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Sports and the Connection to Crime

it either way; the most sensible conclusion has to be that since he was tried by a jury which acquitted him, and since they sat th...

Athletes, Congress, and Steroid Use

Shadows" hit the stands. Written by two San Francisco Chronicle reporters publicly implicated several big name baseball players i...

Participation in Youth Sports

This research paper presents examination of sports research in order to ascertain if the benefits associated with sports participa...

Gender and Sport in American Society

The ideological and political representation of sports are on some level the same for both men and women in that sports are part o...

Should Drug Use Be Decriminalized?

focus to intervention and rehabilitation. Others oppose this view, arguing that the War on Drugs is working and that to decriminal...

Sports Agents

the situation quickly evolved into a litigation melee with Moorad, the other partner joining in and even the National Football Pla...

Mathematics in Sports

The baseball player performs, for example, in relation not just to his own body but to the equipment of the sport. The bat in eff...

Big Money and Big Sports

teachers? Teachers are certainly more important to society than baseball players?" To this perfectly legitimate question, Chass re...

'Chucks' of Converse

their profit margin even further. The company subsequently closed its US plants and contracted with a firm in India for production...

NFL and the Effects of Instant Replay

to the playoffs after nine long years (Grumet, 1999). Their stumbling block to the playoffs was in the form of the New York Jets....

Community Sport Promotion Supported

with each other. Certainly community sport cannot solve all of societys problems, but it is a proven route to enhancing com...

Journalists and Their Sports Influence

of any game, such as preventing specific players from participating. Rather, the most punitive injunction that the NCAA can impos...

Sports Fans and Advanced Sports Technology's Negative Effects

Americas favorite pastime seen better days. The lure of money is the single most important lure that has allowed advanced t...

Baseball's Color Barrier and Jackie Robinson

Astonishingly, he stole 40 bases and scored 113 runs (Olsen, 1974). From the beginning, Jackie Robinson proved himself not only ...

Lasting Legacy of Baseball's Jackie Robinson

In eleven pages Brooklyn Dodgers' baseball player Jackie Robinson, who successfully broke through the sport's color barrier in 194...

Assessment and Treatment of Sports Shoulder Injuries

In ten pages this paper assesses prevention and treatment of sports' shoulder injuries. Six sources are cited in the bibliography...

A Shoulder's Anatomy

In eleven pages the anatomy of a shoulder is considered in terms of physiology, injuries, and treatments that can be particularly ...

Female Participation in Basketball

can manifest itself in numerous ways, each as tragic and as unfair as the other. Women who play in the eight-team Womens Na...

Pro Sports and the Impact of Sports Agents

money as a priority over all other considerations may urge a young player to begin a professional career instead of going to colle...

Athletes and Sports

In twelve pages this paper discusses child development and achieving an identity through sports in a consideration of pressures, r...

Many Contrasts of Cassius 'Muhammad Ali' Clay

In five pages the sports' contributions of this African American heavyweight boxing champion are examined in terms of his many con...

Sports and the Use of Biomechanics

The writer examines the use of biomechanics in sports and focuses on accurate analysis and proper application of technology. The w...

Extreme Sports Participation and What Motivates It

In five pages this paper examines various theories associated with the motivations behind extreme sports' participation. Four sour...

Does Aggression Help or Hinder Performance in Sports

The student should consider presenting the following points: Kirker, Tenenbaum and Mattson (2000), for example, recognized that ...

High Performance Drugs: Social Consideration

is both famous and respected. However, it becomes difficult for the child or adolescent to understand the motivation behind such ...

Overview of Sports' Shoulder Injuries and Rehabilitation

In eleven pages this paper discusses research on sports related shoulder injuries and various rehabilitation approaches with the i...

Overview of Collegiate Sports' Title IX

previously were. In offering some information regarding the history of Title IX we present the following: "* On June 23, 1972, Pre...

Becoming a Greater Sports Fan with Fantasy Sports

Before playing fantasy football, I gave little thought to the function of a commissioner or the importance of the role in team ope...

Sports' Success and Motivation

they mean and how they affect the team can give us some of the insight to the motivating factor that affects any team and the indi...

'Obscene' Salaries of Professional Sports' Celebrities

the fact that they are ostensibly playing a game for pay and that their talents are unique in all the world, the fact remains that...