Premier League

the big stage. The world is divided into 6 different groups, AFC, OFC, CONMEBOL, CAF, UEFA, and CONCACAF. Top teams from each group are given the opportunity to play for the prestige World Cup trophy. In baseball there is the American and National league, with 30 teams all together. Last World Series there were about 14.7 million viewers which isn’t the most televised in baseball game in history. Baseball didn’t even make the top 8 most watch watched sporting event. During the 2014 World Cup,…

an equally competitive level, the only difference seems to be gender. However, explaining such inequality goes beyond a simple explanation, and instead taking on multiple topics. The lack of women’s professional sports associations with substantial league revenue’s, the fan support that these associations…

States with the success of Major League Soccer. Soccer is not the most popular sport in the United States because of sports that Americans find more “American”. Football is known as “the American sport”, because of it being created in the United States even though it came from a form of rugby. After football, the next most popular sport is baseball, which is widely known as “America’s pastime” also created in America in the 1800’s. The…

is the first to ever win a World Cup for the U.S. The United States is not the best at soccer and there is so much more to soccer than just the World Cup. There are so many leagues in soccer the U.S. league is the MLS not the best league but close some of the more prominent leagues are BBVA; Bundaleaga, and the Premier league. There is so much to soccer like when you are sprinting down the pitch and you see the pass coming to you and you kick it off of a first touch and it flies right past the…

Technology such as clothing and equipment development, sporting facilities and stadium development, video and computer games and more have had a huge impact on football. Officiating a football match includes consulting a third referee and replay technology. A third referee is a person that would be referred to if the umpires could not resolve a problem. For example if a player may have touched the ball with their hand. Then replay technology was bought in. Before this technology numerous of…

Kristaps Porzingis will still be a Knick, for now. The New York Knicks picked up the 2018-2019 team option on the 22-year old power forward/center from Latvia. But words are now spreading that he was almost traded by former Knicks president Phil Jackson for the No. 1 pick in the 2017 NBA draft in order to get point guard Lonzo Ball. The Knicks selected Kristaps Porzingis as their fourth overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft. Many basketball enthusiasts were in disbelief and even disagree with…

Soccer Club.") American football may be the most popular sport in the United States but soccer is quickly catching up. It is already the number one sport in the world and soon will be in the top 3 in the United States with the creation of the MLS league. People all over the world are already talking about the 2018 World…

Peyton Manning is the best quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He can almost see the play before it happens. Manning is very influential because he has the most passing yards in the NFL, is very dedicated, and is really smart. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and is the second of three sons of Archie Manning ( Academy of Achievement). Peyton was the top quarterback pick for high ranking college teams ( Academy of Achievement). He was expected to go the University of…

office duties as the team's publicity director and business manager. Philadelphia's star scorer, Joe Fulks, pulled in $8,000 for his league-leading 23.2 points a game (King's rookie season was a bit less successful. He averaged 5.1 points in his only year and the Falcons went out of business following the season). From 1946 to 1949 the top players…

Jackie Robinson despite being faced with many threats and insults throughout his time in the Negro Leagues, joining the MLB, and his retirement showed people how one man can make a change. Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color barrier, journey was not an easy task as people may think, with many struggles in his path. By “breaking the barrier at the age of twenty-eight” (Linge 56) and being able to fight through his struggles and not giving up showed how much strength he had. These…