This is no surprise, seeing how player salaries have skyrocketed over the past few decades in the major sports such as basketball, football, baseball, and hockey. ... Just a few years ago, two adults got into a fight at their sons" little league hockey game and one ended up dead. About a year ago, in the Little League World Series, the Harlem coach illegally started a sixteen-year-old child at pitcher to gain an unfair advantage in an event meant for twelve-year-olds. ...

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As quoted in Business Week, women have "few Leagues of their own."" ... The WBNA is tagged as a "runaway hit- due to the fact that it is the first women's sport to sign a deal with a major network to air their games. ... This league was to start with a 2.5 million dollar budget. ... The NHL is now working on starting on plans for a women's league. ... The softball league, WPF, was backe...

• Word Count: 1978
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Basketball has gained popularity over the years, according to the 2014 Harris Poll, the NBA is ranked 6th in popularity behind the National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), college football and auto racing (Rovell, 2014). ... The MLB has two leagues, the American League and the National League. ... There a youth leagues, high school and college leagues just to name a few. ... The NBA Development League or D-League is the NBA's official minor league basketball organization. The D-League was founded in 2001 (NBA Development League, 2014). ...

• Word Count: 1984
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He was second in the National League in wins (18), innings pitched (292 1/3), complete games (19), and shutouts (4). He also led the league with a 2.71 earned run average and 313 strikeouts. ... However on July 30, 1980, Richard collapsed on the field from a major stroke. His Major League Baseball career was over. ...

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Ken Keiper, the chairmen of the NCAA's Division II baseball, talked about the brawls in major league baseball. Keiper said, " I don't see the mound-charging brawls yet in the youth leagues, but if they continue at the major league level, the kids will emulate them and it will definitely come" (Wilstein B1). ... One issue that seems to come up quite often with the mention of athletes is Drugs. " Of all the major athlete drug testing programs, only the NBA does not test for marijuana, because the NBA drug policy does not include marijuana in its list or banned drugs"(Athletes With). ...

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She wanted $1,000 in damages to cover league registration, hockey classes and mental distress. ... Even with the statistics in favor of the coaches, the suits have a major impact. ... "When Cincinnati Moeller high baseball coach Mike Cameron was developing such major leaguers as Buddy Bell, Barry Larkin and Ken Griffey Jr., he usually had 90 kids try out for the team. ...

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"They should have a girls' league too. ... In Garden City, N.Y., the Little League keeps no standings for ages five through nine but introduces that unforgiving metric for its 10-year-olds. ... Pee Wee Baseball League 10-year-olds are consigned to "minor league" play except those who, in the cold and determinist words set forth on the organization's website, "are ready." ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Webster's dictionary defines discrimination as a social, economical, political or legal distinction made between individuals or groups that makes one have the power to treat the others unfavorably. It can also be defined as the act or policy of treating someone differently, setting them apart or den...

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He then goes on to say that, it would be like Bud Selig, the commissioner of major league baseball, asking pitcher Roger Clemens and pitcher Curt Schilling to leave there gloves at home and meet at the pitchers mound for a debate rather than playing in the World Series (www.espn.com). ...

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I played basketball all day Sunday, worked over 40 hours, played two league basketball games and attended class. ... Emotional/psychological health plays a major role within the dimensions of health. ...

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Many athletes of vary skill and ability have often been told that "you will play (in the game or event) just like you practice", by their coaches. I myself, as a high school and collegiate distance runner was often told to "run in practice like you run on race day." Looking back, I now know that my ...

• Word Count: 2095
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School