... in today in sports, most professional teams are changing their look or logo to catch the attention of their fans. For example, in the NBA the New Orleans Hornets are now the Pelicans, and the Charlotte Hornets are now the Bobcats. In the MLB Washington Expos are now the ... is a racial epithet" (Looney 6). Last year, Oregon's Board of Education decided to cut state funding to schools that fail to retire their Native American mascots, while Wisconsin passed a law in 2010 that forces schools to drop race-based mascots if a complaint is filed and the practice is found discriminatory. ... Pr...

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• Grade Level: High School

... in some sort of federally funded and privately funded sports activity. Jon Alter, a NBC News contributor, is a strong believer in Title IX. "Many American are learning that the triumph of women's team sports is the result of something called Title IX."" In fact, men have noticed the change in the ... provided themselves as positive role models for the youth of today. As quoted in Business Week, women have "few Leagues of their own."" The American Basketball League was forced to fold after the television networks turned down all offers to broadcast the games. On the other hand, the Nati...

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• Grade Level: High School

... knowing that all 256 or so regular season NFL games and three weeks of play-offs plus the Superbowl capture a record number of American males between the ages of 18 and 34. That seems much more powerful than an individual team boasting about 16 regular season games and ... deal for the broadcast of the Yankees without the MLB; he actually created his own network for the sole purpose of broadcasting Yankee games, and the NBA's NJ Nets too. His new YES Network caused major trouble for cable provider Cablevision who refused to carry the YES Network as a basic channel. ... European teams. B...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate