Women's basketball

section to find basketball shorts, and the response she was met with was (quoted exactly) “Who cares? Why does it matter?” In the big picture, no, maybe it does not matter. Not being able to find women’s basketball shorts does not prevent her from going to school, finding a job, or being an independant person. But again, it is the little things. In my opening sentence I stated that I am a girl, and I am proud of that. Why should I have to shop in the boy’s section if I want to find basketball…

I couldn’t wait for the season to start. I was so excited to play basketball that I told my best friend who was on the girls’ basketball team. Since I was going to play Unified basketball, I needed to practice. My best friend gave a basketball to me for my birthday so I could practice for the season. Since it was so cold out, I had to practice in my garage. Once it got warmer out, I went to one of my friends house to shoot on their hoop. At the time, I didn’t have my own hoop to shoot on. At…

own lawsuit against the NCAA (McEldowney 3). The law-suit he had filed was for illegally using his own and other athletes’ pictures commercially at the will of the NCAA without permission (Malone 2). The main sports that it had covered were for basketball and football, but stretched to cover the entirety of college athletes. Eventually, the court ruled in favor with O'Bannon, ruling that an athlete could earn up to $5,000…

Pat Riley, an American professional basketball executive, once stated that “If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.” What he meant when saying this, was that people will surpass any challenge they are faced with and preserve to face any other obstacle. Similar to another athlete, Ralph Marston views the obstacles one faces is valid when the people involved…

I did my job shadow on October 7th, 2017. I did my Job shadow with Adam Ahearn, the associate director of marketing and promotions for intercollegiate athletics at the University of Wisconsin Madison. I jobbed shadow an event, the October 7th men’s hockey game between the Wisconsin Badgers and Ohio State Buckeyes at the Kohl Center. I got the insight on many things from touring the kohl center, to listening in on the meetings. Being able to shadow the hockey game, I observed many things, learned…

What am I going to eat tonight? How am I going to help my family out? Questions like these often creep into our minds as well. I’m fortunate enough not to have these problems first hand but some of my teammates struggle in eating every night because they just don’t have money to always buy food. Not everyone on the football team is on scholarship, we have a good amount of walk-ons on our team and after practice we eat dinner, but just the guys on scholarship. It sounds really harsh but that is…

to play sports, including basketball. These women were finally able to play the sports, but the audience thought the games to be too rough, so the rules changed. Although rule makers adapted the guidelines when women’s basketball first began, the sport gave women an outlet in sports. Women’s role in society limited their opportunities to play sports. Because the ladies of this time were busy doing the housework, there was not any time to be involved in sports. Basketball stressed grace, beauty,…

Kobe runs up and down the court like a cheetah, dribbling the ball, shooting threes, taking layups, practically playing with the other team. The crowd is cheering louder than a plane taking off the runway, and all eyes are on Kobe. Then, all of a sudden, he feels a searing pain in his thigh. He just tore his hamstring, and he knew it immediately. He fell to the floor, tears starting to run down his face. The coach ran to him, and asked him if he could play through the injury. Kobe couldn’t…

The Decline of Track and Field With soccer, football and basketball becoming so popular, track and field is being left in the dust. When several track and field events are only available to watch on websites such as ESPN3 or NBC Sports Live Extra, it lowers the viewership of the sport. The sport of track and field has been one of the country's oldest sport. Before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the highlights and stories of the track and field were national and athletes got more…

raise the family, and maintain the household (Brewer). The workplace is one area where there is still a lack of equality and treatment. One area where this mistreatment is most obvious is the gender wage gap. In a publication by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, the gender wage gap currently is a woman will make 80 cents to every dollar a man makes. The Institute also claims that if the rate of pay increases the way it has since 1960 it will take until 2059 for men and women to…