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On April 15th, 1947, Jackie Robinson shattered the color-barrier when he played first base for the Dodgers against the Boston Braves. Being the only black in a white baseball world proved tough for Robinson. His unsupportive teammates even started a petition to have him removed from the roster. Luckily, Rickey still had Robinson’s back. He threatened that if the players didn’t change their thoughts towards Robinson, they…

Athletes are always looking to have an advantage on their opponents. You would think that the athletes would train harder to get an advantage, but ever since performance enhancing drugs have came out athletes began to take the drugs because how fast they work. Sports have banned performance enhancing drugs because of how big of an advantage it gives athletes. Performance enhancing drugs give athletes an unfair advantage as it makes them faster and stronger in a quicker amount of time. The first…

paying to see an athlete perform at their respected sport, meaning they should be able to perform at their very best. Steroids have always been viewed as a bad thing in professional sports. Many people find them unfair but during the early 1990’s baseball was a dying sport, but when steroids started being used in the later 90’s the sport had a resurgence.…

bring them together, creating a significant portion of any community or country’s cultural identity. That statement holds especially true here in Australia, and is extremely evident in one of the more popular sports in the country—The National Rugby League. In this paper I will describe my experience at a NRL match between the Sydney Roosters and South Central Rabbitohs and how those clubs have strong relations to their respective communities. Upon arriving at Allianz Stadium, the home of the…

actions and individuals who have made a substantial impression on the game of baseball. Together, Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey are the most significant. Branch Rickey, the orchestrator of Organized Baseball's desegregation, president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers believed that integration in Major League Baseball would be great for America. Branch Rickey put his knowledge into motion by seeking black baseball players looking for the perfect candidate to break the color…

Dennis Bijjugo Racism in Sports “The black is a better athlete to begin with because he’s been bred to be that way, because of his high thighs and big thighs that goes up into his back, and they can jump higher and run faster because of their bigger thighs and he’s bred to be the better athlete because this goes back all the way to the Civil War when during the slave trade … the slave owner would breed his big black to his big woman so that he…

match the physicality of the steroids. That’s why when athletes use steroids they reach career highs and it is unhuman numbers that they reach so when the league finds out about it, it all starts to make sense why all some of these athletes are able to reach these career high numbers because of the use of steroids. Majority of the time when the league finds out about the use of steroid they will take back any of the awards you might have attained through out that season. Not only is it cheating…

Tangerine is an exciting book full of friendship, loyalty, action, and mystery. The book tangerine is about a kid named Paul Fisher and his evil brother Erik Fisher. Although Erik is always mean to Paul, their parents never notice. In the novel, the Fisher family moves to Tangerine, Florida. In Tangerine, Florida, Paul meets new friends, joins a soccer team, and experiences flashbacks. These flashbacks will reveal to him the truth about his glasses. In the novel, Tangerine, the author, Edward…

is one that every baseball fan knows all too well. Joe Jackson, one of the top all-time hitters, was banned for life after accusations that he and seven other White Sox plotted to throw the 1919 World Series. For those who do not know about the 1919 World Series, here is a look at what took place. The World Series was a meeting between the winner of the most prominent leagues in America. The National and American Leagues. World War II had just ended and interest in Baseball had never been…

Role Model gone bad? Kesha, aged 28, also known as Kesha Rose Sebert is an American singer, rapper and songwriter from LA, California who was a chart-topping A listed for a few years. Kesha signed when she was only 18 years old to a producer called Dr.Luke’s record label, Kemosabe Entertainment and publishing company. You may think of Kesha as the best role model in the world for her fabulous fashion and her glamorous glittery eyes but behind all of those wild dance moves and top chart music…