Sports Article Reviews Samples For Students

The first three months of 2014 are full of mega events like Super Bowl, Olympics, Grammys, Golden Globes, and Oscars. The article talks about the importance of developing an event marketing strategy which focuses not on a single big event like Olympics and Super Bowl but which can bank upon all big and small events of the year. The author then discusses the things to be done to make it possible. The first order of the business is to identify the key triggers (evens) that drive sales. Once the triggers are identified, the next step involves ...

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In the article “Children Need to Play, Not Compete” written by Jessica Statsky, she stated that competitive sports can cause psychological and physical dangers to children brought about by injuries and the fear of losing the game.

Statsky stated that organized sports activities for children between the ages of six and twelve children have become too competitive that the spirit of play have disappeared and sports have been considered as a job where children as tasked to win (2). It was emphasized that winning, which is the primary goal for every professional athlete should not be made applicable to ...

1. Cutler 2003 study: The findings of Cutler and others (2003) conclude that obesity is mainly caused by an increase in caloric intake and not mainly by reduced caloric expenditure. The conclusions were drawn from studies performed in the USA on data from obesity levels during the early 1900s to the end of the century. On average in 1965, the average married American woman who did not work outside the house spent 2 hours cooking and cleaning per day. In 1995, the same tasks took half the time to complete due to mass preparations and technological innovations. Urbanization is ...

Costs for a spot during Super Bowl prove that we may see the most grand, compelling, and creative ads of the year. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. For this assignment, I have chosen to analyze a Super Bowl ad for the new Hyundai Elantra. The video features Johnny Galecki, one of the stars of popular TV series The Big Bang Theory. He stops on the red light in the new Elantra, near a woman, who is also driving the new Elantra, and tries to flirt with her. The woman coldly neglects him right away, but he follows her anyway, trying ...

Psychology

In their research “The emotional roots of conspiratorial perceptions, system justification, and belief in the paranormal”, Whitson, Galinsky and Kay (2014) addressed human emotions that are linked with the uncertainty of the world. They suggest a hypothesis that these emotions (such as fear, surprise, hope, etc.) should promote the need to endow the world with structure and order using a variety of compensatory measures.
The reason to conduct the experiments described in the article was a desire to prove that the certainty of the emotions plays a greater role than its valence in the process of activating compensatory control. Moreover, the experiments ...

Leadership Theories
Leadership is a process that a group or an individual impacts a group of individuals to reach a certain or common goal (Parent et. al., n.d.). According to Parent et. al., (n.d.) the literature concerning leadership has transformed from the trait or behavioral approach to the transformational. This change also includes the transactional and charismatic leadership approaches (Parent et. al., n.d.).
According to Kouzes & Posner (2007), on the other hand, Leadership is a chance that can occur at any place or any time. It may happen in a huge or small house, the mall, the school, or in any group. This ...

Summary

Introduction
The two articles focus on researches that were conducted so as to get some viable findings that involved analyzing the effects of amino acids and carbohydrates of muscular adaptations under different circumstances.
Summary
In the research by Ferreiraa et al. (2014), the most beneficial strategy of improving the performance of muscles is through the intake of nutrients, especially carbohydrates and protein during peri-exercise. Several methods and materials were used before coming to this conclusion. The methods used were supplementation protocol, experimentation approach and pretesting analysis. Resistance exercise protocol, muscle biopsies and blood sampling were highly ...

Article Summary

In the study A Study on the Development of Reading Skills of the Students Having Difficulty in Reading: Enrichment Reading Program, done by Hayati Akyol, Ahmet, Cakiroglu and Hayriye Gul Kuruyer, the researchers wanted to determine the difficulties students had in reading skills and what could happen if an enrichment program was introduced to help the students overcome their difficulties. The researchers used three students from the fifth grade who had difficulties in reading.
Before starting the exercise, the participants exhibited different levels of difficulties. Some could not write words properly during the dictation exercises, and also could ...

Sayreville War Memorial High School came into limelight last month when news regarding bullying and sexual harassment came on surface. According to the reports, a senior football players of the Sayreville team tortured freshman in the locker rooms. The victims reported that senior players targeted freshman in the locker room, pinned them on the floor and assaulted them via inappropriate manners which included touching their private parts and hit them while other senior players of the team held his arms and legs. (MARGOLIN) The news came as a shock to many, as charges were filed against 7 senior players of the ...

