2014 Winter Olympics

In 2012 there were four deaths in relation to water polo, hundreds of reported serious injuries and even more minor injuries. With a death rate of 1.06, beaten only by men's softball; a sport to be wary of is water polo because of the constant threat of injuries. Water polo is a game played by swimmers in a pool with seven players on each side. The ball used is like a volleyball thrown into the opponent's net. Sounds simple now but it is not,the game is so much more then that. Three types of…

host the 1936 Olympics, making up for the canceled games of 1916. President Roosevelt was not involved in the activities occurring in Germany after World War I and wanted no part in it. After Hitler took power in 1933, he began the construction of a large sports complex which cost 42 million Reichmarks. The events that occurred before, during and after the 1936 Olympic Games would forever change the history and future of the Games. Despite the events that occurred during the Olympics, there were…

Philadelphia Flyers Road Trip Starts. The Philadelphia Flyers are entering their biggest road trip of this season, starting off in Buffalo Tuesday night followed by a trip into Canada Thursday facing a young Toronto Maple Leafs squad before heading to the Boston Gardens. If ever a road trip offered the Flyers a unique opportunity to make up ground in the wild card standings, it's this upcoming three-game road trip to Buffalo, Toronto and Boston which begins Tuesday night at the Sabres.…

One of the newest songs by Katy Perry is Rise. This song has many meanings and is completely different from her other songs. Katy’s other songs are fun, and meant for parties. This song in particular has a very deep meaning to it; to rise above your fears. ” I know that together we can rise above the fear – in our country, and around the world.” – Katy Perry (McCreesh). Katy has been working on this song since her last album in 2013, and decided to finish this year. This is the first song she…

Quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt “The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself”. Franklin was the longest term president ever. Franklin’s childhood was a great experience to start his future. Franklin was born on January 30th, 1887 and lived most of his years in HYDE Park, New York. Franklin was educated by tutors till age 14. In 1896 he moved to Massachusetts and went to a private school called the Groton school for boys. In 1900 he graduated from Groton school for boys. He…

sport industry has been consistently growing and unique. The country of India is also very active in participating in international sporting events, such as the Olympics. The purpose of this paper is to give a summary on India, and to inform how they view sports in their country by looking at their sport structure, their various Olympic committees, the culture in their sport participation, and their history of hosting sport mega events. History, Background and India Characteristics India is a…

Life in Black and White Every child dreams of the air, of flying like Superman or like the birds, of getting away from the rules and the crowds and the bustle of the ground. We dream of the freedom and escape that flying may bring. Now, I never learned how to fly, that’s impossible, but there are some things out there that get pretty damn close to that feeling. Where I’m from, almost everyone skated: speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey, they did it all. I grew up watching Scott Moir and…

I have always been interested in sports and extracurricular. Sports are very popular in todayś society. Most people believe that sports affect people's lives good and bad. Do you believe it affects more people or harm more people? Do you believe sports have a huge affect on kids today? Does it affect them in school ? Why or why not? Everyone may have their own opinion on sports and extracurricular. I feel that schools should not cut sports and extracurricular. Although there are both pros and…

The sinking of the Titanic was a tragic event. Everyone was devastated because of the most advanced ship of the time sunk, About the Titanic, the sinking, and about the survivors are in the following paragraphs. The Titanic was a tragic event that isn’t uncovered all the way yet. (history.com) If you have ever wondered about the Titanic you won’t have to anymore. The Titanic was 269.1 meters long making it the largest ship of its time. It had cost $7500000 to build it. It carried 2223 people…

My Sports Frenzy Have you ever been in sports or thought about it? Well I sure have, in fact I have done several sports, four sports exactly. Now let me tell you something, sports are the absolute best! I mean sports have fun activities and they keep you in shape, what’s better than that, I mean the only real hard part is finding what sport fits your style best. Now there are so many that I have participated in and I’m glad to share those times with you. First sport I can remember doing…