Knight accepted their offer and soon contacted his old coach Bill Bowerman‚ to have the Oregon runners try out the shoes. Bowerman not only accepted Phil Knights offer but he in turn suggested the go into business together. In 1964‚ Blue Ribbon Sports was formed. Nike’s mission statement is the following: “to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world”. ("Nike‚ inc. history‚" ) From the very start Bowerman and Knight sought out different ways to provide the most comfort
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Technology in Sport: The Good‚ the Bad‚ and the Ugly Introduction Technology has changed many things in our lives including sports from how they are played to how we watch them. From listening to the game on the radio‚ to watching the game on television‚ first in black and white‚ then in color‚ then to watching the game online to watching to the game anytime‚ anywhere you are‚ on your smartphone. It has changed how sport is played from the equipment used
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Introduction Steroids and other Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) have been used for over 80 years. Its use began in the 1930’s and progressed thru competition sports from golf to track and field and many others. Athletes all over the world are using PEDs trying to get an edge up on their competitors. These drugs are making them stronger‚ faster‚ and healing from injuries a lot faster than before. Just think how you would feel if you injured yourself today and two or three weeks later you are as
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Sports Development Introduction As a newly joined member of the committee for the new multi-sports club which focuses on cycling‚ swimming and running I have come up with a 5 year development plan‚ which I am confident can give the club a vision and direction to go down in order to achieve an outcome of produce a number of good athletes and be successful in the future. The report will discuss possible funding sources‚ and identifying where and how much will be spent to progress the club
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Sports and games Sports can be generally divided into indoor and outdoor sports. Gymnastics is a typical indoor sport which includes apparatus training on uneven bars‚ horizontal bar‚ balance beam‚ mat‚ spring-board or rings. Athletics‚ a typical outdoor sport‚ includes track amd field events (the Marathon race‚ long-distance run‚ cross-country run‚ relay-race) and sprinting events ( a hundred metre sprint‚ hurdle-race). Jumping (high jjump‚ long jump‚ triple jump‚ pole jump) and throwing (hammer
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Pros and Cons of Organized Sports for Youths Sports in America are one of the biggest sensations around. They are everywhere you turn and they become a big part of most people’s lives‚ whether they actually participate in the sport or just watch it on television. Media and television play a huge role in the obsession for sports. Constantly you see a professional athlete on a commercial‚ and see games on throughout the day. Also sports becomes a business‚ they sell their jerseys‚ or pictures‚ and
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terrible? Have you ever noticed that some people are living the high life and others are struggling to feed their families? Rich people are destroying our economy because of their seven to eight figure salaries. One of these groups is athletes. Professional athletes get paid far too much money and they shouldn’t be paid as much. Here is a good question: why are luxuries paid more than necessities? “It is a sad commentary on our societal values that these entertainers are taking in seven figure while
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There are about 480‚000 student-athletes in the United States and none of them are getting paid to play sports in college even though they are practicing for over forty hours per week. Some people say that the student-athletes have already gotten paid with scholarship money‚ however‚ they don’t get to choose where that money goes. Scholarship money that they receive goes toward tuition and room and board. College athletes often need money to pay for food‚ but unfortunately they can’t use that scholarship
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Minorities and Sports in America Sports have always had an enormous impact on American society and culture. People use sports at all levels‚ whether it’s youth‚ high school‚ college or professional‚ to help build an identity‚ connect with others and grow as individuals. Even though American is a diverse country made up of different races‚ nationalities and ethnicities‚ discrimination has been in issue throughout America’s history. Sports took on an even greater meaning for some minorities during
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Issue in Sport: The Ethical and Legal Sport is a big phenomenon of today‚ it is a very important part of today life. However‚ sport has it contradictory phenomenon. It is connected to big humanistic values and it formats life and billions of people on the one side. It is also connected with dirty business‚ to name one‚ corruption. Corruption is sport should be matter of concern. This is a high issue and a challenge if it is not deal properly. To prevent and eliminating corruption‚ it is important
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