popular a sport compared to Baseball and American Football but around the world it is the most popular sport in the world. I have always played football but I had never followed it until I was 14 and that ignited a passion in me like nothing else. I support Chelsea Football Club the current English Premier League Champions. I have supported them since I was 12 years old even when I did not watch football but ever since I have started watching football I just love them more. I would consider myself
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The Scottsburg Varsity football team just made it back into the limelight‚ since their last game in 1983. What you see from sitting on the bleachers‚ are a joining together as a team. It definitely can made a big impact on them as players‚ and teammates. Wether it be during a practice‚ or a game. “The jump to varsity is something we have all been eyeing since the rebirth of our JV program in 2014. It’s an exciting challenge that we will embrace and look to get better as a program over the 2017 season
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HISTORY OF LSU FOOTBALL ABSTRACT "It’s Saturday Night in Death Valley and here come your Fighting Tigers of LSU." Hearing those words from public address announcer Dan Borne’ as the Tigers enter the stadium brings chills to even the casual LSU football fan. Seven nights a year Tiger Stadium becomes the sixth largest city in the state of Louisiana as over 91‚000 fans pack the cathedral of college football to watch the Tigers play. It was in 1893 that LSU first sponsored a football team. The
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Football Concussions you’re running the ball‚ 5 yards away from your 10th touchdown in 5 games. Boom‚ the defender takes you out‚ you go flying in the air with your helmet flying off‚ and you have no protection from the ground and your head. When you land‚ you twist your head and you hear a loud crack at the moment of impact‚ almost breaking your neck and smashing your head wide open. everyone in the crowd grows silent‚ You stay down for 10 minutes‚ feeling nothing but sharp‚stabbing‚ burning pain
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Vince Lombardi is one of football’s greatest leaders of all time and had a natural ability to lead inside him that was exposed throughout his lifelong bond with football. Vince Lombardi was a leader unlike any other. After his only postseason loss in 1959 Lombardi swore to his team that they would never lose a championship game again and the Packers never did under his watch. Vince Lombardi always had the right things to say to his players in any situation and that’s what made him great. “Winning
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November 18‚ 2014 Football and Its Fans A personal interest that I have‚ is football. I have grown up watching my dad coach football‚ playing football with my cousins‚ and watching it on TV. American football‚ is sport originating from the Greeks. The BBC states‚ “The purpose of the game is to move the ball towards‚ and ultimately into‚ the opposition ’s end zone.This is achieved by either running with the ball until tackled‚ or throwing the ball downfield to a teammate” (BBC). Football is considered a spectator’s sport
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Football is a game that can captivate the attention of a population. My first time watching a football game I fell in love with it‚ the loud crowd cheering on their team‚ the satisfaction of your team winning‚ the thrill of watching a spectacular play. Watching the Super Bowl and seeing the kind of stage that it is put on. National television‚ seen by millions‚ all across the world in several different countries. Canada has their own football but they watch our Super Bowl. One of the first football
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There were a number of factors that played into the allied greek victory over the Persian forces led by king Xerxes. The first was the Spartans’ superior fighting ability and military training from childhood into early adulthood. Spartans‚ beginning late in the sixth century used a new system governing all of it’s citizens from birth. Infants were inspected for any abnormalities and or percieved weakness to forge a strong society. Any infant found to be inferior to Spartan standards was left
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Ancient Greece started during the period called the Archaic age. “During the so-called Greek Dark Ages before the Archaic period‚ people lived scattered throughout Greece in small farming villages. As they grew larger‚ these villages began to evolve.”(Ancient Greece) Just like other countries‚ Ancient Greece did not start off as an advanced civilization‚ but‚ over time‚ Ancient Greece became more advanced and wealthy. Some essential characteristics that helped Ancient Greece become more advanced
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The game of football has come a long way‚ and so has their footwear. Football cleats have greatly improved over the years and improved the quality of the game. Cleats are a big part of the game of football and are important to game. The first cleats were not the best cleats ever made but they worked. In 1820‚ the first sets of cleats were used in as football game played at Harvard. The studs of the cleats were made of wood and provided better traction than regular shoes. In the year 1925‚ the first
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