National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is the United States" most popular sport, eclipsing Major League Baseball (MLB) over a decade ago. ... Traditionally, Television broadcast has been the means by which most Americans have been able to view football games. ... Fan Diversity Capturing and sustaining a diverse football fan is also in important function of marketing in the NFL. ... Long time NFL sponsor, the United Way, use popular football stars to promote their programs for underprivileged children. ... By centralizing marketing efforts, costs can be controlled...

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REMEMBER THE TITANS In Boaz Yakin's Remember the Titans, football becomes the force that is strong enough to break through the wall of prejudice. ... The legendary high school head football coach was replaced by an African-American. ... In order for the players to overcome the prejudice on the football field, they had to look past the segregation off of the field. ... The impact of this football team upon society was significant in Virginia. Nationally, high school football is the most successful sport in the country. ...

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Steroid maker and former body builder David Jacobs directed football players to use HGH during the season and to use steroids during the offseason. ... All though NCAA professionals believed they had the problem under control, this investigation revealed that the ongoing issues with NCAA football and steroids is still a large problem in the sport. ... However, because of their ineffective testing NCAA football unlike most sports, has not yet discovered the full extent of their steroid problem. ... With inconsistent punishments for steroids in NCAA football, I don't know what I should feel...

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Football was all white. ... Strode and Washington became the first African American players in the modern National Football League. ... Most recently, this topic has been debated in the National Football League. "In the last week of July, the National Football League fined Matt Millen, president of the Detroit Lions, $200,000. ... "According to the Black Coaches Association (BCA), ethnic minorities represent only 2.7% (15 of 547) of head coaches at all National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) institutions (not including those coaching at historically black colleges and universities),...

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Since then, organizations such as the National Football League and National Collegiate Athletic Association have also put drugs on their lists of banned substances. ... A drafted football player from a High School to a NFL (National Football League) team can already rely on the use of drugs to reach success. ...

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Football players pound each other for about five months each year while playing one game per week. Basketball and baseball players play a much longer season then do football. ... Ticket prices have almost doubled for professional football games in the last ten years. ... A six-pack of beer at the gas station is less than one beer at a football game proving the players do get overpaid. ... For example, in the most popular incident of them all, in 1994, the outstanding football player O.J. ...

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Along with the CFL, the Canadian Football League, which is also another popular sport in the Canada because a lot of former players in the NFL go to this league and it is also very entertaining. ... With increasing numbers of youth playing soccer, football and other sports the demand for baseball is on the decline and of course hockey towering over them all as most that live in Canada are either a fan of hockey or play it or have once played it in their life time. ...

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Jackie Robinson was born Jack Roosevelt Robinson on January 31, 1919. He was the youngest of five children. His father, Jerry abandoned the family and ran off to Florida. Jackie's mother Mallie was left to raise her five children alone. In the Spring of 1920 a year after Jerry left, Mallie moved ...

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In an article on MidlandDailyNews.com, sports-writer Chris Stevens is quoted as saying "Pro athletes, especially in sports such as hockey and football, take a tremendous amount of physical punishment, and their bodies are banged up and bruised for much of the season. ... As a young African-American male we mainly flocked to sports such as basketball and football but suddenly baseball was an attractive sport for all of us and it made many of us join baseball organizations in our area. ...

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Performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) have a long history in sports according to Sports in America's "Performance-Enhancing Drugs" article. PEDs have dated back to the coliseum days when gladiator owners, or lanistas, provided opium to the gladiators to ignore pain and improve strength. But today, phar...

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The first man to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball in the 20th century, Jackie Robinson is one of the most celebrated baseball players in history. Jim, the moral center of Mark Twain's The Adventure's of Huckleberry Finn .Who doesn't portray a baseball player, yet both Jackie Robinso...

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Racial Integration American history cannot be studied without focusing on the civil rights movement in the 1900's. Furthermore, we cannot discuss the civil rights movement without covering the integration of African Americans in baseball. When Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier it resemble...

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Are Athletes Role Models? Lately, a topic of great controversy has been whether or not athletes should be looked upon as role models by their fans. Does an athletes" responsibilities pertain solely to his performance on the field of play or does it also extend to his personal life as well? T...

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Jackie Robinson: Robinson Changes Americans' Views on Racism Jackie Robinson was one of the most profound individuals to ever walk on this earth. Robinson established a reputation as a man who never tolerated insults to his dignity (Kahn 6). One of his accomplishments was entering the major le...

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A Guide to the Troubles of Professional Baseball Baseball, America's pastime, has turned into more than just a fun game people gather with friends, compete, and have fun. Has baseball turned into a money issue where the players want more money than they can spend or else they do no...

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