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Papers On Professional Athletes/Life & Works
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“I Am Tiger Woods – The Economic Impact of the Golf Industry”
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This 3 page report discusses the multibillion dollar business of golf. Over the past two decades, golf
has grown in popularity, accessibility, and an excepted means of doing business. As the popularity of golf is grown, naturally the profits and economic impact of the golf industry have also grown. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Tigerecon.wps
Testing for Steroids in Major League Baseball
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This 10 page paper looks at steroid use in baseball and the pros and cons of testing. Steroids are discussed in depth inclusive of dangers. Social aspects are included along with how testing affects management. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: SA228ste.rtf
"Its Not About the Bike"
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A 5 page discussion about Lance Armstrong's account of his fight against cancer. This paper provides several quotes from Armstrong's book as well as a detailed review of the physiological changes that come about with cancer. Bibliography lists sources.
Filename: PPlanceA.rtf
A Look at the Inordinately High Salaries of Athletes
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This 7 page paper suggests that famous athletes deserve their high salaries. A variety of salary ranges are discussed and specifics are provided. The role of the athlete in society is compared with that of teacher, physician and fireman. The paper focuses on athletics and why the players make so much money. Predictions as to where the field is headed are duly noted. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: SA411hi.rtf
An Overview Of Sports Statistics
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This 8 page paper discusses the world of sports statistics. Examples provided are within the sport of baseball. Several formulas are provided with an explanation of what they mean. How statistics are used is also discussed with some examples of player's salaries. Bibliography lists 7 source.
Filename: PGstatbb.wps
Athletes as Role Models
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A six page paper which considers the way in which professional athletes have become perceived by society as role models, and the extent to which this has a detrimental effect on the attitudes and behaviour of young people. The paper looks at how far athletes themselves accept or reject their adulation by children, and whether they make a conscious effort to amend their own public behaviour in order to make a positive impact on young people’s thinking.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JLathletes.wps
Babe Ruth's Story Encapsulated
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This 5 page review of a 1994 U.S. News & World Report article on Babe Ruth looks at the information given on the baseball great but also discusses how many neglect some of the Babe's long-term contributions to the game.
Filename: Baberuth.wps
Baseball Hero Roberto Clemente
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A 5 page paper which examines why Clemente should be regarded as a twentieth-century hero. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TGrobcle.rtf
Baseball: Korean Influence
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4 pages in length. Baseball, America's hometown sport, has experienced a metamorphosis of cultural infusion since the early 1980s when a very large, very talented Mexican by the name of Fernando Valenzuela joined up as a pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers. After shutting out the Houston Astros in his first major league game, the country was swept with "Fernandomania," a grand reception for a foreign-born baseball player who single-handedly opened the door for all other international players to follow. Korean Pitcher Chan Ho Park, like his predecessor two decades before, also signed with the Dodgers but without benefit of any past professional experience. This critical detail did not impose upon Parks' ability to make a tremendous impression on the owners and the crowd alike, inasmuch as he inevitably made his first appearance on the season's opening day, 1994, a distinction that also cast him as major league's first Korean player. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TLCKorBBall.rtf
Basketball Legend and Two-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Jordan
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A 5 page paper which focuses on Jordan’s medalist appearances in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, considers how opponents would attempt to play ‘keep away’ so that he could not control the ball, and how he always managed to overcome his challenges during these competitions. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TGmjmedals.rtf