... the country. We exchange e-mails about player tournaments and sale or trade playbooks. I enjoy certain since of community with my fellow gamers. Just like any other fan, musicians and the football players themselves can not get enough of it. Each new version boasts a host of songs, submitted by the artists" themselves for the chance to be included in this phenomenon. The ... athletes portrayed in the game beg for pre-release copies to see if their digital doppelgangers" skills match their own. The commercials shown during football games state, "If it's in the game, it's in the game", be...

• Word Count: 500
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... there had been a Morgan and a brand new Corvette parked at the curb. (18) Kate's future husband, Tom, was a well-known football star, who lived a very public, prominent lifestyle, also. At the beginning of the novel, he swept Kate off her feet and married her. The ... Harper himself had been hospitalized in critical condition. The newscaster stared somberly from the television for a moment and gravely intoned, A tragedy for American football (44) Steel not only reveals and explains tragedy, she also deals with the after effects and all the guilt that often comes with it. ... disabled for...

• Word Count: 4014
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Teenage Fascination with Gambling Gambling today is all around us. From the local lottery to football pools at work, gambling has become as much a part of our lives as shopping or eatting with the family. But for millions of teens it may develop into so much ... as well. Studies across the United States indicate that teens begin gambling even before high school. Teenage gambling can come in many different forms, from placing a bet on the school's football game to playing video slot machines to betting on a televised sporting event. "Teenagers who gamble come from every walk of life, ever...

• Word Count: 1776
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... any room for improvement. Then one fateful night at my Homecoming game, I made the erroneous decision to drink before I entered the game. To me alcohol was a very social thing and a football game is a very social event. I was under the impression that it was acceptable to drink before going out even though I was underage. I thought that the law was very unfair; you ... way. To me, the idea of underage drinking was not practical it was realistic. Then I was arrested. All of a sudden my ideas about underage drinking when from a reality to a distant fantasy. My "ordeal" lasted about nine m...

• Word Count: 436
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School