Sports Culture

Most children who have grown up in an American household have at one point in their lives looked up to sports figures as heroes. Whether it was your grandfather telling his stories of watching Babe Ruth become a legend, your father’s stories of Mickey Mantle and the legendary Yankee teams of the 1950’s and 1960’s,…

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No sport moves more quickly or requires as many skills as basketball. Basketball is the most electrifying and most innovative game known to man. The primary objective of the game is to score more points than the opposition by putting a round ball through a circular band, called a rim. On defense, a blocked shot…

Imagine your fate and future resting in the hands of one man’s judgment. This was actually reality for Shoeless Joe Jackson. Many argue that he was one of the best ever to play the game of baseball and was the greatest natural hitter of all-time. Yet, surprisingly, you will not find him among the familiar…

Halstead. Adding the skill of spiking which was developed in the Philippines has made the game more difficult over the years. It is a great sport because it could be played on many surfaces, and it doesn’t cost much money, not much equipment is needed, such as in a game like football or hockey. Volleyball…

A brief out line of basketball is it is a game played with a pumped round ball between two teams of five players each on a rectangular court. In professional or minor competition basketball is usually played indoors, but it does not need to be. Each team tries to score by shooting the ball through…

Paintball is a fast and furious sport. It is played on both a social and serious level by over 16 million people around the world (Cooke,11). It is one of the fastest growing sports on the planet. Paintball’s history, games, guns, and safety are all part of the fun. In 1970, James Hale, an engineer,…

Tiger Woods Throughout the history of golf there have been many great golfers but none as dominant as Tiger Woods. Because of his tournament wins, hard work, dedication and the revolutionizing of his sport, it is clear that Tiger Woods has become the greatest golfer of all time. At the age of twenty four Tiger…

Intramurals  is designed for everyone to have fun but still have a competitive edge. Yearly, every students are given a chance to showcase their talents and wit through participating in the variety of competitive and recreational sport activities. In this event, every student from their respective sections and departments have their own competitors in their…

Programs are among the most popular shows on television; they often represent six out of the ten top-rated cable shows each week. In addition to boosting ratings, the World Wrestling Federation’s increased emphasis on violence, raw language and sexual suggestion has made it controversial. Even though the televised events the WWF chooses to put on…