Allen Iverson

On February 12, 2005 Iverson scored a career-high 60 points against the Orlando Magic. Michigan has the most registered boats (over 1 million) of any state in the Union. The explicit lyrics of the album caused an uproar in Philadelphia, prompting him to stop the release before it hit the shelves. See Lighthouses in the United States. Iverson also attempted to release a rap album named "40 Bars" under the alias "Jewelz". They were built to project light at night and to serve as a landmark during the day to safely guide the passenger ships and freighters traveling the Great Lakes. One such incident involved a family party where he allegedly threatened his wife with a handgun, but was later acquitted of the charges. The first lighthouses in Michigan were built between 1818 and 1822.

Dating back to his teenage years, Iverson has had some run-ins with the law. state. Iverson has at times been a controversial personality in the NBA. Michigan has over 130 lighthouses, the most of any U.S. Gold had been expected from a team stacked with NBA players. Michigan is nicknamed the "Great Lakes State", and also the "Wolverine State", from a nickname earned during the Toledo War. Things did not go as planned for the American team, however, as they returned home with only a bronze medal. Navy's USS Michigan was named in honor of the state.

Iverson later reunited with Larry Brown as a member and co-captain of the 2004 USA Olympics basketball team. The U.S. We're talking about practice". postal abbreviation is "MI" (traditional: "Mich."). We're not even talking about the game, the actual game, when it matters. Its U.S. After the 76ers were defeated in the first round of the 2002 playoffs and Iverson was criticized by Brown for missing practices, Iverson held a press conference in which he said "We're talking about practice. In turn, residents of the lower peninsula may be jokingly referred to as "trolls" -- because they "live below the Mackinac Bridge." As the Lower Peninsula is famously shaped like a mitten, residents often use their left hand or right palm as a shorthand "map" to illustrate which part of the state they hail from.

He had a love-hate relationship with Brown, however. An individual from Michigan is called a "Michigander" or "Michiganian." A resident of Michigan's Upper Peninsula ("the U.P.") is often called a "Yooper" (or U.P.'er). He has leveled lavish praise on coach Larry Brown, often saying that he would not have reached the heights that he has in the sport without Brown's guidance. The clang and clamor of metro Detroit's crowded thoroughfares and busy factories stand in vivid counterpoint to the tranquility found in virtually every corner of the state. These rules limited his effectiveness over the next few years, but he was still able lead the NBA in steals and minutes played while maintaining his high scoring averages. Michigan is simultaneously known for its cities, supported by heavy industry, and its pristine wilderness, home to more than 11,000 lakes. The NBA changed several rules the next offseason, most notably allowing zone defenses. Benton Harbor is the poorest city in Michigan, with a per capita income of $8,965.

Most of the basketball world expected the Lakers to sweep through the finals, but Allen Iverson carried his team to a shocking overtime victory in the opener at Los Angeles, and nearly upset the Lakers again in game two. Detroit, with a per capita income of $14,717, ranks 517th on the list of Michigan locations by per capita income. In these finals, the Sixers faced Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, who had reached the final series undefeated throughout the playoffs. Only three of these cities are located outside of Metro Detroit. He had his best season in 2001, leading the league in scoring, winning the MVP award, and reaching the NBA Finals. Of these 20 locations, half are located in Oakland County, just north of Detroit. As a rookie he quickly gained national popularity for a famous crossover dribble he made while being guarded by Michael Jordan. census² of 2000:.

Later known as "The Answer," Iverson was drafted as the first pick in the 1996 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers and has led the team in scoring ever since. As ranked by per capita income, as of the U.S. He opted for basketball, enrolling at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., which does not play top-level football. Other important cities include. While attending Bethel High School in Hampton, Iverson was a spectacular all-around athlete who was regarded not only as one of the top basketball players in the country, but also arguably the country's top high school football quarterback. The largest cities in Michigan are (according to the 2000 census):. He is an all-star point guard for the Philadelphia 76ers. See: List of cities, villages, and townships in Michigan.

Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7, 1975 in Hampton, Virginia) is an American basketball player. See also Highway map of Michigan.
. The three largest Protestant denominations in Michigan are: Baptist (16% of the total state population), Lutheran (8%), Methodist (7%). The religious affiliations of the people of Michigan are:.

The five largest ancestries in Michigan are: German (20.4%), African American (14.2%), Irish (10.7%), English (9.9%), Polish (8.6%). The racial makeup of the state is:. Census Bureau estimate): 10,079,985. Michigan's total population (2003 U.S.

