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Media and Society, 2005.
This paper examines an Olympic media event in which two athletes expressed their racial anger.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, £ 17.95
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This paper describes a memorable Olympic media event in which two American track and field athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, took advantage of global media coverage of their medal awards ceremony to make a dramatic political statement. The author rpoints out that this famous media event from the 1968 Olympic Games is an example of human reaction to the emergence and social construction of culture. The paper relates that, in this ritual of defiance and sorrow, Tommie Smith and John Carlos reflected their basic ethics and values because they were angered by their country economic and political systems in which economic relations were governed by the dominance of an elite class.
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"In "The Media and Popular Culture", the author describes a memorable Olympic media event in which two American track and field athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, took advantage of global media coverage of their medal awards ceremony to make a dramatic political statement. As millions of people around the world watched, they raised their black-gloved fists and bowed their heads as the Star Spangled Banner was played. (Edles) Obviously, Tommie Smith and John Carlos considered themselves symbolic actors on a global stage, for their presence representing their country as African American athletes, combined with their raised fists and bowed heads, offered the world beyond Mexico City a symbolic protest against racism in the United States."
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Steroid Use, 2005.
This paper discusses the dangers and misconceptions of anabolic steroid use.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 10 sources, £ 60.95
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This paper explains that steroids are a controlled substance, which can both help and harm the user. The author examines the current issue of anabolic steroid use among individuals seeking to use them as performance enhancers to improve athletic performance and physical appearance. The paper relates the history of steroid use, its prevalence among professional athlete, and the potential hazards to one's health.
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"Steroids are controlled substances. For that reason, there is a great potential danger in their use. It is quite common for individuals to become addicted to steroids and even suffer some serious side effects. Unfortunately, steroids have gained some notoriety in recent years because professional athletes use steroids to improve their performances and effectively cheat. Obviously, steroids should be banned from professional sports and the players strictly screened for possible use. However, steroids can have benefits and should be available to the general public, though in a controlled fashion."
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Bill Russell's "Russell Rules", 2005.
This paper reviews "Russell Rules" by Bill Russell (2001) about leadership.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, £ 30.95
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This paper explains that Bill Russell was a sports figure who offers his eleven lessons on leadership based on his time as a basketball player. The author points out that, in "Russell Rules", Russel adapted sport leadership to other arenas such as business and politics. The paper relates how Russell's ideas are in keeping with the ideas of other business leaders who have written advice books for future leaders.
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"Bill Russell is a sports figure who sets forth eleven lessons on leadership. Clearly, these lessons were developed in a sporting context and can be applied to team efforts, suggesting ways of being a leader and of empowering others to do their best. These lessons are applicable in many other contexts, of course, including business, political situations, and similar areas where leadership is needed and where the individual can follow these rules to achieve his or her best. The leadership lessons Russell offers are comparable to those offered by other business leaders who similarly want to empower others to achieve the most they can achieve. Russell's approach shows clearly that there is a link between all forms of leadership and efforts at achieving personal excellence so that business leaders and sports leaders can learn from and teach one another lessons that apply in both realms and that lead to success."
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Co-ed Competitive Athletics, 2005.
This paper argues against young women competing against young men in the athletic sphere.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, £ 36.95
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This paper explains that, in recent years, the strident demands of feminists that girls be allowed to play with the boys has sparked considerable debate. The author argues that such a development will lead to wide-spread injury and is unnecessary because Title IX already provides women with access to athletic facilities and with access to athletic scholarships. The paper suggests that what is really being pursued by feminist advocates in a matter of this sort is an entry by young women into male athletics while the same opportunity, especially for social and political reasons, is not similarly extended to young men.
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"In our present day and age, it is fashionable to talk about the 'inequalities' that women face in contemporary society. Although much of this can be dismissed as dishonest rhetoric, there is, nonetheless, a genuine sentiment amongst many women that men are keeping them from their 'full' potential as human beings. While many areas can be explored when discussing the on-going battle between the sexes, this paper will explore but one of them - namely, high school athletics. Specifically, this paper will argue that having girls compete against boys in high-school athletics is not only unfair, it is dangerous to the young women participating in such activities."
