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This paper examines and analyzes student and student-athlete grade-point averages, discusses issues related to high school and college athletics in America, and concludes that student participation in athletics is a positive thing.

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This paper examines the book, "Downhill Slide: Why the Corporate Ski Industry Is Bad for Skiing, Ski Towns, and the Environment." The paper analyzes how Downhill Slide's author, Hal Clifton, assesses the negative impact of the corporate ski industry on local communities, the environment, ski resort employees, and smaller skiing resorts. The author of the paper also discusses the book's strong points and weak points, and presents some reasons why there should be hope that the present dominance of the corporate ski resorts can be limited and ultimately reduced in the future.

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This paper examines the troublesome issue of eating disorders in professional sports. The author discusses how male and female athletes feel pressured to gain or lose weight in order to enhance their performance, become stronger or faster, or keep their positions on their respective teams. Information is evaluated which indicates that female professional athletes are more at risk of eating disorders because of their different metabolisms, especially in the Olympic sports of gymnastics, track and field, and skating.

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This paper is a brief discussion about the use of steroids in Sports. It describes their benefits, performance and defects on athletes and non-athlete boys and girls.

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This paper presents the argument that athletes should be banned when they are tested positive for substance abuse. The discussion covers amateur sports as well as professional sports, for the problem is universal.

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This paper presents a detailed discussion about the benefits of sports psychology for athletes and their lives and performance. The author takes us on a tour of what an athlete endures as he perfects his craft and moves toward the top. We are given examples as well as ideas regarding the needs of an athlete and his psyche.

Tags: SPORTS / HEALTH (MEDICINE, PSYCHOLOGY), psyche for athletes

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This paper examines and analyzes former heavyweight champion Sonny Liston's troubled life and boxing career.

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This paper addresses 3 studies in the sociology of sports, an area which has traditionally received little academic attention. The studies are a theoretical book, an historical retelling of the black athletes' Olympic protest of 1968, and an oral history of college basketball players' conflicting commitments to study and sport. All three perspectives are necessary for a comprehensive sociological view.

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This paper is a comparison of astrograss and sod grass in athletic fields identifying their compatibility in terms of cost, maintenance and athletic needs.

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This paper discusses the life of a professional baseball player at MLB in a sociological perspective.

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This paper analyzes why Cablevision acquired Madison Square Garden and the sports teams Knicks, Liberty and Rangers. It also describes what its current position is.

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This paper describes the reason why PE is unnecessary at college level.

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This paper states that the role of black men in sprinting is less about sports and more about helping reduce racial issues within society.

Tags: black, men, sprinting

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This paper outlines the reasons / psychology behind Lennox Lewis' loss against Hasim Rahman in South African match.

Tags: psychology, lewis, rahman

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An overview of the Chicago Black Sox scandal of 1919.

Tags: black, sox, scandal