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Power at Play Sports and the Problem of Masculinity by Michael A. Messner Reviewed

observations is that sports changed with the introduction of females and acceptance of gay athletes as traditional male sporting e...

Many Contrasts of Cassius 'Muhammad Ali' Clay

In five pages the sports' contributions of this African American heavyweight boxing champion are examined in terms of his many con...

Sports and the Use of Biomechanics

The writer examines the use of biomechanics in sports and focuses on accurate analysis and proper application of technology. The w...

Female Participation in Basketball

can manifest itself in numerous ways, each as tragic and as unfair as the other. Women who play in the eight-team Womens Na...

Pro Sports and the Impact of Sports Agents

money as a priority over all other considerations may urge a young player to begin a professional career instead of going to colle...

Athletes and Sports

In twelve pages this paper discusses child development and achieving an identity through sports in a consideration of pressures, r...

Extreme Sports Participation and What Motivates It

In five pages this paper examines various theories associated with the motivations behind extreme sports' participation. Four sour...

Lasting Legacy of Baseball's Jackie Robinson

In eleven pages Brooklyn Dodgers' baseball player Jackie Robinson, who successfully broke through the sport's color barrier in 194...

Baseball's Color Barrier and Jackie Robinson

Astonishingly, he stole 40 bases and scored 113 runs (Olsen, 1974). From the beginning, Jackie Robinson proved himself not only ...

Assessment and Treatment of Sports Shoulder Injuries

In ten pages this paper assesses prevention and treatment of sports' shoulder injuries. Six sources are cited in the bibliography...

A Shoulder's Anatomy

In eleven pages the anatomy of a shoulder is considered in terms of physiology, injuries, and treatments that can be particularly ...

Participation in Youth Sports

This research paper presents examination of sports research in order to ascertain if the benefits associated with sports participa...

Running and its Benefits

discouraged as it is difficult at first (Barrios, 2007). Once someone starts to run, he or she may feel tired after a short period...

Gender and Sport in American Society

The ideological and political representation of sports are on some level the same for both men and women in that sports are part o...

The Effects of Female Coaches on Male Sports Teams

extent, the role that women play in the locker room does make a difference. Reporters or fans are one thing, but a female coach is...

Mathematics in Sports

The baseball player performs, for example, in relation not just to his own body but to the equipment of the sport. The bat in eff...

'Chucks' of Converse

their profit margin even further. The company subsequently closed its US plants and contracted with a firm in India for production...

NFL and the Effects of Instant Replay

to the playoffs after nine long years (Grumet, 1999). Their stumbling block to the playoffs was in the form of the New York Jets....

Sports and Sacred Places

This essay pertains to the relationship between sports competitions and sacred places. Three pages in length, three sources are ci...

The Spectacle of the World Cup

This essay pertains to the World Cup and why this event is viewed as the greatest international spectacle in sports. Three pages ...

Beer and Circus by Murray Sperber

nations universities, in order to stay viable financially, have placed undue emphasis on their sports programs, utilizing a perspe...

Citizenship and Sports Participation

to be one of the social activities that improve the quality of life (Dinc, 2011). This evaluation is derived from the fact that en...

Women's Participation in Traditionally Male Sports

of the females role in society, which confined women exclusively to the home and the roles of wives and mothers, lingered well int...

Sports Coverage and the Media II

has even made college athletes suffer from the negative effects of bad or unfair press. Coaches are known to mildly bribe the pres...

Monetary Greed and Professional Athletes

In five pages this essay considers the motivation of monetary greed in professional sports particularly as it pertains to NBA bask...

Concept of Worldwide Sports Federations

the times" (Internet source). Clearly, the most recent Olympics that took place in February, 2002, served as the proverbial "bully...

Sports, Society and a Student's 'Senior Wish'

I am not on the team, its accomplishments do to some extent reflect on me. The team is a reflection on my school and the accomplis...

Father and Son Bonding Through Sports

wolfed down all winter had turned into spring steel" (Sanders 34). While there is bonding between father and son, there is also a...

Sports' Success and Motivation

they mean and how they affect the team can give us some of the insight to the motivating factor that affects any team and the indi...

'Obscene' Salaries of Professional Sports' Celebrities

the fact that they are ostensibly playing a game for pay and that their talents are unique in all the world, the fact remains that...