National League

American Football American football is one of the fastest growing sports in America, and it is continuing to grow in popularity. Whether it is pop warner/ little league, to high school and college football, to the pro level, or the NFL, it is very clear that the sport of football is very popular and will continue to grow in popularity. Because the of the average amount of people watching and playing, how versatile the players of the sport are, and its recognition and endless amounts of…

Football and League of Legends competitions are more alike than most people would assume they are. We all can relate to one team that we root for like within the Nationalthe National Football League: Atlanta Falcons, New England Patriots, and Dallas Cowboys. But Although with competitive gaming they tend to be team names that are made up by the creators of the team an example would be the European team called Unicorns of love. Companies can buy teams and use the team to promote their product…

are very common in many times of the game. “The lawsuit combines more than 80 prior that seek to hold the league responsible for treatment of brain injuries and diseases”(Bang, 2012). Most importantly, the league had denied similar accusations in the past. Although they had stated that the players safety were the priority, they had contradicted themselves. For years, the National Football League (NFL) “was aware of the health…

The National Football League (NFL), which consisted of ten teams at the time, has been around since 1920. This was the start to an uphill climb to the top where it would become the most popular sport in America. The organization went through its ups and downs but never shied away from the task at hand. It fought its way through adversity and through time periods where there wasn’t hope. Where there was a world full of hate, the NFL found its way to the top. Because of this, it was able to…

The Calgary Flames have been in the National Hockey League since 1980. They won the Stanley Cup in 1989, the trophy for being champions of the league. Hockey is considered to be “Canada’s Game” as it is the most popular sport among Canadians. The Flames are one of the seven Canadian franchises in the NHL. They are part of one of the biggest rivalries in the NHL, which is the battle of Alberta. The Flames have nine players currently in the hockey hall of fame. The Calgary Flames generated 430…

people’s lives. From Pee Wee to the Pro’s all players are at risk of suffering from a concussion from their time on the field. Concussions have been linked to multiple brain diseases, 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…

Princeton, two Ivy League rivals trying to revolutionize collegiate sports (www.nfl.com). Although if a person were to have watched this game they would have a hard time believing this was football at all. This is because the game played on that day very closely resembled the game of rugby. Teams still consisted of 20 players on each side, but this is still considered the first official football game ever to be played between two teams. As years went on more and more Ivy League schools began…

“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.…

is a right winger, who has the most points on his team. He is from a city in Russia, called Yaroslavl, where he first learned how to play the sport of ice hockey. This is his sixth season with the St. Louis Blues and his sixth season in the National Hockey League. Vladimir Tarasenko was born in Yaroslavl, Russia (The Soviet Union collapsed that year), on December thirteenth, 1991. He is the son of a former Russian hockey star named, Andrei Tarasenko, that played 21 seasons professionally,…

Project Reflection For our proposal argument project we decided to pick the topic of concussions in sports specifically in youth leagues. Concussions occur in everyday sports and recently they have become a source of national attention especially in major league sports such as the National Football League. The national football league has recently put strict rules and regulations in place that are reinforced by players, officials, and coaches alike to provide a safe environment for the players…