Alison & Louise, 2013 “What Do Athletes Drink during Competitive Sporting Activities” offers a substantive review on various issues aligned with rehydration practices amongst athletes. Amicably, the main point of the authors in the current article is that despite the fact that there exists standard guidelines on how athletes should rehydrate themselves while partaking in any sports events, the applicability of these guidelines has and continuous to remain a question of concern in the sporting realm. In fact, the article notes that rehydration preferences of athletes vary depending on personal choices; hence, these guidelines may be viable to some athletes, but not ...

Abstract

Cheating is malum in se, a proper understanding of precision with a strong moral pejorative linguistically as cheating bring about. Cheating involves rule breaking; however, not all rule breaking is cheating. Green provided four formal elements existed to ensure not to judge whether cheating happened. First, the rule is fair and enforced. Second, rule breaking takes place in rule-governed activity. Third, the rule breaker intends to break rules. Fourth, the rule breaker intends to gain advantages.
Some exceptions have its own policy in the rules; the classification does not mean that it is a rule breaker. The moral weight of breaking the ...

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Question being investigated

This study was aimed at testing the hypothesis that there is no close-paralleling of the raised rate of metabolism arising from contraction of muscles by hyperpnea, and thus arterial 02, pH, and C02 do not remain comparatively constant all through most of the moderate exercise range (Carli, et al., 1967). The alternative hypothesis was that a feed-forward mechanism is responsible for hyperpnea.

Importance of the question/publication

There is still uncertainty on the mechanism resulting in raised ventilation or hyperpnea, in the course of an exercise in spite of over a century of research, hypothesis, as well as debate. Due to the close link ...

Blood Breathe Alcohol

This paper talks about the increased level of alcohol consumption in the University amongst the students and other college fans, especially during the game days compared to other social days. A game day here refers to the day on a campus football events (Glassman, Wercb, Jobli, & Bain, 2007; Nelson &Wechsler, 2002; Prevention File, 2008). This article talked about the problems that the university officials are facing while dealing with the issue of alcoholism. It sufficiently addressed the preventive measures put in place, like the limitation of tailgating to three hours before the start of the game and the ban of ...

Fueling for Fitness and Optimal Performance

This article stresses on the importance of having a sound eating plan or a ‘fueling’ plan for athletes, while hitting the gym or competing in an upcoming marathon or even Olympics. This ‘fueling’ plan not only helps them exercise with more energy, meet training goals faster and perform better but recover more completely from workouts, decreasing the risk of injuries and stay in overall better shape. The link between nutrition and fitness is realised by common people too, as almost 67% of American say they are currently making changes to improve their diets and overall health.
It is very important ...

in Type II Diabetes Mellitus
The article titled Effects of Exercise on Glucose Homeostasis in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by David Kelley and Bret Goodpaster was published in one of the issues of the Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. The purpose of this article is to examine how physical activity influences the course of the diabetes milletus, whether the higher intensity and dose-response training improve the level of glucose in Type 2 Diabetes Milletus. Firstly, the article describes the features of the type 2 diabetes and why investigation of its mechanisms is important to the modern ...

The story ‘agreeable’ by Jonathan Frazen is a good example of how literature has used modern day life to communicate. The story uses modern day setting to communicate to the people. The story takes a modern approach including in characterization, themes, and even the setting. The story ‘A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings’ was written in ancient times in 1955. The story uses different methods of characterization, themes, and setting. Unlike ‘Agreeable’, which was written in America, this story was written in Mexico in Spanish and later translated into English. These two short stories differ in terms of style characterization ...

The ‘Glass Stereotype’ can be used as a lens for examining many other stereotypes. I will talk about the stereotypes about the black race. We first need to understand that stereotypes are common public beliefs about a particular group of people, an individual, race, sex or object. Stereotypes are not necessarily true. More than often, stereotypes are used to put people down. They, therefore, have a negative inclination.
Black males in the United States, for instance, are considered as very dangerous criminals. This may be attributed to the way media portrays this as well as statistics of law enforcement agencies. Nonetheless, ...

