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Bruce Bower's 'Sacred Secrets of the Caves' Reviewed

when some archeologists needed assistance in searching through caves that seemed to bend and twist and go on forever, with at leas...

David Maguire/Sacred Choices

this argument on the fact federal policy on such issues as embryonic stem cell research has been decided along religious lines (Ma...

Contemporary World and 'Sacred' Technology

Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life" author Richard Florida (2002) contends that we have changed because we have sought ch...

The New York City Marathon

running is an understatement according to Rubin. "To explain his excitement in the context of physical factors--heightened energy,...

Impact Of Instant Replay In College-Level Sports

62). II. THE WHOLE STORY When the NCAA implemented instant replay in 2003, anyone even remotely interested in sports felt compel...

Bridgeton Costing Case Study

This 19 page paper examines the case of Bridgeton Industries Automotive Component and Fabrication. Written in 5 parts the first pa...

Starbucks Organizational Culture

Starbucks changed the lifestyle of Americans. The founder wanted to offer the public a 'third place,' a place between work and hom...

The Spectacle of the World Cup

This essay pertains to the World Cup and why this event is viewed as the greatest international spectacle in sports. Three pages ...

Physical Performance and its Relation to Nutrition

This paper compares and contrasts the way sports nutrition was regarded in the past and the way it is regarded today. There are f...

Basketball History

This research paper presents a short history of basketball that describes how the sport began and then traces the high spots in it...

Disrespect and Language The Appropriation of Native American Language and Culture

This paper asks whether we have bastardized Native American language by appropriating it in sports and mass marketing. There are ...

The Benefits of Running

This slide presentation provides a look at the benefits of this popular sport. There are two sources contained in the bibliography...

Campaign to Increase Sporting Activity for Single Mothers

barriers which prevent them from taking part (Kotler and Keller, 2008). Effectively it needs to make the sport accessible. The cam...

Why Teams Win: 9 Keys to Success in Business, Sport, and Beyond by Saul Miller

health care and the arts is when teams achieve a "synergy of intelligence, energy, talent and spirit" (Miller, 2009, p. 8). Mill...

Citizenship and Sports Participation

to be one of the social activities that improve the quality of life (Dinc, 2011). This evaluation is derived from the fact that en...

ORGANIZATIONAL SYMBOLISM AND CONSTRAINTS IN THE CASE STUDY "WINNING WAYS' GEAR FOR SPORTS"

from founder Bob Wolff, Winning Ways employees are part of an organizational culture that thrives on verbal cues. The Winning Ways...

Cardiac Death, Screening Athletes

Baker County Independent School Board concerns a serious health prevention concern in regards to the student athletes participatin...

BUSINESS PLAN: SPORTING GOODS STORE

Because MiddleTown Sports is the only game in town, so to speak, with little competition, its done well. However, it is within dri...

How the Popular Game of Basketball Evolves as an International Sport

controlled, Naismith decided that teammates would move the ball by either passing it or bouncing it on the floor, but was uncertai...

Why High School Competitive Sports are Desirable

children, and many team players end up using steroids to get an edge over the competition. Clearly, there are two sides to this is...

Law and Gambling in Professional Sports

hoping no gambling is occurring, thus there is no sensible regulation. As a result, we dont protect the integrity of any game bec...

The Results of South Africa Hosting the FIFA 2010 World Cup

Manzenreiter, 2006). However, there is no certainty that there will be positive impacts, Bohlmann and Van Heerden, (2008) points o...

Attention Control Theory

training techniques that support mental skills to assist the athletes when they go out and compete (de Dirac, 2009). At the crux o...

UNDER ARMOUR AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

portion of the running-shoe market to be successful and to improve on financial performance (Mehta, 2009). Other potential opportu...

Beer and Circus by Murray Sperber

nations universities, in order to stay viable financially, have placed undue emphasis on their sports programs, utilizing a perspe...

Game of Life by Shulman and Bowen

Game of Life: College Sports and Educational Values (2002) a study of the athletic programs in 30 colleges and universities that...

Assessment of Nike

publicly listed firm there are also increasing pressures to create value this is also seen in the supply chain management. In ma...

Learning to Focus in Sports and Other Life Pursuits

original publication but today the techniques he advocates are widely recognized in a diversity of disciplines. Those techniques ...

Violence In Sports

the Boston Bruins in the head and fractured his skull; the players had already engaged in two fights earlier that game and were su...

Why Violence IS So Prevalent In Sports

very heart of causal processes (Bandura, 1986). Emphasizing the notion of learned expectations, this theory is closely associated...