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My community is my senior high school’s basketball team which is not only an interest community but as well a solidarity community. It is a community in the sense that it encompasses students in my school and formulates a working team that has set objectives (Govier 70). To start with, my basketball team is a placed-based since the team mates are bound together by the aspect of being schoolmates. Therefore, through the time we spend together at school has merged us to form a community that has an integral role of joining us together at school.
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In today’s society, it is evident that sports are male dominated. They get much more attention from media than female athletes, despite the growth in the level of participation by females. In every aspect of media coverage, this trend is seen; like in the columns, personal quotes, articles, TV sports channels, radio updates, photos, and headlines. ESPN devotes only 1.4% of its time for all women sports. The time coverage each sport get is hence in fractions! According to Title IX passed in 1972, it was stated that in United States no one (male/female) will be excluded from Continue reading...

Important of NBA—Michael Jordan, Larry Bird in 80s America

The National Basket Association over the 1980s went through a state of awesome outcomes due to the number and nature of the games played. The NBA had its first rise under the leadership of Michael Jordan who acted as a guard for the Chicago Bulls and the rival forward Larry Bird, who played for Boston Celtics. The two had a successful career during their separate years in the world of American Basketball. During their tenure in their respective teams, NBA experienced unending popularity among fans and the commercial sector. Their tenure for the first time experienced continuous urge by Continue reading...

Introduction

Basketball is attractive because of its entertainment, an abundance of various technical and tactical methods, emotion, lightness, dynamism, both collectivism and individualism. In my opinion, it is also the most effective way for a comprehensive physical development.
The popularity of basketball and its wide application in the system of physical education are due economic accessibility of the game, high emotion, great visual effects, complex effects on the body and the education of youth. Basketball is a non-standard situational exercise sharply varying intensity. During the game, the intensity of the movements may be the maximum, moderate, and in some moments Continue reading...

I was born in Philippines, and my family had to move to the island of Guam while I was in my junior year at high school. I still remember the day we arrived at this strange place, it was a sunny afternoon on the last day of December in the year 2006. The house we moved in was situated amid green trees in a faraway place from the township. Unlike the place where I grew up in Philippines, where the houses were too close with plenty of friends to play and shops to hang around, our new neighborhood in Continue reading...

Why Major U.S. Sports Leagues Are So Popular In Asia and How MLB and NBA Affect Asian
Why Major U.S. Sports Leagues Are So Popular In Asia and How MLB and NBA Affect Asian
Never before and never again in order to redeem the tough loss to Soviet Union in the 1988 Seoul Olympic, in 1992, Michal Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and 8 other NBA superstars gathered together as a team in an effort to bring home the gold. Their mission was simple but very clear: “to reclaim the United States of America as the unarguable best basketball Continue reading...

The Development of the American Life Since 1954

The period from 1954 until the next decade turned out to be the beginning of life changing events in the American way of life. It was an era of turbulent protest that was made prominent by the civil rights movement that aimed to put a halt on racial segregation and inequality in its prominence during that time. However, it was also the time when the American dream proved to be achievable in its definition that there should be improved and better life to each person with equal chances for everyone according to their ability. During that time, prominent sports Continue reading...

Research Question: How does the satisfaction of the consumer influence their loyalty towards their team?

The Survey Question
Question: Please state which team, from which sport, you support.
Participant: the Lakers from Basketball
Q: Into what age bracket do you fall?
P: I am aged between 20-29
Q: What is your gender?
P: I am male
The Attendance of Fan to Matches
Q: How often do you watch Lakers through any means possible i.e. live, TV, stream, highlights etc?

P: Most games

Q: Do you have a season ticket/card?
P: No
Q: IF NO, what reasons prevent you from purchasing one? (Please state)
P: Due to tight schedules, I do miss some of the games. I consequently Continue reading...

Introduction

In this paper I would like to investigate whether the salary of basketball players is associated with their successful playing. I believe that those, who show better result, are being paid more. For this purpose I have collected a data set of basketball most famous players and their salary.

Body

There are 99 observations in the data set. The following variables are characterizing these observations:
Rank – the rank of the player in the sample
Player – a full name of a basketball player
Position, Team – A position and a team played
Salary – player’s annual salary, in $
Points per game – an Continue reading...

The answer to the question if soccer is popular in the United States is not obvious. The opinions of experts differ. Some say that this kind of sport is currently gaining more and more popularity; the others are convinced that soccer will never be able to beat neither basketball nor American football in the number of fans. Christopher Harris, an expert on soccer in South Florida, placed a post named “Is Soccer Popular in the United States, or Not?” (Harris). There he dwells on the problem of soccer popularity and tries to clear up the issue both to his Continue reading...

