Usain Bolt's Secret Golden Girl Summary

As an example she cites the Nancy Kerrigan-Tonya Harding story. “After the original attack on Kerrigan’s knee, news stories focused on the rivalry between the two skaters instead of portraying Kerrigan as the victim of the attack.”

This source is secondary which already subtracts from its reliability although it was retrieved from a news website hence making it reliable as this is a credible source. There is no opinion or perspective evident as this source intended for the depiction of factual information.

Mosher attempts to draw the reader in to the essay by starting off with quotes from top box office movies The Natural and Bull Durham. Mosher assumes the readers have seen these movies about fictional sports heroes and their flaws; he is writing to his audience, the sports fan. He goes on to highlight poor character traits of sports celebrities by detailing some disturbing incidents they were involved in. Mosher assumes the reader is aware of the factuality of these instances; there is no supporting evidence.

While participation of women in sports has increased, the media representation of women in sports remains problematic. Even the most talented elite female athletes like Michelle Kwan and Monica Seles are portrayed in a sexual fashion, as a way of deemphasizing their athleticism and neutralizing any possible threat they might seem to pose to male viewers. Very few male athletes are portrayed in such an objectified manner; they are portrayed as competitors first and foremost, not as personalities. Also, the media coverage of athletes is disproportionately focused on male athletes. The coverage of female athletes tends to stress individualized female sports where women can be sexualized like tennis and figure skating, versus competitive team sports like basketball and soccer.

Consider figure skating’s Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan. In 1994, the assault of Nacy Kerrigan by a hired assailant, supposedly hired by Harding, made the headlines and peaked the ratings of figure skating (Mass Moments 1). Publicity is publicity, whether it is positive or negative (Bondy 1). Serena was quoted in her apology as saying, “The whole point of leaning from your mistakes is not to do the same thing.” She pledged that she would not allow herself to lose control again (Ford 1). Many will argue that Serena’s raging personality and internal fire make her one of the best female tennis players of all time (Bondy 2). Long-time tennis coach, Nick Bolletteri, called what Serena did “not excusable, but certainly forgivable” (2). Obviously, what she did was unacceptable, but she should be forgiven by society as a whole.

The quiz outlines 5 themes or areas of strength that Gallup has identified after looking at millions of profiles. It also gives you access to an online assessment that will magically tell you your top five strengths. Each theme has I description that makes you warm and fuzzy inside. it's like reading about your horoscope sign at the back of a newspaper, the descriptions are so fuzzy and use such powerful words that no matter which one you happen to read, you'll find that it matches you at some level and will sound like something you'd want to get better at. well not entirely, because I feel neutral don't agree entirely with one.

He possesses the appearance of power and strength. Notice that this is an ESPN magazine sports cover which is highly viewed by sports fans, especially young black males. This picture alone holds the power to not only impress but to entice those who want to be depicted this way. The sports media industry does not directly state that black athletes dominate sports. “They just show an endless highlight reel of slam dunks and touchdown runs, and the pictures speak for themselves.” (fulwood). In fact the “media creates false perceptions about black athletes in America” (Munir). I was also informed through research of a cartoonish illustration “of people with overt racial and ethnic features apparently swimming in a cash-filled house.” (fulwood). I can imagine the thought process of not only the young black males who came across this picture, but also of the family of these males. They saw money, lots of money. From my own personal experiences I have heard parents say to their boys, “You’re going into sports.” Or “You’ll make a lot of money as an athlete.” But this is not the parents fault. Glamorization is never seen with black males in other profession besides sports. The first image on the left, depicts this professional basketball player as somewhat inhuman as he is seen dunking a ball and boasting this act of achievement in mid-air. The image on the right is the famous Labron James. His strength is shown through his muscles, which are covered in tattoos. These images are how the mass media target and pull in viewers. Munir revealed in his article that these images of the “black athletic form produces a black athlete as post-human” (Munir) and that they are also portrayed as “strange creatures” (Munir) with “sub-human abilities to jump higher, hang in the air longer, punch harder and run faster.” (Munir). In a nut-shell African-American athletes are projected as

The bad image of black athlete is one of the most important problems today. African American athletes are not that different from white athletes; however, media portrays a bad image of them for some unknown reasons. Our world is full of the great African-Americans who showed incredible results in professional sports. On one side, a lot of African-American athletes in the limelight right now come from nothing to somewhat. On the other side, there is a negative connotation that all African Americans have is sports because they are not educated, all they have is natural talent, and all they want is to make the money and not do anything to get there. Television today is often concentrated in stereotype – filled African Americans sitcoms, television news is often shown in negative or crime based stories about black athletes, music & music videos - profanity, misogyny, hard, thugged out. The image is terrible and the reason for that is that media in general just looks at the negative too much.

