Michael Phelps Research Paper Final Draft

When Jim Parson says “You should retire that too” he creates an emotional appeal of sadness, (The Pool). We feel this sadness because Michael Phelps has been a swimmer for so long, and has become an Olympic legend. Therefore, seeing him retire upsets viewers because they will never see him race in the Olympics again. The commercial also uses emotional feelings of pride throughout the entire commercial by the presence of Michael Phelps. Michael Phelps establishes this emotional appeal because many Americans are proud of his achievements and how his dominance in the pool relates to our dominance in the United States. This emotional appeal provides trust within the Intel product and shows that Intel should have the same respect from customers that Michael Phelps does from his

That one friend who he had been friends with from such a young age introduced Michael Vick to his favorite activity that also brought in money. Vick being a guy who trusted him and thought highly of his friend one day decided to try it out. That was the irresponsible decision that will eventually cost him. He served a sentence of 2 years in Prison for what he was charged for. Those 2 years then changed Vick, and showed him that he no longer would follow the path of an inmate, but have the life of a family man with such a great job.

Continuing his winning streak, he went and won fifty-two National Championship titles and broke over fifty records in swimming. He continued winning all the way to the Olympic Trials for Paris 1924 and swept past his rivals. He was on his way to the Olympics where he won 3 gold medals in the 100 and 400 free and in the 4x200 freestyle relay. He also took home a bronze alongside the mens' water polo team. He was an astounding athlete and all of his rivals feared

Racism is an ongoing issue in the world that never seems to end. Its an unpleasant matter but it isn't as bad as it once was. Discrimination is deliberate based off of color, attitude, traditions and social status. People think others are lower than them because of their color, People destroy each other by victimizing them in order to exert power. Jesse Owens positively influenced the world by changing the way African Americans were viewed by others and educated people on the racial crisis that was taking place in America as shown in the book " BlackThink".

Fantastic post! I had no idea Lamar Odom had an alcohol and drug issue, it's amazing how many things you can learn everyday. Originally, Lamar was only known to me because of his marriage to Khloe Kardashian. I knew he had some health issues from watching TMZ with my parents, whenever I was home, but definitely not a drug or alcohol problems. Despite his association to the infamous Kardashian's, I consider Lamar to be a very respectable guy. It's unfortunate to see a good guy suffer from something such as alcohol and drug addiction. I think his PR team handled the situation well, keeping a positive mindset and all. Out of many of scandals surrounding athletes and celebrities, this one, in my opinion, is one of the less serious because of the

He lost sponsorships from SRAM, as well as Nike, Anheuser-Busch, Budweiser, Trek bicycles, Honey Stinger and Radio Shack. Many people lost respect for him after he denied blood doping for so long, that when he actually came out and said that he did cheat, it was a shock that someone such as Lance Armstrong could manage to lie to everyone about this to their faces. His “super-human” image took a big hit, but nonetheless he still is one of the most respected people when it comes to the work he has put in toward the research and development of cancer preventions and the attention that was brought to the sport of cycling. Try naming a few other cyclists, if you sit there and can only come up with the name of Lance Armstrong, you would be like most people in

This paper explores the novel Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong by David Walsh, who published the novel at the end of 2012. This novel is about Walsh’s journey as he follows Lance Armstrong and his life as a cyclist for 13 years as Lance deals with critics and skepticisms about his correlation with doping. Lance Armstrong was a glorified athlete who won many Tour de France titles after conquering testicular cancer. He was widely appreciated for cycling, but many people were questioning how he was able to make such a comeback after his cancer diagnosis. This book explores what happens from David Walsh’s point of view and the struggles he had to face as a Tour de France sports journalist: whether he should just celebrate Armstrong’s victories or question his usage of drugs. The purpose of this paper is to give a brief summary of the novel, and to reflect on the novel while still linking it to the issues and concepts of drugs and cheating in sports.

