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Papers On Sports & Culture
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Professional Sports / Japan vs. the United States
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A 5 page essay comparing the professional sports of Japan and the United States. Though almost every Japanese citizen follows their traditional sport of sumo wrestling, the growth of baseball in popularity and following in recent years has led even the Japanese to refer to it as the national sport. Nearly a mirror image of its American counterpart in administrative structure, it has allowed Japan to add another, unexpected, export: professional baseball players to U.S. teams. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Prosport.rtf
Rader's American Sports
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This 8 page paper examines Benjamin Rader's book American Sports. The book delves into history of sport in the United States. The paper focuses on the rise of sport as equated with the rise of cities. No additional sources cited.
Filename: SA527R.rtf
Red Sox 5 Game Winning Streak Screaches to a Stop
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(5 pp) Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox,
has been goin' strong for over eighty years. Once
more it is spring and time to play ball - against
the Yankees of course. You mean there is another
team? This discussion concerns the Red Sox-- Yankee
game of 4/20/2001.
Filename: BBredsox.doc.
Research Article Review: Perceived purposes of sport among recreational participants: The role of competitive dispositions.
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This is a 7 page paper which is a research review of the role of competitive dispositions among recreational sport participants.
This paper has 2 sources.
Filename: JHPerc.rtf
Ring Lardner: Life, Experiences and Short Stories
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This is a 5 page paper discussing the life and short stories of Ring Lardner. Ring Lardner (1885-1933) was a columnist and humorist who was well known for his “busher” stories which told of his years as a sports and baseball writer from 1905-1913. Even after he stopped touring with the teams, all based in the Michigan and Chicago areas, Lardner continued to write about the intimate details and distinct colloquial language used by the players in the professional leagues. Several themes within the stories reflect his own life including his love of music, baseball, Michigan and humor.
Bibliography list 4 sources.
Filename: TJRingL1.rtf
Seniority System And Professional Football
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4 pages in length. Professional football is not unlike any other large corporation where seniority garners more benefits - both expressed and implied - with each passing year. Such enticements as perks are part and parcel to the big-money component of football; inasmuch as a player is only as good as his talent, its serves as good business sense to use whatever means by which to keep him on the team so the organization continues flowing with money. Players quickly become tangible assets courted by other teams, which makes their value grow even greater with every year they remain in the league, an average which reflects about eight years. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCFootbSenr.rtf
Should Public Money be Used to Subsidize Professional Sports and
Sporting Venues?
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This 10 page report discusses the fact that
both individuals and city governments who are eager to have a
professional sports franchise located in their city list numerous
reasons why public dollars should be spent to entice a team to
come to town or stay in town -- increased employment
opportunities, greater revenue for the city, quality of life
considerations for locals, and, of course, civic pride. But the
question is whether or not tax dollars should be used to entice
teams to locate in a city, build the arena necessary to house the
team, or upgrade an arena or park because the team threatens to
move elsewhere unless the city does so. In a sense, once the city
gets its franchise it is held hostage by it. This paper looks at
several sides of the issue. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: BWpubspo.rtf
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