Summer Olympic Games

Suzy Favor Hamilton: Running Through Life with Mental Illness Millions of people watched the Summer Olympics of 2000, and many remember the point where Suzy Favor Hamilton collapsed to the track on her last lap. It was publicized that dehydration caused her to fall, but the truth came out years later. Suzy Favor Hamilton led a double life unbeknownst to herself and others, running from mental illness in many forms. She is a three time Olympian, a mother, a wife, on the New York Times best seller…

The Inuit people of Alaska take part in what is known as the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics. A vast amount of people from all over the world participate in these games which challenges their strength, endurance, balance and agility (2). These games however were not just created for fun, bringing families together and carrying on the culture but it was created by their ancestors who used these activities to help them survive in the harsh Alaskan terrain. By passing on these activities down to their…

Ultra Marathon Man Dean Karnazes, Ultra Marathon Man is a book about without a doubt, the craziest man alive. Dean Karnazes, is a Greece man who grew up in the outskirts of L.A.. Dean has 2 siblings named Kraig, and Pary. His father and mother are Nick Karnazes, and Fran Karnazes. Dean started running around the age of 14, and absolutely fell in love with the sport. He blew away everyone that he raced against in middle school, and in his first year of high school cross country he won the state…

To begin with, the running of the bulls is part of the fiesta of San Fermin. This event takes place in the city of Irunea, Pamplona. This is in the region of Navarra. San Fermin is celebrated every year between July 6th to July 14th. The actual start to the running of the bulls takes place the next day on the 7th. A lot of the popularity that came to the San Fermin Fiesta is because of the running of the bulls. This Festival was in honor of patron saint Navarra, which was San Fermin. To…

Kerri Walsh-Jennings is well-known for having won three gold medals in the Olympic games in a row. She was born on August 15, 1978 in Santa Clara, California. She has a brother named Marte Walsh in her family and grew up with athletic parents Timothy Joseph Walsh and Margery Lee. As a child she was very shy, yet she joined in many sports like volleyball and baseball. Sports are in her blood because both of her parents have either played volleyball or baseball. Schools that she attended were…

“A minute of pain is worth a lifetime of glory,” - Louis Zamperini. Wise words to live by for a man. Louis was a United States Olympic distance runner and a United States prisoner of war survivor of World War II. Louis was born on January 26,1917 in Olean, New York. Louis had trouble with the law before his big track career. Once Louis cleaned up his act, he ran track for Torrance High School in California. In 1934, Zamperini set the national high school mile record with a time of 4:21.2, his…

The amount of control we have in what happens in our lives is often heavily debated. Do we have full power over what happens, or are there some things that just have to occur? This question can be answered using the nonfiction books The Sports Gene by David Epstein, and Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. Both stories revolve around expertise in a certain hobby, and whether or not our choices determine our expertise in that hobby. In Outliers, Gladwell supports that we do have…

The next match for Kamikaze Pro – Run This Town on August 27th will be a 1st time ever match in the Fighting Females Division. ‘Portugal’s Perfect Athlete’ Shanna Since her Kamikaze Pro debut at our 2nd Anniversary Show, Shanna has solidified herself as the number 1 Fighting Female in Kamikaze Pro. With big victories over Nixon Newell, Blue Pants & Toni Storm and having the best Fighting Female match of last year against Mickie James. Portugal’s Perfect Athlete has pretty much been ‘perfect’ in…

This issue is still a problem for the league today. After Brady receive a 4 game suspension last year, the sentence was revoked before he suffered any punishments. The trail was brought up again the following year where Brady was suspended and Robert Kraft, the team’s owner was forced to pay a fine of one million dollars and Kraft…

the more rating and entertaining we get. For example, one of the best races in the World is men’s 100m finals in the Olympics. If the athlete who competes in this race uses doping and breaks a record, people are going to be exciting and astonishing. However, using doping is against sports law and unethical. Because according to Pierre de Coubertin, who is the founder of the Olympics, definition of “the spirit of the sport” is how we play true (Moller, 2010). Also WADA defines the spirit of the…