2009 African Junior Athletics Championships

national symbol of pride for her Native South Africa, which offered their unwavering support as a show of national unity and used her as an example to fight back against what they declared to be prejudiced accusations. There is a major point and its ramifications that need to be pointed out here. Near the beginning of the article, Shultz acknowledged that her access to information was limited to that written in English and found using one specific database (284). Taking this fact into consideration, it can be inferred that most, if not all, of the source material was western in origin. In utilizing the ideal of ‘nationality’ playing a large, contributing part in Semenya’s celebrity, all of the suppositions and reasoning assigned to the South African representatives mentioned have been presented through the filter of western culture and perspective. This is not to say that they are wholly inaccurate, but that they bare the possibility of being effected by western…

more of your time towards the athletic side of your student athlete life. The University of North Carolina Chapel-Hill has been under investigation for certain scandals dating back to the early '90s. The biggest scandal from UNC has to do with student-athletes taking questionable classes to boost their GPA which allowed them to remain eligible for their sport. Another scandal UNC has been subject to investigation has to do with improper compensation to current and past athletes during their time…

Benjamin Wilson, commonly known as Benji, was not only an all American basketball star, but also the greatest basketball player to ever rise out of Chicago. Playing for Simeon, he was named the top player in the country as a junior in the ‘83-’84 season. He carried the team to the state finals his junior year and won; claiming Simeon’s first Illinois championship but would never make it to the Professional league or even college basketball, his life greatly changed the city of Chicago in more…

of the United States (Ritter 29). The great bambino and baseball distracted people from the struggles during the 1920s. Though baseball was very popular and attracted a lot of fans, some of the best athletes weren’t playing because of racism and discrimination. The Negro Baseball League was formed and thrived during the 1920s with some of the best athletes playing baseball in the league. During the 1920s, Jim Crow laws kept many African Americans from participating in the dream…