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    Censorship In Sports

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    differentiation over the competition‚ etc. Sports sponsorship is an effective marketing tool that allows the sponsor to increase brand awareness. It has become an effective marketing strategy for many companies but also an effective source of income for sports organizations. Sponsorship represents a type of investment in the form of cash‚ equipment or services in exchange for the possibility of commercial potential

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    Gender In Sports

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    involved in sports‚ the genders of both men and women. Sports Media and the Stereotyping Between Men and Women The sport industry is nothing less than the pastime of America. Millions of viewers tuned in everyday to receive updates and news on their favorite sports team or even players. Nationwide networks and even local sporting stations broadcast anything from the more popular sports such as football‚ baseball‚ and basketball‚ to the less familiar and far less attractive sports such as volleyball

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    PED's in sports

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    The legalisation of drugs in sport may be fairer and safer In 490 BC‚ the Persian Army landed on the plain of Marathon‚ 25 miles from Athens. The Athenians sent a messenger named Feidipides to Sparta to ask for help. He ran the 150 miles in two days. The Spartans were late. The Athenians attacked and‚ although outnumbered five to one‚ were victorious. Feidipides was sent to run back to Athens to report victory. On arrival‚ he screamed “We won” and dropped dead from exhaustion. The marathon

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    Women in Sports

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    Sport is a Reflection of society and‚ in many respects‚ society is a reflection of sport” (Holman p. 223). Due to the popularity of sport‚ it has an effect on the image of society. Sport is harder to enter into for women because the make up for sport is set up for male dominance. This shows that for some time sport was not held to the same laws of equality. Women had and still have to some degree‚ less opportunity than males do in sport. The greater laws of equality in society were not being passed

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    Money in Sports

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    IS money ruining sports    Money has always been involved in sports since the early ages. In today’s context due to the wrong use of money the prestige of sports has been declining. Cases such as match fixing‚ betting‚ corruption can sometimes be seen in the headline of newspapers and magazines. It is an inevitable fact that these cases is spoiling the reputation of sports. However‚ money is also helping find and encourage sportsperson and fans too. Corruption and bribery is some of the activities

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    Sports Day

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    There is a great importance of games and sports for the students. The sports teach discipline to the students. These sports are very essential for the students. They also develop the spirit of the sportsmanship and suddenly derive a lot of pleasure by playing games. It also inculcates the quality of team spirit in them. The students learn the qualities of leadership and working unitedly.Generally games are played in every school. In our school we have a very big playground where the students play

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    Sports Jpurnalism

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    Sports writing and journalism is a piece if literature written about sports. The internet is especially a very immense part of sports writing and journalism in today’s world. Sports at times can be the most opinionated pieces of writing in literature and as time moves on sports writing and journalism technological advances and improved communications such as computer‚ cell phones‚ radio‚ magazines‚ and television have helped sports writing and journalisms broad popularity change and grow in the past

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    Cheerleading as a Sport

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    Daija Elliott Ms. Turso English III February 23‚ 2012 The sport of cheerleading There has been an ongoing controversy for years on end about cheerleading being a sport due to Title IX laws and statements. It is now classified as a sport‚ but some people still argue about it being a sport. What most people do not know about cheerleading is that today‚ cheerleading involves skills which require the strength of football‚ the grace of dance‚ and the agility of gymnastics (AACCA 1). Competitive cheerleading

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    Teamwork Sports

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    Topic: Participating in team sports helps to develop good character Team sports in schools/ universities have always been a hotly-debated topic among students. Some are in favor of taking part in team sports because of its advantages‚ while others are not interested in it. From my own perspective‚ I have strong belief that participating in team sports helps to develop good character. First of all‚ team sports help students build teamwork spirit‚ which is an important soft-skill not only in academic

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    Extreme Sports

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    “extreme” especially in reference to a particular sport or activity? Everyone has a different view or definition of the word extreme‚ but most people would agree in general on most of the points needed to be classified as an extreme sport or activity. The term extreme has become quit the popular word with today’s generation of people and its being over used by the masses to describe a variety of sports and activities‚ but what actually makes an extreme sport or activity is still questionable. One of

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