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    Sports, celebrities, musicians, animals, and other things are composed of a specific group called fans. Every fan has different expectations about a specific topic. The popularity is based on their fans because without fans they would be nothing. We can talk about thousands of fans and their influencers, but there is a specific one that affects the world. Soccer is a game that with a simple whistle creates a wave of emotions. Soccer fans are one of the most extended groups of fanatics in the world

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    know what they’re doing and my mom was not okay with that. She decided to take it in to her own initiative and coach my team that way she knew I would actually be learning the sports the correct way and making improvements. She coached me in flag football, soccer, basketball, volleyball, and softball. Quite often one of my friend’s parents would help her coach. My mom led some severely successful teams in my childhood. Especially in softball where we won multiple trophies. Sometimes I would become

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    Most people have had a mentor at one time in their life. In Edward Bloor´s novel Tangerine, Paul has a mentor as well. Theresa proves to be the mythological archetype the mentor to Paul because she gives him advice, aids him, and helps him. First, Theresa is the mentor to Paul because she gives him advice. Theresa motivates Paul by saying the good things about Tangerine Middle. For instance, the text says, ¨Mon. Sept. 18, Paul is starting school at Tangerine Middle¨ (Bloor 97). Paul meets Theresa

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    The sound of music mixed with her own heartbeat thudded in her ears as she ran down the deserted street. For weeks she had been doing this, waking up from nightmares that felt all too real only to put on her sneakers and do the best thing she knew--run. She would run until the sun came up, or until her mother would call her having a meltdown. By this point though, Syx couldn't find it in herself to care if her mother lost it, all she cared about was running until she couldn't remember. But rarely

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    attendance to witness the action. On pitch, fifty one fouls were committed and six red cards were handed out. This display would be unacceptable for any other sport so surely it is time for football to change. Football is the most watched sport worldwide with the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, FIFA, controlling a £20 billion industry which speaks volumes about the popularity of the sport yet it has a reputation for foul play. Whether you watch the game religiously - or have only

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    I know I should start this with some super interesting hook to get you interested, but I was just a normal teenage girl, and there isn 't really anything interesting about that. When I was 14 I started high school and being a freshmen was something new, harder classes, playing sports in school, playing competitive soccer out of school, and trying to have a social life, it was all really crazy to juggle. I just had this super busy schedule every week, which would eventually be true for all four years

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    Society generalizes first world teenagers, describing them as trapped inside a bubble, shielded from harsh realities of impoverished nations and living with the delusions that their problems dominate all others. While this stereotype does not hold true for all young adults, the unfortunate truth remains: many do not count their blessings. Recently with our soccer team, we had the opportunity to visit Vista Maria, a home and school in Dearborn for girls ages 11 to 17 coming from abusive domestic

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    been with them for 24 years. Greg talked about the coaching positions opening in the summer time for anyone interested. He also talked about the basics of the program and the 12 different sports they offer. These sports includes soccer, basketball, football, baseball,

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    Some people say that motocross riders work harder than soccer players. While others think they work and train as hard as each other. Which is true, they only have a few differences and one of them is motocross injuries are way worse. Soccer players and motocross riders work as hard as one another, they both train, work out and eat healthy twenty four seven. When being a professional athlete is your job, you train a lot. Soccer players are training in all kinds of weather conditions. Whereas riders

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    Many people around the world have their own unique talent,my talent that identifies is by the way I play sports. Even though sports might not mean much to others, they are very important to me. The sports I like to do in high school are Cross country and Soccer. I started doing cross country just a few years ago because I wouldn't do anything. I would run for my school, but it wasn't my favorite sport. Since was little girl, I started playing soccer as my first sport. I don't only play soccer for

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