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    Should Video Games be Considered a Sport? I think they should.Here are some of the reasons I think video games should be considered a sport. 1.Video games are more popular than actual sports‚ 2. There can be physical movement in the games‚ 3. handicap/obese teens can do a sport‚ 4. Stretches the mind’s ability to create tactics. First‚ over 40‚000 people piled into a soccer stadium to watch the tournament on league of legends‚ and over 27 million people watched this tournament worldwide! That’s

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    Boxing Essay Introduction As a sport should boxing be banned from the Olympic Games? Boxing is a popular sport that some people enjoy to watch as two opponents try to knock each other out on to the ground or win by points. I think that boxing is moral and should not be banned from the Olympics. Intentions The goal in boxing is to purposely hurt and harm your opponent. Even though other sports‚ like grid iron and rugby‚ can be dangerous and the injuries are often accidental. In boxing however

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    military obstacle course training. The question we are all wondering is if Parkour should be considered a sport at the same level of other individual sports? In this essay‚ I will argue that Parkour is a sport such as any individual sport for multiple reasons. For me‚ I also consider it a form of art because it’s very fluid and done in the city while learning the culture. First‚ Parkour should be known as a sport because it’s a very demanding activity and all these movements (jump‚ climb‚ run) require

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    In this study‚ the aim will be to answer the following question: ‘To what context can sport be considered a good thing?’ The theory which will be looked at in this study is feminism and its key theories. There are many forms of feminist theory‚ however the ones that will be looked at will be liberal feminism‚ radical feminism and socialist feminism. Coakley & Pike (2009) describe feminist theory as the understanding of gender & gender relation‚ with regards to social life and gender equity and the

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    "Jab" "jab" "uppercut" in the boxing gym with my coach Jonathan training me for my fight on Saturday not just any fight it was the Scottish district fight the finals which I reached to with hard work and pain. "keep going you need to be able to keep fit for Saturday jay son" said Jonathan I was so tried after studying all night for exams and going to the gym. I was interested in Bodybuilding more than I was for boxing‚ but boxing was necessary after that night when I got attacked by a local gang

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    November 29th 2010 Should Cheerleading be Considered a Sport? A sport is defined as “an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature” (Dictionary.com). Someone can’t roll out of bed and be an amazing cheerleader. Cheerleading is an activity that takes massive amounts of skill and physical prowess‚ but on July 22nd of 2010 Connecticut Judge Stefan R. Underhill ruled competitive cheerleading as not being a sport. Considering the physical demand of the activity

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    Videogames should not be considered sports‚ because they do not match the physicality‚ competitiveness‚ training‚ or focus of sports. The website‚ “Oxford Dictionaries”‚ clearly states that “sports is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment”. Sports are also a mental exertion‚ which varies from person to person. Although‚ many people still anticipate the fact that videogames meet the same requires through

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    Sports have been around since the beginning of man‚ even if they weren’t classified as a sport yet‚ but maybe just a way to pass time. It’s always a sensible subject when someone starts talking about what they believe is and what isn’t a sport because no one wants to work so hard for something and have others take that away from them because what they’re doing is not a “sport”. Although it seems easy to differentiate between what is and what isn’t a sport‚ there are many arguments today trying to

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    Should esports be considered as real sports? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Box01YzekaQ http://youtu.be/kMh2b_n7cKw?t=12m32s A new kind of competition has sprung up in recent years‚ inciting passion and fervour as sports have for centuries. However these competitions take place not on a court or on a field but inside the world of video games. So called esports are growing rapidly and powerfully: the current dota 2 tournament offers a large prize‚ a huge audience‚ and plenty of glory for the winners

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    BOXING Boxing also known as pugilism‚ has roots that go all the way back to ancient Grece and Rome. Back then fights will take place without gloves‚ but with just leather taped on to the hands this resulted in even more scary‚ deadly battles. The earliest forms of pugilism arrived on the British Isles when the Romans conquered them in the first century. The first recorded history of boxing as a public spectacle began in 18th century England. The typical early boxing matches were fought bare knuckles

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