Basketball shoes today come in all kinds of styles and colors. The designs are super eye-catching and some of the shoes are amazingly expensive. I am surprised that basketball shoes were not for sale with lots of colors and styles to fit everyone’s taste until 1984. Why were the names of the styles Jim Morrison, the Haight street and Geoff McFetridge? Who is Geoff McFetridge? Did Morrison and McFetridge wear the shoes? Those are the kind of questions I have. I thought the styles would be name after really famous basketball players. It seems strange to name basketball Continue reading...

Team Northumbria is the name representing sports performance at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne. The team has been noted to excel and perform exceptionally in sports thanks to their world-class facilities present at Sport Central. Sport Central is a £30 million facility opened in September 2010 (Northumbria University Sport Central.). The complex, situated at the very center of the city campus, was opened with great approval from students, the university administration and the general public. Sport Central, equipped with genuine world-class equipment and sporting facilities, facilitate the exemplary performance of team Northumbria. Notably, service at the complex is Continue reading...

A thesis submitted to the Department of Physical Education in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science

ABSTRACT

At some particular point in an athlete’s career, injuries will strike. Knee injuries are the most frequent injuries in this sport, particularly contact sports. Among the knee injuries, Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries have become more common. In the past, ACL injuries were considered to be career ending. However, the advent of medical technology has gone a long way to ensuring these injuries are largely treatable. These injuries have a greater chance of occurrence in female Continue reading...

Officially opened in the year 1957, the Johnson gymnasium at the University of Mexico is no doubt one of the most famous facilities of its nature in the institutions of higher learning across the country. Named after the well-known coach of the then popular basketball team – the New Mexico lobos – the open multipurpose arena was initially home of the same team (New Mexico Basketball 2001-02 Yearbook 21). Today, it acts as the home ground of the famous Lobo Volleyball team, one that has performed exemplarily in big matches. The multipurpose arena has a sitting capacity of 4000. Currently, the Continue reading...

The sport volleyball was originated in the United States in 1895 by William G. Morgan where it was called mintonette. Morgan created this game for the classes of businessmen and decided to combine together the fundamentals of baseball, basketball, handball and tennis which require fewer bodily interactions than basketball. Morgan raised the net borrowed from the tennis of about six feet and 6 inches overhead. In 1896, a professor from the Springfield College proposed the name volleyball to the said game since the players are volleying the back over the net, back and forth. Many years later, there is Continue reading...

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This essay will seek to determine whether Mr. Bobby Knight’s termination as Coach of Basketball at Indiana University was valid. Having entered into a contract of employment with the University, he was entitled to rights and could also be fired for breach of terms of the contract. He argued that he didn’t breach the terms whereas the university maintained that he had. This essay will highlight his rights as well as his potential liability and determine whether the university had followed the due process of firing him.
Bobby Knight is a former basketball coach at the Indiana Continue reading...

In Stuart Hall’s thoughts on representation and power, he notes the importance of representation as not just an indicator of culture, but a creator of culture. In many ways, there is a bit of a discursive loop that occurs when images or people are represented in media; while there may be a grain of truth to the representation that is being conveyed in that initial representation, what eventually happens is that people and cultures start modeling themselves after these images and representations. This is the power of representation - the discourse allows people to use these representations as Continue reading...

I have been accepted at Luzerne County Community College for the fall 2015 semester.  I plan on pursuing an Associate Degree, Registered Nurse.  It is my faith that my preferred profession will allow me to realize my aspiration. My aspiration is to help other people and to widen my knowledge fundamentals. In the whole spectrum of my life, I have not only taken apart in extracurricular activities but also in precious volunteer services. In order to endeavor for academic excellence, I have constantly managed working in order to support my education related expenses. The drivers which supported me working Continue reading...

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Introduction

In the contemporary times, the popularity of sports in the United States of America has grown immensely. As a consequence, the outcomes have been significant as one can notice the considerable increase in the revenues for the NCAA (the National Collegiate Athletic Association) and the colleges that participate in athletic events. Due to this reason, the issue concerning the compensation of student athletes beyond their athletic scholarships has become a hot debate in the American society. As one could expect, this controversy is also supported and opposed by many people on various grounds. As far as Continue reading...

Abstract

Since more and more parents support their children to play all different kinds of sports, children sports have developed so quickly (Pate, Trost, Levin, & Dowda, 2000).Sports become an important factor that affect the development of children in various aspects. From the advantage and disadvantage perspective, sports can either enhance or discourage children’s physical, psychological, and social events. Therefore, sport is a double-edged sword for children. Analyzing sports’ influences within children perspective could help us evolve positive sides that sports may improve motor behavior and psychological health of children, and avoid the side-effects that sports may harm youths. Continue reading...

