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Keeping Broadcast TV 'Free'

In eleven pages this report discusses how pay per view television is threatening the 'free' broadcasting of events such as major l...

U.S. Major League Baseball and Desegregation

the United States and Canada. But it wasnt necessarily an amiable situation; far from it -- some white players refused to play aga...

Hometown Matching of a Minor League Baseball Team

Braves, and Ogden Raptors. The League has decided to capitalize on two positive aspects it has enjoyed since 1996; increased reve...

Ireland and Ladies Land League Organization

1991). The vast majority of Irish land was owned by English landlords with the average Irishman merely occupying the role of tena...

NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle's Leadership Influence

In twenty five pages this research paper examines the enduring leadership legacy of National Football League Commissioner Pete Roz...

Pros and Cons of 2 Women's Professional Basketball Leagues

In eight pages this paper examines women's pro basketball popularity in an assessment of the pros and cons of 2 leagues. Ten sour...

MLB Games and Spectator Violence

In five pages this paper examines Major League Baseball games in a consideration of violence by spectators and discusses whether...

Road to the Streak by Ripken

5 pages and 5 sources used. This paper provides an overview of the major themes and significant life events in Carl Ripken, Jr.'s...

Writing the Future and the Accurate Jules Verne

In four pages this paper examines the accuracy of Jules Verne's technological predictions in such works as Paris in the Twenty Fir...

An Analysis of the Film, Eight Men Out

This paper addresses the 1919 White Sox scandal in Major League Baseball that the film, Eight Men Out, is based on. This five pag...

Major League Baseball, Drug Testing, and Ethics

They also promised tough penalties for testing positive ranging from a ten-day suspension for a first positive testing and a possi...

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne and Futuristic Technology

as if it existed at the time. Carter Kaplan notes that "Verne exhibits strict adherence to known science or pseudo-science, a jour...

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 ...

Grievance Procedures in Sports

assists community and charitable organizations; and it enhances and defends the NFL players image "on and off the field" (Our hist...

Law and Gambling in Professional Sports

hoping no gambling is occurring, thus there is no sensible regulation. As a result, we dont protect the integrity of any game bec...

Economics and Political Influences in Sport

may be akin to saying to the leading fast-food chains, such as McDonalds, Burger King KFC etc, and telling them that they will all...

Major League Baseball and Revenue Sharing

standard practice in major league baseball (MLB) for over a decade. This paper defines revenue sharing and argues that it is appar...

Legendary Pro Quarterbacks Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw 'Passing into History'

territory to a Bayou country boy. Pittsburgh was a hardened steel city comprised of rabid sports fans desperate for a professiona...

Increased Accountability in Education

Charter. The stated purpose was to provide parents with more information about the performance of their local schools. As with any...

Post 1900 History of the New York Yankees

the first time on April 22, 1903, losing to Washington (The Official Site of the New York Yankees, 2007). However, with a never s...

Value of Joining a Nurses’ Organization

of nursing and by lobbying" both Congress and regulatory agencies in regards to healthcare issues that affect nursing (ANA, 2008)....

Public Relations for the Puerto Rico Hurricanes

but it does provide greater ease of scheduling and avoids bye situations at playoff time. Eastern Conference Western Conference C...

Steroids and Major League Baseball

in men. "Females who use steroids may have problems with their menstrual cycles because steroids can disrupt the maturation and re...

Women's Baseball Leagues in Historical Context

Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848 for example (Roberts, 2005). The womens movement had begun and baseball was an...

Salaries and Benefits of NBA and NFL Players

extensions and exceptions to this cap (Inside Hoops, 2006). In terms of contracts there are both rookie and player contracts. A ro...

Nursing Education Bill

quality and care" of health services that offered to rural areas throughout the US (Clinton, 2007). In addition to providing fun...

Gary Nash/Race and Revolution

most important and fascinating of them were fashioned by black and white revolutionists who saw race as the great American dilemma...

Shifting Vietnam to a Global Economy

The writer discusses the way in which Vietnam is transforming into a free market economy despite the fact that it is a Communist n...

Business Cycle Dating; Purposes of the Fed

This is a high-level view, and one that works only in retrospect. As example, it is difficult to accurately proclaim when the nat...

National Football League and the Effects of Instant Replay Technology

bit (as he states) and managed to slow down the frame time. Stop Action was born. Soon the Airforce contacted Jim to ask if he mig...