Personal Narrative: The Super Bowl

Jessica Statsky, in her essay, “Children need to Play, Not Compete” attempts to refute the common belief that organized sports are good for children. She sees organized sports not as healthy pass-times for children, but as onerous tasks that children do not truly enjoy. She also notes that not only are organized sports not enjoyable for children, they may cause irreparable harm to the children, both emotionally and physically. In her thesis statement, Statsky states, “When overzealous parents and coaches impose adult standards on children's sports, the result can be activities that are neither satisfying nor beneficial to children” (627). While this statement is strong, her defense of it is weak.

Cold harsh winds in the air on the day of that 11th day in April 2002 in Roslyn, New York. Besides the awful weather, I was born that day. My life contains of my wonderful family with all my brothers, parents, and even my dogs. I also like to do my hobbies which consist of golf, fishing, and the racetrack. The 3rd thing that is very close to me is my New York football Giants. My exceptional family, my hobbies, and the New York Giants all explain my life.

It was so close we could almost taste it. The undefeated season, the holy grail of the NFL, seemed to be a sure thing. Here the Patriots were in Super Bowl 42. They had the chance to achieve a 19-0 season. Something no team had ever done before. I stood in my living room. Surrounded by friends and family watching the ongoing battle. I could feel the joy radiating from those around me. Victory was near. The Giants stood in their territory just a few downs from their ultimate demise. The Patriots defense had been stout the entire game, and so surely they would be able to hold the Giants now, when they needed to the most. Eli Manning took the snap, and the Patriots defense pounced. They had him by the jersey, all they needed was to finish the

Sunday, November 3, 2013 is a day that I remember so vividly. It was the day of my first ever Patriots game. I grew up surrounded by Patriots fans, my mom, my

The Carolina Panthers are coming into the 2015 season with great momentum with back-to-back division championships under their belt. This off-season has been very successful in keeping the core together in signing quarterback Cam Newton and linebacker Thomas Davis to contract extensions. The best part of the off-season to me was the front office being proactive in addressing our weaknesses and providing Cam Newton with more weapons to play with.

As I was sitting in the blistering hot sun in the middle of a Monday (that i requested off of work, without pay mind you) in the stands at the Dallas Cowboys training camp to watch a scrimmage between my most beloved boys in blue and that "other " team. I looked around and saw the hundreds of other people there as well,with my exact plan in mind. To sit back and scope out the Dallas Cowboys of the 2015 season. Some of them out there proving they have earned their star. It was at that moment I realized, even though we all have the same vision for our boys we all choose to get through our season differently. Some are optimists and some are realists. Some are pessimists and some are living

It was the best experience ever! I remember getting into the car with my friend and his mom. We had the most intense argument who was going to win. My friends uncle was cursing and talking so much crap.

Another divisional matchup, another chance to turn our season around, another loss! I am afraid we can now officially kiss this season good bye, especially since Winston has not been playing well at all and is now out for a couple of games because of his shoulder injury.

Does anyone care for Sunday night football? This is not just any Sunday night NFL game, but the biggest sporting event in the world that 151 million people will watch in 232 different countries. (“By the Numbers”). Welcome to the Super Bowl. The huge night that everyone looks forward to is a “billion-dollar economic engine that is bigger than the Gross Domestic Product of many nations” (John 3). Although the Super Bowl is only played once a year, it is the biggest, most-widely known game in American history and the most-widely viewed television spectacle in the world.

“For those of you who may not know, this is the final resting place for six members of the 1970 Thundering Herd. The plane crash that took their lives was so severe, so, so absolute, that their bodies were unable to be identified. So they were buried here, together. Six players, six teammates, six Sons of Marshall. This is our past, gentlemen. This is where we have been. This is how we got here. This is who we are. Today, I want to talk about our opponent this afternoon. They're bigger, faster, stronger, more experienced and on paper, they're just better. And they know it, too. But I wanna tell you something that they don't know. They don't know your heart. I do. I've seen it. You have shown it to me. You have shown this coaching staff, your

Happy February! I don’t know about you, but it was extremely hard to get fired up about the NBA yesterday, what with the Pro Bowl and all. How can an exciting and full Monday slate possibly compare to the true test of grit and determination that was offered in yesterday’s NFL “game” in Hawaii? We’re back for another day of dishing out excellent DFS picks.

I felt like the Third Avenue bus was evil like taunting Jax and I so i came running toward the bus and while i was chasing the bus i was dodging the citizens, yelling “HEY! HEY! WAIT!”.The bus was no more the 6 feet away when the bus door folded shut, the air brakes hissed , and the long limo like car zoomed into traffic. Jax stopped short and he had enough breath to say a few words “We’ll gonna be late,”Jax Guessed.Two busses passed us and Jax said we should just wait for another bus so i said not after 2 busses and sure enough here comes another bus and he blew us off.So Jax wildly chased the bus untill he got the drivers attention. Jax and I got on the bus and said 90-7th Street as soon as possible.The bus driver zoomed into traffic and i thought i was going to have a Heart Attack and jax yelled “I'M CALLING THE COPS!!

On Sunday, NFL night, me and my friend were at the buffalo wings restaurant. It is the best place to watch games while eating. We were watching Panthers Vs Broncos super bowl. My friend also invited one of his friend Kirtan Patel, to hang out with us. I have never met him before, but can already tell that he doesn’t care about others. I am a panther’s fan and they were losing that night. I was already mad and my friends friend, who was late, made us wait for about 40 minutes. That 40 minutes felt like 4 hours, 4 hours being hungry. At one point I even felt like I was going to faint. So, to keep myself alive I ordered some drink. It took me one coke, one dr. pepper, and one glass of water to survive. Oh! He finally showed up, after I was almost

Radio City Music Hall, professional ballet productions, and Broadway are only a few places audiences can watch graceful athletes called dancers. Many times these talented people have had to sit and listen to sport experts say repeatedly that dance is not a sport but but is instead an artform or hobby, like singing. This assumption is not only false but is an insult as well. Dancers sacrifice many hours learning, preparing, and execution dances that will be performed in front of hundreds of people. Yet, when the dancers come off of the stage, chests heaving from the effort to appear graceful and beautiful, some critics look at them not as athletes, but as hobbyists. The definition of sport, according to the Oxford dictionary, is “an activity

There stood the final score 27-21, Vikings have done it, they are going to the Championship, again.Steelers stood quiet on the sideline while their opposing team were jumping up and down all across the field yelling and screaming and hugging each other in joy.Then you had my team, the now beaten Steelers who had just blew their Championship chance all because of me. I was only a sixth grader then and I was only playing in a little league,but felt terrible not in the mad way like an angry bull charging a fire red cape but disappointed like as if you had a chance to save the world and you decided to stay watch TV. As I was presented with a third place medal I wondered if I even deserved it had I not of fumbled the ball I would have a cheering team and a golden trophy in my hand but no, I had a bronze medal hanging from my neck.So from that day forth I decided I wasnt ever going to stop playing football and practicing football until my body couldn’t take it anymore.