National Hockey League

I’ve been playing the incredible sport of Ice Hockey for over 10 years now. Although it has become steadily easier, and more about sharpening skills than developing them, in the beginning it was extremely difficult. The progress I have made since when I first began playing is immeasurable. I have come as far as I have in hockey through all the years of support from my father, because he’s always been happy to watch me play competitively. When I first began he helped me by buying me a brand…

the year thus meaning there is no exceptions to the set amount. Some people think the salary cap should remain in place and control the league for years to come. However, the controlling nature of the cap has held teams back from becoming the best they can possibly be for generations to come. Thus causing fans to lose interest in the game and causing the league to lose money. Professional sports…

When I had to pick an article that related to physics is Ice Hockey. I have been playing ice hockey since I was 11 years old, it's a fun sport to play. The article that explains how physics play a role in hockey. In this paper, I will be talking about skating, hockey stick, slapshot, and hockey puck. While a hockey player skate pushes off with his rear leg, a perpendicular energy is exerted on the skate by the ice. The factor of the force that point onward is what thrusts the player forward.…

Is football too dangerous? The sport of football has faced a lot of criticism do to the increase in concussions, and the fact that some former players have encountered many diseases or memory loss, because of these concussions,but some believe that the sport is not too dangerous and that there are sports worse than football when it comes to concussion ratings. Many believe that football should be expelled from society, because of the many dangers of the sport, others believe that there…

When someone sits down to watch a professional football or hockey game it is clear that the player is wearing UA compression gear! This is a form of using an aspirational group. People do not belong to this group but if they see one of their favorite players wearing Under Armour compression gear, they aspire to…

In recent years the National Football League has developed issues with the players’ use of steroids. This has a detrimental effect on the player's mental and physical health and has defaced the NFL and its image. Players take steroids to improve their athletic abilities, but this is frowned upon by millions of people and is largely considered cheating. The NFL will suspend players up to an entire season, if they are repeat offenders, for taking steroids. Due to the widespread use of steroids,…

In the United States, regardless of the type of sport being played many people often enjoy watching and cheering for their favorite sports teams. People that share an affiliation and passion for a certain team come together to watch their teams perform either in person or on the television. And forming a bond with a specific sports team can also become a way for people to identify with places they live or have lived at one point in their life. Even in cases where there exist bitter rivalries…

reported in his article “Our National Blood Sport,” the National Hockey League is an “institution that celebrates violence” given that hockey “was always about dominating or intimidating other players…through skill, or bodychecking, or speed, or fighting.” While we know that violence is common in the National Hockey League, most of us did not know that it was Chara’s hit that caused the emergence of the five-point…

Finally, the report names other professional sports teams continue to profit from harmful stereotypes by using Native American names. Along with the Redskins, the teams named are the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs, Major League Baseball’s Atlanta Braves and Cleveland Indians, and the National Hockey League’s Chicago Black Hawks. On Oct. 12, 2014, Navajo Nation president Ben Shelly was an honored guest of Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder. Wearing a Redskins hat, Shelly sat next to Snyder in the…

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a recent finding in mainly, but not limited to professional athletes in contact sports as well as veterans. A lot of focus has been put on athletics, many sports such as football, boxing, soccer, and hockey. I have decided to narrow my research down to Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in football players because of that, critical knowledge needs to be known in order to understand the research proposal. American Football began in the year 1889 being…