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If you picked the Denver Broncos over the Green Bay Packers from a list of NFL best bets, you surely reaped the benefits. While the Broncos may not have been NFL consensus picks, they certainly had its fair share of prognosticators and gamblers lining up to bet that side and surprisingly, it wasn't even close. On a cool night at Sports Authority Field in Denver, Colorado, the biggest game of this young NFL season was played between two undefeated titans with designs on representing its…

Parents should restrain their kids from playing football. The risks of long term physical injury and brain trauma isn’t worth the rewards of playing football. Professional Doctors and former National Football League players tell the world to stop playing football, but it seems like people don’t listen to there professionals. Who would want an increased risk of physical injury or brain trauma? Football is dangerous for anybody, especially if under the age of 18. Since the brain doesn’t fully…

to believe that the NFL is a great sport to participate in and has no flaws. But the NFL is a dangerous sport where the players often suffer from concussions. According to the Medical News Today, over 4,000 former football players filed lawsuits alleging that the National Football League failed to protect them from the long-term health consequences of concussions. Also just in 2013, 228 NFL players have been diagnosed with concussions that season, according to the league’s annual Health & Safety…

Concussions have become more and more common in the recent years. Rules and regulations should be changed to decrease the amount of concussions each year. Many rules have been changed over many years to prevent concussions. For example, “Piles if kicking and gouging players were minimized by new rules,”(Piazza 346). Even though rules were changing in the past years does not mean they are not still changing now. Rule and regulations are always changing for the better of the kids to prevent…

chronic rage, some scientists contend.Critics such as Culverhouse describe former players who endlessly suffer from headaches, cannot remember where they are going, or are addicted to pain medicine because of head injuries sustained while playing football. The NFL needs to monitor players more closely for injury because if they are not detected they can lead to health problems later on in life. Firstly,those who believe the NFL is monitoring concussions and injuries closely…

Gordon Hayward Injury/Career Injuries often occur in the NBA, some are really bad injuries and some are not that horrible. The injury that I’m going to talk about is one of the most horrifying injuries to witness in NBA history. The injury was seen all over the world on national television and seen by 20,562 fans of the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics in Cleveland Ohio. What I am going to talk about in this essay is about Boston Celtics forward Gordon journey to the NBA, Career, and…

Football vs. Basketball Dimitri Humpal-Griffin Period:6 America’s past time is usually spent watching football or basketball. Most of the country either plays football or basketball, and have a fun time playing it. These sports are going to take over the country one day, and everyone is going to enjoy being involved with it. Football and basketball have many similarities, for one, any age are capable of playing. Both of these sports are a team effort, it takes a team to win games rather…

Football is the most popular sport in the United States. In 2012 the league had an approximate attendance of 67,604 fans at each game.The competition for football players is organized under National Football League which is referred to as the NFL. Basketball is the third most popular sport in the United States. Basketball competitions are organized under National Basketball Association (NBA). (“Top Popular”) Due to social media, young athletes are seeing more and more of the lives of NFL and NBA…

weighs 225 pounds, he is a american football player playing for the NFL team the Seattle Seahawks, and has gotten the nickname “Beast mode”. Among football fans this man is the best in the world at his position. Marshawn grew up in Oakland California with three siblings, his mother held the school record for the 400 meter dash at Oakland Technical high school which Marshawn later attended himself. Marshawn lynch is the best running back in last years league and almost won a super bowl cup…

hardships then to see him three years later performing on the stage he was. Pennington did a very good job of covering all of Cruz’s hardships through his life and mentioning his success he has had after overcoming his struggles. If anyone thinks of football players as someone who just won the genetic lottery and his putting his body on the line for some money should read this article. Many great players have overcome an immense amount of obstacles to get where they are…