FOR GERMAN SOCCER, A LYRIC DEBATE: ARTICLE REVIEW

Introduction/Summary
In this article, the Germany football team kicked up a controversy after some of its members refused to sing the country’s national anthem, The Song of Germans. The public, including football officials and former players thought that the team ought to sing to the anthem, despite the manager insisting that the players did identify with the team and their heritage was important. This occurred at a time when Germany had began re-asserting its national identity since World War II, which has however not been reflected in sports, with national teams losing players with foreign roots to other nations. ...

1. Key claims
2. Global Argument
Their assessment methods compare to general studies available used in assessing physical activities and movement, globally. For example, they compare children who spend more time in MVPA to have higher fundamental skills, however they also argue that habitual physical activity need not be closely associated with childhood.
3. Methodology
It was a randomized control study, and the physical activities were measured using an accelerometer. Different intensities of physical activities were also alternatively used. Additionally habitual physical activities were measured. It was appropriate because it was carried out in healthy children, ...

Purpose of the Study

Talent acquisation is central to the organizational development and success of any sport that is played as a team. This paper seeks to discuss a study on acquisation of new talent in the National Football League.The study evaluated the success of National Football League (NFL) teams acquiring new talent through drafts. NFL teams acquire new through trades, free agency and drafts. To this end, the study developed four objectives. Firstly, to evaluate team draft success among NFL teams. Secondly, to evaluate which playing positions provided the worst and best value for NFL teams. Thirdly, to evaluate wether success of NFL players ...

Sue'Ann Easterling PE 551 Race in sports or athletics June 19, 2013 1 of 6

Shakib, S., Veliz, P., Dunbar, M. D., & Sabo, D. (2011). Athletics as a source for Social Status among the youth: Examining Variation by Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status. Sociology of Sports Journal, 28(3), 303-328
The journal article highlights problems experienced in sports and athletics with a closer focus on the universities. The author has provided a broader sampling and research synthesis from different parts of the world thereby representing a wider and a better scope on the world of sports especially in addressing the race factor in different parts of the world. The author is an established researcher and a writer from the ...

Nagel, M. and Daniel R. (2007). Washington "Redskins" – Disparaging Term or Valuable
Tradition? Legal and Economic Issues Concerning Harjo v.Pro-Football, Inc. Retrieved from http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/25801/1/Redskins_draft_4.pdf
- This article discusses how Washington Redskins have had issues with their trademark, which was targeted towards marketing and improving the image of the football team. Furthermore, the concept of rebranding and financial impact on the organization is discussed. The major reason for not changing its name has been attributed to the good financial gain it has received over the years.
- The name Redskins has come under a lot of scrutiny because ...

Analysis and Response to “Stepping Stories”

The writer of the narrative essay, Kimberly Parker, details the extraordinary academic successes of her students during the first two years of her high school teaching career, and she concludes by asserting that her students’ exemplary successes can be replicated. Although Parker’s essay may be considered primarily narrative in its style and structure, it has very strong argumentative qualities; furthermore, the essay converts to full argumentation toward its conclusion. The principal argument that Parker makes in regards to setting the academic bar higher, encouraging the students, and their subsequently succeeding is analogous to the famous line from the classic ...

A second language can be any language that is acquired by an individual after the acquisition of the mother’s language which is believed to be the first language regardless of where one is born. This type of language can be regarded as an auxiliary language to a person. In most cases, such language can be used after a thorough practice resulting from learning on acquiring it. It can be as a result of movement from one place to another or through a continuous interaction with the people who use that same language adapted by another individual. In most cases, if a person can ...

Introduction

The Doritos goat commercial from the 2013 super bowl was among the craziest commercials in the 2013 super bowl competition. It attracted many viewers and many were left cracking down with laughs and shouts since the commercial was a very funny one. The number of people who viewed it seemed to increase in a large number as days passed by. In the Doritos goat commercial, there is a man who decides to purchase a goat from the market. After he buys the goat, he brings it to his home.
The man decides to show love to the goat by giving it his ...

In ensuring justice out of the criminal act, there should be well-explained guidelines that are to be adopted across all the states. This can only be possible through a well-established body for funding the whole exercise and the law enforcers being behind the guideline of the set policies or laws. In a statistics Bureau for justice, 27 states adopted the truth in sentencing guideline of the federal, which were getting funds for expansions from the VOI/TIS. Upon exceeding the requirements which was to be in line with the allocated resources by many States, a broader sentencing guide was imposed to amend the ...

Lance Armstrong: A True Sport or Not?