See also: List of companies based in Michigan. Michigan is primarily known as the birthplace of the automobile industry. However, it is also home to a thriving tourist industry, with destinations such as Traverse City, Mackinac Island, Saugatuck and the entire Upper Peninsula drawing vacationers, hunters and nature enthusiasts from across the United States and Canada. See also Protected areas of Michigan, List of Michigan state parks. Detroit, Michigan is the only major city in the contiguous United States that is actually due north of Canada.

No point in Michigan is more than 6 miles (10 km) from an inland lake or more than 85 miles (137 km) from one of the Great Lakes, and the state has more than 11,000 inland lakes and more than 36,000 miles (58,000 km) of rivers and streams. The Great Lakes which touch the two peninsulas of Michigan are Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. This equals the length of the Atlantic Coast, from Maine to Florida. An additional 879 miles (1415 km) can be added if islands are included.

Other than Alaska, Michigan has the longest shoreline of any state -- 2,242 miles (3,607 km). The two peninsulas are surrounded by an extensive Great Lakes shoreline. These two sections are connected only by the five-mile-long Mackinac Bridge -- the third longest suspension bridge in the world. The heavily forested Upper Peninsula (often called simply "The U.P.") is as large as Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island combined, but has less than 330,000 inhabitants, who are sometimes called "Yoopers" (from "U.P.'ers") and whose speech has been heavily influenced by the large number of Scandinavian and Canadian immigrants who settled the area during the mining boom of the late 1800's.

The Lower Peninsula is shaped like a mitten and is 277 miles (446 km) long from north to south and 195 miles (314 km)from east to west. Michigan consists of two peninsulas:. The highest point in the Lower Peninsula is not definitely established but is either Briar Hill at 1,705 feet (520 meters), or one of several points closely nearby. The highest point is Mount Arvon in the Upper Peninsula at 1,979 feet (603 m).

Michigan also borders Minnesota, Illinois, the Canadian province of Ontario, and the Canadian First Nation (Indian) reserve of Walpole Island, but only on water boundaries in the Great Lakes system. Michigan borders Indiana and Ohio to the south, and Wisconsin to the southwest of the Upper Peninsula. Georgia has a slightly larger land area, however. Michigan encompasses 96,810 square miles (250,630 square kilometers), making it the largest state east of the Mississippi River if territorial water is included.

See: List of Michigan Governors, List of United States Senators from Michigan, List of United States Representatives from Michigan. As of April 2001, there were 127 charter townships in Michigan. There are two types of townships in Michigan: general law and charter. Charter township status was created by the state legislature in 1947 and grants additional powers and stream-lined administration in order to provide greater protection against annexation by a city. Cities and villages are vested with home rule powers, meaning that they can do almost anything not prohibited by law.

Michigan counties and townships are statutory units of government, meaning that they have only those powers expressly provided or fairly implied by state law. Still, with 10 million residents, Michigan remains a large and influential state and ranks 8th in population among the 50 states. Since World War II, Detroit's industrial base has eroded as auto companies abandoned some of the area's industrial parks in favor of less expensive labor found overseas and in southern U.S. states. Since 1838, the city has also been noted for its thriving furniture industry.

Grand Rapids, the second-largest city in Michigan, is also a center of automotive manufacturing. It was a development that not only transformed Detroit and Michigan, but permanently altered the socio-economic climate of the United States and much of the world, for that matter. The birth of the automotive industry, with Henry Ford's first plant in the Highland Park suburb of Detroit, marked the beginning of a new era in personal transportation. Michigan's economy underwent a massive shift at the turn of the 20th century.

Thought to be useless at the time of its addition to Michigan, it was soon discovered that the Upper Peninsula was a rich and important source of lumber, iron, and copper, which would become the state's most sought-after natural resources. Ultimately, Congress awarded the "Toledo Strip" to Ohio, and Michigan, having received the western part of the Upper Peninsula as a concession, formally entered the Union on January 26, 1837. The dispute eventually culminated into what would be known as the Toledo War when Michigan and Ohio militia maneuvered in the area. A state government was formed in 1835, although Congressional recognition of the state languished due to a boundary dispute with Ohio, with both sides claiming a 468 square mile (1,210 km²) strip of land that included the important port city of Toledo on Lake Erie and an area to the west then known as the "Great Black Swamp".

