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Jonas Salk Have you ever wanted to know what it was liked making a difference in the world. “The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more” This was one of Jonas Salk's famous quotes. He was born October 28,1914 and after many years for what he did died June 23, 1995.He was famous for making a Polio Vaccine that cured many people. This man could have credit for having one of america's greatest accomplishments. That accomplishment is that he made the polio vaccine for the U.S…

Roethlisberger had accumulated nearly 11,000 yards along with 84 touchdowns in just three years. Roethlisberger then entered into the 2004 NFL Draft along with other greats such as Eli Manning and Philip Rivers. Roethlisberger was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round as the 11th…

Millions of high school football players risk their future lives on the football fields under the lights on Friday nights. Their parents have either decided that the amusement of playing football either outweighs the risks that may occur, or they do not even think the sport is as dangerous as most think. Therefore, brain injuries have become a troubling topic of discussion in the NFL today. Football players use their helmets as weapons for a playing advantage on the football field. Due to…

Kurt Warner is an inspiring football league player with a not average path to success. Not only is Kurt a humanitarian he became an NFL player at the age of 28. Kurt Warner had what some people would call a rag to riches, not starting at the average age of start NFL players. With grit and the 10,000-hour rule helped him get to where he is now. Kurt Warner is an inspiring football league player with a not average path to success. Not only is Kurt a humanitarian he became an NFL player at the…

Top of Form Growing up I felt bad for my little sister. For one, if you didn 't like sports you were on the outskirts whenever a big game was on. I love watching, participating and talking athletics. I breathed and bathed in statistics of the games. My sister Dayna, however, did not. She loved theater and acting and anything that she didn 't have to get ‘down and dirty ' for. The point is when there 's a game on, you were either in the living room screaming at the television, stuffing your face…

Have a Coke and a Smile Throughout history thus far, one of the greatest ways to reach a large audience with a message has been through the television, since it’s conception it has been used by advertisers to convince people to buy a product. Ads, or “commercials” are now a staple of the television world and can thus be considered an art of their own. Some ads have had more success than others, even to the point of cultural fame. One of these ads is an ad done buy the coke company that features…

Is it science or cheating? That has been the big question for a lot of football fans for the previous four months. It only takes one word for football fans to either roll their eyes or start an argument. What is this I am talking about? Deflategate. What is Deflategate? Deflategate is an American football controversy. A team is suspected of cheating by lowering the air pressure of the football, making it easier to grip. According to Gregory DiLisi et al, “Athletes and physicists have since…

“This was a fact my dad really believed,” said by Roberto Clemente son Roberto Jr (The Clemente family 146). In 1954, he played with the Dodgers’ Montreal farm club because Brooklynn didn’t put protect him on their roster, Pittsburgh drafted him. “I didn’t even know where Pittsburgh was,” Roberto later confused (Roberto Clemente1…

Sports stories are told in many ways with different views of how they come to be. This can be seen in both Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger and in Quiet Strength by Tony Dungy. Both of these books compare and contrast each other in ideas and principles when it comes to football at different levels. Bissinger and Dungy both examine how football is seen differently by people and how football leads to bigger impacts made in society throughout Friday Night Lights and Quiet Strength. In both…

Jackie Robinson, the first black professional baseball player credited with breaking the color barrier in sports, described his battle against racism when he said, “I know that I am a black man in a white world. In 1972, in 1947, at my birth in 1919, I know that I never had it made” (Calcaterra). Here, Robinson conveys the challenges of African Americans in modern professional sports. The ongoing struggle against racial discrimination is seen in the NFL today through the extremely low number of…