Ian’s mum and dad loved sport and always encouraged swimming in his life. They were a big help to encourage Ian to become what he is a marvellous swimmer. Ian Thorpe first got noticed at a young age for his swimming talents. Ian Thorpe was sent to rehab after suffering alcohol abuse and depression (daily mail , 2014). Ian Thorpe announced he was gay

Zach Petersel, in his essay, “Here's Why Suspensions Won't Deter PED users Like Maria Sharapova,” claims that the risk and rewards of using performing enhancing drugs (PEDs) is unbalanced and needs to change. He adopts a slight angry tone in order to appeal that big-name athletes caught using PEDs don’t face major consequences. He uses this tone to appeal to readers who might also want change in this topic. This feature should be printed in The Shorthorn because it will prompt students to look at this issue in a deeper sense and see exactly how important this issue affects an individual and sport. In this essay, I will talk about how Petersel talked about Sharapova use of PEDs, how Petersel responds to counterarguments, and how athletes should be punished for using PEDs.

Do you want your children to learn that to succeed they must cheat in life? Do you want your children to learn that they must lie in life to get anywhere? Do you want your children to learn that to succeed in sport they must use illegal drugs? Children are learning all of these things from the so-called role model Lance Armstrong. He is truly an immoral role model for all ages. He promotes to people a mélange of terrible qualities and bad ideals. Today I will prove to you why Lance Armstrong is such a terrible role model for all ages by looking at how he completely deceived the world, how he used illegal drugs and how he cheated and affected the whole sport.

Famous athletes who consumes drugs are not good role models for children. When a child is young, he/she will tend to follow everything that their idol does. He/she will want to look like them, do the same things as that person do, and follow their way of acting. Children learn things extremely fast and to be able to correct them will be difficult. Given that, children should follow people who have morals and are not bad influential. Sometimes children can get so obsessed with their idol, when they realize that their idol is not the person they thought he/she was they will get disappointed. In the novel “The New Colossus,” written by Marshall Goldberg. The author discusses in chapter five about the wave of newcomer migrating to Castle Garden

Not only has the media created celebrity heroes they have made then seem untouchable. For example, Ray Lewis superstar linebacker of the champion ship team Baltimore Ravens. Lewis portrayed as a staunch, Christian, and an example for other to follow. This stands in contrast to the same person who was charged with homicide in 2000 after a club brawl in Atlanta left two men dead (Bisciotti,S 2013). The charges against Lewis were ultimately reduces as part of a plea deal. Families of the victims received over one million dollars in compensation from Lewis. Lewis has been a role model since this incident. It goes to prove that although everyone can change their lives, the label of hero, is too readily dished out to athletes and sports figures.

This is a material world promoting material values, thus meaning that it should not be surprising to see individuals being willing to do everything in their power in order to make profits. Or should it? The sports community today is troubled by a series of athletes who have yielded to society's pressures and abandoned their principles with the purpose of taking performance enhancing drugs. It is difficult to determine if it would be normal for the masses to judge these individuals, concerning that they are actually one of the reasons for which these people have come to consider taking performance enhancing drugs in the first place. However, the only ones who can judge them are other hard-working sportspersons who have stood by their principles and who respect the idea of sport in general.

Michael Phelps was caught drinking while driving and thus, was sentenced to 18 months of supervised probation. If Michael Phelps was given a letter to wear for the crime that he committed, the letter would be an “A” for “Alcohol Abuse.” Michael Phelps, a retired American swimmer, gained fame through his many Olympic achievements. He holds a record for the most olympic medals won by a 28-year-old, and has made history as the oldest Olympic swimmer to earn a gold medal. Phelps was also the first American male to earn a place on five Olympic swimming teams.

Armstrong was an American hero, he battled cancer, beat it and came back to prove himself as one of the greatest athletes of all time. Lance had won 7 Tour de France within his career and founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation. He was what we pictured when we pictured a fighter, an American hero. Armstrong has shown us his blood, sweat and tears, had built not only the credibility but the goodwill. In the blink of an eye, all of it was gone. It was revealed that Armstrong had been taking performance enhancements to win his races. In one day he had lost 8 sponsorships, he had built his relationships on being a winner, a fighter, accomplishing things no ordinary person could. Admitting to lying to the world meant his credibility vanished. How can you stand behind a man who can’t tell the