Joining and winning competitions may bring one to the peak of his career, yet can also lead him to the unexpected downhill road. Cyclist champion Lance Armstrong is the epitome of one who has recently lived this cycle of life. He worked towards the peak of his career in cycling only to find himself rolling down the road with the entire world’s eyes on that tragic journey.

The article I chose to write a review on is The Unfinished Road of Lance Armstrong written by Jason Gay published in Wall Street Journal. I chose to read this article because ...

The article of David Shonk and Packianathan Chelladurai (2008) carries quality of service in sport tourism as its main theme. The authors researched on the theme with the intent of providing a conceptual model that shows the different essential dimensions of sport tourism that is considered to be with quality. The model that the authors proposed serves as a framework for broader and deeper study of the dynamics of sport tourism by other practitioners in the field.

Research Questions / Hypothesis

This scholarly article (Shonk & Chelladurai, 2008) is based on the assumption that the differentiating factor, which is considered as the competitive advantage, between and ...

Analysis section

Sport is one of the means through which young people relax, interact and unwind after a busy day or week. It is also one of the hobbies that parents feel comfortable when their children engage in. Sports has been in the recent past considered as a career path as many young people go to sports colleges just to learn more tactics. However, behind this sporting activity are scenes that have continually eaten up its essence. This has mostly affected female athletes and sports personalities who have been branded a name that they do not necessarily deserve. Due to some of the activities, ...

A) .Analysis section:

The chapter, “Character Development and Good Sporting Behavior” ,presents elements and development of good sporting behavior ,where it explains how effective sporting behavior develop ,how the behavior is influenced ,and the relationship between good sporting behavior and moral reasoning. The chapter attribute that there is no universally accepted definition of good sporting behavior, but in a nutshell it asserts that all definitions relates to morality and the idea of engaging in sporting activity where an individual play with his or her heart while at the same time respecting their opponents.

As a component of sport, morality establishes itself as a component of ...

Analysis

Ross and Davies (1) looked at the issue of Attributing to Positive and Negative Outcomes in sporting. This was done using two different case studies. The first case sought to establish that attribution can occur in absence of any prompting. The assumption for this study was that the athletes would not give an attribution unless prompted to do so. It also assumed that more people are likely to give explanations for negative results than for good outcomes. This had to be proven through the study.

The second case study aimed at identifying whether attribution could be picked from the ...

Article Analysis and Reaction

Analysis
1. Frustration
Frustration can cause aggression in athletes when they are unable to make a goal, are fouled by an opponent, or other situations that interrupt the game. Some athletes may not show this aggression in the game because they are professional and respect the coach. However, these athletes may instead channel aggression into their personal lives.
2. Violent behavior and Aggression
Violent or harmful behavior is not always seen as negative in a sport. Some people may refer to it as “passion” instead of aggression. Injuries gained by an opponent may be viewed as a result ...

Stress Coping Strategies for Commercial Flight Crewmembers Paper Review

Stress Coping Strategies for Commercial Flight Crewmembers Paper Review
1. The essence of KOBASA model is to show that the body should always be physically fit in order to overcome stress. In KOBASA model, the constitutional predisposition is our own well being, once a person encountered stressful life situation he tends to be at risk of several health problems and that referred to as the strain. Experiencing strain would entails illness and the body’s ability to cope up with the stressful situation will decrease. What the model is trying to convey is that people has to learn the ...

Article Review on Football Management and Leadership

Analysis

In the article “A Review of Leadership in Sport: Implications for Football Management,” Crust and Lawrence discuss the roles of football managers, elaborate on research in leadership, elaborate on research in mental toughness, outline the coach-athlete relationship, and suggest further research to explain the traits and experience required for success in football management.
Football managers need to display both management and leadership personality traits and skills. The authors explain the definition of leadership in both early and contemporary research. The article is mainly concerned with the multidimensional approach to leadership. Research evidence supports the theory that required ...

An Exploration of Female Athletes’ Experiences and Perceptions of Male and Female Coaches

Practice Like a Girl, Compete Like a Boy: Training the Total Athlete

Analysis:
The coach and athlete relationship is important to an athlete’s success and quality of life. Gender can be a factor between athletes and coaches. Women coaches tend to have a different styles from coaches. Male coaches give instructions that are more detailed and women use less structure. Female coaches tend to build relationships that are more personal with their athletes. Male coaches tend to be more authoritarian and are more likely to use an “in your face” style. These are all involved when it comes to athletes’ choices ...

