Shelley Winters

The Olympics are a source of entertainment and way of enjoying young athletes compete proudly to make their country be remembered for greatness. These games happen every four years, so many await patiently to grasp that feel of love, and courage in those weeks of competition. History with a side of drama also reflect what the games are made of, so understanding the push back this event can have is something to try and comprehend. Political aspects to shouting the word from society to make a…

In “Russia ban adds to South Korea’s Winter Olympics woes” by James Griffiths explains how Russia not competing has had a major impact on the ticket sale of the already low amount for the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea. Russian Athletes like Evgenia Medvedeva and Irina Avvakumova plan to not compete if they cannot compete under the Russian flag. With Russian spectators making up a large number of the visitors to winter games, South Korea struggles to get ticket buyers. The term oil with…

Is there a correlation between GDP and the marathon time male athletes received in the 2016 Rio Olympics? The Role of GDP in Athlete’s Performances in Olympic Marathons Intro and Hypothesis: This project will look at GDP statistics of all the countries of the 140 finishers in the 2016 Olympic marathon. Using those statistics and numbers, the χ^2 test of independents will be calculated. The mean of the GDP levels and marathon finish times will be calculated to determine the…

Margot Robbie does a fantastic job as the former figure skater Tonya Harding in a comedic biopic directed by Craig Gillespie who, despite the spirited tones engendered to dissect this polemic story, didn’t surpass his 2007 comedy “Lars and the Real Girl”. If the cited Australian actress got our eye through a fine performance, the Ohio-born Allison Janney, who plays her mother, LaVona, is absolutely insuperable. Curiously, Janney aspired to become a champion skater at a younger age, but an…

Hosting the Olympic games for any country is an extremely daunting task, but many have chosen to take it on in hopes of stimulating their economy and creating infrastructure to benefit their people. However, the Olympics has in many instances proven to have negative economic impacts on hosting countries and cities. Recognizing this impact, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has recommended in their Olympic Agenda 2020 that they would be, “inviting potential candidate cities to present an…

“The Montreal Olympics can no longer lose money than a man can have a baby”1 Jean Drapeau, Mayor of Montreal from1960 to 1986 famously said. It was to be the first Canadian-hosted Olympics in our 76-year participation in the Games. However, the Games were marred by accidents, construction failures, and massive costs to the population of Montreal. The crown jewel of the first Canadian Games, the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was to be the shining new Olympics Stadium, estimated at an initial $134…

I. The Olympics began in 776 B.C with one event, a 200-yard race. It started as religious festival for Zeus, the king of the gods, but it also served as a truce. Games were held between constantly arguing areas. The Olympics promised save travel to and from the Olympics. Since the beginning of the Olympics, many changes have been made. The source of these changes is the International Olympic Committee better known as the IOC. All 115 members meet once a year at their Sessions. Their main…

A : SPORT AS A UNIFIER 1. I believe that sporting events contribute significantly to unifying a nation. Sporting events are a great form of entertainment and attract huge audiences around the world. Spectators either gather at stadiums to watch live events or watch socially on their TV’s. Sports brings out admirable qualities in people such as mutual respect, team play, discipline and fair play. Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black President, used sport as a method to unify the…

Sports History in 1910s Many things were happening in the 1910s. Many sports were becoming popular. Baseball was popular. Hockey was becoming known. Basketball was just starting out and becoming more and more popular every day. Some were even being created and played for the first time. This paper will talk about sports in the 1910s. First we will talk about the Olympic Games in the 1910s. Then we will talk about significant events in sports history. Next we will discuss new records set.…

The modern Olympics was also progressively becoming shaped by economic interests as shown by documents 5, 7, and 9. The Olympics offered the prospect of great economic prosperity and commercial gain to companies that sponsored them and to countries that hosted them. The mayor of Tokyo, Ryotaro Azuma, explains in document 5 that the Olympic Games of 1964, which Japan hosted, helped the country recover economically from their defeat in World War II and eventually grow as a world trade power. This…