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Sports & Recreation > Basketball Coaching & Skills How to improve your basketball jump shots: 3 of 14
To improve your jump shot, we must start at the finish. If you don't have the proper release with your shooting hand, it won't matter if you did everything else correctly or not. A simple, effective drill to work on your shooting release is to lie down on the floor, on your back, giving yourself plenty of room between you an... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Baseball How to win at fantasy baseball: 4 of 18
If you are new to fantasy baseball and want to dazzle your friends and maybe take all their money in the process, read this article. You don't have to know all the players in the major leagues and all their stats to win at fantasy baseball. You don't have to watch every game or spend two hours per day scouring the internet. ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Perfume: 2 of 9
While visually stunning, "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" plays out as strange and illogical by the time we reach the end, making it difficult to recommend anyone watch this film. Set in France in a time long before indoor plumbing was available, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, (Ben Whishaw) is born right in the middle of the sm... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Strangers (2008): 4 of 17
Finally, a horror movie that uses good, old-fashioned, dare I say Hitchcock-like effects to make us cover our eyes. So many horror movies these days are full of excessive blood and guts, but "The Strangers" is a movie that, while containing the appropriate level of gore, primarily lets our imagination run and our anticipatio... More..
Sports & Recreation > Basketball Coaching & Skills Why basketball is a great sport: 5 of 21
Basketball is the only sport I know that will allow you to enjoy it with virtually any number of players. You can enjoy shooting hoops all by yourself, play one-on-one or five-on-five. You can play games with any number in between. Even the odd-numbered three players can play a game of cut-throat or twenty-one. You can't thr... More..
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Plot summary: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving: 2 of 8
The text of the story is said to have been found among the papers of the Late Diedrich Knickerbocker. The setting is that of the eastern shore of the Hudson, a peaceful, little glen known as Sleepy Hollow. Said to once have been bewitched by a German doctor, Sleepy Hollow is full of ghost stories and tales of mystic visions.... More..
Sports & Recreation > Basketball Coaching & Skills Basketball: How to do a crossover dribble: 2 of 8
Basketball is a game of position and there is no better way to get your defender out of position in the open floor than with the use of the crossover dribble. Anyone can do the crossover dribble, but it will primarily be used by guards and "little" men who handle the ball on the perimeter. If you want to see your defender su... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Jaws: 2 of 8
For a movie about a killer shark, it is amazing how little we actually get to see the shark. It is a well know fact by now that the mechanical shark used in "Jaws" was not working properly and was not able to be shown until very late in the shooting of the film. What seemed like an unfortunate set back for Steven Spielberg a... More..
Home & Garden > Home Interior How carpet is made: 2 of 8
If you set out to make yourself some carpet, you would have two options: weaving or tufting. For centuries carpets have been woven by hand or by machine, yet 90 percent of carpet in our modern world is made by tufting. Woven carpet is still available and actually provides the most luxurious and most enduring form of carpet o... More..
Sports & Recreation > Baseball Players Comparing the best young pitchers in the American League: 1 of 4
With the steroids era in baseball seemingly coming to a close and stars like Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens waving farewell to their playing days, Major League Baseball seems to be pushing their young stars more than ever, as if to say, "Please forgive us, baseball fans, here are a new crop of stars guaranteed not to be on st... More..