ACL Injuries
ACL Risk Reduction There are many different mechanisms that cause ACL injuries. It needs to be noted that 70% of all ACL injuries are non-contact. This is that injury that you see where the athlete is all alone and the next thing you know, they are on the ground in pain. They do something that ....

Athlete Salaries
Athlete Salaries In the past few decades, athlete salaries have escalated like that of a superb stock equity. Athletes are taking full advantage of their position, causing the average man to wonder how high will they go. Some feel that athletes are greedy people who have lost care for the ....

Athletes and Society
Baseball is America's pastime. The sport has vaulted its stars into an immortal status in the minds and hearts of fans. Countless people pack stadiums every warm summer to catch a glimpse of a future hall of famer or to see the next "can't miss" rookie. Baseball is a magical game whose great mome....

Athletes as Role Models
Athletes as Role Models Primetime timeslots, Monday Night's main attraction, a large slice of the daily paper, and worldwide attention and recognition. This is the life of America's superstar athletes, but only in part. America's professional athletes, their political standings, and their ....

Celebrity Advertising
Celebrity Advertising In todays culture advertising is everywhere. In the morning newspaper, on television, radio, in magazines, at school, at your job, in grocery stores, in public bathroom stalls, on buildings, on buses, embossed in the sand at beaches, even on the green in golf holes....

Cheating with Steriods
I would never trust a person who said that a player taking steroids wasn't cheating. With the growing "black plague of sports" and how it affects everyone, anyone who thinks it is okay to take steroids has either taken them or has some very serious moral issues, either way I wouldn't trus....

Drug in sports
Drugs in sports can cost a player his or her scholarship(s) and more seriously, their lives. Everyday athletes that you may not think are doing anabolic steroids or the human growth hormone are the athletes who are the big users. 1. There are three major performance enhancing drugs that are used by ....

Drug Testing In High Schools
Matt, a high school football player, was scheduled to play linebacker in a Friday night game, but a few days before Matt was hanging out at his buddies and started smoking marijuana. Thursday, before the game, Matt was chosen to take a drug test. His coach approached him saying Matt could not play....

drugs and atheletes
You read it in the newspapers and you see it on the news, many athletes are taking drugs to get stronger, to work harder, run longer, or to have fun in the off season. A few examples are Barry Bonds and his homerun record, or Randy Moss and his partying. A lot of athletes use steroids, which are ....

Drugs and Sports
Many people believe that drug use in professional athletics is not a serious problem, however it is more widespread and serious than people think. In professional athletics the use of drugs is looked upon as somewhat of a serious problem, but is also very discrete and low key. Every once in a while ....

Drugs in Sports
Drugs in sports can cost a player his or her scholarship(s) and more seriously, their lives. Everyday athletes that you may not think are doing anabolic steroids or the human growth hormone are the athletes who are the big users. 1. There are three major performance enhancing drugs that are used by ....

Food Choices for Athletes
Proper Nutrition for Athletes Training stimulates muscle growth. But for an athletes training to work, their body needs a sufficient amount of energy and enough raw materials to get the full benefit from their exercise program (Bernadot, p. 32). Providing that energy and those raw ....

Genetic Engineering
Since the dawn of man we have desired control over our surroundings. Now in the year 2006 complete control over the human construct is within reach. Bioengineering is the key to that control, also known as synthetic biology, it's the artificial creation of DNA, genes and cells that mimic, or surpa....

Getting Paid in sports
In todays society sports are a very important piece of everyday life. The majority of Americans have interest in at least one form of sport that is popular. Children are the most influenced by sports. Parents want their children to be the next Michael Jordan, Joe Montana, or Barry Bonds. R....

How Do Sports Affect Americas Youth?
Over the last two decades the growth of youth sports has reflected the popularity of professional sports in our society. Sporting events and news are available to the public twenty-four hours a day on television and radio: sports are an enormous industry. The outstanding popularity of the sports ind....

No Longer a Game
Sports in America have evolved to the point where they are no longer considered just a game. For all ages playing sports in a competitive environment includes a magnitude of other factors than playing the game. Athletes and teams across the country have become enormous figures in our culture that ha....

Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports
Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports When involved in sports, you have to be competitive. You need to win more than anybody else. However, athletes are taking winning to the extreme. As the use of performance enhancing drugs is becoming more popular amongst athletes, many of them do not underst....

Personal Exercise Plan
Health and Skill related components definition Linked to my performance Types of fitness: health-related Health related fitness is what everyone should have whether they play a sport or not. Keeping the body fit for health incorporates the following components Cardiovascular fitness Requir....

Role Models
Role Models Wanted Role models are people who serve as an example of positive behaviors, values, and attitudes associated with a role. According to The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy role models can also be people who distinguish themselves in such a way that others admire and want to imitat....

Salaries: Are Professional Athletes Getting Paid Too Much?
Are Professional Athletes Getting Paid Too Much? In todays world of sports there are thousands of athletes who get an income that working people working in everyday life would die for. Some of the lowest paid athletes make around one-hundred and thirty thousand dollars. These athletes are bull ....

Steroids
Steroids are mainly used to improve athletic performance and are sometimes used for medical purposes. Steroids are very addictive and can cause very serious physical and psychological side effects. There are laws and penalties against anabolic steroids because of the unfair advantage and dangerous....

Student Athletes and Academics: Success in Overtime
The University of Louisville, University of Kentucky, Duke University, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University of California, Los Angeles, and Ball State University are all division one schools. Imagine if these Universities got their popularity from their academic programs only and not from t....

The Need for Reform in Collegiate Sports
The current institutional structure of intercollegiate athletics is attempting to maximize educational quality and athletic excellence simultaneously. Each of which will inevitably impinge on one another. Universities claim that their athletes are amateurs who are attending college for academic achi....

Training Your Mind: Sports Psychology
Training Your Mind Have you ever watched Super Bowl and wondered how the starting quarterback competes under such great pressure? The answer is that top athletes not only perfect their physical skills, but they also train to master the psychological skills that allow them to deliver their best i....

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