Basketball

 GOAT? For those of you who don't know what I mean when I say goat. No, I'm not talking about the animal with horns that walks around eating grass. And no, not the shoe website either for those of you sneakerheads. G.O.A.T. is an acronym often used when talking about sports that stands for Greatest Of All Time. In the context of basketball, Goat is used to describe players whom people think are, well, the greatest of all time. This is what the Goat debate is. Depending on who you ask, you could get an array of different answers. The two most common answers in the goat debate are Michael Jordan and Lebron James. However, other less common answers you may hear could be Kobe Bryant, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Wilt Chamberlin and a couple others.  While there will never be one clear, concise result to this goat debate, I am here to give my opinions on who I think the goat is. I believe the true goat debate is between the two most common picks. So, the question is: Jordan or Lebron...

More Than Just a Game - Basketball.  A mere game, originally created simply to entertain children in a PE class. Who would've ever thought that it could have such an impact on my life. My name is Braden Collins, you probably already know this as you are reading my blog. As a kid, my parents were always trying to get me into a sport. It started with baseball. That was a no. Then they got me to try soccer. Strike two. Then, around 2nd grade, I decided to give basketball a try. Originally, I was just playing for my church's rec league. And, for those of you who have never experienced that, it's essentially just a bunch of little kids running around chasing a ball that is bigger than their heads (as you can see in this wonderful photo of myself at this age).  Forgive me for the awful quality but you get my point. Back to the point though, I knew right away though that basketball was the sport for me, but what I didn't realize at the time was how such a simple game would go...