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Economic Activity Ticket Sales
707 wordsArizona Baseball Is Losing More Than Fans What was once one of the most promising expansion franchises in Major League Baseball (MLB) is now on the verge of losing more money than any other team in baseball this year. There are many factors that are making this happen and some can be linked to macroeconomics. The Diamondback's were 1 of 4 teams added to the league in the past decade. While a seemingly small number it actually constitutes a flooding of the market. The team's first year average at...
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Negative Effect Michael Jordan
1,905 wordsDid The Lockout And The Loss Of Michael Jordan Have A Negative Effect On The NBA Disputes between the NBA Players Union and owners extend deep into January of 98, the NBA season was shortened to a 50 game schedule due to the disputes between the two groups and the lockout of the players by the owners... Before the beginning of the shortened season on February 1 of 1999, many experts predicted a number of negative effects to the NBA as a result of the labor disputes. Among these were; a decrease ...
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Rookie Of The Year Green Bay
668 wordsThere is a big rivalry in the NFL between the Central Division Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers. Maybe this Rivalry exists because Minneapolis and Green Bay are so close to each other and the fans do not have to travel very far to attend road games. This rivalry has existed ever since they joined the same division together in the seventies. In my opinion the Minnesota is a better team, and has better players, coaches, administration, and fans. Cris Carter and Randy Moss are two of the...
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Put Up Your Fists Jersey Devils Hockey
462 wordsNothing compares to the atmospherics of the NHL playoffs. It amazing to see how the game elevates to another level, giving the players and the fans an adrenaline high after each play. What better way to set the tone the game early on, by having your enforcer start stirring up trouble? Everyone would love to see Eric Lindros go head to head with Tie Domi. Perhaps many would view this as a one sided fight, but nonetheless you have two guys going at it. To be the enforcer of the team is quite the t...
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History Of Phoenix Suns
904 wordsI chose to write about the Phoenix Suns basketball History mainly because they have gave me, the fan great memories. The Suns introduced me to a whole new world of sports. When I watch their Basketball games its probably different from any other fans viewpoint. I tend to analyze their games and try to think what their next move is going to be. Other fans just cheer which is alright. Throughout the Phoenix Suns existence, they have had many great years as well as many down years. When I was intro...
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White Sox Red Sox
462 wordsThe dog days of summer are behind us, and now come the chilly nights in New York, Seattle, St. Louis, and the other side of New York. The playoffs are among us and already are living up to the excitement of October baseball. After starting off with eight teams, scattered through out the country, we have The teams that reach the playoffs all have fresh starts. This has been the case this October. The Chicago White Sox had the best record in the American League, and opened up against the American ...
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Violence In Sports Public Relations
970 wordsViolence in sports will always be a big issue although I don't think it will ever be truly resolved. In sports there is competition and where there is competition people are striving to be the best. There is a lot of strong emotion when people are trying to win for themselves or for their team. In sports as long as there is competition and high emotion, there will always be the potential for violence. The intense competition that is a part of sports can and often does lead to violence. The viole...
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Mini Van Play Football
1,478 wordsWe all make inadvertent or unsuitable decisions throughout our lives. It is the real-world hamartia of human character. The problem is, we often realize this all too late; learning from our mistakes as one would say. So naturally an individual learns as they he or she has been taught. Then again, what of those who never learn, or those who are so blind to this fact that they bring about events so avoidable it is laughable? These are the people that you meet for just an instance, say at a party, ...
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Hockey Career Of Wayne Gretzky
548 wordsEARLY HOCKEY YEARS Born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, January 26, 1961. Wayne began skating at the age of three on a backyard rink built by his father, Walter. He began playing organized hockey in grade school and was soon such a dominant scorer that he was moved out of his age bracket to play with players several years older. Gretzky's idols as a young hockey player were his father and Hall of Fame forward Gordie Howe. After playing in several local and regional leagues, Gretzky advanced to pl...
