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Mike Lupica's Mad As Hell How Sports Got Away from the Fans-And How We Get It Back

In 5 pages this text and the impact of greed on sports and how fans can assist in halting this disturbing trend are examined. The...

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...

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...

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...

Globalism, Technology, Capitalism, and Sport

transnational, those that promote the American way of life and "transmit American popular culture" across the globe (Keys, 2000). ...

Equalizing Aspects of Sport

special accommodations. In respect to race, sometimes there is reverse discrimination. Some believe that the black man has a nat...

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 ...

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...

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...

Private Team Sports Facilities and City Financing

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

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...

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...

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...

American College and University Campuses and the Practice of Illegal Gambling on Sports

that contains a substantial amount of cash and proves the point that in much of todays collegiate sports, it is if you win or lose...

Sport Obermeyer Ltd. and Considerations for Manufacturing

In eight pages this paper considers a Harvard case study and discusses how manufacturing constraints must be adjusted by Sport Obe...

Intercollegiate Athletic Program Strategic Plan

In fifteen pages this paper discusses a grass roots strategic plan designed to promote other collegiate sports besides baseball, f...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

Subsidizing Professional Sports Stadiums

al, 2004). Is the expenditure of all of this money beneficial to the economy of the areas where the facilities are being built? P...

Rights of Fathers in the UK

if this is non bias is present in reality it should be reflected in the way fathers rights are interpreted. However, in UK law and...

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. ...