Indianola‚ MS. It may be a hitch‚ but it is not impossible to overcome it. Everyday I strive to not fall under the stereotype that if black people are given something difficult‚ then they want do it. I have a 3.4 GPA‚ I am a founding member of the Mighty Rams Honor Society. The MRHS is designed to honor‚ challenge and develop those students who have shown a commitment to the advancement of the school`s mission and vision for themselves and their classmates. I am honored to be apart of that organization
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Comparison and Contrast: Football and basketball Sports have been played all over the world for hundreds of years. Football and basketball are two of the most common sports that are played in many parts of the world. Some of them are played individually‚ whereas others are played in teams against another team. Some of them are very popular and most sports provide many benefits to anyone who plays them. The best way the to select which of the two sports you should play is to know the characteristics
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Flag Football Flag Football Flag Football is a version of American or Canadian football. It is very popular worldwide. The basic rules of the game are similar to those of the mainstream game that is often called tackle football but instead of tackling players to the ground the defensive team must remove a flag or flag belt form the ball carrier “ de flagging” to end a down. Other rules are you can have a minimum of five players. No jewelry or things like that that would get in the way. All
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If you are a fan of football or you have not played football yet then there is a chance that you would want to try football betting. It is fun and a new way to make a bet on your favorite sport that will not need a bookie. Fantasy football became popular for the past few years and gained over millions of people to play this awesome game. Newsstands displays magazines and also newspapers about fantasy football and you try to search on the internet using the term “fantasy football”‚ there will be hundreds
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The National Football League has recently faced a class-action lawsuit from hundreds of ex-football players regarding the lifelong effects of football concussions. The NFL has settled its brain trauma case in September of 2013 with an agreement to pay out $765 million to 4500 football retirees (Ezell). Concussions have become a major issue in not only the game of football but the business of football as well. In high contact sports‚ such as football concussions are going to be very prevalent. Equipment
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Have you ever played football? Did you like it? Well‚ football is dangerous sport. Football is dangerous enough that you have to even quit football. Kids should not be able to play football‚ because football causes a lot of concussions‚ and concussion is a serious problem. Football players get serious injuries such as broken elbows. Also‚ there is CTE‚ which is a dangerous brain disease. First‚ football causes lots of CTE. Basically‚ CTE is Chronic traumatic encephalopathy‚ and it is type of brain
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CONCUSSIONS IN FOOTBALL 1 Effects of Concussions in Football CONCUSSIONS IN FOOTBALL 2 Football has become the most popular sport in America. Boys start playing at the age of 6 and‚ if they turn pro‚ could play into their 30’s or even 40’s. Some people will say‚ “They know what they’re signing up for” or “The players choose to play the game”. Just because they may choose to play the game‚ does that mean that they don’t deserve the very best protection
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this football game. All kinds of emotions stir‚ and as the men pound at each other constantly‚ the crowd roars. Because of all of the intensity involved in the game‚ football is on of the world’s most popular sports‚ however‚ understanding the game of football is not easy. Football is a complex sport in its origin‚ evolution‚ and rules of the game. It is said that the forerunner of American football was a game called "harpaston‚" played by the ancient Greeks. Similar to modern football‚ the
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knowledge about football‚ I do think that football is dangerous for high school players. There are studies done that have proven there are more high school players getting hurt then the college players. “According to the study‚ published in the August 2007 issue of The American Journal of Sports Medicine‚ four out of every 1‚000 high school football exposures resulted in an injury‚ while eight out of every 1‚000 collegiate football exposures in an injury.” In a way‚ high school football players tend
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Hughie Cannon author of “Frankie and Johnny” Hughie Cannon was a composer and lyricist who was born in Detroit 1877 and died in 1912 in Toledo. His best known composition was the popular song Won’t You Come Home Bill Bailey. He wrote the ragtime song at the age of sixteen; it was published in 1902. The song has been covered many times since by a wide range of singers‚ including Louis Armstrong‚ Ella Fitzgerald‚ Pearl Bailey‚ Marion Montgomery‚ and Bobby Darin. The song became an instant success
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