Brittney Griner

Brittney Griner is an American professional basketball player, last February she became the
headlines when she was detained in Russia for carrying vape cartridges containing cannabis
oil in her luggage.

Pat Summitt

She was an American women's college basketball head coach who accrued 1,098 career
wins, the most in college basketball history at the time of her retirement.
Micheal Jordan

He is widely considered to be the greatest basketball player of all time. He was a four-time
gold medalist with USA basketball, including winning two Olympic golds, and was twice
named the USA basketball Male Athlete of theYear.

Juan Alberto Hernangómez Geuer

He is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National
Basketball Association (NBA)

Vocabulary
- slam dunk
- Full-court
- Alley-oop
- Jump shot
- Playmaker
- Point guard
- Hoopster
- Sixth man
 - Shot clock
- Brick

Differences and similarities

- Differences
Male athletes have longer bones, which provide a clear mechanical advantage over female
athletes. This explains why female speed records in running and swimming are consistently
10 percent slower than men's, and why, on average, they have two thirds of the strength of
men.

- Similarities
Athletes are characterized by having an iron mentality. The key to progress and results is to
work both the body and the mind. For this reason, committed athletes will make an effort to
also work on their mental health and strengthen it.

Importance
Male athletes are more important because they play more sports, and they have a longer
bones.