... them. Background I am currently a senior attending McDonough High School in Pomfret, Maryland. I was recently voted the most athletic kid in school by my peers. I have won multiple athletic awards in football, basketball, and baseball. I have been captain, MVP and received All-State, All-Conference, and All-County honors in all three sports. I also rank in the top 6% of my class ... academically and currently maintain a 3.6 GPA while taking three Advanced Placement (AP) classes. I have taken a total of six (AP) classes and one college math class (pre-calculus) during my four years of hig...

• Word Count: 528
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... to long after he was denounced from his position as the worlds fastest man. Professional and college football in the United States also takes this approach to athletes caught using steroids. Football players may be fined or suspended from playing in games for testing positive. Just last month ... to emulate it. Brian Bozworth, a well-known college football player, is also remembered for his steroid use during his college days Another well remembered football player that struggled with steroid use was Lyle Alzado. He used them all throughout his college and professional careers. Alzado use...

• Word Count: 2134
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... Athletics teams were divided into black and white teams. Professional teams were also segregated. Baseball had the Major League and the Negro League. Football was all white. Basketball also had separate leagues for blacks and whites. Segregation was just as prevalent in sports as it was in ... This barrier was broken by Woody Strode and Kenny Washington. Strode and Washington became the first African American players in the modern National Football League. The National Basketball Association followed closely when it added its first African American in 1950. His name was Earl Lloyd. The ...

• Word Count: 1632
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... he was a quarterback and was one of four black players on the 1939 UCLA Bruins football team (3 of these four including Robinson made up three of the four backfield players).Also only a few black players played mainstream college football, making UCLA the most integrated team in college football with only four black players. While in his track career, Robinson  won the  1940 NCAA men's track ... and field championship  in the  long jump event. Ironically, while in college, baseball was considered his worst sport. He did much more that achieve ... ...

• Word Count: 1249
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... when the occasion demanded. Jackie went to Muir Tech. High School. At high school is where he began to get interested in sports. He competed in football, baseball, basketball, and track. He was a good player in every sport. During high school, college recruiters failed to pay attention to him. He didn't receive any scholorship, so he decided to go to Pasadena Junior ... College. Pasadena Junior College is where Jackie began to get noticed for his athletic abilities. He set many records in track, baseball, and football. Babe Horrel wanted to recruit Jackie from Pasadena Junior College. O...

• Word Count: 1150
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... program" (Slam). Therefore, to set an example to younger athletes, discipline must be in full action immediately for any athlete. To be a college athlete comes great responsibilities to the game itself. Equally important, the use of steroids in football is nothing compared to that of basketball. Lyle Alzado, a former NFL star, died of the use of steroids ("Memorial"). Immediately following his death ... , the NFL took more control over their drug testing. However, the football players are still using the drug even though it is fatal. The NCAA for college football has initiated a year-rou...

• Word Count: 1350
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... focus has been on sports. As a young man at the age of seven, my dad raised me into becoming involved with sports that included; basketball, football, and baseball. In all three sports I was one of the best little mans on the team. My dad took a lot of time out to ... more than three players on our team that were talented, so that just motivated me to practice harder , thanks to my dad. I played basketball and football, but I let go of baseball because it wasn't my kind of sport. When I graduated to the eighth grade there were lots of basketball scouts watching ... because all of the har...

• Word Count: 791
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... has turned sports into more of a business than a game. I have gone to many different sports in person; I have been to every high school football game that my high school played my four years there. I also have attended pro football, basketball, and baseball. I have seen minor league baseball and hockey in person as well. My mother has been to many games as well ... , she has been to high school and college games, hockey, golf and soccer. My grand father has been to high school football, basketball, boxing, minor league baseball, and almost everything else, because he is a media photograp...

• Word Count: 2222
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... to get that job. The same things goes for being an athlete. If someone wants to play professional football, they have to be smart enough to be in college and play college football first. I am aware that many people have gotten jobs and contracts to play football or to be models while being, basically, dumb. Eventhough that does happen, the thing to think about is ... ...

• Word Count: 507
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... of salary. Also, in 1998, Kevin Garnet signed a six-year deal worth $126 million. The twenty-one year old phenom who did not even go to college signed that contract after he turned down a $103 million offer over six years (Infotrac). In golf, Tiger Woods made $69 million in 2002. However, ... to their overpayment, the fans suffer as the prices involved in these events also inflate to absorb the salaries. Ticket prices have almost doubled for professional football games in the last ten years. However, they are not the only things that can break the pocket. Beverages at Miami Dolphin games...

• Word Count: 1968
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... turn to athletics to solve his academic and home problems. A natural athlete, Robinson played football, basketball, baseball, and track and field at Pasadena Community College. He then went on to UCLA, (University of California, Los Taylor, 2 Angeles), where he again excelled in football, basketball, baseball and track. After college, he was drafted in the Army and served in World War II. Upon his return ... ...

• Word Count: 1316
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... I, myself, am a three-sport letterman. I play volleyball in the fall, basketball in the winter, and softball in the spring. Volleyball just might be my ticket to college. I'm a sophomore setter for the Junior Varsity team, but next year I'm moving up to take our senior setter, my role model's place. I may have played varsity ... , and because I'm so competitive, that takes a lot of my time. My third priority in the fall is schoolwork. My second, is what else but the football team. Basketball is not my favorite sport. I'm four foot nine inches. Needless to say, I get hardly any playing ti...

• Word Count: 619
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... . Specifically, I"m going to tel you what the most shaping event was, how it changed me, and how I grew from it. My dream ever since was a little tike was to be a college football player at the University of Ohio State. As my senior year of high school began, that dream that I had was in the process of coming true. As Ohio State was ... National Championship in 34 year, they were also recruiting me. No they weren't recruiting me as a quarterback, which I received All-Ohio at, they were recruiting me as a punter. After my football season ended, I was offered a possible three-quarters ride...

