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more Americans list the NFL as their favorite sport than the National Hockey League, Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association combined (Rovell). Now, it is not unusual for certain countries to hold an association with a certain sport. Brazil, most notably, loves its soccer. New Zealanders love rugby, and Canadians love hockey. These associations make sense, and sports provide for many positive cultural pillars that exist across the world today. At a base level, the NFL does that

to New England by the earliest colonists) and cricket,” (History.com Staff). When the American Revolution occurred there were many different variations of this game that were being played in schools of all levels, from elementary school yards to college campuses. Overall, the basis of the sport did not start in the United States of America, but

of the two without any written rules. The first ever college football game was playing in 1869 which was Princeton vs Rutgers. Soon after, other colleges started playing as well. Professional football became a reality a few decades after the sport became popular. The first evidence of someone being paid money just to play a football game came on November 12, 1892. William "Pudge" Heffelfinger was paid $12,000 by the Allegheny Athletic Association to play a game. Only one year later, the first professional

Architects and Planners” (Aaker, Kumar, & Day, 2007, pp. 72-75). In this case study, Sperry/MacLennan considers its next business venture: to take its architectural skills, and leadership, to the next level by expanding its business beyond its Canadian borders. Furthermore, with this proposal, Sperry/MacLennan explores new

through its many professional leagues. The National Basketball Association is, by far, the most popular league in the world, but a lot of people like to watch college, high school, and recreational basketball as much. The game of basketball is one of the most popular and exciting games to watch or play on any skill level.      In December of 1891, Dr. James Naismith was a teacher at the Young Men's Christian Association Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was winter

* Title IX * Demanded equal funding to all genders for federal-funded education programs in 1972 * 1979 was the Title IX Athletics Policy Interpretation * In 1970, 1/25 North American school girls participated in a school sport….in 2006, it has increased to 1/3. * Soccer is 4th most popular, after basketball, volleyball, and cross country * Soccer holds the greatest growth curve: In 1977, only 2.8% of campuses offered soccer for women, however 88.6% of campuses

Description: Anorexia nervosa is characterized by a distorted body image. The individual is severely underweight and thinks they are fat or has a fear of becoming fat (Comer, 2013). There are two types of anorexia. The first type is restricting-type anorexia. The individual restricts food intake to a dangerous degree. The second type is binge-eating/purging type anorexia. The individual purposely regurgitates after eating uses laxatives and/or diuretics (Comer, 2013). Females compose 90-95%

The final group is recreational drugs. This class is also illegal in athletics and contains drugs like cocaine, crack, marijuana, and heroin. This class is more for social use than for the help it provides the athlete, so they are used equally by athletes and non athletes ("The use of Anabolic . . ."). Anabolic steroids

increase their athletic performance, there was no way to detect drug use. People did not know what to think of the problem, but when a cyclist died at the 1960 Olympic Games from doping, sports organizations started to take action (Catlin, Fitch, and Ljungqvist 100). Scientists went to work looking for a way to detect performance-enhancing drugs in athletes. It took several years before any reliable drug testing methods came about. During the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World

Women Are Still Set Apart." BBC Sport. N.p., 18 Sept. 2014. Web. 04 May 2016. Good, Andrew. "When It Comes to Women in Sports, TV News Tunes out."USC News. N.p., 5 June 2015. Web. 04 May 2016. Wong, ALia. ◆ GENDER EQUITY IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ATHLETICS 1 (n.d.): n. pag. GENDER EQUITY IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND ATHLETICS1. 25 June 2015. Web. 4 May 2016. Davles, Amanda. "Why Has Coverage of Women's Sport Stopped Post Olympics?" CNN. Cable News Network, 9 Aug. 2013. Web. 04 May