Factors in Learning Skilled Behaviors; Abernethy, B; http://coachsci.sdsu.edu/csa/vol31/aberneth.htm

The research of the author is based on different sports. Various sport disciplines are rather distinct from one another and for that reason often require a specific approach. However, the points given by the authors are meant to be appropriate for all of the sports. General suggestions are given and they can be applied to different sports with some alteration. The author hypothesizes on the factors in learning behaviors.

The design of the study is based on hypothesis given by the authors. Further on, these hypotheses are proven as correct and correlated to different sports. In some cases, as in ...

Manual labor from the discussion with my family and friends is a very decent occupation despite the fact that it is widely despised by different people. This view is very justified due to a number of reasons. Though people know that manual work involves the use of one’s hands and energy, the truth is that manual work is more than this. This is because it goes beyond the use of hands and extend into the use of one’s mind. Compared with the intellectual work, which many people over the world eye and long for with the thoughts that it ...

Article: Future Directions in Coaching Life Skills: Understanding High School Coaches’ Views and Needs (Daniel Gould, Yongchul Chung, Paige Smith, and Jackie White)
The article discusses the study designed to assess the knowledge of the social and personal issues by high school players and the possible perceived roles of coaches in developing the life skills in players. The focus on sports as the method to develop life skills in students has increased and the coaches play a significant role in this. The personal development facilitated by coaches and their role in it has evolved as a subject of research. This ...

Article 2 Summary: Duncan, J. W. 2011. Everything is Obvious, Once You Know You Know the Answer: How Common Sense Fails Us. New York: Crown Business. Retrieved on September 09, 2011 from http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6785.html
It is imperative for leaders to exercise common sense especially in modern day leadership which requires decisions to be made fast.
Modern day decisions making is rapid and often done without much research or application of any theories and the expectation is to have below average risk exposure.
The decision making can be improved through wisdom and experience, failure or absence of these ...

Abstract

In the society, there are various aspects that affect well being of people more so high school teenagers. High school teenagers are highlighted in this case as they are mostly prone to peer pressure from adolescence that drives them to some of the negative vices. The negative vices discussed in this paper are: absence of exercise; tanning in the sun; inability to deal with anxiety disorders; and binge drinking. They are discussed in the form of article reviews with personal opinions on how they affect the community being incorporated.

Article 1: Exercise is Wise

Summary

The article by Mary L. Gavin titled “Exercise is ...

Premiership Football Club buys storage solution to store, access and share critical information

Various sporting institutions have increasing needs for systems that can safely keep the players’ information and data. Arsenal Football Club is not left behind. The club needs a solution that can keep all the players’ information and analysis data protected. This is what compelled the club to install two of Buffalo’s TeraStation ES Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices. The decision was arrived at after a thorough investigation of all the storage solutions. The club also purchased eight MiniStation hard drives with hardware encryption. This was to be used by the football analysis team, the medical staff and the coaches.
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The article by Deborah Kotz is shedding light on pregnancy in particular and healthy lifestyle as a whole. Deborah Kotz is providing a number of evidence, which prove that if a person is leading a healthy lifestyle, going in for sports, but at the same time is not ‘overtraining’, the chances of getting pregnant become rather high. The article itself is very helpful for those couples, which have faced a problem of inability to get pregnant. According to the article there are a number of hints, which may help those couples raise their chances starting with changing themselves. First and foremost, a woman should start eating ...

Introduction

The article written by Auberbach for the USA Today gives a comprehensive description of the situation of domestic violence and sexual assault in American Football particularly within the elite players (Auberbach, 2015). The current problem that this sport faces, which includes university teams as a brand, coaches, and players, is the growing stigma that football players are violent and tend to beat and sexually assault women. Due to several cases of star players that were found guilty of these charges, increased the bad press of this sport. Furthermore, coaches are facing a potential job loss, and universities are being ...

Introduction

International Ice Hockey Federation, Federation Internationale de Football Association, and the Medical Commission of the International Olympic Committee initially organized the conference on concussion in sports. The goal of the conference was to give recommendations on how to improve the safety and health of athletes who have suffered concussion injuries.

