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A.E. Houseman: To An Athlete Dying Young

won your town the race x / x /...

Identity Searches in Literature

A.E. Housman. They are both young men who die before they age, before they have perhaps achieved a powerful greatness it would see...

Heat Exhaustion Susceptibility of Athletes

it is oxygenated, picking up the oxygen molecules that the blood will carry to other areas of the body. The left ventricle sends ...

Athletic and Nonathletic Students and their Scholastic and Social Differences

school athletics programs. As advantageous as physical exercise is for the body, it is as equally beneficial for the brain, as we...

'Tikkun Olam' and Commitment of Jewish Athletes

World War II after the Japanese bombed military installations in Pearl Harbor. He volunteered for active duty in the Marine Corps...

Faith, Good Sportsmanship, and Goodwill Promoted by Jewish Athletes

a high school player, Mother would go over to the box... and drop some coins in the box... I asked what she was doing and she said...

Injuries in Sports and Liability for College Campuses

Scholarships are typically awarded because of athletic ability, which strongly suggests that something is being offered by the col...

Society and What Salaries Reflect

10 years ago, the Christian Science Monitor, in covering an article about child care workers and the poverty-level wages they rece...

Arguing Against Compensation of Collegiate Athletes

attend (Vera). Finally, "some analysts believe student-athletes should receive payment because they do not receive a quality educ...

Literature Review on Student Athletes, Stressors, Benefits, and Time Management

So these days we have huge sports programs - and students who are finding it more and more difficult to manage their time on all l...

Optimizing Athletic Performance Through Serious Regimens of Exercise and Nutrition

heart attacks are an unfortunate result of improperly planned and conducted exercise. Unfortunately, too many athletes resort to ...

Sports Performance and Nutrition

a nutritional expert, had taken the "carbohydrate loading" to heart and were obtaining more than 70% of their calories from pasta ...

Asthma and Exercis

lives. This is unnecessary, since there are effective medications on the market, along with other training guidelines that can he...

Running Speed and Muscle Strength

In twenty two pages this paper examines a 50 meter sprint run by nonprofessional athletes and the connection increased speed of ru...

Muscular Massage and Russian Electro Stimulation

In five pages this paper discusses how athletes as well as nonathletes can benefit from the muscle massage known as Russian Electr...

High School Sports and Drug Testing of Athletes

In nine pages this paper presents the argument against blanket drug testing of high school athletes. Seven sources are cited in t...

Physiological Pros and Cons of High Altitude Athletic Training

In fifteen pages this paper examines the benefits and detriments to athletes who train in high altitudes in a pro and con discussi...

Women in Athletics

In nine pages a proposed study involving women participants in athletics is presented with the hypothesis being that in terms of a...

College Athletes and Their Preferential Treatment

In six pages this paper considers why college athletes receive preferential treatment. There is the inclusion of a bibliography....

Baseball's Color Barrier and Jackie Robinson

Astonishingly, he stole 40 bases and scored 113 runs (Olsen, 1974). From the beginning, Jackie Robinson proved himself not only ...

Performance of Black Sprinters

In a literature review consisting of fifteen pages the thesis that physiological differences that are racially specific is present...

U.S. Major League Baseball and Desegregation

the United States and Canada. But it wasnt necessarily an amiable situation; far from it -- some white players refused to play aga...

College Athlete Recruitment

In five pages this paper examines how collegiate athletes are recruited and the problem associated with this process. Five source...

Literature Review on Spondylolisthesis

In five pages this paper examines spondylolisthesis in this contemporary literature review with the condition as it affects adoles...

Brian Bosworth

In six pages analytical, psychodynamic, and personality paradigms are applied to former professional athlete Brian Bosworth as dep...

Paying College Athletes and the Ongoing Debate

athletes unfortunately do not have the grades to attend some of these schools. The obvious reason for this phenomenon is that mone...

High School Athletes and Drug Testing That is Mandatory

high school athletes, has come to public attention again in recently in light of a report which was released by the inspector gene...

The Glen Ridge Rape by Bernard Lefkowitz

In five pages this text regarding high school athletes raping a retarded adolescent is examined in terms of the community sociolog...

Athletic Dietary Supplement Known as Creatine

In ten pages creatine is reviewed in terms of its usage as a dietary supplement for athletes and discusses how despite reported be...

Gambling in Sports and the Pete Rose Betting on Baseball Case

In five pages this paper discusses gambling by athletes in professional sports in this consideration of the case involving former ...