2010 NBA All-Star Game

In thirteen years of golf, Tiger Woods has made over a billion dollars making him the highest paid athlete ever. He has been the highest paid athlete now for five years in a row. We all know that many people in the world watch him play every weekend and admire him, but is the amount of entertainment he provides really worth 128 million dollars a year? Tiger is only one of many professional athletes who are extremely overpaid. “People forget that sports is entertainment,” says Leonard Armato, a sports

and has a family background of singing in her family her grandmother was an opera singer. Ever since Taylor started recording her albums she has always wrote and performed all of her songs. She started performing at a very young age. At the age of 11 Taylor Swift performed the national anthem at a Philadelphia 76ers NBA game. (??) The contributions to Music demonstrated by the career of Taylor Swift to prove beyond a doubt the Country Music Hall of Fame should induct this singer Taylors worthiness

school and went to basketball camps to work on his skills. He went to a Five-Star Basketball Camp in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and this is where Jordan knew that he would do great things in the sport. He got offered a scholarship

Dr. Mark A. Emmert, since October of 2010 you have been the president of a great organization by the name of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA for short. Prior to being the president for the NCAA, it is known that you have made a great impact on the success of various well known universities. While at the University of Washington, the university was second in standings among all public and private institutions in research funding with $1 billion in grants and contracts per year

I began watching professional hockey during the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Chicago Blackhawks had made it to the finals, and being a fourth-generation Chicago sports fan, I decided that I should check out this team that I had never paid much attention to. Little did I know that this would be the beginning of a small obsession that would last throughout high school and into my freshman year at college. I fell in love with the sport from the start. It had speed, passion, and a toughness that compelled

Introduction On August 8th, 1988 Wayne Gretzky gave a tearful farewell to Edmonton after being traded to the Los Angeles Kings. The Gretzky trade had effects beyond the two teams. The landscape of the National Hockey League changed in the years following the Gretzky trade. Ten years after the trade Anaheim, Dallas, Phoenix, Miami, San Jose, and Tampa were awarded NHL franchises. The National Hockey League’s southern expansion was partially driven by the attendance increase the Los Angeles Kings experienced

or other gifts by individuals other than family members” (Eitzen). Former NBA superstar, Patrick Ewing made approximately $12 million for his alma mater of Georgetown University during his four years in attendance. This came from “a tripling of attendance, increased television revenues, and qualifying for the NCAA tournament each year” (Eitzen). Ewing on the other hand, never made a penny until getting drafted to the NBA. The NCAA and its supporters would argue that Ewing had the ability to learn

132.72 15 July 2015 Abstract This paper examines the use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) in professional sports. In all professional sports like baseball, basketball, football, and organized fighting, PEDs have been used to enhance athletes, however there is a question of ethics in the use of PEDs. Some examples of PEDs are anabolic steroids, doping, and stimulants. All of these effect an athlete’s performance in a different way, although their health is also at risk. The life span of athletes

a large impact and continue to grow. Athletes of all sports, all ages, professional and not have placed a large influence on consumers across the world. The athletic apparel being worn by people all over the world provide a label of what that person is and how their life style may be. Health has been an increased implication on many societies and apparel has been a way to show how “healthy” a person would consider themselves. Today consumers of all ages are able to view products through television

Madison Square Garden Company Report For Embry Investment Group For Embry Investment Group 600 South Clyde Morris Blvd. Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900 By Thomas M. Lopez Student July 20, 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract ………………………………………………………………………………………… iii Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………….. 1 Data Section ……………………………………………………………………………………. 2 MSG Industries of Interest ……………………………………………………………..... 2 Sporting ………………………………………………………………………………… 2 Entertainment ……………………………………………………………………………