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Baseball during this time period was a newer addition to the American culture. It became called “America’s Pastime,” the game itself was played by everyone, young and old. It was a shock to the American society to find that eight of the 1919 Black Sox players were suspects of accepting money from gamblers to throw the World Series away. It is considered today as one of the biggest scandals in Major League Baseball history, along with the Pete Rose cheating scandal. As for the trial, some parts…

Mammen style was called after a grave site found in the village of Mammen in Denmark. The style requires the representation of animals with almost naturalistic shapes of lions, birds, serpents and foliate patterns. Ringerike: This is the prominent Viking style of the first half of the 11th century. It is mostly characterized…

Basketball shoes have changed in many wears over the past few decades. From style, price, accessories, and shape have changed in every single day. Shoes have become more bright, light, and tight. Prices have gone 100$ up. There have been new and more accessories on your shoes. When basketball first became popular, they wore shoes like we wear everyday. Today, we have shoes that are made for basketball and we only wear it for basketball. When basketball shoes change, so do prices. Today, an…

mechanical valve and they had to replace an aortic aneurysm with a plastic root. All taking place 6 hours away from everything she knew in Cleveland, Ohio. By the age of 6 Piscitelli found out she had heart problems. Since she found out as a child she was limited from many physical things. She couldn’t do anything with sports. She had said that at the state fair one year when…

Perfection For about a week I have tried to find the write words to explain to people what it is like to be a perfectionist. How would you describe it? Someone who strives to be perfect. Someone who everyone wants to be. A person who dose not stop until everything in there life is perfect. I only wish that was what perfection is like. You see “At its root, perfectionism isn’t really about a deep love of being meticulous. It’s about fear. Fear of making a mistake. Fear of disappointing others.…

Every since a very young age, I'll I've ever known is football, more importantly Minnesota Vikings football. My dad is maybe the biggest fan there is, every Sunday, Monday or Thursday game, he's watching. Always cheering or yelling. That’s a big one, he yells like the referees can hear him. I could never have friends over on Sundays because of the yelling. Even though football has been around me for so long I never really understood the game. I tried multiple times to understand, but it just…

Do you ever watch football? Damir Smith did, a lot. This is a story about Damir Smith becoming one of the best NFL Quarterbacks of all time. Damir was dedicated his whole life, performed well in school even though it was challenging sometimes , and never gave up on his dream of becoming a football player. His long journey started at a very young age, but always had a very big hart. He was born September 7th , 2001 born to Jasmine and Michael Smith. His whole football career believe it or not…

Basic Demographic Information: The location of this political speech will be in the Lorain County area, just west of Cuyahoga County, where Cleveland resides. The type of economy in Lorain County revolves around the industrial side with a ton of blue-collar work and other important trades. The population is around 306,000, and the medium household income is $52,465. Along with being part of the 55th district of Ohio, the major cities consist of Elyria, Lorain, Oberlin, Wellington, Avon,…

the costs of living in Pullman City did not change. The decrease in pay combined with the costs of living and the dangerous work enraged Pullman’s workers and eventually led to a strike. The Pullman Strike was a massive railroad strike in the United States that occurred on May 11, 1894. This strike was a “wildcat” strike, meaning that the strikers…

The Black Sox Scandal Introduction The White Sox get bribed into throwing The World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in 1919. The White Sox were made up of two different groups of players and together they formed the best baseball team to ever play. Black Sox The “Black Sox” nickname originated when Comiskey decided to save money by reducing the number of time the uniforms were washed. Comiskey had been known to convince poor baseball players to sell their soul for money. Making a deal…