Although the male population dominates sports in America, Serena Williams reigns as Queen due to her ability to compete and hold down her own. On September 26, 1981, Serena Williams was born to Richard and Oracene Williams in Saginaw, Michigan. Williams, the youngest of five girls, began tennis training with her family at the age of nine and flourished to become one of the world’s greatest tennis players. According to Serena Williams’s website, four Grand Slam championship titles, sixty-six singles championship titles, twenty-two doubles championship titles, and five Olympic gold medals fill Williams’s trophy case. Due to an impressive award collection, incredible athletic ability, and even greater personality, Serena Williams was named the

When you type in Female Athletes into a popular search engine like Google, the top hits are links that redirect to articles titled, “The Top 50 Hottest Athletes of 2016," “Unlimited List of Hottest Female Athletes In The World. In contrast, when you do the same for a Male Athlete you find articles about the “Best Male Athlete ESPY Award” and ‘Most Fit Male Athlete in Sports”. We see such a stark difference, even though they perform the same tasks. At an early age, parents tend to encourage the male child to participate in sports whereas they encourage the female child to join a dance or arts and crafts class instead. “You throw like a girl” is an expression that is often used, equating athleticism to masculinity rather than femininity (Hively

While both Black and White women are subject to sexualized images, the white woman defines the standard of the socially acceptable view of what it is to be a woman. Not being able to fit into that set of stereotypes, Black women consequently become deemed as the “other” within their own gender. The stereotypes formed for African-American women were even more significantly derogatory than that of the image of the submissive house slave. This ideology of the 19th century Eurocentric norm was to objectify these woman as sexually promiscuous. By exaggerating their actions and portraying them into a negative perception, these portrayals were designed to oppress these women and deem them inferior to their female counterpart. Decades later, these images still have influence today in the perceptions of the Black women and their bodies. A great example of this sexism and racism can be seen in today’s criticism about female sports athletes such as the six-time U. S Open tennis champion Serena Williams and her sister Venus. Both have been scrutinized and over sexualized and ridiculed by today’s media with remarks such as the sisters being “too masculine”, “Gorilla - like” and “Savage”. She is also not only dehumanized by her body but also by the fact that she

Rankine’s essay concentrates on the idea that racism affects the perception of Serena’s excellence as the world’s best female tennis player. Toward the beginning of the essay, Rankine states “…the legendary Chris Evert, who herself has called you a ‘phenomenon that once every one hundred years comes around.’ Imagine that you’re the player John McEnroe recently described as ‘the greatest player, I think, that ever lived.” Rankine goes on to say, “Imagine that you have to contend with critiques of your body that perpetuate racist notions that black women are hyper masculine and unattractive”. These quotes, rooted toward the beginning of the essay, easily suggest the idea that Serena’s excellence cannot be discussed without the addition of the racist notions she so often encounters. This statement clearly reflects the lesson in which Serena’s father, Richard Williams, attempted to teach

Rankine’s essay centrals around the idea that racism affects the perception of Serena’s excellence as the world’s best female tennis player. “…surpassing the legendary Chris Evert, who herself has called you a ‘phenomenon that once every one hundred years comes around.’ Imagine that you’re the player John McEnroe recently described as ‘the greatest player, I think, that ever lived.” Rankine goes on to say, “Imagine that you have to contend with critiques of your body that perpetuate racist notions that black women are hyper masculine and unattractive”. These quotes, rooted toward the beginning of the essay, easily suggest the idea that Serena’s excellence cannot be discussed without the addition of the racist notions she so often encounters. This statement clearly reflects the lesson in which Serena’s father, Richard Williams, attempted to teach at a young age.

Every 4 years, millions of households across the world tune into their television to watch the Olympic Games. Some people watch gymnastics, some watch swimming, but everybody tunes into the 100 and 200 meter race to watch some of the best athletes in the world. Usain Bolt is one of the best athletes in the world.

Olympic athletes have the opportunity to garner media attention only once every four years. Additionally female athletes, unlike their male counterparts, are rarely celebrated for their athleticism, which decreases their opportunities further. However, the national media has a strong desire to showcase Olympic hopefuls with captivating personal stories. Media outlets seek to tell stories of individuals who triumph over adversity.