Sports at colleges are not only an entertainment and camaraderie arena in which students, parents and professional sports scouts follow closely but are also a major source of revenue. According to a recent audited financial statement issued recently (Strachan), NCCA almost hit 1 USD billion at USD 989 million for FY2014. This is a sum which practically exceeds revenues achieved in smaller countries from major sources of income. Interestingly, NCAA revenue is, mainly, derived from marketing, advertising and sales sources, all of which promote popular student athletes on campus, TV (particularly giants such as ESPN) and on on-demand platforms. Continue reading...

The idea of growing up elicits various emotions, ranging from fear to excitement of the unknown, or of what is to come when one finally reaches the threshold of adulthood. Growing up into an adult is often described as that part of life when one gets saddled with more responsibilities as with adulthood comes independence. The idea of having more responsibilities is probably that part of growing up which scares most people the most. Adulthood requires someone to be more mature, both mentally and emotionally, and is expected to make his/her own choices in life. Most, if not all, Continue reading...

Football background

Among the athletes in the world, Ernie Davies has really taken his place among them in the Football section. He was born in December 14th 1999 at Pennsylvania, particularly New Salem. He actually never met his own father and was raised by his own grandparents on the mother’s side. He was full of stuttering problems during his childhood but he had received no care during his childhood. He was first introduced to football by his uncle while his mother gave him the morale to continue playing football and gave him support to join the Elmira Free Academy. In Continue reading...

Abstract

The paper discusses about the expansion of hockey in the United States. It focuses on how the sport entered the United States and gained prominence. The paper mentions about the importance of the National Hockey League in expanding the sport throughout the country. It also makes a note of the victory of the 1980 Winter Olympics and gives an account of the popularity of the sport. The paper focuses on the establishment, demise and rebirth of the World Hockey Association. It also describes about the emergence of the WHL, EHL and other competitors of the NHL that have played Continue reading...

Antiviolence campaigns for African American Young Adult and Caucasian Youth.

Domestic violence has always been an important issue. Nowadays people become more individualized and reticent that's why they are not likely to reveal their domestic problems to anyone except the closest friends. Young people and early adults due to their age features care a lot about relationships with opposite gender. That is why there must be made a great campaign to raise literacy about healthy relationship among different age groups. In our work there will be two campaigns regarding domestic violence among African American youth and Caucasian young adults.
Nowadays there are about 42 million African American urban citizens Continue reading...

The incorporation of NIKE Inc. occurred on the 8th day of September, 1969. NIKE specializes in developing, designing, marketing and the selling of athletic apparel, footwear, accessories equipment, and services. NIKE has a worldwide market for all its products. The company uses its distributors, retail stores and the internet as well to sell its products. The NIKE brand produces eight categories:Soccer, Basketball, Running, Golf, women’s training, Men’s Training, Action sports, and Sportswear. The men’s training includes baseball products, and the basketball includes its brand, Jordan. NIKE also markets products for other recreation and athletic uses such Continue reading...

The issue on salaries of athletes has been a controversial and burning topic for decades. One may say that it is unfair that athletes have such big salaries while they don’t work same hours as simple worker with smaller salary do. Another may claim overall, sport is not very significant for our community at all. Therefore, all athletes don’t have an essential value to all the people, when we speak of the sums they are getting paid.
Nevertheless, it is hard to say that in the United States one can see a socialist community. Furthermore, some jobs Continue reading...

Introduction

The purpose of the study that was carried out by Jamber & Zhang., (1997) was to examine and determine the possible differences in the leadership behaviors between the female and male coaches in different coaching levels with the use of the Revised Leadership for Sport Scale (RLSS). Jamber & Zhang submitted two hypotheses. The first hypothesis indicated that the female and male coaches would have different responses in the general leadership differences on the RLSS. The second hypothesis stated that these differences on the RLSS would occur among the junior high, high school and college coaching levels.

Research Methods

The ecological generalizability of Continue reading...

Detailed facts form the basis of inductive reasoning through arriving at a conclusion based on principle facts that will guide one toward an end. It is also called inductive logic. Inductive reasoning is used to determine one`s ability to work flexibly in unfamiliar conditions in order to solve a problem. In simple words, the reasoning begins with a particular argument and arrives at a general logical conclusion and in most time is termed as strong and weak. Though criticized by many, the use of its examples in inductive literature and daily problem-solving speak loudly for it. Below is Continue reading...

Introduction

Nike, Inc. (and its subsidiaries) is easily one of the largest companies involved in designing, manufacturing, distributing and marketing athletic apparel, footwear, sports equipment and accessories for multiple fitness and sports activities. With operations across North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Nike has is headquartered in Oregon. Nike, which employs 48,000 people, posted upwards of $25,313 million and $3,254 in revenues and operating profits in the year 2013. In the United States alone, Nike has 171 Nike Factory stores, 72 Converse stores, 33 Nike-in-line stores, and 28 Hurley stores, served by five distribution Continue reading...