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Papers On Sports & Culture
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The Motivations for Participating in Extreme Sports
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This 5 page paper looks at the reasons that individuals may choose to undertake dangerous sports. The theories examined range from the psychological need to find risk in a safe society, through to adrenaline addiction and the role of modern culture and the media. The bibliography sites 4 sources.
Filename: TEextmsp.wps.
The New York City Marathon
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A 4 page book review on Anything For A T-shirt by Ron Rubin, which chronicles the saga of The New York City Marathon and the innovative impresario who made this annual street theater/sporting event possible. Rubin explains how the annual event is much more than simply a sporting event, as it brings together the diverse peoples who make New York City their home in a way that not only creates a sense of community, but is also personally empowering to the individual participants. In addition to describing the marathon itself, Rubin's book is also very much a biography of an extraordinary man, the man who brought the world The New York City Marathon, Fred Lebow. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khnycm.rtf
The Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers, Strategic Management, and
Organizational Design
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This 5 page report discusses the business
of professional basketball and the fact that it actually has a
great deal in common with the strategic management of any
corporate entity in terms of its competitive nature,
determination, and hustle. The Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers have
served as an almost textbook example of the ways in which a
professional basketball (or any other sport) team serves as an
example of management paradigms that accentuate the most
fundamental aspects of managerial conflict, positioning, and the
processes involved in re-defining an organization in order to
keep up with changing markets and consumers. Bibliography lists
6 sources.
Filename: BWsixers.wps
The Philosophic Process in Sports, Ethics, and Social Responsibility
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An 8 page overview of the philosophic process as it applies to such aspects of our daily lives as sports, ethics, and social responsibility. Defines the philosophic process as a quest for knowledge and ethical and moral justification in the choices we make in life. The author contends that it is a process which is, in fact, applicable to ever aspect of our lives. In sports, for example, we seek fitness, knowledge, the enhancement of motor skills, and even pleasure. In our jobs we seek competency and professionality. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPphlPrc.rtf
The Role of Sports in Society
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This 4 page paper examines the role of sports. Various aspects of sport is discussed including economic, physical and psychological ramifications. Attention to sports administration is included as well. Both positive and negative aspects are explored. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA504sp.rtf
The Roman Games:
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This 5 page paper explores the origins of the Roman games which were motivated by morality and service to state. From there, the Roman games evolved into horrifc spectacles of violence and carnage, which served as an instrument of the state. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: GSRgames.rtf
The Significance of Tennis in Australia
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This 15 page paper looks at the sport and the characters who play it and watch it. Demographics are considered in this paper that looks at ethnicity, gender and class as it relates to tennis. The history of the popularity of tennis in Australia is discussed. Statistics are provided. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: SA432Au.rtf
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