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Neuromuscular Training Program, 2006.
A look at the effect of a neuromuscular training program on the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament tears and other injuries in young female soccer players.
4,048 words (approx. 16.2 pages), 13 sources, APA, £ 74.95
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of a neuromuscular training program that is designed to decrease the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears in adolescent female soccer players, as well as lower body injuries in general. It looks at how a neuromuscular training program consists of exercises that aim to improve the balance between the muscles of the body such as the hamstring and quadriceps muscle as well as improve techniques in cutting and landing which place an athlete at high risk for injury in a game situation.
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"Female Participation in recreational and competitive sports has increased over the last twenty years and along with this, there has also been an increase in the number of women sustaining knee injuries including tears to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Female athletes who participate in sports such as soccer and basketball which involve quick directional changes while running as in pivoting and jumping show a four to six times higher incidence of knee injury over their male counterparts involved in the same sports (Hewett, 2000). Julie Agel and her colleagues (2005) found that despite the mechanism of injury, the rate of ACL injury was higher for female athletes at the collegiate level than male collegiate athletes. In this study, it was also found that more female athletes sustain ACL injuries that occurred through non-contact mechanisms. "
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"Three Nights in August", 2006.
This paper reviews Buzz Bissinger's book "Three Nights in August" about Tony La Russa and the St. Louis Cardinals.
1,255 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 0 sources, £ 28.95
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This paper relates that Buzz Bissinger's "Three Nights in August" describes what life is really like surrounding major league baseball clubs, what it's like in the clubhouse before and after games and what baseball players do when nobody, especially the media, is looking over their shoulders. The author points out that, throughout much of the book, Bissinger's descriptions come from sitting behind La Russa in the dugout. The paper relates both sides of the media story---from the aspect of what media members go through to get access to players and what players do to keep the attention on themselves through the media.
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"Bissinger also wrote about several interesting tidbits, like the lives of Rick Ankiel, Albert Pujols and Cal Eldred. He also wrote about how clubhouse attendants unwrap sticks of Juicy Fruit so that the players don't have to unwrap them themselves, or that former pitcher Steve Kline spends an inordinate amount of time walking around in the nude, or that Bill Veek once built a hole in his wooden leg and used it as an ashtray. The best paragraph that Bissinger wrote in the book comes from Tony La Russa, when he is speaking to Kerry Robinson."
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"Sweat Equity": Women in Sports, 2004.
This paper describes women's struggles in the world of sports.
904 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 21.95
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In this essay, the writer looks at the barriers women encounter and the struggles they endure in order to participate in sports. The writer makes use of fashion issues to illustrate this point. Billie Jean King is also used as an example in this discussion. Further, the writer discusses the U.S. Women's World Cup soccer team in this paper.
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"As the saying goes 'winners never quit and quitters never win'. In no other arena is this truer than that of women's sports. The struggle for women to gain equal respect, equal pay and equal opportunity in sporting events has been raging for centuries and indeed rages on still even in this progressive twenty-first century. The battle for athletic equity is especially well-illustrated by examining the emphasis of women's sporting fashion, by highlighting the strides of Billie Jean King as a pioneer in women's ..."
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Belles of the Ball Game, 2004.
This paper looks at the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
678 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 15.95
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In this article, the writer looks at the history of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The writer describes the rise and fall of the only league of professional women's baseball in America's history. The writer explains that this league began in light of the shortage of male players due to the war. The writer studies reasons for the league's demise.
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"When World War II began taking men off the baseball, diamonds in a crisis loomed in the world of sports. In order to avert such a crisis Philip K. Wrigley of the Chicago Cubs brought together a group of mid-western businessmen and baseball owners to form a committee and suggest alternatives. The committee suggested that they form a league of professional women's softball players to attract audiences and drive revenue. As a result the ... "
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Women in Sports, 2004.
