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… gains in college athletics have become excessive over the past decade. Major college institutions now have merchandising contracts, television contracts, and the success of the team lures more students to the institutions. These gains are not detrimental…

… Here starts another morning of waking up at 4:30 a.m. and getting ready for workout at five. Drowsily, I get out of bed to put on my leotard and brush my teeth and make sure my hair is out of my face. I eat a quick breakfast on my way to the gym.…

… on February 20, 2001 by Representatives Kolb, Hansen, Woodward, Dennis, Gieleghem, Zelenko, Murphy, Lipsey, Waters, Bogardus, Jacobs and Anderson. What House Bill No. 4293 basically says is that if a high school has both a boys’ and a girls’…

… if not the greatest baseball players of all time, and yet Babe was one of the most infamous players of all time. Babe Ruth conquered many feats on and off the field. Babe also led a life of free will and ill judgment. George Herman Ruth Jr.…

… an article in a sailing magazine that had asked its readers to write in with the number one reason they go sailboat racing. The results, supplied by a few hundred people, were not surprising to me. The overwhelming reason people named was the stimulati…

… to balancing school work and practice is the most difficult part of being a student athlete. I find that student athlete proves to be harder than most people think it is. Everyone thinks that it is just an easy ride when you are an athlete at the…

… has budgeted for stuffed hall monitors! Yes, those lovable hall monitors, Frank, Maria, Donna and Becky will have a stuffed variant of themselves in just a few weeks. We asked the administration what they would possibly do with stuffed hall-monitors……

… greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em.” (2,v, 77, Twelfth Night.) What makes a great basketball player? The National Basketball Association (NBA) consists of many talented…

… violence, sports has become an area where some feel that the violent acts such as the hitting and fighting that occurs should be eliminated. It is very difficult to change the way that a game is played because people have been playing it that way…

… I see a group of young boys standing on the field. The boys are dressed in white pants with blue stripes and orange shirts saying “Southern Bank of Commerce Mets.” I stood in front of those young ballplayers and said, “Do y’all know why I am here?”…