• Word Count: 550
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... a few with ties to organized crime. Dowd also discovered evidence of hundreds of mysterious financial transactions between Rose and these bookies. Rose admitted to betting on college and pro basketball games as well as professional football games. He described a system where he would have runners place the bets for him to protect his privacy. His two primary runners were Tommy Gioiosa and ... jump of 228 percent in money wagered in card rooms. (Church 18) Betting goes on so openly that all but a handful of newspaper sports pages print the odds on baseball, football and basketball games....

• Word Count: 3086
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... Baseball player is probably the hardest journey of any of the major sports in America. It is not uncommon to hear of football players being drafted into the National Football League after playing only two or three years of Collegiate level football, or a basketball player playing in the National Basketball Association straight out of high school. Often golfers or tennis players begin playing ... it may take over ten years of amateur competition before one is even considered for recruitment. An aspiring baseball player must compete and excel at both the high school and college level befo...

• Word Count: 975
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... actions. As role models it is important that athletes show the youth of today the importance of getting an education. It seems that high school and college basketball players have not been doing a very good job of setting this example. A record 37 underclassmen, plus three high school students, made themselves ... in a program in which they go to kids in the classroom to talk and hang out with these younger students. This is both good for the college student athletes and the younger students. Kevin Carr says, "We've been wanting to do this for a while, It's definitely a way to help ... ...

• Word Count: 2032
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... (Kahn 10). Not long after the family moved to Pasadena, California Robinson's mother enrolled him into Pasadena Junior College. At Pasadena Junior College Robinson set a National Junior College record in the long jump of 25' 6 ½- (Ringer 22). After only one year at Pasadena Junior College Robinson received an athletic scholarship to UCLA (23). There, Robinson became the first Bruin athlete to earn varsity letters ... in four sports (25). Robinson was a standout in football, baseball, basketball and track (26). After three years of college Robinson left college to work to support his mo...

• Word Count: 1421
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... engineer. Lou had different ideas and became one of the best Yankee baseball players ever. In 1921 Lou attended Columbia University to study engineering, and to play baseball and football. While in college, the New York Giants manager John McGraw had talked Lou to play summer pro-ball under a different name "Henry Lewis". McGraw wanted Lou to get professional experience although it ... was illegal for a college athlete to play a professional sport. After playing 12 games Gehrig found out playing pro ball while still in college is illegal. After college coaches saw his name on the pro-te...

• Word Count: 766
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... their expenses plus some extra to keep everyone happy. For many years, television (TV) has been the primary way that sports fans can gather information about their favorite sports. From football to bowling, every sport is on television. These television stations that put these games and matches on TV strive off ratings. These Neilsen ratings tell how popular the program is ... , and Gatorade may not want to show their commercials during the playoffs due to lack of audience attention. When dealing with college sports TV ratings, people can easily get confused. Despite the fact that local ...

• Word Count: 5027
• Approx Pages: 20
• Grade Level: High School

... , Jackie"). He went on to University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) (1). Jackie was a standout in school sports at UCLA, he played football, baseball, basketball, and track (1). He later left college in the middle of his junior year to join the Army in 1941 (1). Four years after entering the Army Jackie was discharged because of a confrentation with another officer when he ... greatly helped major league baseball accept African American players that otherwise would not have played. I. Early Years A. History 1. School 2. Background B.Family 1.Five Siblings 2. Son of a Share Cropper ...

• Word Count: 2732
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... side of the street' where only white people could be. Jackie attended John Muir Technical High School where he starred in football, basketball, baseball, and track. After high school Jackie enrolled at UCLA in September 1939. At college he continued to play football, basketball, baseball, and track. Jackie was the first student at UCLA to play and star in four sports. At UCLA ... ...

• Word Count: 1346
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Millions of people watch sports contests such as baseball, basketball and football everyday. None of those millions want to see an unfair game. By letting athletes take the easy way out and not making them work hard to reach their peak performance ... with the help of a drug, a legal drug, but still a drug. Luis Gonzalez hit sixty-three homeruns with the help of hard work. Creatine is a drug taken by many high school football players. Many of these players are taking this drug and unknowingly risking major damage to their kidneys and muscles (Commentary). High school athletes are taking this...

• Word Count: 2117
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... way in life. While at UCLA, Jackie Robinson became the first athlete to win varsity letters in four sports: baseball, basketball, football, and track. In 1941, he was named to the All-American football team. Robinson was unable to complete his college education due to financial problems, so he then went on and enlisted into the U.S. Army. After two years in the army ... ...

• Word Count: 423
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... five children. After his father abandoned the family when Robinson was six months old, his mother, Mallie Robinson, moved them to California in search of work. Robinson attended Pasadena Junior College and the University of California at 3 Los Angeles (UCLA). He acquired outstanding athletic ability and became the first UCLA student athlete to win varsity letters in four sports ... : football, basketball, baseball, and track. In 1941, Robinson left college to join the United States Army. While in the army, Robinson graduated from Officers Candidate School and became a second lieutenant. ...

• Word Count: 951
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... important and more serious. Too many parents and coaches feel that anything goes when it comes to their kids in sports. The thoughts of college athletic scholarships and pro contracts make the stakes higher (R.Wolff "Let's" 1). The trend these days is that parents are becoming more confrontational which ... High for five years. Under Nicol's coaching, Yorktown became one of the nation's elite lacrosse programs and sent tons of athletes to play in college. But with success came a nightly stream of phone calls from parents. They would constantly call his home to ask what he was doing to ....

• Word Count: 1495
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School