Breakfast of Champions

movie that I have chosen about contemporary American high school social life is the 1985 classic, The Breakfast Club. I chose this movie because I believe it displays an accurate representation of the sociological discussion from Milner’s article. Milner talks about how norms are important when it comes to shaping a student’s status in schools. Everyone knows the famous quote from the breakfast club “You see us as you want to see us, in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But…

6 Movie Paper: The Breakfast Club The Breakfast Club is a classic 1980’s John Hughes movie that exemplified many social psychology theories and ideas. The movie opens at Shemer High School with five students who are dropped off by their guardian for an all-day Saturday detention. These students are Andrew, Claire, Brian, John, and Alison from varying social groups. Each student is assigned a stereotypical nickname with John Bender designated “The Criminal", Andrew Clark is "The Athlete", Brian…

As the bright colors of confetti covering one of the cathedrals of European football, Stadio San Siro begin to settle and the blood, sweat and tears of both Atleti and Real Madrid players begin to encrust in history, from a neutral perspective, one cannot help but feel sorry for the Atleti players who once again have been stripped off of the title of grand conquerors of Europe by their fiercest city rivals, Real Madrid. The narrative itself would have been a Marxist dream. A team with…

Stage 5 Turns out during one of Shaun and I’s nights out in Boston I had purchased a Powerball tickets. I had completely forgotten about this ticket in my back pocket of my jeans. I put them through the wash and my mom had found the ticket and gave it to me and said “Joey, do you want this Powerball ticket still? You just put it in the washing machine.” With the odds of winning the Powerball being so low. I thought about just throwing it away. I decided to take it to the local gas station and…

Barcelona Sponsors As you may know, Barcelona is a pretty famous/well known soccer team from northern Spain. Barcelona has two FIFA Club World Cup trophies. They also have many partnerships with many different businesses. Their partnerships are referred to as their sponsors. Many of their sponsors you know and use in an everyday life style. Some sponsors include Panasonic, Gatorade, Nike, Head and Shoulders, EA sports, Toshiba, Qatar and many more. Some sponsors are more presentable then others…

The biggest league in the United States is the Major League Soccer (MLS). The MLS consists of 20 teams competing for the MLS Cup and a direct berth to the CONCACAF Champions League, a continental tournament (mlssoccer.com). Europe has many different leagues with many teams. The most notable European tournament is the UEFA Champions League. This tournament consists of the greatest teams in Europe. There are three qualifying rounds, a play-off round, a group stage, and four knockout rounds. The…

Tough aint enough Last month saw the finals of the women's world cup football with the UK coming in a respectable third as they played off against our favourite rivals Germany and the Americans, who still feel the need to call the game soccer, won over Japan - kudos. Certain things that stood out again, not only the level of skill proving every bit entertaining as their male counter parts, yet again proving just how tough these female athletes are some journalists comparing them to the men.…

Running head: MULTICULTURALISM IN BELGIUM FOOTBALL Multiculturalism in Belgium National Football Team Hakan Guher Antalya International University ENG 102, Section 10 Instructor Tugce Akyol May, 06, 2016 MULTICULTURALISM IN BELGIUM FOOTBALL Abstract The purpose of this research is demonstrate the quantitative and qualitative relationship between multiculturalism and Belgium Football. In recent years, football in Belgium has been noted as a great improvement. It moved from…

Diego Armando Maradona (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo maɾaˈðona], born 30 October 1960) is a retired Argentine professional footballer. He has served as a manager and coach at other clubs as well as the national team of Argentina. Many in the sport, including football writers, former players, current players and football fans, regard Maradona as the greatest football player of all time.[6][7][8][9] He was joint FIFA Player of the 20th Century with Pelé.[10][11] An advanced playmaker who…

Major League Soccer action continues as the Portland Timbers (11-8-6, 39 points) battle the Houston Dynamo (8-9-7, 31 points) at the former’s Providence Park in Portland, Oregon on Friday, August 21. The regular season match is important for both teams who are trying to position themselves in the tight Western Conference playoff race. Portland is flimsy at the no. 4 spot in the West as only one or two points separate no. 3 Sporting Kansas City (40 points) and no. 5 FC Dallas (38 points) in…