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The Greatest Basketball Player Of All Time: Lebron Vs. Jordan, Austin Jacobson
The Greatest Basketball Player Of All Time: Lebron Vs. Jordan, Austin Jacobson
Senior Honors Theses
LeBron James is one of the greatest athletes of this generation. I am seeking to determine what he needs to do to surpass Michael Jordan as the greatest of all time. Considering individual statistics, team success, and personal achievements as well as factors such as political and racial activism and involvement, media coverage (including social media), and generational difference, I am hoping to show what is left to accomplish for LeBron to reach and surpass Jordan.
Finger Size Does Matter… In Sports, Grant Tomkinson, Makailah Dyer
Finger Size Does Matter… In Sports, Grant Tomkinson, Makailah Dyer
Education, Health & Behavior Studies Faculty Publications
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Relationships Between Digit Ratio (2d:4d) And Basketball Performance In Australian Men, Nathan A. Frick, Melissa J. Hull, John T. Manning, Grant Tomkinson
Relationships Between Digit Ratio (2d:4d) And Basketball Performance In Australian Men, Nathan A. Frick, Melissa J. Hull, John T. Manning, Grant Tomkinson
Education, Health & Behavior Studies Faculty Publications
Objective
To investigate relationships between the digit ratio (2D:4D) and competitive basketball performance in Australian men.
Methods
Using an observational cross‐sectional design a total of 221 Australian basketball players who competed in the Olympic Games, International Basketball Federation World Championships/Cup, Australian National Basketball League, Central Australian Basketball League or socially had their 2D:4Ds measured. Analysis of variance was used to assess differences in mean 2D:4Ds between men playing at different competitive standards, with relationships between 2D:4Ds and basketball game‐related statistics assessed using Pearson's product moment correlations in men playing at a single competitive standard.
Results
There were significant differences between …
Athletics At Western, Kelly Thompson
Athletics At Western, Kelly Thompson
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The main purpose of this study has been to compile a record, as nearly complete as possible, of the results of intercollegiate athletic contests in which teams representing Western Kentucky State Teachers College and its predecessor Western Kentucky State Normal School, have participated.