Symptoms of Acute Concussion

Sports concussion abnormalities primarily reflect functional disturbances that cannot be observed on standard structural neuroimaging studies that diagnose a structural injury. The diagnosis of acute concussion involves an assessment of various domains. The areas include; clinical symptoms, behavioral changes, sleep disturbances, cognitive impairment and physical signs. The presence of ...

Major Focus of the Article

The article titled, “Strategic Opportunity, And Anguish, For U.S. Companies That Are FIFA Sponsors” by Groves centers on the ethical decision that the sponsors of the world’s football governing body, FIFA ought to make regarding its recent scandalous allegations involving money laundering, bribery, and racketeering. Among these sponsors include the United States leading companies such as McDonald’s, Adidas AG, Nike, Coca-Cola Co, and Visa. Groves implies that all the FIFA sponsors are caught in the cross-fire, that is, between taking part in FIFA’s prosecution and capitalizing on profits. Just like all other organizations, FIFA sponsors have ...

The American College of Sports Medicine’s “The Female Athlete Triad” (2007) examines a well documented medical condition observed in physically active girls. The Female Athlete Triad (Triad) involves three interrelated components: eating disorders which result in low energy availability; amenorrhoea (loss of menstrual fuction); and decreased bone mineral density, which can lead to osteoporosis. The paper outlines the current state of knowledge of the disorder, examines the three components, identifies risk factors and health consequences, and offers clinical recommendations for the prevention, recognition and treatment for those who work with athletically active females.

Risk factors for Triad include ...

Health Education 101, Professor, 2013

Definition of Terms 2
Review of Literature 3
Methods 4
Results 5
Discussion 6
Conclusion 7

Works Cited 8

Definition of Terms
exercise – mental exertion for the purpose of improving one’s health .
mind-set – an attitude or mood .
placebo – a substance with no pharmacological effect but is administered as a control in an
experiment .
work – exertion to accomplish something .
obesity – the condition of being severely overweight .
Review of Literature
It is well documented that there are health benefits to exercising for at least thirty minutes three times each week. A consistent ...

ARTICLE 1

In “Parental predictors of fruit and vegetable consumption in treatment-seeking overweight children” M L Vanhala, J Laitinen, K Kaikkonen, S Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, and R Korpelainen explored the role of family dietary behaviors in the design intervention of the effective treatment of childhood obesity. The study involved fifty-four treatment seeking overweight and 65 normal-weight 8-year old kids and their parents. The study accessed the children’s and parents consumption of FBV using a food frequency questionnaire. The study used voluntary recruitment mechanism where willing participants were recruited by school nurses to participate in family-based treatment for overweight kids. The cities target includes ...

INSTRUCTION

Choose an online news article that examines the benefit of some food, food components, or diet plan. You can go go Google News and do a search on a specific topic you’re interested in. Or you can just browse the health section of any news site and find an article. (Has to be within last week or current) News Article from the news in the United States. DO NOT USE GARCINIA CAMBOGIA

QUESTIONS
Link to article:
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-02-tackles-obesity-nutrition-literacy-soccer.htmlLi

What is the hypothesis of the study described in the news article?

Researchers hypothesized that a change of health among school children can be caused by rise in physical activity through playing soccer ...

Cook, Burton and Hoogenboom (2006) wrote a two-part series on the significance of fundamental movement patterns as indicators of functionality among athletes. Fundamental movements comprise those movements that are common to many sports activities. The authors argued that optimal fundamental movement patterns ensure competence and efficiency because the body does not need to compensate during the performance of athletic activities (Cook, Burton & Hoogenboom, 2006). For this reason, the risk of injury, repeat injury, and diminished performance in the long-term are reduced. The authors proposed pre-participation screening for fundamental movements, instead of just evaluating the ability to perform the skills ...

Even in nonfiction prose, authors find many different ways to tell us about themselves. They may directly describe their personality traits or they may indirectly show these traits through their word choice, their attitudes towards the subject matter and their reported (or admitted) behavior. As such, the personality of the author becomes evident in their works and social interactions. What is commonly referred to as “personality” in a real person is called “persona” in writing. This essay describes the persona of David Foster Wallace’s authorial persona as evidenced in his essays and his social life and interactions with ...

