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Gambling and Organized Sports

card counting or anything that tips the odds in the players favor is not allowed. It is no secret that gambling is big and there a...

Sports and the Promotion of Human Rights

In this manner, sports help to breakdown prejudice, stereotypes, cultural differences, ignorance, intolerance and discrimination. ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Private Team Sports Facilities and City Financing

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

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...

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...

Cheerleading and Sports Gender Constructs

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

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...

Concessions and Sports Management

also deals with the hospitality industry as well (so its important not to confuse this solely with sports management). 2.What pri...

Burnout and the American Coach

Another symptom of burnout is the development of negative, cynical attitudes about clients and finally, a third aspect of the synd...

Homosexuality Perception of Female Athletes

that public image is just as much a part of the game as the ground stroke. People watch the Williams sisters because they are exce...

Baseball as America's Favorite Sport

notwithstanding, Doubledays involvement in baseballs Civil War presence is what has come to represent the start of a national trad...

Sports and Children

of the young children who will soon bloom into adolescence. In fact, LeBlanc and Dickson in their book Straight Talk About Childre...

Athletic and Nonathletic Students and their Scholastic and Social Differences

school athletics programs. As advantageous as physical exercise is for the body, it is as equally beneficial for the brain, as we...

Problems Associated with Vandalism

discussed knowledge of the facts of the case rather than determining what the children knew at the onset. Though police are reluc...

Under-Representation of Minorities in Sports Leadership Positions

however, has been questioned, but there is probably some truth to it. To take a trivial example, if we see a black janitor in a sc...

Sporting Events and Spectator Safety

In twenty one pages this paper presents the argument that the law cannot ensure spectator safety at sporting events with various t...

A Sports Statistics' Overview

In eight pages sports statistics as they relate to baseball are examined with an explanation of various formulas and their meaning...

Olympics and Impact of Technology

In five pages the Olympic Games are examined in a consideration of the impact of technology regarding communications, transportati...

Society, Law, and Sport

In twenty three pages this paper discusses how law influences sport in terms of discrimination protection and considers whether or...

Sports Drinks and Marketing Management

In eight pages this paper discusses Quaker Oats, Gatorade, the sports drink industry in a consideration of management, marketing s...

Taxpayers and the Unnecessary Burden of a Professional Sports Stadium

new stadiums that would either keep their pro teams or lure new ones. USA Today estimates that $4 of every $5 in stadium construct...

Errant Professional Athletes and Image Enhancement

In ten pages this paper considers how crisis management can be successfully undertaken by professional sports teams with examples ...

Books on Young Horses and Schooling

In five pages renowned equestrians Anne Kursinski and George Morris are discussed in a consideration of sport horses and how to tr...

Asia and American Sports Industry

In eleven pages this paper contrasts and compares Asia and the United States in terms of the sports merchandising industry. Twelv...