The popularity of extreme sports has continued to grow steadily over the last decades. A lot of people all over the world are extremely attracted to these relatively new sports because they have the possibility to express themselves in a new way and experience adrenaline rush. As we all know everything new is very attractive to us and new kinds of sports are not exceptions. When massive media support of these activities was launched‚ in order to get kids off the couches‚ their popularity went
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SUBMMITTED TO: MR. MARVIN TEPORA HRD ASSISTANT SUBMMITTED BY: CARLA MARYEL M. FACUNDO BS IN INTERNATIONAL HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT MAJOR IN HOTEL AND RESTAURANT ADMINISTRATION The purpose of this report is to explain what we did and learned during our internship period with the Tagaytay Country Hotel. The report is also a requirement for the partial fulfillment of Tagaytay Country Hotel. The report focuses primarily on the assignments handled‚ working environment‚ successes and shortcomings that the intern
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most popular sport since the late 1960s. Professional American basketball and football have become increasingly popular sports. Football is the most popular sport in the United States‚ with basketball checking in at third. Both sports bring in a large amount of revenue into the cities & states that own these professional teams. Professional players playing either sport usually have salaries that can start in the millions. And both basketball and football are considered contact sports and are riddled
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Phase Two‚ Individual Project Rob Gibbons Colorado Technical University Online SOC 215-1202B-07 June 3‚ 2012 Baseball is what many people call‚ “America’s Sport.” Many enjoy setting in front of their television‚ with a bag of chips and a cold drink while they watch their favorite professional team. People become fans for different reasons; some enjoy being outside‚ hanging out with friends or eating a stadium hot dog. There is a group of people that find baseball to be more than that. For
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Professor Davis WRA 110 3 April 2012 The Identity of a Sports Writer For this paper I couldn’t decide between doing Hospitality Business or Journalism as my main focus‚ but when it came down to it I decided to go with Journalism. I just believe this major fits me as a person better than Hospitality Business. The discipline inside the major that I am going to focus on is becoming a sports writer. Everybody dreams big when it comes to sports. When you’re a kid‚ your imagination stretches as far as
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Drug Use in Sports (Editorial sports) The use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) has always been a controversial topic in sports. It is considered illegal because those drugs give athletes some sort of super powers that make them perform better over others. Athletes who will be caught drug cheating will face penalties or a ban once caught. But it seems that those punishments don’t threaten drug cheaters because the number of athletes who use those drug is still the same or higher. But have they
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Sports is more mental than physical. Many people would argue against this statement‚ but in reality‚ athletes are always thinking about what are they going to do next and how it is going to effect the end result. There are many different factors that can influence the athlete mentally. Athletes perform better with the mental skills they gain from sports psychologists. All athletes need sports psychologists to help them perform to their greatest ability by learning stress reliever methods‚ focusing
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(Rutherford). But as sports-fan and as a society in general‚ we can be hypocrites at best. We like to see collegiate or Olympic athletes break long standing records‚ being in the 100 meters dash‚ the high jump‚ or in swimming‚ but when it is done and over with and later we find out that it was done with the help of anabolic steroids‚ we want to crucify them. Steroids are widely used at the high-school level‚ collegiate level‚ the Olympics‚ and especially in professional sports. The latest issue that
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Extreme Sports An extreme sport can be defined as a sport which has a high degree of risk or danger. These types of sports are attempted by trained athletes in controlled conditions. An extreme sports person would express fearless‚ adventurous‚ risky and reckless behaviour. This is because extreme sports athletes attempt dangerous sports and must be fearless and adventurous. There are many extreme sports. New sports are being added to the list continually because people are always finding new ways
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becoming more advance with their graphics and the way they are played. Many people have argued whether or not video games can be considered as an actual sport‚ but there is no way video games can fall under the category of being an actual sporting event. However‚ with the technology we are making‚ video games may one day become a sport. First‚ the word "sport" is defined as an athletic activity requiring skill or physical ability and often a competitive nature. The word "athletic" does match the description
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