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Examination Of Alcohol And Sports

their rights are being violated by the limitation (Stockwell, 2001). II. CONTROVERSIES OF MARKETING/ADVERTISING ALCOHOL AT COLLEG...

Sports and Cheating

breaks the rules to gain an advantage, that is cheating. Cheating is important not only because a lot of money is involved, and th...

Racism and Sports

story interesting is that the United States all but used him to prove to Adolf Hitler that African Americans could beat Germans, a...

Learning to Focus in Sports and Other Life Pursuits

original publication but today the techniques he advocates are widely recognized in a diversity of disciplines. Those techniques ...

Pro Sports and Imposing Age Limits

necessities of life for themselves as determined by a capitalistic society. According to antitrust proponents, rules that include...

Violence In Sports

the Boston Bruins in the head and fractured his skull; the players had already engaged in two fights earlier that game and were su...

Why Violence IS So Prevalent In Sports

very heart of causal processes (Bandura, 1986). Emphasizing the notion of learned expectations, this theory is closely associated...

Out-Of Market Sports Fans

MLB Advanced Media has tapped into todays ever-mobile society by making games available to approximately one-quarter of a million ...

King of Sports Journalists/ Jim Murray

extremely talented writer, the consensus of his peers is that Murray could have chosen to write anything he wished, but he chose s...

Do Drugs, Get Banned Forever

(Albergotti). Some steroids apparently give a "boost" to performance that last for life, giving these athletes a permanent advanta...

Native American Images as Mascots

answered the magazines poll, who do not care. But, there are seemingly far more people who are greatly offended by such images....

The Common Sports Injury of a Sprained Ankle

a step or jumps inadvertently onto an opponents foot with an inverted foot (Lynch, 2002). Often, the foot is plantar flexed when t...

Cheerleading and Sports Gender Constructs

peer pressure, societal norms, family expectations, all contribute towards "channelling" the individual into certain forms of iden...

Equalizing Aspects of Sport

special accommodations. In respect to race, sometimes there is reverse discrimination. Some believe that the black man has a nat...

Globalism, Technology, Capitalism, and Sport

transnational, those that promote the American way of life and "transmit American popular culture" across the globe (Keys, 2000). ...

Societal Role of Sports

provides a healthy venue for socializing. Rather than meet clients in a bar, for example, they can chat on the golf course. Young ...

Leisure Activities in Britain 1700 - 1850

festivals (2005). Early ritualized activities of leisure would continue after many people began to reside in the Victorian tow...

Russian Culture and Sports

that, in the past, has been known for their incredible athletes and perhaps Russia more than any other nation has always related a...

Private Team Sports Facilities and City Financing

notes that in the 1990s alone: "30 new professional sports facilities have been built at...

Sports Management Curriculum, Virtual Reality, and Traditional Simulation

or in groups that can be translated into a definitive course of action (Lainema & Lainema, 2007). The purpose of simulations is t...

Arguing Against Compensation of Collegiate Athletes

attend (Vera). Finally, "some analysts believe student-athletes should receive payment because they do not receive a quality educ...

Injuries in Sports and Liability for College Campuses

Scholarships are typically awarded because of athletic ability, which strongly suggests that something is being offered by the col...

Drugs That Enhance Athletic Performance

were barred from the first Olympiad in Greece due to illegal ingestion of animal protein" (p.27). The reason why these drugs are f...

Player Injury Liability and Sports Law

eliminated. (Neish, 1996) In legal jargon, this is termed the "doctrine of foreseeability." (p. 4) The law asks four basic quest...

Leisure and Sports in Victorian Age Great Britain

in which to hike and walk, a need that was filled by establishing hundreds of town parks which were paid for and maintained by the...

Abandon and Violence in UK Soccer 'Football Hooliganism'

The aspects of hooliganism as encouraged by soccer is discussed in a paper consisting of 7 pages which also speculates on how Brit...

Asthma and Exercis

lives. This is unnecessary, since there are effective medications on the market, along with other training guidelines that can he...

Evolution of Orthopedic Sports Medicine

In sixteen pages this paper discusses orthopedic sports medicine in terms of its evolution with such topics as injuries, treatment...

Sociological Theory Application

In a report consisting of four pages a young girl that prefers nontraditional activities such as male sports is considered through...

At Risk Youth and Recreation Programs

In twelve pages this research paper considers at risk youth and the crime intervention effectiveness of recreational programs such...