Most athletes that were able to make it out of the bad neighborhoods would state,”growing up in Oakland was rough it was sports or the streets.” The football player for the Seattle Seahawks would go on and say that his mom would sometimes worry about him that's why she stayed on top of him when it came to school. Richard Sherman an NFL cornerback that grew up in the gritty streets of Compton stated that his neighborhood…
flag for a country that oppresses black people, and people of color.” On August 12th 2017, the protests started back up when Marshawn Lynch sits for the anthem during the preseason. After Lynch protests, more protests and on September 24th the Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans and Pittsburgh Steelers all stayed in their locker rooms. This has been recorded as “the largest protest the NFL has ever seen.” The NFL players have every right to take a knee during the nation anthem because they are…
Dodgers, Seattle Seahawks, Lakers and the Celtics just to name a few. Every one of these teams are located in very populated cities, therefore bigger fan base and with a bigger fan base that means a lot more money. Dan Cassavaugh wrote the article “The Other side: College…
Julio Jones is one of my heroes. You may ask yourself why I idolize a sports star from Atlanta. Well Folks that one is simple ,lets go way back to my love for the falcons when I was a young boy I'd say about 6 maybe 7 my aunt from tampa sent both me and my older brother some cheap atlanta falcons stuff for christmas (she wasn't exactly trying to hard) but living in a football household where new england talk is banned and the commitment to excellence in silver and black reigned supreme.…
about war or comedy, as I look at the present movies on google there is fantasy, comedy, love, and political movies now playing. The first article I found about presence of sports was on espn.com about “Seattle Seahawks’ Doug Baldwin: Death threats wont silence me”. Baldwin has spearheaded the Seahawks ' "Building Bridges Task Force," which is composed of players who are meeting with local law enforcement officials and politicians to promote social change (Kapadia). In the presence of video…
Egaming has boosted in popularity over the last couple years. In 2013, 8.5 million people streamed one of the most popular egames championship. That totally eclipses the amount of people who stream Super Bowl XLVII who brought in only about 3 million people who streamed it, but why is egaming not getting any recognition as a sport. A sport is just not something that requires the use of physical energy and just pure strength but it is much more than that. A sport may need the use of physicality…
year, there is an annual conclusion for in every sport league. For the NFL, that conclusion just so happens to be called the Super Bowl. This year was Super Bowl 49 (XLIX) which took place in Arizona. It was against the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. At half time there is always a performance to keep the spectators amped up during the mini break with entertainment as well as to keep entertained the viewers at home so they stay on the channel and not be tempted to change it. For the…
The National Anthem represents the freedom that we have the in the United States. At sporting events we stand and salute the flag during the anthem to show respect for our nation and the troops that are defending our country. Unfortunately some athletes are in a “protesting” our nation by kneeling during the National Anthem. This act is showing disrespect to our flag, country, and the troops fighting for our country and it needs to stop. The United States of America is a place where we have…
started with an amazing season opener throwing 7 touchdowns tying a league record. Peyton continued to play at such a high level throughout the season winning his 5th MVP. That year Peyton and the Colts made it to the super bowl, but lost to the Seattle Seahawks. (Biography) Throughout Peyton’s career he has mastered the quarterback position studying game tape, practicing hard and being smart on the field. Peyton has lived up to the name and has made an impact on football. When people think…
According to Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the NFL says that ¨the league is more safer than it has been over the past thirteen years¨ but during the games there have been times that the players deliver heavy hits to the head and they just get up like if it's nothing. Not to mention, they start to forget what happened the last twenty four hours and also begin to start vomiting, which can lead to a concussion protocol and end their football career for good if they get more than three…