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    A Society without Sports is No Society at all It was 1968. The Summer Olympic Games were in full swing in Mexico City’s Olympic Stadium. USA’s Tommie Smith and John Carlos finished in 1st and 3rd‚ respectively‚ in the 200 meter race. The Star-Spangled Banner blared from the speakers as the United States flag swayed in the wind. Instead of the classic hand-on-the-heart pose‚ Smith and Carlos bowed their heads and raised one fist. The symbol for black power shocked the world. The event is considered

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    The Yukon is known for it’s brutal winter weather‚ but can also hold great beauty. In the two short stories‚ “To Build a Fire” and “Up the Slide” by Jack London‚ the main characters are The Man and Clay. Clay is an advanced outdoorsman and knows how to get through the harsh Yukon environment. The Man is a chechaquo‚ or a newcomer‚ and is less familiar with the territory of the Yukon. In these stories‚ both men share similar yet different personalities; they longed to survive‚ though they took different

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    Tradition vs. Extreme Everyone loves sports. People get so into football games as if they were actually playing as an athlete. It’s become a conversation piece for many. Many Americans are big baseball or football fans. If someone walks across the streets of Auburn on a game day‚ they might be greeted with a “war eagle!” If someone walks across the streets of Tuscaloosa they might hear a “roll tide!” It is a tradition in these areas to celebrate their teams. All everyone hears about are how the

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    January of 1970‚ his professional coaching record stood at a remarkable 105-35-6‚ and the NFL named him their acclaimed "1960s Man of the Decade." His statement that "winning is the only thing that matters in sport"‚ is one of the truths that is still inherent in today’s world of sports. Athletes are willing to cheat to guarantee success‚ either through the use of performance-enhancing drugs‚ or through the act of injuring others. These days‚ drugs‚ blood doping‚ corruption‚ injuring others and

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    Sports Equipment and Technology     (http://facebook.com/USSportsAcademy)  Refereed Sports Journal‚ Published by the United (http://twitter.com/USSportsAcademy)  (http://plus.google.com/101970477709539701295) States Sports Academy  February 13‚ 2008 (http://thesportjournal.org/article/sports-equipment-and-technology/)  ISSN: 1543-9518 (http://youtube.com/user/USSportsAcademy) Abstract PAGES Archive (http://thesportjournal.org/arc hive/) INTRODUCTION Editorial Board and Mission

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    Ledesma ASC ENG 101 Instructor Novotny 8/30/12 Assign# 5 Team Sports vs Individual Sport Sports are an important part of just about every society lives. In one way or another everyone is involved in sports or some sort of activity whether they’re playing or watching or just knows someone who does. There are many types of sports like: team and individual sports. For example‚ golf is considered to be an individual sport. The purpose of golf is so that golfers play on the same course and

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    Statistics in Sports

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    statistics. There is also a discipline called mathematical statistics‚ which is concerned with the theoretical basis of the subject. Stats or statistics are used in all sports as well as in all aspects of life. Statistics is used in sports to measure a players ability in specific areas of the game. Stats or statistics are used in all sports. Statistical analysis is best organized into two subsets: descriptive statistics and inference statistics. Descriptive statistics is used to summarize the data

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    One of the most common side effects when trying to build muscle is overtraining. People don’t seem to understand that these programs are serious ones and you cannot take shortcuts. There are some steps to follow and you cannot just lift weights until exhaustion. First you have to take the weights step by step and don’t lift heavy ones if you are not ready and strong enough. Overtraining

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    Gender Barriers in Sports It is clear there are strides being taken towards equality in women’s sports‚ from Billy Jean King beating Bobby Rigs in the “Battle of the Sexes” to the policy known as Title IX. Every day we as a society make attempts to close the gap between genders. We know gender certainly does play a role in human nature‚ society‚ and even sports. But both genders‚ male and female‚ still face overwhelming barriers when trying to break into a sport that is not “known “ or “proper”

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    The stories “The Interlopers” by the author Saki and “ To Build a Fire” by the author Jack London share many similar views as well as differences of the events that happen throughout the stories. The stories follow characters that have very interesting stories that have drastic events and unexpected endings that will completely change the view of the stories. The two stories have conflicts in which the characters find themselves‚ but they slowly change perspective to find the suitable ending to these

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