Biography #3: LeBron James

This biography is about LeBron James. James is considered one of the best NBA basketball players of all time along with men like Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Larry Bird. LeBron currently plays for the Miami Heat. His nickname is King James. He plays Small Forward. LeBron was drafted in 2003 out of high school as the first pick by the Cleveland Cavaliers. He played with them until 2010 when he decided to take his talents to Miami to play with Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh, making the Big 3. He has two children, LeBron Jr. and Bryce. LeBron has 4 MVP awards and 1 Rookie of the Year award. He won the NBA championship last year and has Game 7 which is a win the championship or go home situation against the Spurs tonight.



98th Rose Bowl: My 2nd Rose Bowl

On January 2nd, I went to the 98th Rose Bowl. It was my 2nd year in a row going. This year, the Wisconsin Badgers were playing the Oregon Ducks. At first, I wasn't going to go because I got my mom's ticket last year. My mom's friend who played for Wisconsin in college ended up coming. Because he came, I got to go. I went with my mom, dad, my parent's friend (John), my mom's friend (Mike), and his son (Zachary).
Before the game, we were tailgating. While everyone else was drinking I was playing football with John, my dad, and Zachary. When all of them stopped playing, a man came up to us. He said his sons wanted to know if they could play with me. He said he played football. We played for a little while. Everyone was looking at his throws and saw him limping so much that we figured that he was a quarterback. Then Mike went over. It turned out he was Tony Graziani!

At the end of the first quarter the score was 14-14. The score at halftime was 28-28. After the third quarter, the score was 38-35 and the Badgers were leading the Ducks. And, in the highest scoring Rose Bowl ever, the score was 45-38 and Oregon won! Three ways Wisconsin could've won were not fumbling in the same play as a huge gain, Russel Wilson spiking in with no time left, or the refs made the right call and said that there was 1 second left when he spiked it.

Here are some stats:

Wisconsin:

Wilson: 19/25 passing, 296 passing yards, 2 touchdowns, 1 interception, 6 rushing attempts, 18 rushing yards, and 1 rushing touchdown

Ball: 32 rushing attempts, 164 rushing yards, and 1 touchdown

Toon: 104 receiving yards and 1 touchdown

Abbrederis: 119 receiving yards and 1 touchdown

Henry: 1 interception returned for 18 yards

Oregon:

Thomas: 17/23, 268 passing yards, 3 touchdowns, 1 rushing yard, and 1 interception

James: 25 carries, 159 yards, and 1 touchdown

Thomas: 2 carries, 155 yards, and 2 touchdowns

Tuinei: 158 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns

Alonso: 1 interception

Here is a picture of me, Zachary, Mike, my dad, Tony Graziani, and his sons:

Who did you want to win?

Have you ever been to a Rose Bowl? Which one?