babe Didrikson Learn more about Babe Didrikson from GreatWomen.org The first to prove a girl could be a stud athlete, Babe Didrikson began as a muscular phenom who mastered many sports and ended as a brilliant golfer. An exuberant tomboy whose life was athletics, she was accomplished in just about every sport - basketball, track, golf, baseball, tennis, swimming, diving, boxing, volleyball, handball, bowling, billiards, skating and cycling. When asked if there was anything she didn't play, she said, "Yeah, dolls." As a teenager she knew her life's ambition. "My goal was to be the greatest athlete who ever lived," she said. See full story from ESPN.com
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