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This 5 page paper looks at a range of racial issues in sport. This includes discrimination against racial minorities through wages and positions played, the disparity of white ownership of sports teams, the movement towards increased equality, the present of racism in the media and the perceptions of the fans and the sport people. The bibliography cites 15 sources.

This 10 page critique concerns an article that appeared in the American Journal of Epidemiology that asserted there was a differential between physical activity and physical fitness as it was applied to patients suffering from ischemic heart disease. Also included is the supplemental text that addresses these important risks, by Sobolski, Kornitzer, De Backer, Dramaix, Bramowicz, Decre and Denolin's 'Protection Against Ischemic Heart Disease In The Belgian Physical Fitness Study: Physical Fitness Rather Than Physical Activity?' There are no additional sources included in the bibliography.

In fourteen pages this research paper discusses the impact of physical education on children's health and fitness.

An 8 page paper which examines the benefits of fitness. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

In eleven pages this paper argues that the sports and media are not dependent upon each other but could exist equally well independently and includes sections on sports, sports without the media, and the media without sports provided. Four sources are cited in the bibliography.

In ten pages this paper discusses the connection between self esteem and fitness in an overview of women in sports and the obstacles confronting them. Ten sources are cited in the bibliography.

This paper addresses the issue of females coaching male sports teams. The author provides relevant literature on both sports and psychology. This fifteen page paper has five sources listed in the bibliography.

The writer discusses some of the criminal issues that have arisen in connection with sports and sports figures. There are seven sources listed in the bibliography of this five page paper.

A 3 page paper. Sports agents have reputations similar to those of lawyers and for good reason. This essay reports the styles of three real sports agents and discuses the potential ethical issues involved as well as the behaviors that must be changed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

In eleven pages this paper discusses the importance of exercise and nutrition in daily life. Twelve sources are cited in the bibliography.

Benjamin Rader's American Sports is a book that relates the history of sports within the US. The writer, in addressing this book, eqautes the rise of sports with the rise of cities. This eight page paper has one sources in the bibliography.

In three pages this speech features the writer’s personal reflections on attending a local community sporting event known as ‘Sports Night,’ an exciting experience during which throughout the course of the evening past legends from the world of sports gathered to sign autographs, tell stories, and make a lasting impression on young fans. There are no bibliographic sources listed.

The paper is written into sections, the first section looks at the way in which there is an "impossible conflict" in sports, where ticket and television may be shared by all teams within the league, undermining competition. The second section examines the way in which the relationship between politics and sports has developed, and considers the reason for political influence on sport. Four sources are cited in the bibliography this four page paper.

The writer looks at the role of sport, and in particular soccer, to examine the way it can reflect as well as influence social values and attitudes. The paper starts by looking at the way in which sport can help to support individual and community identities and goes on to discuss the way sporting events may have a direct and indirect impacts on social attitudes, for example helping to reduce racism. Numerous examples are utilised to illustrate the points raised. Eighteen sources are cited in the bibliography of this twelve page paper.

Five pages applying the concept of expectancy theory to sports training. Three sources.