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    Gender Bias In Sports

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    In society, we see that women and minorities are negatively biased. For women, people are biased against them because people think that women cannot do a job that is considered a man`s job, or they aren`t strong enough to do specific tasks. Women are judged when they are playing sports like soccer because reporters would ask them “how is it like playing with other girls?” It’s as their almost saying, “Are you ok with girls that might be lesbian?” There is also a bias for minorities as well because

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    was 9 years old and 4th grade had just started which meant that my first official year of basketball was around the corner and everything had to be perfect. I would wake up in the mornings before school and I would go shoot come home after school and shoot again, it was the most practice I had ever done, in one thing, in my entire life. The first practice started in October and I was so overly excited I grabbed a ball and started my routine 5 lay-ups and 10 free throws. I knew my coach better than

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    “Big Four”The number of “Big Four”’s Grand Slam championsPlayer Titles FinalsRoger Federer 17 27Rafael Nadal 14 20Novak Djokovic 12 20Andy Murray 3 11I am lucky enough to be able to watch tennis in its “Golden Era” (2008-2016). “Big Four” has been playing a crucial part in this time. It represents how significant modern tennis has developed. The term refers to the four best male tennis players: Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, who have innovated the way tennis is supposed

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    Sometimes being different than others can make you more successful than others. This difference was in physical form for when A.G and B.J became the first of their kind to do the great things that they did, that was better than others before them. Although they have many similarities like both being successful African American women, and both having determination, and also how both had the odds against them. They also have differences like both have different achievements, and both have different

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    related to this advertisement on a deeper level, so I wanted to share it with you. Serena recently had a daughter with her new husband Alexis Ohanian. To provide a little background on these two parents, Serena is currently tied for the most Grand Slam singles titles with 22, has been to the Olympics and is one of the most dominant tennis players in history. And her husband Alexis is no chump either. He co-created the website Reddit, so this baby has a lot to live up to. But the message that Gatorade

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    Althea Gibson was an african american that was known as an tennis player but she also played the game of golf very well. She was born August 25, 1927 in Clarendon County, South Carolina and she passed away September 28, 2003 in East Orange, New Jersey. In Gibson younger years she fell in love with paddle tennis and when she was 12 years old she was an paddle tennis champion in New York City. After Gibson won the paddle tennis championship she started to play tennis with the american tennis association

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    Jason Mc Elwain's Story

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    years old with a ranking of fourty third in the WTA singles ranking created a major surprise by beating in the semifinals, the number one in the world; the greatest Serena Williams. Serena was going for a rare achievement of winning the four Grand Slams in the year. Unfortunately for her, the moment was probably too big so she couldn’t play at her usual level and Roberta was playing so well and with no pressure. Those kind of upset will be part of the major achievement by an Italian athlete for years

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    How Tall Do You Have to Be To Dunk Are you ready to dunk? Ask yourself that question and you might be taken aback. That question is so simple, but pregnant with meaning. If I were you, I would be more concerned about building my determination and resolution about dunking than worry too much, about how tall I should be to dunk. If you are indeed ready, you can dunk successfully, regardless of your height. If that’s understood, let’s go on and prove this. During my research, I discovered that

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    I would come here at all times. If I was mad at my family, bored, or had just watched Lebron James highlight mix tapes for the past hour, I would get whatever ball I had at the time, at most times worn down to a fuzzy or sandpapered surface and would migrate toward the alley. Leaving the real world behind, I unlatched the gate and stepped out of my boredom and stress and onto the rough, gray, paved runway for my enjoyment. My fascination of basketball started somewhere not far from there. In my

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    Tennis has been an integral part of my life since I was 7. I started competing at the age of 11 and have been training almost every day since then. Tennis, in particular, tennis competition, has shaped me in many ways. It has taught me: independence, acceptance, perseverance, strategic thinking and discipline on and off courts. Unlike professional tennis, there is no coaching and barely any cheering from the bleacher in junior tournament, Each time I walk on the court, I know that how I play determines

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