By the 1830s, Michigan had some 80,000 residents, more than enough to apply for statehood. The population grew slowly until the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, which brought large numbers of settlers. Michigan passed to Great Britain in 1763 and then to the new United States two decades later. Most of the rest of the region remained unsettled by whites, however.

The town became a major fur-trading and shipping post. Clair and Erie. In 1701, explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded Detroit on the straits between Lakes St. Michigan was explored and settled by French voyageurs in the 17th century.

The name is derived from Lake Michigan, which in turn is believed to come from the Chippewa Indian word meicigama, meaning "great water." Bounded by four of the Great Lakes, Michigan has the longest state shoreline in the continental United States, and more recreational boats than any other state in the union. Michigan is a state in the United States. List of people from Michigan. List of Michigan counties.

List of highways in Michigan. List of Michigan-related topics. List of Governors of Michigan. Michigan is the only state composed of two separate peninsulas.

The state soil, Kalkaska Sand, ranges in color from black to yellowish brown, covers nearly a million acres (4,000 km²) in 29 counties. The state wildflower, the Dwarf Lake Iris (Iris lacustris), is a federal-listed threatened species. The state gem chlorastrolite, literally the green star stone, also known as the Isle Royale greenstone is found on Isle Royale and the Keweenaw. The state stone, the Petoskey stone (Hexagonaria pericarnata), is composed of fossilized diatoms from long ago when the middle of the continent was covered with a shallow sea.

The state motto, Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice is Latin for "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you", a paraphrase of a statement made by British architect Sir Christopher Wren about his influence on London. State nicknames include the Wolverine State, Great Lakes State, Mitten State, and Winter Water Wonderland. State soil: Kalkaska Sand. State gem: Isle Royale greenstone (also called chlorastrolite).

State stone: Petoskey stone. State tree: White Pine. State wildflower: Dwarf Lake Iris. State flower: Apple Blossom.

State fossil: Mastodon. State reptile: Painted Turtle. State fish: Brook Trout. State mammal: White-tailed Deer.

State bird: American Robin. State song: My Michigan (official, but disputed amongst Michiganders). State motto: Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice. Alpena IceDiggers, North American Hockey League.

Traverse City North Stars, North American Hockey League. Saginaw Spirit, Ontario Hockey League. Plymouth Whalers, Ontario Hockey League. Flint Generals, United Hockey League.

Port Huron Beacons, United Hockey League. Kalamazoo K-Wings, International Hockey League. Muskegon Fury, United Hockey League. Grand Rapids Griffins, American Hockey League.

Grand Rapids Rampage, Arena Football League. Detroit Demolition, National Women's Football Association. Detroit Fury, Arena Football League. Grosse Ile, $42,150.

Beverly Hills, $43,452. Northville, $43,454. West Bloomfield Township, $44,885. South Gull Lake, $45,175.

Huntington Woods, $45,264. Sylvan Lake, $48,744. Grand Beach, $51,788. Grosse Pointe, $53,942.

Grosse Pointe Farms, $54,846. Birmingham, $59,314. Bloomfield Township, $62,716. Michiana, $63,558.

Orchard Lake Village, $67,881. Grosse Pointe Shores, $69,639. Franklin, $71,033. Bingham Farms, $74,588.

Lake Angelus, $83,792. Bloomfield Hills, $104,920. Barton Hills, $110,683. East Lansing (Home of Michigan State University).

Holland (Home of the Michigan Dutch). Frankenmuth (Michigan's Little Bavaria). Midland (headquarters for the Dow Chemical Company). Traverse City (the Cherry Capital of the World).

Marquette (Largest city in the Upper Peninsula with 19,661 people). Battle Creek (Cereal City U.S.A.). Livonia, population 100,545. Ann Arbor population 114,024 (the home of the University of Michigan).

Lansing population 119,128 (the state capital). Sterling Heights population 124,471. Flint population 124,943. Warren population 138,247.

Grand Rapids population 197,800 (The Furniture City). Detroit population 951,270 (also known as "Motor City" and Motown). Non-Religious – 9%. Other Religions – 4% (mostly Muslim and Jewish).

Other Christian – 1%. Roman Catholic – 29%. Protestant – 54%. 3.3% of the population is of Hispanic origin, a category that may include members of any race.

1.9% Mixed race. 0.6% American Indian. 1.8% Asian. 14.2% Black.

80.2% White. state taxes. Automobiles (General Motors, Ford, Daimler-Chrysler), Amway, Cereal (Kellogg's), Copper, Furniture (Steelcase, Herman Miller, Haworth), Iron. Major industries/products