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…. To Helen Carroll, Massey's case is an example of the prejudices confronting gays and lesbians on a daily basis, especially in sports. In Carroll's job with the NCLR, she is fighting discrimination against gays and lesbians in high school and college. In dealing…

…transferred to Thomas College hoping to play ball again which did not materialize because there were not enough players recruited to start the softball program. At Thomas College, I realized that I was going to school for the wrong reason -- to play ball…

…My editorial is how the seriousness for school related sports has decreased. Sports aren’t what they used to be. People who say things like “ people are taking these sports too seriously” or “ the sports are meant to be fun”, I think, should rethink…

…was the first intercalegic sport in America. Around the 1870’s and 1880’s intercalegic sports became established in schools. In 1869 the first intercalegic foot ball game was played between Rutgers and Princeton. In 1876 a sporting good franchise was formed…

…Sports Psychology My name is Matthew I am currently playing baseball for a Junior College and previously played at South San Francisco High School. While playing the game of baseball during high school, I realized how hard it was for me to succeed…

…the drugs that can sometimes be a major threat to their lives. 5. Drug testing is a way for the sports officials to weed out the users and severally punish them by throwing them off the team and sometimes expelling them from school. Performance enhancing drugs…

…of the school’s sports teams.” If the athlete does not remain on the team for the entire season and “fails to keep his or her part of the agreement… the institution withdraws the financial package, even if the athlete continues in school as a regular student…

…Is Professional Wrestling a Sport? Imagine thousands of screaming fans waiting for the popular television show WWF Monday Night Raw to begin. Elaborate firework displays go off and loud music plays all to enhance the audience’s excitement…

…. Title IX was supposed to change the world, and it has: the number of women participating in college sports has jumped up considerable since the law was enacted twenty-five years ago. But the world changes slowly. U.S.A. Today surveyed 303 Division I schools…

…Sport and Money Everywhere you look you see sport intertwined into everyday life, be it on the television, in your back yard, in schools, universities or in social networks. Nobody can escape the influence of sport, either as a spectator…