Junior League

Critical Commentary of “The accidental celebritisation of Caster Semenya” by Dr Jaime Shultz Individuals that are deemed ‘Celebrities’ are omnipresent these days, in the news, on television, in the papers…. Many, such as movie stars and musicians, choose their celebrity status and take every opportunity to promote that status, including the current US election season. Others have their status thrust upon them. One such case of ascribed celebrity status is that of Caster Semenya whose celebrity…

front of thousands of screaming fans? Fists pounding, helmets banging, referees pushing and pulling, blood dripping onto the ice until the feuding players are finally sent to their penalty boxes. For over 100 years, the professional ice hockey leagues of North America have allowed fighting in their games. In most professional hockey games in North America fights occur in almost every game, however, many people want it to be banned. I hope that this letter will strengthen your position that…

Racial history of pro baseball The baseball world that the young Jackie Robinson knew consisted of a whites-only system of the eight-team National and American leagues, as well as hundreds of Minor league teams. Blacks played in the "Negro Leagues," which developed after 1900 as an alternative to the segregated white game. Following the notorious Black Sox Scandal of the 1919 World Series, commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis incorporated more of a power-hitting game, which became the dominant…

The number 42 was Jackie Robinson’s jersey for the Dodgers which is now retired. Jackie Robinson was a great athlete. Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play major league baseball during his time in major league baseball completely changing the way people looked at the game. Jackie Robinson was born January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia. He was born into a family of five kids, he was raised in a relative poverty by his mom who was single. Matthew Robinson, his brother, inspired…

This issue can affect a lot of industries aside from the NFL. It can affect college sports, high school sports, little league sports, the medical industry, and the mental health industry. The NFL approximately makes 7.3 billion dollars a year. Therefore, the NFL along with medical care professionals should work together to remove or modify rules that bring disadvantages…

“From Stanley Cups to Coffee Cups”, this book is about Tim Horton, whose real name is Myles Gilbert “Tim” Horton. He was a famous Canadian hockey player who helped win 4 Stanley Cups. Horton was also most known for creating a coffee and doughnut shop called Tim Hortons, which is currently very popular with Canadians. His original name was named after his grandfathers, Myles and Gilbert, but his mother always would rather use the name “Tim”. Therefore, Tim was his informal name ever since birth.…

healed. In this case, NFL athletes have gotten injured and later realized it had caused further damage to their mind or body. Tracy Scroggins, a former NFL player, sued the league, seeking $5 million after he was preliminarily diagnosed with CTE. According to Belson, a New York Times NFL journalist, 5,000 former players sued the league due to hidden dangers of concussions that…

Cam Newton, A.J. Green, Reggie Bush, and Dez Bryant, these athletes have one thing in common other than being ridiculously talented college athletes. Each of these college stars were accused of violating the NCAA’s rules regarding college players and their off-field antics. Some of these players were accused of receiving in the upwards of 200,000 dollars to play at the university they were recruited to, others were suspended for selling their jerseys for just a few hundred dollars. Dez Bryant…

so in Detroit's history. With Sanders is the 1988 Heisman Trophy winner, he was also just the third person to gain more than 2,000 yards in a season back in 1997 (Barry). During the years he was playing, he was arguably the best running back in the league. He had won the Rookie of the Year Award, and also named the Most Valuable Player a few times. In all of Barry’s years playing for the Lions, he was selected to play in the Pro Bowl each of his 10 NFL seasons, because Sanders held nearly every…

spot in the 1983 National Championship versus powerhouse Michigan. After winning nine to seven, Jackson received MVP of the game along with All-American runningback honors as a sophomore (D’Agostino, 2009). Sadly, Jackson missed nearly his entire junior season after suffering a separated shoulder. He did return for the Liberty Bowl versus rival Arkansas where he received MVP of the…