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Women in Athletics

In nine pages a proposed study involving women participants in athletics is presented with the hypothesis being that in terms of a...

College Athletes and Their Preferential Treatment

In six pages this paper considers why college athletes receive preferential treatment. There is the inclusion of a bibliography....

Physiological Pros and Cons of High Altitude Athletic Training

In fifteen pages this paper examines the benefits and detriments to athletes who train in high altitudes in a pro and con discussi...

Running Speed and Muscle Strength

In twenty two pages this paper examines a 50 meter sprint run by nonprofessional athletes and the connection increased speed of ru...

Muscular Massage and Russian Electro Stimulation

In five pages this paper discusses how athletes as well as nonathletes can benefit from the muscle massage known as Russian Electr...

Athletics, Self Esteem, and Drugs

drugs will enhance performance while others will deteriorate performance. Performance-enhancing drugs have been used by athletes i...

Athletes and Drug Use

the overwhelming pressure to succeed. With the understanding that such reasons inevitably fall under the headings of cheating and...

Hero Worship

In eleven pages this paper examines the societal pros and cons of hero worship with professional athletes including OJ Simpson, Dw...

Business and Professional Athletes

of a game to be a business, and too much of a business to be a game" continues to provoke curiosity because the very nature of cor...

Black Community and the Impact of Black Sports Figuresty

talk to other tribes in North Dakota about education, lifestyle choices, success, character and health. Others will establish gr...

Community Role of Black Professional Athletes

center on black male athletes, and the role that they serve in their community. The Good Guys An example of one of the really goo...

Training Psychology of East Germany's Olympic Athletes

In nine pages this report discusses the GDR Olympic athletes in terms of the psychological training they must undergo that is in a...

Athletes and College Athletics in Division I

sports and were paid for their services (Putnam, p. 4). This practice continued throughout the first portion of the twentieth cen...

Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan

Ali or Jordan who bestows upon his admirers the importance of making positive contributions to self and society. II. FAMILY BACKG...

LeBron James, Psychological and Ethical Moral Egoism

was receiving a congratulatory gift for his academic achievements, specifically, his 3.5 grade point average (Kansas City Star, 20...

High School Athletics and Steroids

approaches. The growing field of sports psychology offers us this opportunity. Sports psychology can be used to more effectively...

Optimizing Athletic Performance Through Serious Regimens of Exercise and Nutrition

heart attacks are an unfortunate result of improperly planned and conducted exercise. Unfortunately, too many athletes resort to ...

Society and What Salaries Reflect

10 years ago, the Christian Science Monitor, in covering an article about child care workers and the poverty-level wages they rece...

Violence and the Role Models of Professional Sports Figures

enjoy playing sports, to adults who love sports and perhaps dream of being a professional athlete, professional athletes serve as ...

'Tikkun Olam' and Commitment of Jewish Athletes

World War II after the Japanese bombed military installations in Pearl Harbor. He volunteered for active duty in the Marine Corps...

Faith, Good Sportsmanship, and Goodwill Promoted by Jewish Athletes

a high school player, Mother would go over to the box... and drop some coins in the box... I asked what she was doing and she said...

Performers and Athletes Are Not Overpaid

attain great wealth and others have to struggle to get by? Chass (2002) relays the words of a teacher who believes that athletes ...

Women and Hamstring Injuries

strains are graded 1 - 3, depending on the severity of the strain. "A grade 1 might consist of small micro tears in the muscle. A...

Media Representation of Black Professional Athletes

openly voicing their dislike for the player. Some writers even speculated that a new Bonds record would only benefit the game beca...

Heat Exhaustion Susceptibility of Athletes

it is oxygenated, picking up the oxygen molecules that the blood will carry to other areas of the body. The left ventricle sends ...

Literature Review on Student Athletes, Stressors, Benefits, and Time Management

So these days we have huge sports programs - and students who are finding it more and more difficult to manage their time on all l...

A.E. Houseman: To An Athlete Dying Young

won your town the race x / x /...

Identity Searches in Literature

A.E. Housman. They are both young men who die before they age, before they have perhaps achieved a powerful greatness it would see...

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...

Literature Review of Athletes and Carbohydrates

Yet literature on the idea of carbohydrates and the athlete continues to be mixed, especially with the recent introduction of low-...