The entrance to the field from the bench area was just like that of a hockey rink in that it was a low-wall with a small door leading onto the field. ... The substitutions are made just as they are seen in a hockey game. ... There was one referee on the field as we lined up to start the game. ... The game was extremely fast-paced, just as a hockey game is, with the ball legally played off the walls that were about ten feet tall with a plexi-glass section where the spectators sit. ... The team walked off the field, not really talking about the win, but more about what our plans were for th...

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You would think life for be a walk in the park for someone that was born with a silver spoon in their mouth. I wish I could tell you that is my case. I have been blessed with wealth that my father worked very hard to come by. The only problem is that money can't buy everything you need to survive. I...

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When I was about three, my grandmother took me in. The earliest memories of life I have all started with my Nana and Pops. My Nana was the best; she took me all over the place from birthday parties, to the farm in town. One very special place she always took me to was the library. I grew up going to...

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Elizabeth Allan explains a story of young sophomore girls who are hazed by their older teammates: Picture yourself as a 15 year-old girl at a summer sports camp with your high school field hockey team. ... The so-called hazes were seniors on a team that had won the Bergen County field Hockey Championship for the past three years. ...

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Parent involvement in sports has become increasingly uncontrollable and is leading to more violence on the field. ... Parent involvement reached its peak when to parents got into a fistfight over the amount of contact in their son's hockey practice. ... He believed that his son had received an elbow after a hard check against the glass, in which the coach, Michael Costin replied, " That's what hockey is all about!" ...

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Parent involvement in sports has become increasingly uncontrollable and is leading to more violence on the field. ... Parent involvement reached its peak when several parents got into a fistfight over the amount of contact in their son's hockey practice. ... He believed that his son had received an elbow after a hard check against the glass, in which the coach, Michael Costin replied, " That's what hockey is all about!" ...

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As a child, every athlete dreams of that day when they can step out of their "field of dreams" and lead the game winning drive with two minutes left or hit a game winning homerun in the bottom of the ninth with two outs in the World Series or even shoot the game winning shot at the buzzer in overtime. ... Whether it's steroids in major league baseball or bar fights and women in hockey and basketball respectively. ...

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The school system should decide, based on the interest survey and the informational meeting if there is enough interest to field a team in a particular sport (6). ... These sports include boxing, wrestling, football, rugby, ice hockey, and basketball (6). ...

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