News Item: Jamaica Wins Gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics

Jamaican sprint legend, Usain Bolt, won the 100m gold at the Olympics finals in Rio, Brazil. Bolt, who is also the 100m sprint record-holder, achieved a time of 9.81 seconds at the Joao Havelange Stadium. He eased off to the finish line just ahead of Justin Gatlin, his American rival, who clocked a time of 9.89 seconds. Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse clocked 9.91 seconds (Kelner, 2016). Although Bolt started terribly, he came back strongly to overthrow Gatlin from the lead. Bolt’s win marks Olympic history because it was his unprecedented third consecutive crown at the 100m winners’ ...

The story of LeBron James begins and ends with discussion about his legacy. He emerged as a 14 year-old boy in Ohio—the prodigal son destined to resurrect a city and end a championship drought. But when he struggled to produce, he was heavily criticized, and eventually left town for Miami where he promptly won two championships. James has returned to the city he left five years ago, hoping to bring the championship clout with him. Gary Washburn accurately displays this conflict in his Boston Globe article “LeBron James is giving us a lesson in leadership.”

Washburn quickly explains the conflict in ...

Ambeer Lee (2015) wrote an article entitled Things In Sports Social Media Ruined, which highlighted on a number of negative impacts of social media to sports. What is good about the article is that it did not underestimate the magnitude of dependence today’s society has on social media but opening the article with the statement that the rise of social media has embedded itself in both culture, life and even sports. The article focused on the point that social media is synonymous to a double-edged sword and from the beginning it was clear that the article would focus on the ...

One of the biggest reasons why there seem to be more incidents of poor behavior in youth sports today is the prevalence of social media and cell phone videos. More people are catching the misbehavior of coaches and adults in youth sports and posting the videos to be seen across the country. This deplorable behavior is caused by a combination of reasons. The majority of youth coaches are parents of a player who try to do the noble thing and coach young kids. The problem arises when these dads interpret the privilege to coach as an opportunity to make ...

Article Summary

Abstract
Humor is considered as the effective means of enhancing the wellbeing of the individuals by means of developing the positive inclinations in the individuals and become socially active. Humor is categorized in two categories, adaptive and maladaptive humor, hence, their effects are considered to alter the wellbeing of the individuals. The humor exercises are found to be effective in enhancing the mental health of the individuals. The current study was aimed to determine the effectiveness of humor, gratitude and savoring exercises on the wellbeing of the individuals. The participants of the study in a control group incorporated the ...

Key Points

One of the most ubiquitous and seemingly inspirational term in the American society is none other than diversity, whose true meaning is difficult to be elucidate. The authors of this article conduct exhaustive interviews in four metropolitan localities for understanding the widespread conceptions held about diversity. Despite a majority of Americans responding in a positive manner initially, the interviews disclosed that their actual considerations are emergent and quite conflicting. The study shed light upon the strains existing amidst the conceptions and convoluted certainties of the various discrepancies of the social life, along with also highlighting the challenge of maintaining ...

Abstract

The current paper presents a summary of the article “The Cold War on Ice: Constructivism and Politics of Olympic Figure Skating Judging” by Sala, Scott and Spriggs II. The article addresses the issues of the international political rivalries that took place at the time of the Cold War as well as the inherent rivalries after the Cold War was over. The rivalry between different nations seemed unusual depending on the data obtained by the researchers. Particularly, the authors of the article present a quantitative analysis of constructivist approach allied to international relations. It is worth noting that the researchers ...

Abstract

Childhood obesity is a problem that has faced the United States for over two decades. With so many health issues associated with obesity and so many children becoming obese the problem is in need of a solution. It has been found that children from low socioeconomic status areas are more likely to become obese. Between their families and schools lack of ability to provide healthy meals and not enough resources to fix the issue many children are not learning ways to beat obesity for their future. This study aims to find out if there is a strong correlation between low socioeconomic status in ...

IMPULSIVE PURCHASING BEHAVIOR

1. What is the purpose of the article? Why did the author(s) conduct the research and/or write the article?
Impulsive purchasing is unplanned purchasing that depends on a rapid decision-making. There are many variables influencing the impulsive purchasing behavior such as demographic factors, income, cultural orientation, price promotions, and many other varying variables. The previous studies on the impulsive purchasing analyze the influence of these factors on the purchasing behavior. However, the previous studies miss an important point in analyzing the influential factors on the impulsive purchasing behavior: the influence of the social environment and the social relations ...