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000 A Year Football Players
942 wordsThe book Friday Night Lights, by H. G. Bissinger, is a great book about high school football in Texas in the 1980 s. The book is based on a true story and it is amazing to see how different life was for many teenagers in Texas. In the town of Odessa, Texas, is Permian High School, one of the best high school football teams in the country. The Permian Panthers are a team that is expected to win just about every time they step on the field. They have great tradition and great fans that support the...
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Destructive Celebration In Sports
385 wordsIncreasingly we read and talk of sports fans that celebrate their team's victories by destroying public property. Examples of this behavior include starting fires, pulling down signs, awnings, and banners. To discourage these types of behaviors there should be more security before, during and after a sports event. There should also be a great penalty for those who choose to commit these crimes. During my sophomore year in Valley Stream South High School, there was a wrestling match that ended wi...
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San Diego Pro Bowl
864 wordsThomas Smith February 16, 2001 Mr. Younger Phys Ed For this paper, I have chosen to select Junior Seau as my topic. He is an All-Pro linebacker for the San Diego Chargers. Off the field, he is committed to tackling the challenges that the youth of today encounter. He does this through the Junior Seau Foundation. Junior was born in the American Samoa on January 19, 1969, and was the 5 th of 7 children. He grew up in Oceanside, California. Drugs, gangs, and violence surrounded him while he was gro...
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Points Per Game Nba Finals
5,287 wordsNumber Head line Page 1. The history of the team 2 - 22 2. The head coach 23 - 26 3. Hakeem Olajuwon 27 4. Charles Barkley 28 5. Scottie Pippen 29 6. Rockets Acquire Pippen 30 - 31 7. Turbo 32 8. glossary 33 - 3 Houston Has Been Home Of The Big Man-From Moses To Ralph To Hakeem The Houston Rockets were introduced to the NBA as the San Diego Rockets in 1967, the same year that the American Basketball Association launched itself as a rival league. Despite boasting the great Elvin Hayes through the...
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Full Time Officials Replay Out Of The Game Instant
799 wordsThe NFL can vote to keep instant replay out of the game every year, but the owners will never get rid of it. Thats because like it or not, the NFL has instant replay. It comes courtesy of television and Jumbotron. And its leaving the leagues officials vulnerable to widespread and immediate second-guessing from fans, coaches and players a net inside every stadium. The officials, in a matter speaking, are left working without. Seemingly on the verge of returning instant replay to the game earlier ...
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Major League Baseball 1 St Amendment
772 wordsImagine having to take the (No. ) 7 train to (Shea Stadium) looking like youre (in) Beirut next to some kid with purple hair, next to some queer with AIDS, right next to some dude who got out of jail for the fourth time, right next to some 20 -year-old mom with four kids. Its depressing. The biggest thing I dont like about New York are the foreigners, the 25 -year-old Georgia native said. You can walk an entire block in Times Square and not hear anybody speaking English. Asians and Koreans and V...
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Nba Finals Magic Johnson
2,802 wordsThe L. A. Lakers in the 1980 s were a basketball powerhouse with household names such as James Worthy, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Kurt Rambis who would doubt it. They had class and displayed it on the court. Kareem could pull up for his patented sky hook, they could dish to Worthy for the dunk and Rambis could pull down a rebound, but without a certain Magic there would be no showtime in L. A. A certain young player who had it all, a flashy smile and a great no look pass. That certain player was a ...
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Valley Varsity Football Valley Varsity Football Team Unity
786 wordsThere Team Unity Team Unity There were five seconds left in the game and it was our ball. The score was 7 - 6 in favor of the hated Clayton Valley varsity football team. Down at our own twenty-yard line was the site of the final battle that would decide who won the war. The referee blows his whistle and both sides line up head to head. Steam coming from the helmets was a sure sign of a long hard battle. I clinched my hand around the ball ready to hike it. The feeling of nervousness ran through m...
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Rookie Of The Year Michael Jordan
726 wordsMichael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York. Michael Jordan was born with a nosebleed, which made the parents, James and Deloris Jordan, very worried as well as some of the doctors. He was kept in the hospital for several days until everyone realized it was very minor and had no effect on his health. His childhood was very tough growing up in a poor North Carolinian city, and Michael was very mischievous and quite a troublemaker. Michael s favorite sport as a child...
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