Professional golfer

Both the articles “Destroyed” by Peter F Martin and “The Designed Player” by Rodrigo Villagomez discuss the presence of having steroids in sports. Martin explains in his article how he thinks it is a form of “cheating,” and steroids should not be allowed. However, Villagomez portrays how he thinks steroids are increasing the popularity of sports and should be authorized. Although the articles “Destroyed” and “The Designed Player” bear minor similarities, the differences of author’s craft and…

Many people think performance enhancers create only positive outcomes for an athlete, but do they? Everyone has heard of professional athletes using steroids, but for high school athletes, it is hard for them to get acquire steroids. Since they can’t get steroids, they turn to other performance enhancers, such as Adderall, which gives athletes higher energy levels than they would have without them. Another drug used by athletes is Hydrocodone, which is used to take the pain away. They use this…

Athlete My career is being a professional athlete. Do u have the talent energy speed and ambition to make it to the top of your sport? Yes, well ok so here’s what you got to do... Professional athletes make their living by competing in sporting competitions. If your really want to make it as a professional athlete, you will need to compete at the highest level. In order to do this, you will need to train, train and then train some more! Only a small part of a professional athletes time is spent…

My trainer always says “look in the mirror...that's your competition,” I think that's the biggest take away you will learn in the art of running. It's not the times, or the medals you earn that matters. It's the fact that you know you’re beating your previous PR’s and getting better. In the sport of track and field there are two different categories of runners, sprinters and distance runners. Sprinters are usually classified as anyone who runs a 100, 200, and or a 400, while distance runners…

your attention on banding performance-enhancing drugs and brief reasoning on why change is critical. These drugs are in many ways very harmful. For one, avoid thousands of intoxications, protect all young athletes from misinterpreting the message professional athletes send, and continue honoring the significance of sports. It's true, there's been many studies where scientist have found that Performance-enhancing drugs are chemicals that can improve a person's strength, endure, or recovery from…

The Most Gruesome Sports Injuries in History Sports injuries are never a good thing, but in some instances they're truly horrifying. The following professional sports injuries are among the most shocking and gruesome to have ever occurred. The results of these injuries range from an ended season, early retirement, and even death. They illustrate why you need to be careful whenever you participate in a sport. Basketball Player's Leg Break Ends Season During a U.S. National team scrimmage, Paul…

money for playing a game they love, and because they should show support for their teams and their country. This is also a way for professional athletes to show respect and to honor the country that has provided them with so much. Grayson Kelly best summed this up, “Playing sports for a career is a blessing in itself.” As he stated at the end of his article.(Professional…

The media has played a huge role in the positive image we have of Peyton Manning today. Until recently, the only articles you could find about Peyton Manning detailed how good of a person he was. As the article said, we see pictures of him receiving a kiss from Papa John after his super bowl win or helping people and being a gracious and considerate person. The media is how the general public forms opinions about people we don’t know. It controls what we think of them. If it shows Peyton…

not fair for anyone, and sports will get more and more violent when there are cheaters involved. Athletes are getting paid millions of dollars but that’s wasted money if the players are violating the rules. “The average amount of money made by a professional athlete is 2.562 million dollars which adds up to 12.6 million dollars made in an average career” (USA Today 1). This evidence supports my claim because sports teams are wasting up to 12.6 million dollars on a deceiving career knowing they…

Desire to win competition at any cost is harmful to human health and can cause ethical problems. Moreover, using doping in order to be better than their rivals is against sporting ethics and rules. Hence, using doping in professional sport must be illegal. Furthermore, Sullivan (2013) claimed that according to test control between 2008 and 2013, the sport branch which has the highest average level of doping positive tests at the Olympics is cycling with the average of 3.6%…