Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's beach volleyball

Misty May-Treanor is an amazing volleyball player who takes the sport very seriously. She just wants to live a typical life with no surprises, but her spectacular talent gets in the way; “I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I want to be known as a nice and normal person, but my skills are a little more excelled.” She is very excited that she got the privilege to be on the USA’s team at the Athens, 2004 Olympics. Misty May-Treanor was born July 30, 1977. The Olympian was born to Butch May and Barbara

inspirational, and or lesson learning. The first story is about sports. As a kid, I wanted to play every sport imaginable: soccer, softball, tennis, volleyball, basketball, golf, swimming, and t-ball. By the time I went into 7th grade I had it narrowed down to volleyball and a little bit of golf, but that was just for fun. I played volleyball since I was in the fourth grade. My parents did everything in their power to help me get better and to always make sure I was happy. They took me to club

Due: September 25, 2014 For years the USA Beach Volleyball team was named as the “Best Beach Volleyball Team in History.” Who led them to victory? Kerri Lee Walsh Jennings, born August 15,1978 in Santa Clara California. Stands 6’2 inches with the nickname of Six Feet Of Sunshine.Kerri is an American Professional Beach volleyball player, she is married to Casey Jennings, who is also a professional beach volleyball player. Together they have three children, two boys and one

in volleyball at Santa Clara University and her father, Tim J. Walsh, played for a minor baseball league called Boise A’s. She attended three schools through her childhood years. She went to Baymore Christian School for grade school, and then went to Archbishop Mitty High School, and for college she went to Stanford University. As a child she played baseball or tee- ball that was coached by her father. She became an all- star baseball player being the only girl in the league. Her volleyball passion

Butch. In 1968, he was on the U.S. men’s national volleyball team. Barbara May, a ranked tennis player, was May-Treanor’s mother. She lost her battle with cancer in 2002. May-Treanor’s siblings include two brothers named Brack and Scott. Brack is a chef; he starred on the show Chopped on the Food Network. Her other brother is Scott. Misty tries to remember her family because they were significantly important to her. She has two angel

stereotypical thinking is a catalyst for gender inequities not only in sport, but society as a whole. Our perception regarding the differences between sportsmen and women stems from hegemonic ideals of masculine dominance that date back to the ancient Olympics. Although equality between genders is gradually percolating the world of sport, agents of

64). Over the years the country has done very well in the winter and summer Olympics leading to them hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. European Football

Gold: The Nationalistic Portrayals of American Olympic Athletes in the U.S. Sport Media There is arguably no other international event in the world that celebrates sport more than the Olympics. The modern Olympic Games are perhaps the most prominent media event in the world capturing the attention of billions of people around the globe on a recurring basis (Walters & Murphy, 2008). Zaharopoulos (2007) noted that now that billions of people view the Olympic Games on television, it has become a shared

are good quality. I have compiled qualitative data from four separate scholarly papers and two news articles. My best evidence came from one case study conducted by Heidi Vollstadt Freeman (2008), which analyzes interviews with eight different mothers during their post-partum return to training for the Olympics. My key findings included a trend of the athletes compartmentalizing/separating their home life from their sport life and the importance of a strong support system. The bottom line is, while

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is widely known for football, women, the Brazilian Carnival, the Amazon, and the influential capoeira and samba. Little do people know there is more to the fifth largest nation in the world, exceeded in size only by Russia, Canada, China, and the United States (Poppino). In further reading of this paper, we will briefly discuss the history of Brazil, government and politics, the economy, and last but not least, the culture of sports.