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In five pages Major League baseball player Jackie Robinson's lasting legacy is examined within the context of Tygel's book....
In three pages Andrew and Victor Brajer's research into this topic as detailed in 1994's 'Baseball Stars and Baseball Cards: A Ne...
aimed at preventing a lockout or restrictive system if a collective bargaining agreement could not be reached. It would appear th...
the United States and Canada. But it wasnt necessarily an amiable situation; far from it -- some white players refused to play aga...
5 pages and 5 sources used. This paper provides an overview of the major themes and significant life events in Carl Ripken, Jr.'s...
of a game to be a business, and too much of a business to be a game" continues to provoke curiosity because the very nature of cor...
that continues to challenge social relations in contemporary society. "The willingness of the Dodgers to scout and sign Asian-bor...
athletes are not satisfied with their own natural level of performance, coupled with the increasing demands made by coaches, owner...
This is because the assumption that wages are paid out of a fixed amount of capital has long been discredited (pp. 63). Bard and K...
been lessened, the resentment might have been contained, and an equitable agreement might have been reached without the negation o...
In eight pages this report examines the discord between Major League Baseball and its umpires in a discussion of collective bargai...
In five pages this paper examines Major League Baseball games in a consideration of violence by spectators and discusses whether...
In eleven pages this report discusses how pay per view television is threatening the 'free' broadcasting of events such as major l...
This paper addresses the 1919 White Sox scandal in Major League Baseball that the film, Eight Men Out, is based on. This five pag...
and the game. Televised Coverage of the National Pastime No on will deny that television has changed the character and promotion ...
Astonishingly, he stole 40 bases and scored 113 runs (Olsen, 1974). From the beginning, Jackie Robinson proved himself not only ...
to encourage it meant that history was made twice - both in the comeback against the Yankees and in the victory in the World Serie...
had used steroids and also claimed that as much as 50% pf the players used them (Schmaltz, 2002; 264). Another big name, Jose Cans...
in men. "Females who use steroids may have problems with their menstrual cycles because steroids can disrupt the maturation and re...
At first, players had no objections to the clause-on the contrary, because a team reserved only its "five best players," being put...
the first time on April 22, 1903, losing to Washington (The Official Site of the New York Yankees, 2007). However, with a never s...
assists community and charitable organizations; and it enhances and defends the NFL players image "on and off the field" (Our hist...
They also promised tough penalties for testing positive ranging from a ten-day suspension for a first positive testing and a possi...
standard practice in major league baseball (MLB) for over a decade. This paper defines revenue sharing and argues that it is appar...
hoping no gambling is occurring, thus there is no sensible regulation. As a result, we dont protect the integrity of any game bec...
Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848 for example (Roberts, 2005). The womens movement had begun and baseball was an...
Frank Thompson in Long Island, who organized a group of Argyle Hotel waiters in the 1880s and ultimately merged with a Philadelphi...
things such as television rights and licensing fees, while each individual team is responsible for marketing games to consumers. I...
2007, p. 128). After all, if 23 New York Mets players have either taken in the past or are currently taking performance-enhancing...
of his surname) was born on September 10, 1934 in Hibbing, Minnesota. His Austrian grandfather had settled in the town north of D...