This paper discusses women in sports and takes a look at the ideal woman.
904 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 21.95
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In this article, the writer discusses women in sports. The writer looks at the importance of the body image and how one is viewed in society. The writer discusses the prevalence of eating disorders and the use of steroids. In this paper, the effects of media images on the behavior of athletes are also discussed. Further, the writer discusses the impact of stereotyped images of women in the media.
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"Body image, the way a person sees their body and feels about it is a concept developed over time and may change depending on a range of factors including media images, attitudes of friends and family and cultural traditions. Looking back over this century we can see how body image has changed from the well-rounded full figure to the slim and even ultra-slim ideal, portrayed today in fashions. We are constantly being bombarded with these images on the television, in the newspaper, in magazines, in fashion shows, in ... "
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Women in Professional Sports, 2004.
This paper discusses women participating in professional sports.
1,808 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, £ 43.95
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The writer explores how female athletes have overcome many barriers and still have many more ahead of them. The writer discusses that by competing in professional sports, female athletes challenge beliefs, such as that sports are just for males. The writer suggests that perhaps due to the barriers that women encounter in this field, they should be encouraged to compete in professional sports. In this paper, the writer discusses how the female athletes are making a place for themselves in a traditional male dominated arena.
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"Women in professional sports encounter many obstacles in their road to participation. They must overcome the lack of institutional support and advocacy, gender bias and discrimination, the idea that sports are for males and males only and images of femininity and sexuality. Yet, despite and perhaps because of these barriers, women should be encouraged to compete in professional sports. Already current research has re-evaluated some of these beliefs. For example, it has shown that physical differences, one of the primary objections to female participation in ... "
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The Sport of Bodybuilding, 2005.
This paper discusses the sport of bodybuilding and related matters.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 48.95
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In this article, the writer discusses bodybuilding historically, in terms of women's versus men's experience. Among the subjects covered in this paper are the use of steroids in this sport. The writer discusses supplements used by these athletes. The issues of physiology, nutrition and related sport injuries are also examined. The writer provides a brief history of the purpose of bodybuilding.
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"The importance of proper exercise and nutrition is highly relevant amid the worldwide obesity crisis noted in the media over the past several years. As Americans and other nations throughout the world grow more overweight and health problems and medical costs related to obesity increase, proper lifestyle measures to prevent obesity are a top priority among those concerned with public health. Since its inception the sport of bodybuilding has led the way in developing exercise and nutritional technologies that easily ... "
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Biotechnology and Society, 2005.
The purpose of this paper is to address the subject of biotechnology in sport.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 21.95
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In this article, the writer examines the issue of biotechnology in sport . The writer also looks at the effect it has on athletes and society.
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"Some athletes will probably manage to exploit engineered genes while avoiding catastrophe. But it is clear that as genetic technologies begin trickling into the mainstream of medicine they will change sports profoundly and not for the better. As a society, we will have to ask ourselves whether new records and other athletic triumphs really are a simple continuation of the age-old quest to show what our species can do ... "
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Performance Enhancing Substances, 2004.
This paper discusses the use of performance enhancing substances.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 37.95
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This article looks at the subject of performance enhancing substances. The writer examines the effects and risks of using such substances. The writer discusses appropriate alternatives to these drugs, such as proper nutrition, hydration and vitamins. The writer also provides the option of working with a trainer in order to increase muscle mass, strength and stamina. In this paper, the writer looks at the wide use of such performance enhancing substances in sports and among athletes.
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"Trout and Kazlauskas have noted that Sport plays a major role in the lives of many people, both for active participation and as entertainment. Sport is now a huge nationally and internationally based industry. The desire to win has led some athletes to resort to the use of performance enhancing drugs. With huge financial rewards now available in some sports, the pressure to excel has grown. Some have argued that drug use should be given free rein ... "
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