Categories of Leisure
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This 5 page papers outlines the three main concepts of leisure; the use of residual time, leisure as an activity and leisure as being functional and then discusses the strengths and weaknesses of each concept. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TElescon.rtf

Cheating in Sports
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This 10 page paper examines a variety of sports including but not limited to the Olympics, professional baseball and bass fishing. Many types of cheating are discussed such as altering balls and bats to unfair judging practices. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: SA519cht.rtf

Children and Sports
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This 5 page paper provides an evaluation of how children are taught about sports. Group identification and being a team player is valued over individual competitiveness. This paper argues that children are unfairly indoctrinated into a competitive sporting world. An annotated bibliography is included. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA411spo.rtf

College Football and Academics:
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This 5 page paper is an argumentative essay which asserts that college football players are not receiving a quality education overall. This paper discusses the reasons why this happens and the significance both to the players and to society in general. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: GSFootbl.rtf

Comparing Rocky Marciano and Mike Tyson
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This 5 page report discusses two of America’s most famous boxers of all time. Their lives and boxing careers are discussed and various aspects of grammar and style such as metaphor, simile, relative pronouns, and conjunctive adverbs. Comparing Marciano and Tyson serves as an example that allows the writer/reader to understand the ways in which the English language is most effective and the ways in which various styles and formats of language play an essential role in explaining and comparing, as well as clearly making a statement. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Concepts of Leisure
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This 5 page paper considers different concepts of leisure and play and argues that the best definition of leisure comes from Csikszentmihalyi’s flow theory. This is compared with other models including attribution theory, achievement-motivation and compensatory theory. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEleisur.rtf

Construction Trends in Professional Baseball Stadiums -- Everything Old is New Again
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This 8 page report discusses the current trends in the construction of professional baseball stadiums. The technology and construction is top of the line high-tech while the theme and the style is a return to classicism. Stadiums such as Camden Yard in Baltimore and Comerica Park in Detroit (with its merry-go-round and Ferris wheel) attempt to make every effort to recreate the kinder, gentler days of baseball in the age of Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig. The new stadiums also want to seat more people, attract more fans, increase advertising and sponsorship revenue, and serve more food and drink that include such traditional baseball fare as cappuccino and microbrew ale. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: BWbbstad.wps

David Remnick's "King of the World"
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A 4 page paper which examines and analyzes David Remnick's book "King of the World," a book about the life and career of Muhammad Ali. Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.
Filename: RAali3.rtf

Desegregation: Spring Training in Baseball
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A 5 page paper which discusses the subject of desegregation as it involves spring training, playing, and teams in the sport of baseball. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAbaseball.wps

Football and Soccer; A Comparative Analysis
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This 10 page paper examines American football and English football, also known as soccer. After looking at how each of the games are played there is a comparison of the differences and similarities, with an interpretation of how these may reflect and influence the cultures in which they take place. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
Filename: TEfootsoc.rtf

Football Past and Present
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7 pages. This paper is an overview of the history of American football and its relation to football as we know it today. Comparisons are made between players in the first football league to those of today's players, as well as information on salaries, drafts, players' lifestyles, and other intriguing information about the game of football. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: JGAfball.wps

Foreign players in English football
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A paper which considers the changing way in which foreign players in English football have been perceived since the 1930s and the impact which the influx of foreign players has had upon the game in the past few decades. Bibliography lists 5 sources
Filename: JLengfoot.rtf

Friday Night Lights/High School Football
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A 6 page essay that draws on the book Friday Night Lights, the 1990 bestseller by H.G. Bissinger that describes a high school football program in Odessa, a small town in Texas. Bissinger quotes one of the supporters of this high school football team as saying "Life really wouldn't be worth livin' if you didn't have a high school football team to support" (Bissinger, "Friday" 20). Considering the extensive cultural and historical background that Bissinger offers in this text concerning the town of Odessa, this statement is understandable, but the degree of fanaticism that it indicates is not defensible. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khfrilit.rtf

Gambling in College Sports:
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This 3 page paper offers an overview of gambling in regards to college sports. Furthermore, this paper explores some of the controversy which surrounds this topic. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: GSGamblg.rtf

Gymnastics in 19th Century Germany
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A 7 page paper that describes the significant developments in competitive gymnastics in Germany during the 1800s. Of special consideration are the development of schooled gymnastics processes and the participation of Germany in the first Olympiad in 1896. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Germangy.wps

Harley Davidson Motorcycles: The “Bad Boy” Image Verses Fact
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A 9 page history of the emergence of Harley Davidson motorcycles and the culture which they have spawned in the U.S. Contends that despite the “bad boy” image these motorcycles are associated with the contemporary Harley owner is more often a businessman, doctor, or lawyer than they are a “gang” member. Provides statistics to back this contention up. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPharley.wps

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