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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...

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...

Cheerleading and Sports Gender Constructs

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

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...

Societal Effects of Sports

when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and opened up the game of Major League Baseball to all men, without regard to the col...

Market for Sport Shoe Trainers

2004 and 2009, and the main purchases are males, who make 52% of the purchases (Euromonitor, 2005). Most of the goods are sold th...

Sports and Steroids

to articulate and enforce some type of punitive steroid policy. The current penalties for positive use are as follows: Offense/...

Team Sports Equality Argument

REQUIREMENTS The safety standards which are customary for protection of the health and safety of males in sports and competitive ...

Review of 'Perceived purposes of sport among recreational participants: The role of competitive dispositions' Article

Previous research has determined that involvement in organized sports caused the development of both negative and positive percept...

Sports and Gender

Sport and society is examined. Gender is discussed in this context.This three page paper has six sources listed in the bibliograp...

European Sports Car Rankings

the same rate. Augmented aerodynamics and adjustable spoilers create a significantly enhanced downforce (forty percent more than ...

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...

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...

Sports Fans and Their Importance

would clearly only be played for the love of the game and the players would not make a living at it without fans. It would be a ho...

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...

Raising Moral Youth

to believe in God and as such does not work for all youth. But, for those who are religious or want to be religious it is invaluab...

Legalizing Gambling on Sports

to gambling, but it is nowhere near the destruction that is done by alcohol. Similarly, other forms of entertainment are legal but...

Alan Hodge and Robert Graves' The Long Weekend

until another war hit that would settle things. Society frantically seemed to become involved in many different new endeavors in a...

Managing Finances and Ethics

family must earn money and make financial decisions but poor decisions can lead families into bankruptcy and homelessness. Is home...

Women's Athletics, Success, and Motivation

motivation and success in regards to womens sports, it is first helpful to perceive these elements within an historical and cultur...

Cultural Comparison of Korea and the U.S.

Lifestyle - Food, 2002). Because of problems with refrigeration, preserved foods like kimchi (a fermented cabbage dish) and doenj...

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 Gambling and the Ethical and Moral Concerns It Arouses

to throw a game. Greed is often at the crux of sports gambling. Players, even if they are doing rather well, may be lured by easy...

Sport and Roles in Management Practice

the team, but for the good of the sport as a business. Obviously, sports is big business, and for all large businesses, adminis...

Sports Films

career is winding down. Crash loves the game and helps a young pitcher, Ebby Calvin LaLoosh (Tim Robbins, hone his raw talent so t...

A Comparison of Boxing and Ultimate Fighting

for example do not have a sense of authenticity anymore, and seems to be a throwback to an earlier time. Boxing is in fact a bit o...

Production and Pricing at Under Armour, Inc.

The fabric on which the Under Armour company has been built has moisture-wicking properties "which are designed to keep perspirati...

Sports and Gender

activity an entire tribe could be lost. Women needed to be protected because they were pregnant or caring for physically weak memb...