The Best Sport in America

People came in search of gold from all over, America, China and also from the European countries with the hope of finding riches to improve their lives. ... The Olympic Games The ideals of the Olympic Games are that each sports person is an amateur who competes without payment, that the games are an international competition between the worlds's best, representing their own country in fair and equal competition. ... Hitler used these games to show the world what he thought was Germany's superiority because of the pure Arian race of its competitors, he was upset by an America...

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On June 6, 1946 in New York City, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) was founded (Brown, 2007). ... The American Basketball Association (ABA) was created as an alternative to the NBA. ... He also plays a huge role on defense by guarding the opposing team's best perimeter player. ... The winner of that series is considered the best NBA team of that current season. ... The MLB has two leagues, the American League and the National League. ...

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Many sports concentrate only on Americans and how great they are. ... There is scouting done all around the world from the United States, South America, Europe, Canada, all the way to Asia. ... In fact most of the talent played in the N.H.L (National Hockey League) are non-americans. ... This motivates you to try your best each time and keep coming back for more. ... With a blink of an eye you could miss the best goal ever scored. ...

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There are three good reasons why baseball will always be the popular All-American sport. ... " (Castrovince 1) During the summer and Fourth of July is when all the baseball tournaments occur to see who the best club teams are. ... Teams from all over the East coast come to the shore to compete with New Jersey club teams because they are one of the best in the country. ... Baseball is America's pastime, and nearly everyone has grown up playing this game in either little league or their back yard. Without baseball being America's pastime, we would not have the history we have toda...

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Ichiro Suzuki became one of the best leading hitters in Major League Baseball (MLB) during his rookie season. ... Under these circumstances, African American people are almost forced to play basketball rather than baseball if they want to play a sport. ... Interestingly, even though baseball is such a famous sport in Japan, nobody thought Japanese players could play well in the Major Leagues in America. ... In addition, training methods and sport science fields of popular sport tend to be encouraged to improve rather than minor one. ... As I mentioned above, three main reasons regarding race i...

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Runners, Best Athletes? Which sports has the best athletes? Are runners the best athletes? ... Runners show that they are the best athletes, by their attitude, both toward the sport and towards life itself. ... Steve Prefontaine was the greatest American long distance runner ever once said "to give anything less then your best is to sacrafice the gift" this statement shows that runners are truely those who always give it their best and not wasting the talents God gave them.That attitude is what makes champions like Michael Johnson, Steve Prefontaine, and Paul Tergat. ...

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The sport got so popular in Europe that it spread to North America. The earliest North American games were played in Canada. ... The English Governor General of Canada, Lord Stanley of Preston, was so impressed by the sport that he bought a silver trophy and declared that the best team would win this trophy. Eventually this trophy became known as the Stanley Cup, which is awarded to the best team in the NHL (National Hockey League). ... Hockey evolved over the years to a worldwide sport. ...

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Child abuse in sport is one of these problems (Waddington, 2000). ... Child abuse in Sport To date there have been very few research studies into child abuse in sport. ... Individual sports such as gymnastics, figure skating and tennis and team sports such as football (in Britain) and ice hockey and American football (in the US), all place an abundance of emphasis on child athletes and star prodigies. ... Is training for a sport not a form of labour? ... In America, the government expects a small bakery to pass a simple health and safety inspection, though it "never asks a coach who holds t...

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The History and Rules of Volleyball The sport of volleyball is about 105 years old by now. ... Today there are more than 46 millions of Americans who play volleyball. ... In 1900 a special ball was designed for the sport. ... Volleyball is a team sport played by two teams on a playing court divided by a net. ... A team wins a game by scoring 15 points with a two-point advantage and wins the match by winning the best of three or five games. ...

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