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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...

Game of Life by Shulman and Bowen

Game of Life: College Sports and Educational Values (2002) a study of the athletic programs in 30 colleges and universities that...

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 ...

Basketball History

This research paper presents a short history of basketball that describes how the sport began and then traces the high spots in it...

How Should Coca-Cola Compete in the Alternate Beverage Market?

Coca Cola may be the leader in the soft drinks market, but it is in second place in the global alterative beverage market, and thi...

Physical Performance and its Relation to Nutrition

This paper compares and contrasts the way sports nutrition was regarded in the past and the way it is regarded today. There are f...

Cardiac Death, Screening Athletes

Baker County Independent School Board concerns a serious health prevention concern in regards to the student athletes participatin...

Why Teams Win: 9 Keys to Success in Business, Sport, and Beyond by Saul Miller

health care and the arts is when teams achieve a "synergy of intelligence, energy, talent and spirit" (Miller, 2009, p. 8). Mill...

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...

Campaign to Increase Sporting Activity for Single Mothers

barriers which prevent them from taking part (Kotler and Keller, 2008). Effectively it needs to make the sport accessible. The cam...

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...

ORGANIZATIONAL SYMBOLISM AND CONSTRAINTS IN THE CASE STUDY "WINNING WAYS' GEAR FOR SPORTS"

from founder Bob Wolff, Winning Ways employees are part of an organizational culture that thrives on verbal cues. The Winning Ways...

The Benefits of Running

This slide presentation provides a look at the benefits of this popular sport. There are two sources contained in the bibliography...

Why High School Competitive Sports are Desirable

children, and many team players end up using steroids to get an edge over the competition. Clearly, there are two sides to this is...

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...

Contemporary Sports and Women

In twenty six pages this paper examines contemporary sports and the participation of women with former tennis star Martina Navrati...

Childhood Heroes and Athletes

In five pages this research paper discusses the child idolatry of athletes and why this respect is sometimes misplaced in a consid...

Sports, Visualization, and Mental Imagery

In ten pages this research paper examines how in sports visualization, mental practice, and mental images are used. Seven sources...

1919 Scandal of the Chicago Black Sox

early years, when there was less regulation, there was an uncounted number of gamblers and certainly, gamblers were always looking...

Physical Education Instruction and Growth Patterns of Children

complex carbohydrates, moderate mounts of protein and enough fat to support growth and physical activity (Anonymous, 1996, p. 611)...

Sports Industry and the Internet's Impact

In ten pages this paper examines the sport industry impact of the Internet and the World Wide Web. Nine sources are cited in the ...

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...

Banning Steroids

In five pages this paper argues in favor of banning steroids which enhance athletic performance from any and all professional or O...

Contemporary Golf

In five pages the sport of golf is discussed in a consideration of its general condition and current trends. Five sources are cit...

Female Athletes and Their Obstacles

can identify with Navritolovas experiences as they do not see the positive connection between achievement and sport (Widenhaus,199...

Issues of Sports Commitment

In six pages this paper discusses issues of enjoyment, involvement, personal investments, and social constraints as they relate to...

Professional Sports and the Sociological Impacts of Big Money

In five pages this report considers contemporary pro sports and the sociological effects of the big money it requires and generate...

Motivation in Athletes and Performance and Motivation Correlation

In a paper consisting of twenty five pages motivation is considered from the perspective of physical education programming and mot...

Sport Stadiums and Their Costs

In five pages this paper examines sport stadiums' construction and considers types of public funding approaches with the nonprofit...