Women in Sports
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A 26 page paper which discusses various aspects and concerns dealing with women in sports today. Issues addressed include a very close look at Martina Navratilova and her career, which helps to define many of the realities that face athletic women today. In addition the many psychological and sociological areas of involvement are discussed and further defined. Women sports have come a long way in the past few decades, but there is still a very long way to go if women are ever to be truly accepted into the field of sports. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: RAwomen.wps

“Raging Bull” and “When We Were Kings” -- Portrayals of Boxing and Boxers
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This 6 page report discusses and compares Martin Scorcese’s 1980 portrayal of Jake La Motta in “Raging Bull” with “When We Were Kings” (1996), an Oscar-winning documentary that tells the story of what was known in 1974 as the “Rumble in the Jungle.” It was a fight that pitted two of the greatest boxers the world has ever seen against one another -- Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. The report addresses what each film has to say about both the sport of boxing and the actual boxers. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: BWbullkg.rtf