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    The cause and effects of Performance Enhancing Drugs (PED) on athletes According to Drug Free Sport, a performance enhancing drug is any substance taken by athletes to improve performance (2013). There a few substances used to improve performance, including human growth hormone (hGH), stimulants and diuretics. The most common and popular substance used for improved performance by athletes is anabolic steroids. Many professional and amateur athletes use performance enhancing drugs to unethically boost

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    Many argue that a person’s sex and gender can be changed or up to that person. Times have changed where people can now change body parts and look almost exactly like the opposite sex. The thing is, gender and sex are not the same thing but both have different meanings which has also changed throughout the years. I will be refuted on why sex cannot be change but gender can. According to (Nobelius, 2004), Sex refers to biological difference such as chromosomes, hormonal profiles, internal and external

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    She has defended her bantamweight women’s Ultimate Fighting Champion title five times. She has won the best female athlete ESPY award twice in a row. Today, she earns up to a million dollars per fight. But before she had earned this fame, fortune and respect, she was homeless, depressed and addicted to

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    Boxing History

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    cost to watch the sport often deters fans from watching every main event. The last reason boxing has gained the reputation of a declining sport is the growing competition between other fighter sports, such as Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and Ultimate Fighting Championship

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    Millions of viewers from around the world tune in to watch Lindsey Vonn as she throws herself down the mountain in the hopes of capturing Olympic gold in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. As one of the world’s top female skiers, Vonn represents the ultimate image of athleticism, strength and grace coupled with integrity and sportsmanship, all qualities that have been admired and celebrated at the Olympic Games since its creation over 3000 years ago in ancient Greece. The Greeks provoked physical fitness

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    Collision Of Football

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    Football is a game of brotherhood. The ultimate team sport.you cannot win one game without the person right beside you. You cannot win without the coaches. You cannot win without a game plan. And you cannot win without Being a family. In the game of football you sacrifice for the greater cause. You have complete disregard for your body and your health. Often football is compared with gladiators fighting in the Coliseum. It's pretty much the same thing the fans the players and the entertainment. In

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    Nike Case Study

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    they needed to appeal to different market segments, not just athletes. Hence, they then decided to tap more markets. In order to d so, they discovered 3 very distinctive market segments that they could attract. The highest on the pyramid were the Ultimate/Performance Athletes. These included big names in the fields of running sports. They are the

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    Have you ever had the urge to harm or kill someone after playing a game of football? People of all ages love to play this sport whether it be for fun or bragging rights. We watch two people almost tear each other apart in boxing or Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Chances are you probably just looked at these events and went on with your day afterwards. We have faced dangerous events such as wars, natural disasters, and terrorist attacks. What these events have in common is that they are actually

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    What do you think of when you hear the words "Mixed Martial Arts or MMA training?" Do you think of two, muscle-bound men kicking, and hitting one another in a round cage until their faces are bloodied and one falls to the floor, unable to continue the match? This may be the case during a professional match, however, there are many benefits to be reaped for both men and women who take part in an MMA training class. Not only is it a great workout for your body, but for your mind as well. What Is

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    Fu, and Karate are based off of Confucianism and principles from Confucius’s The Analects. Although traditional martial arts contain philosophical teachings, modern martial arts have lost their meaning, or “art.” The popularity of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) has contributed greatly to the loss of meaning in modern martial arts. By examining the philosophy’s importance in The Analects, one can see how martial arts is more than a physical set of skills.

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