Glossary of American football

World War 1: Remembering the War to End All Wars Dairy entree from 35 year old Stephanie Gibson 11-11-1918 It was 1918 in beautiful Chicago Illinois. The streets were lined with hundreds of people waving American flags and shouting, “The war is over!” My friends and I were all in a group dancing and laughing until we cried! Everyone and everything was so perfect. Then it was time to go home and celebrate with our families. Instead I went home to think about life after the war. During the war I…

I remember when I was little girl and I was playing softball because it was a family sport for the girls and the boys had football. I always felt that I wasn’t good at softball like I was always failing but I never given up on myself and because of my mom I got better at softball. She taught me three main lessons for learning how to be better at softball and I will teach my girls this when they are older to play softball.Softball has been in the family’s name for over 100 years. I was the little…

My Theme Song If I were to choose one song to represent my senior year, it would be “I Lived” by OneRepublic. In this song, the lead singer is basically sending a message to his young son. Ryan, the lead singer, encourages his son to be brave, smart, and tough as he faces life. Most of all, Ryan advises him to live his life to the fullest, so that one day, he may be able to look back and know that he gave the world everything he had. I like this song, because it relates to how I look at life,…

Lizzy Tilton Professor Castor LAN105 12/4/17 Should College Athletes be Paid? “The typical Division I college football player devotes 43.3 hours per week to his sport -- 3.3 more hours than the typical American work week” (Edelman, Marc). Throughout the era of college sports there has been a large and continuous debate about why and whether college athletes should be paid for the services and income they provide their respective…

Rather, I was the student who was on the court, reacting instinctively to the movement of the ball, but after enduring such an experience for two consecutive years, no longer was I filled with trepidation. Instead, each moment along the sides of the football field that required me to pick up my megaphone and pom-poms became ones that I anticipated. The last few months of school…

Boxing… Deadly? Boxing is a very intense sport Boxing is one of the only sports left where the goal is to move the opponent closer to death. There are other dangerous sports besides boxing. If you look up the stats Football and automobile racing has athletes suffering from serious injuries every year and health problems down the road. Boxing is intense its sole purpose is to continually beat the other man down until you hear a bell. Boxing is considered a sport even though it requires no…

In the book Million-Dollar Throw by Mike Lupica, a character that could be considered a best friend is Abby McCall, who is an artist. Abby McCall is best friends with the main character Nate Brodie, the star quarterback on his school football team. Abby can be considered a best friend because she always stood by Nate’s side, and helped him through tough times. An example that depicts Abby’s role as a supportive best friend reads, “That throw is the thing that we all gotta believe in, Brady,…

Football and the NFL, over the past few decades it has evolved in to a juggernaut across the country. An argument can be made now that it has surpassed baseball as America’s national past time. Its championship game the Superbowl has pretty much become a national holiday. The NFL is made up of 32 teams and those teams play in a 17-week season, plus the playoffs. According to the NFL’s website, each of those games generates millions and millions of dollars for the NFL, so much the sport generates…

one being Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Many former National Football League players have been diagnosed with this disease. Unfortunately, of those players some have taken their own lives because of this horrendous disease. This disease is most commonly related to American football. The players undergo constant hits to their heads throughout the sport. Although…

perfect day to play football. I was feeling more energetic than usual. I think it was because before the game our whole bus was jamming out and getting pumped. We were playing at Chatham, their home field. You can’t get beat when playing at home, it just feels that must worse to lose in your hometown with everybody watching, paying close attention to every move you make. I have to admit, I was nervous. We were playing our biggest rival and our team has never beaten them in football. I was…