Introduction This paper discusses the media's treatment of athletes and sports figures. ... This type of debate is intertwined in the professional sports culture and constant scrutiny by the media and fans is a reality of professional sports. ... For the past few years, you can't help but notice how the media has changed the behavior of both athletes and fans in the sports world. ... We would even venture to say that as this generation that grew up with social media as one of their main means of communication, we will only see social media impact sports in more and more ways and with...

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In professional sports, the past 15 years have been tainted by our athlete's use of performance enhancing drugs. ... In today's sports, Major League Baseball, has been directly affected with PED's more than any other sport. ... I believe that sports fans and the media are to hold some of the blame for these drugs becoming used at an increasing rate. ... Others who oppose the legalization of PED's in sports believe that it is just downright wrong. ... As a sports society we need to discover if we are ok with people using PED's or not. ...

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Eric Baumwoll Professional Sports Due to the greediness of sports figures; professional athletes are not punished in the same manner as other professionals are. ... Team owners care more about making their money than they do about setting a good example for young kids and making pro sports fun again rather than a business. ... He is one of majors" best all-around players and destined for the Hall of Fame, but he has performed one of the most unthinkable acts in all of sports. ... Curtis Joseph is one of the premier goalies in the league a favorite among fans and the media and on his way to ge...

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This is when the media portrays an athlete as a villain with no chance of recovery from being an evil person. ... Most sports media does not talk about complication and controversy. ... Local Sports TV Problems There are some issues surrounding local sports TV as well. ... Sports events help define out history. ... Sports is a part of history, and helps to write history in progress Sports are the first thing blacks and whites ever did together as equals. ...

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Sports injuries have been receiving increasing attention in the media in recent years, but this attention mostly centers on professional athletes. ... Sports injuries covered in the media are centered on injuries sustained by highly recognizable athletes. ... Now is the time to educate players and coaches on how to safely play sports given all the attention that is being given to injuries in the media. Russell shows data that indicates brain injuries are not actually increasing at an alarming rate as the media would have you believe (3). ... "Acute Physical Activity and Sports Injuries in Chi...

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The institution of professional sports in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Steelers" football, Pirates" baseball and Penguins" hockey, has added much more to the city than a pleasurable pastime for the local sports fans; it has caused an increase in charitable works, a strong, amiable sense of community and union, as well as a source of role models for young, aspiring athletes. The professional sports teams in Pittsburgh contribute thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours to charitable works annually. ... Fans of Pittsburgh sports teams will say, when asked (or even when not asked), that there ...

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Sports could not exist without the presence of money. ... There are corporation buying out sports teams, buying stadiums, and buying everything that has to do with sports. ... It is visible to every sports fan that in the past few decades, sports has undergone a whole new renovation. ... There are several areas and economic factors that must be taken in to consideration when looking at the outstanding success of sports such as; basic economics, areas of sport that are experiencing economic problems or profitability, effects of economics of sport through television and media, and management lab...

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The Sports Illustrated media magazine once reported that half of all surveyed Olympic athletes admitted that they would be ready to voluntarily take PED even if it were to potentially kill them, as long as the drug would allow them to win every event they entered five years in a row. ... Legalizing it would disrespect the rules of sports created by officials. ... There is a reason why specific rules are made in sports. ... Rules in sports change at several times to preserve the sport. ... PED use in sports could potentially create a slow health catastrophe. ...

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Television is a marketing tool that contributes to the amount of the money an athlete receives is media exposure. ... If an athlete is a media favorite, his exposure can be maximized and his opportunities expand, regardless of skill. ... As Michael Butcher, a contributing author for European Magazine illustrated, " television has changed the way we perceive sports, it has also turned it into a goldmine. ... Those that are favorite of the media attention are guaranteed wealth, regardless of individual performance. ... This ensures that the athlete will continue to profit long after he or she ...

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Sports are always bringing in massive amounts of revenue. ... Athletes cant be seen out at the bars because the media will portray that the athlete is irresponsible. ... The media wont be around to take pictures and rip on the athletes. ... What the media and sports fans refer to as stars or superstars are the ones that have to hide from the flashing lights. ... Even though some sports may not have any contact, all sports have an effect on the athletes body. ...

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And as a result of these stories hitting the media, schools began monitoring student progress more closely. ... The team's roster consisted of thirteen players whom were all attending the university on fully paid sports scholarship. In 1997 the team won the collegiate sports highest award, the Division One Basketball Tournament Championship. ... (The majority of schools have established an academic average of 2.00 as suitable for participation in sports programs.) ... Learning institutions, which have sports programs, will be required to report directly to the commission on a quarterly...

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Today sports rule the modern media. ... (Zickler) It has not been up until recently that the use of steroids has circulated so heavily into the mainstream of media. ... In some professional sports there is no testing for such substances as steroids. Baseball is one of the most controversial sports and is seeing the most use of steroids. ... First off they are tainting the sports that they are involved in. ...

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Imagine being swarmed by the media after stepping out of your thirty two thousand dollar car, leaving practice to go to a photo shoot for the cover of Sports Illustrated. ... Playing games on television, movies, shows and every boy's dream, a spot on sports center. ... As Brian Shaw said of a nineteen year old Kobe Bryant in Sports Illustrated magazine, "nobody was going to listen to him when he was eighteen, nineteen years old. ... Many of these situations reported in various sports, involve drugs, women and alcohol. ...

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All professional sports leagues in the United States have banned steroids and some similar drugs. ... "Some athletes have given up sports entirely or even committed suicide once they stopped using steroids" (Tuttle 4). ... This heat from the media came after he broke a thirty-two year-old homerun record in the major leagues. ... Drugs are not new to sports. ...

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