American Football Conference

them to succeed and walk the extra mile to achieve their goal. Sometimes our parents worry about us being over-worked, and our friends think we are a little crazy for spending so much of our time working out and practicing, we know they will never understand. We know that until they experience it, they will never truly know what it means to be an athlete. And being an athlete and teammate means more than just winning games. Even though we lost, that game showed us what hard work and teamwork…

What does it take to win at the reality television game, Survivor? Outwit, outlast, outplay are the words that underscore the program’s logo. Are these words that could describe leadership? Do these words describe Sir Ernest Shackleton, Antarctic explorer? In the Survivor series, the winners have been forthright, honest, self-confident, collaborative, self-centered, team centered, manipulative, independent, creative and charismatic. Some might say they were just plain lucky. Sir Ernest…

I have these two sports football and baseball. Do you think that we can compare and contrast these two sports? In the United States sports are very important to us as people but some country might not get why we love them so much. Question will always be there, but as people do you think there are some similarities and differences in the sport world as we know. Football and baseball have many similarities. In these two sports you could be hurt at any moment. Football and baseball has some of…

coroner's office, when he was tasked with performing the autopsy on famous Steelers center Mike Webster. He eventually came to believe that the depression and dementia Webster had suffered prior to his death was linked to the hits he took playing football(Concussion 2). After Omalu had the slides made, spending tens of thousands of dollars of his own money, he finally made a key discovery pathological buildup of a protein called tau(Historical Foundation of CTE). While tau belongs in a healthy…

High School Football And Head Injuries. It’s a breezy friday night in September and you're watching your child or someone you love playing the sport that he adores. Then all of a sudden BOOM! The opposing team's player hits his helmet sharply into your loved one’s helmet. But there's no call on the play, leaving someone very dear to you unfairly hit, and possibly injured. If you’ve ever played football or even spectated a game, you are probably well aware of the serious danger players face out…

How did football affect the culture in Odessa? Odessa, Texas was settled in the 1880’s in hopes of turning into a destination town. The land was a dessert and was useless to farm or raise livestock. It wasn’t until the discovery of oil and gas deposits, that Odessa became a boom or bust oil economy. A “boom or bust” economy is the process of economic expansion and contraction that occurs repeatedly. The rise and fall of oil production within Odessa’s economy impacts family structure, the…

My Junior Year I raised an American Brahman Steer for the FFA Club. American Brahmans are known for being an aggressive breed, difficult to break in, and very skittish, as mine was. Last year was my first year to show a steer. The past three years I showed Duroc hogs, and have gotten first in my class numerous of times. It was a very drastic change, because hogs are easier to tame and handle. The steer I worked with last year was extremely skittish and startled easily. As a result I was…

I showed my talents on Monday nights instead of Friday nights. My freshman year of highschool I was part of my school's junior varsity football team. I waiting for the moment I could go out and perform under the Friday night lights. Monday games were never what you’d hope for when playing football. The game started at around 6, so the sun was almost always going to blind you when facing West. The crowd usually consisted of everyone's parents and a few of your teammates younger siblings, so the…

Should The Day After The Super Bowl Be A National Holiday Did you know that the day after the Super Bowl, a reported 10.5 million people called in "sick", and 7.5 million went in to work late? Or that ⅓ of the country watches the biggest sporting event in history, this huge sporting event? People are debating about whether everyone should have off of school and work on February 5th, the day after the Super Bowl. Some people say that their child is just too tired to learn, or that they can’t go…

Personal Narrative Essay-My First Experience Running a Race By:Avina Elangovan I used to wonder what motivates runners to go out and run each day? I grew up in a neighborhood where there were lots of runners, not to forget the few in my own household who would run in darkness, heat, rain, and cold weather. At that time of my life, I used to think that they were a bunch of crazy people just putting themselves in misery. It was even worse when I had to go out in the cold to watch my family run.…