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how he was treated and when he finally came out to all his friends and family. I decided to call him and interview him again. I grew up with Shane Witt and became really good friends with him. We played high school football together, he was the fullback that I always blocked for during our Friday night games. He showered with the team and dressed with us in the locker room. His locker…

dropping out (Carter). He worked as a postal clerk for a few years before finally taking an entrance exam for Notre Dame and enrolling in 1910 (Carter). While at Notre Dame Rockne tried out for the football team and made it, where he played as a fullback and sometimes defensive end (Carter). In the fall of 1913 Notre Dame traveled to a football game at the US Army military academy and upset Army 35-13 . They were able to win this game…

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…

To help achieve a better understanding of how comparable professional athletes are in their respective sports, looking at the top 100 earners in each sport will help. The MLB dominates other sports in average salary for the top 100 earners with 16.4 million dollars. Although the MLB has the highest average salary for the top 100 earners in the sport, they are being undervalued. “On average, teams are undervaluing players by 357,836.64” (Pearce). Since athletes in baseball seem to make the most…

In football, helmet to helmet contact is not allowed anymore. As for the other sports, there is not much being done. However, there are athletes that are trying to change that. A cheerleader, Shelby, got a concussion while attempting a double fullback stunt. Her rough landing after that stunt caused her first concussion. After four weeks off, Shelby went back to the sport she loved. She received her second concussion not long after she came back. The second concussion was far worse than the…

The movie I decided to write my research paper about is my all-time favorite football movie which is called Friday Night Lights and it is the true story of the Permian Panthers high school football team. The state of Texas is known for its size and even has its own sayings such as “Everything is bigger in Texas” and “Don’t mess with Texas. Well football is very well known in Texas and people really care about the sport. Every Friday night the small town of Odessa, Texas would be empty simply…

----------------------------------- Days, months, years…after the Rapture… …The Devil wanted the Bible, and any semblance of it to be removed from the court house steps…Next it will be your money…”In God we trust” that was to be removed. Making way for electronic money only and the “mark of the beast.” Satan’s antichrist will require everyone have the mark in order to purchase, anything. Warning! Warning! Danger Beware! Don’t take “The Mark of the Beast” which is 666. RFID chip? One day…