2008 Summer Olympics

To begin with, the running of the bulls is part of the fiesta of San Fermin. This event takes place in the city of Irunea, Pamplona. This is in the region of Navarra. San Fermin is celebrated every year between July 6th to July 14th. The actual start to the running of the bulls takes place the next day on the 7th. A lot of the popularity that came to the San Fermin Fiesta is because of the running of the bulls. This Festival was in honor of patron saint Navarra, which was San Fermin. To…

Kerri Walsh-Jennings is well-known for having won three gold medals in the Olympic games in a row. She was born on August 15, 1978 in Santa Clara, California. She has a brother named Marte Walsh in her family and grew up with athletic parents Timothy Joseph Walsh and Margery Lee. As a child she was very shy, yet she joined in many sports like volleyball and baseball. Sports are in her blood because both of her parents have either played volleyball or baseball. Schools that she attended were…

“A minute of pain is worth a lifetime of glory,” - Louis Zamperini. Wise words to live by for a man. Louis was a United States Olympic distance runner and a United States prisoner of war survivor of World War II. Louis was born on January 26,1917 in Olean, New York. Louis had trouble with the law before his big track career. Once Louis cleaned up his act, he ran track for Torrance High School in California. In 1934, Zamperini set the national high school mile record with a time of 4:21.2, his…

The amount of control we have in what happens in our lives is often heavily debated. Do we have full power over what happens, or are there some things that just have to occur? This question can be answered using the nonfiction books The Sports Gene by David Epstein, and Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. Both stories revolve around expertise in a certain hobby, and whether or not our choices determine our expertise in that hobby. In Outliers, Gladwell supports that we do have…

anytime soon, either. Outside of the major sports, though – it would appear track and field is beginning to take off cinematically. We’ve received a dramatized glimpse of it recently in Unbroken, which depicted Louis Zamperini’s trip to the 1936 Summer Olympics (popular sporting event, apparently), and also in McFarland, USA, which tells the story of Latino high school cross country team’s rise to statewide prominence. Who would have thought watching people run would be so…

The next match for Kamikaze Pro – Run This Town on August 27th will be a 1st time ever match in the Fighting Females Division. ‘Portugal’s Perfect Athlete’ Shanna Since her Kamikaze Pro debut at our 2nd Anniversary Show, Shanna has solidified herself as the number 1 Fighting Female in Kamikaze Pro. With big victories over Nixon Newell, Blue Pants & Toni Storm and having the best Fighting Female match of last year against Mickie James. Portugal’s Perfect Athlete has pretty much been ‘perfect’ in…

When I was appointed as a Varsity Co-Captain for the high school swim team in my freshman year, I was still new to the high school scoring system, which differed from the club meets that I grew up participating in. I devoted my time as a captain leading activities I was accustomed to- running warm-ups at meets, facilitating practice dives, and assisting in equipment setup. During this period, I couldn’t help but notice that some swimmers, especially new members, were not getting as much…

Abstract This paper is about sport scandals. The paper depicts the history of sports scandals, while still being able to draw a connection between the past and present day time of sport scandals. The paper describes how sport scandals have evolved and became what they are today. Punishments play a big role in sport scandals. The paper discusses which punishments are giving and if the punishments giving are effective. The way punishments effect the athletes is also an important point made in the…

It may be understandable why those in charge of the 2016 Rio Olympics created Rule 40. This rule forbids athletes from pointing out in any way, or even mentioning, sponsors that helped them as they prepared to get to the Olympics, but are not actually associated with the games. After all, advertisers who do participate in the Olympics bring in a lot of money. The rule also includes forbidding the mentions of summer, effort, and performance in a generic way to promote a company. It 's also…

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to speed skate in the Olympics? In the Olympics there are plenty of sports, and one such sport is speed skating. There are 4 main components to all sports, and I will be informing you about those. The first element of sports I will be explaining to you is competition. Speed skating is mostly self explanatory, but the main goal of it is to move over the distance of the race in the fastest time possible. You may be wondering “How do I play?” Well, while we’re…