Women's Tennis Association

Traditionally men have dominated the world of sports however in recent year’s women’s sports have become popular and with their new found popularity, women’s sports have evolved into marketable leagues of their own. Although women’s sports took a huge leap forward, women players still don’t receive the same financial compensation for playing the same sports in the same arenas as their male counterparts. In Purse Snatching by Donna Lopiano, she points out sexism may have a huge effect on this financial

Traditionally men have dominated the world of sports however in recent year’s women’s sports have become popular and with their new found popularity, women’s sports have evolved into marketable leagues of their own. Although women’s sports took a huge leap forward, women players still don’t receive the same financial compensation for playing the same sports in the same arenas as their male counterparts. In Purse Snatching by Donna Lopiano, she points out sexism may have a huge effect on this financial

my grades. When reaching their dreams, people must sacrifice factors that distract them from achieving their goal and by doing so, they become more determined to reach their dreams as shown in the play, A Raisin in the Sun, and by the professional tennis player, Roger Federer. In the play, A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, Walter Lee Younger, Lena Younger’s son, had given away $6,500 of his father’s insurance money to Willy Harris, thinking that he

but did you stop and watch it, Probably not. Have you ever skipped through the channels and saw a NBA game on? You probably didn't watch the game. WNBA mean Women's National Basketball Association. Its a professional basketball association regarding females only. It was founded on April 24,1996. The NBA is the National Basketball Association, meaning that only males. The basketball league is unfair, because the NBA gets to play 26 different teams during their season but the WNBA only gets to play

many lower-class women were too overwhelmed with physical labor inside and outside the home to have time or energy for sports. Archery was one of the first organized competitive sports for women. As time passed by, women were seen participating in tennis, horseback riding, bowling, rowing, canoeing, yachting, and ice and roller skating. However, the sport that exerted the greatest influence on women was bicycling. It offered the potential for physical mobility and the benefits of healthy, active recreation

The Million Dollar Arm and the bend it like Beckham are two movies with storylines that The Million Dollar Arm and Bend it like Beckham. revolve around sports as their major theme. However, the two movies are drafted in different times. The Million Dollar Arm is produced in 2014 while the Bend it like Beckham in 2002.The comparison between the two films bring about some similarities and differences in aspects of the norms, culture and various themes. In the Million Dollar Arm, a sports agent, Bernstein

The History of Women’s Basketball “You can’t always be the strongest or most talented person in the room, but you can be the most comparative.” This was a famous saying from basketball player, Pat Summitt. The early 1990’s was both a great and not so great time for women’s athletics. There were some very athletic women who didn’t get enough credit because they were judged by playing sports; it made them not “attractive.” The NBA approved the proposal to begin the WNBA in June 1997 (Valois). Many

The Lack of Women's Sports Coverage      Can women's sports establish itself as a topic of on-going media and journalism curiosity?  Currently TV stations do minimal coverage of women's sports, while newspapers and magazines do just a little bit better.  In a recent interview with Gary Webb, a sports writer for The Spectrum, he says that "the people have demonstrated that there is an audience that loves hearing about women athletes.  After all, they are somebody's kids, sisters, and moms"

With 26.7 million people tuning in to watch the 2015 Women’s World Cup Final, it became the most watched soccer match in United States history (Hinong). In fact, more Americans watched this game than the NBA Finals or the Stanley Cup (Hinong). In the WNBA, television ratings and attendance numbers were up (Berkman), and first game of the NWHL’s inaugural season brought a crowd that filled the venue to capacity, followed by a later game in a larger building where 1,231 fans came to see Boston beat

Barrel racing is a timed event in rodeos where a rider and horse try to complete a clover leaf pattern in the fastest time. It takes skills from the rider and the horse to make a good run. It takes good athletic ability from the horse and good horsemanship from the rider to take a horse safely through the barrels. The judges set up the barrels in a triangle in the center of the arena. There is normally a flagger in the ring that waves a flag when you start and waves it again when you cross the finish