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    Golf . Nowadays most famous sport is Soccer , Basketball , Volleyball, Hockey, Tennis . Table tennis and Baseball Soccer or Football is a sport played between two different teams consists of eleven players with a ball. In Football World there is 250 000 players from 200 countries around the world. On 21st May ,1904 FIFA

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    underwater. One of these sports is hockey; hockey is played in a few ways, street, floor, ice, and field. Although not widely televised, field hockey is popular in Canada, the United States, Eastern Europe and regions where ice-hockey is most popular. It is played in about 112 countries and is known to be one of the top six athletic teams in the world. Though the origin of field hockey is unknown, drawings about 4,000 years old have depicted men playing a like version of hockey in the Beni Hasan Tombs of

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    Fighting in hockey is often a polarizing topic. Hockey is a unique game, in which fights extract a loud ovation from the spectators. Fans attend for a variety of reasons. Attendance at NHL games has been increasing in recent years. Goal scoring and violence are the two main factors fans associate with professional ice hockey. Violence occurs in hockey through body checks, slashes and the most popular form, fighting. Violence and fighting have been shown to have a positive impact on attendance

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    made out of wood, the sticks were also made of wood. Since that time the sport has evolved to be one of the most sports watched sport in Canada and,The United States Of America.Since 1915 the silver engraved Stanley cup has been apart of the N.H.L hockey playoffs,and continues to coveted players today. The cup is 102 years old coming into the N.H.L in 1915.The cup is the most valued prized trophy in sports history going by the name “Stanley Cup”..The cup was donated by Lord Stanley of Preston. It’s

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    The win brought hockey to the front page of newspapers all over the country.This was a national celebration. It opened the door to American-born players below the 49th parallel.(“The 1980 US Olympic Team”).People in the streets honked their horns after hearing about the game on the radio(“The Miracle on Ice,35 years ago.”). The US had grown at every level of hockey. After the Olympics the team went their separate ways. Some went to the NHL

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    • Players who participate in athletics consent and assume risk if injury occurs as an aspect of the game. Thus, players who take part in such a dangerous sport as hockey accept the dangers that inhere in it so far as they are obvious and necessary (People v. Schacker). However, if the dangers inherent in the sport were obscure or unobserved or so serious as to justify the belief that precautions of some kind must have been taken to avert them. People engaged in athletic competition are generally

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    What started as a hobby for Canadians, hockey has developed into the glorified sport that takes the time of millions of people on Saturday night. Not only has this game changed the lives of people living in the great white north; hockey itself has earned a reputation where fights and violence steal the show. The moment where two players drop their gloves and pull up the always interfering elbow guards could bring a whole arena to its feet. However, In the last couple years, this iconic piece of the

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    Bauer Performance Sports Ltd. is a company based out of Exeter, New Hampshire that produces ice hockey equipment, fitness and recreational skates, and apparel. They are best known for their skates but after acquiring multiple companies they have expanded into manufacturing wide range of equipment from skates to hockey sticks. The company has expanded to new levels and now has the face of many NHL stars to represent their brand. For an athlete to stay relevant in their sport they have to adapt

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    From 2005/06 to 2014/15, the National Hockey League’s (NHL) revenue has grown from $2.27 billion US to $3.98 billion US. A large portion of this is due to the fact that the world of hockey is constantly changing in many aspects. The way it is played, the way we watch, the way it is coached, and the way players are scouted and traded. Almost everything on the operations, media, player, and fan experience side have gone through changes and alterations because of technology. Technology has opened up

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    Technology of Hockey Equipment People have been playing various types of hockey with sticks and rocks on frozen ponds for ages, but the first organized game was in Montreal, Canada on March 3, 1875. Since that time to now, the evolution of the technology has increased, from the equipment to rink itself the changes have been made for the safety and lives of players. In the beginning players didn’t even wear helmets. Protective helmets weren’t worn until a game against Boston and Toronto around 1933

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