Zachary Crockett Bowling

Abstract: Society is affected every day by many different kinds of sports.  These sports often govern society's way of life.  People all over the nation turn their TVs to sporting events, such as golf, during the weekends.   Scott Stossel states that "more than six million Americans enjoy watching golf on the weekends."  Parents  use sports as a teaching tool for their children.  Kids learn teamwork and discipline from team sports programs and  sports have also helped many students with their grades.  Kids who want to compete in school sports are taught to keep their grades up or they won't be able to play, but the greedy coaches and schools often look around grades to keep their "star athletes" in the games.  Adults have

What made this article unique and different was that it was a sport article written as a story. A typical sport article would just talk about what happened in the game and the highlights of the game. Grantland Rice, however, managed to paint a story in the reader’s head by using Rhetoric Devices such as similes and metaphors. An example of that was when Rice talked about the weather. A typical sport article would only talk about the weather if it had an effect on the game. Rice, however, described the weather so his audience would have an image of the game and how it was and felt.

It is undeniable that sports have a profound impact on society. Not only are sports a form of leisure, but in the 21st century sports have evolved into multi-billion dollar enterprises. The National Football League alone made 12 billion in revenue in 2015. Football is an American institution in the present but in the past it was Baseball that ruled American sports. Baseball is often referred to as America’s pastime, but it is much more than that. Baseball is a symbol of America, it is a game that reflects what it means to be American, and in many ways it tells the story of our country. From humble beginnings in Cooperstown, New York, through struggles and controversy in the early 20th century and culminating in the 1920’s when Baseball became essential to American life. Changes in sports tend to reflect changes in society; baseball being America’s pastime and part of the American identity is no exception. There is little doubt that baseball in American

Sports of old were merely competitive activities rooted in heroism and romanticism. Sports activities today, however, have no such innocence or simplicity. Currently in America, the activities that make up our sports culture is not only the competitive events themselves but the processes and issues that underlie and surround them. Entwined in our sports culture is the giant business of mass broadcasting. Indeed, sports and the media go hand in hand like peanut butter and jelly, like Mickey and Minnie, Darth Vader and Luke. They are intertwined and depend on each other to continue to grow. Sports media includes television, radio, magazines, newspapers, books, films, and, now, most importantly, social media devices provided by the

The All American Girl’s Professional Baseball League both challenged and reinforced traditional women’s roles. The AAGPBL only lasted for eleven years, but its effects are not forgotten. Towards the beginnings of the lead, along with the influential leaders, the players were the ones to make it famous. The AAGPBL made women athletics a possibility today and helped America to emerge to why women athletes are necessary. After the men returned from war, the league began to decline and the women were eventually forced back into being housewives and back into the households.

This piece can be perfectly compared to cultural relativism because every baseball mans "Routines are conforming"(Gmelch 268). As referred to in the kuru video on youtube they rely on magic for answers, but if you really put it together don't these baseball players as

One of the problems that Hartmann addresses is that when scholarly critique sports take their points overboard over another (Hartmann 240). In other words, one will be supportive of one side while undermining the proponent ideas. This is outright discrimination in sports. In the primary source, we can see the same situation where bias judgement happened. The discrimination in the sports that we see in Remember the Titans involved the

Several times throughout the article he seems to have a tone that hurts his credibility and arguments, by saying “It is ludicrous to argue that the Power 5 programs cannot afford this.” This harsh, unintentional bashing at others who do not believe in what the author is saying hurts his claim and argument by talking down to his audience; as if they do not know what they are reading. Another remark he makes is, “the appeal of college athletics, in no small part, is that the players are students at the universities, so they would still have to take classes. But their loads should be reduced during their years of eligibility, and once their playing days are over, they should be able to finish their education free. That’s only fair.” Here the author is almost stating that regular non college student athletes are not at the same level of importance as the athletes, possibly making some readers frustrated that these athletes get the easy road throughout college. Also, by saying they will be able to go to college free after playing, makes students going to school after graduating for a higher degree feel unimportant and unprivileged compared to the

Through the invention of lawn tennis, people who enjoyed playing the sport did not have to go out and pay to play. Instead, they could just go out on their front lawn and hit a tennis ball with a friend. Lawn tennis also affected society because in people’s free time, they could enjoy their day by playing a fun sport at home (on their lawn). Some people said that lawn tennis was a bad idea because they couldn’t play on their grass when it was long and that’s when Wingfield came up the solution to cut one’s grass really short. Also, on a nice day, some people would like to spend the day outside rather than inside. The concept of outdoor lawn tennis was illuminating because those people could now play the sport outside instead of inside. They had fun playing outdoor lawn tennis and they got to feel the nice weather. Those are some of the many reasons Wingfield’s invention of outdoor lawn tennis positively affected society. “Tennis is a great sport” (The club of Riverdale, 2016).

Joe Nocera is a world renowned business journalist and author. He currently writes for the “New York Times, previously writing about business, but over the years has changed his focus to sport. Just recently, Mr. Nocera has released his newest book “Indentured”, in which he discusses the not so glorious side of the NCAA and college sports. In his book, Nocera uses real life stories of former and current collegiate athletes, to further continue his strong feelings and opinions towards the operation and policies of the NCAA. With that being said, one of the first stories he tells in his book is about Ryan Boatright, a former UConn basketball star. Nocera continues in his discussion to share that it is stories like Boatright’s that have driven

Ray Chapman is known as the only MLB player to die from an injury. He was hit by a pitch and eventually died in the club house (“One pitch” par. 1). Today, all MLB athletes are required to wear helmets when batting, to protect them from severe injuries. Sports in the 1920s were the start of a new concept. It was a new idea to people that changed a lot in society and their views on sports.

The author also raised questions about choosing which athletes to pay, how much to pay them, and also brought up Title IX. I didn’t know what Title IX was, and looked it up. For those of you who do not know, it is

In the second article selected by Yahoo! Sports the publisher obtained information from Channel 2 Action News. Both articles correlate correctly with the incident and providing information for the readers to understand the situation. As previously stated from the USA Today article, Yahoo! Sports briefly writes about the incident until speaking about Chamique career.

Bowling received its greatest boost with the invention of the automatic pin setter. It was a big step in allowing the businessmen of the game, the bowling alley owner, to remodernize both their alley and thinking. Bowling became a complete family sport with modern, efficient equipment available at all times for men, women, and children. (Pezzano 18)

Squash is the only “Single player’s Sports” in which Pakistan has made its presence recognized at the international level. Squash has made the country famous. For the better part of five decades, Pakistan has completely dominated squash like no other place in the world. Between 1950 and 1997, Pakistan managed to win more than 30 British Open titles, 14 World Open titles, and many PSA professional titles. During the supremacy of Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan in the 80s and 90s, squash in Pakistan reached incredible heights of success, although they were hardly the first players to excel in the game.