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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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

High School Athletics and Steroids

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

Sports Coaches and the Impact of Using Tobacco

34(9): 42. A surprising look at the number of runners that continue to smoke in spite of the fact they are competitive runners an...

High School Sports and Drug Testing of Athletes

In nine pages this paper presents the argument against blanket drug testing of high school athletes. Seven sources are cited in t...

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...

Secondary and High Schools' Emergency Plans

In six pages various emergency plans are examined at the secondary and high school levels and include athlete physical examination...

Sports Performance and Nutrition

a nutritional expert, had taken the "carbohydrate loading" to heart and were obtaining more than 70% of their calories from pasta ...

Asthma and Exercis

lives. This is unnecessary, since there are effective medications on the market, along with other training guidelines that can he...

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...

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....

College Sports and Gambling

In eleven pages this paper discusses college sports gambling issues as it affects the NCAA, teams, and athletes. Ten sources are ...

Performance of Black Sprinters

In a literature review consisting of fifteen pages the thesis that physiological differences that are racially specific is present...

U.S. Major League Baseball and Desegregation

the United States and Canada. But it wasnt necessarily an amiable situation; far from it -- some white players refused to play aga...

High School Athletes and Drug Testing That is Mandatory

high school athletes, has come to public attention again in recently in light of a report which was released by the inspector gene...

Role Models, Athletes, and Sports Violence

In five pages this paper discusses how athletes serve as role models to children in this discussion of violence in sports. Eight ...

Paying College Athletes and the Ongoing Debate

athletes unfortunately do not have the grades to attend some of these schools. The obvious reason for this phenomenon is that mone...

College Athlete Recruitment

In five pages this paper examines how collegiate athletes are recruited and the problem associated with this process. Five source...

Literature Review on Spondylolisthesis

In five pages this paper examines spondylolisthesis in this contemporary literature review with the condition as it affects adoles...

Laws and Athletes

In twenty three pages this paper examines whether or not laws ensure that there is an equal 'playing field' for athletes regardles...

Society and Sports Law

In twenty five pages this paper discusses how athletes are protected by the law in a consideration of various jurisdictions, case ...