The Coaching Factor "Get your f#@&ing ass over here. What in the hell were you thinking? You could have cost us the game." Have you ever heard a coach yell this at you from the sideline? I know I have, and it could be shocker to the fans in the stands, but if you practice with a co...

Boys to Men: How Boys Develop Masculinity Through Sports As an eighteen year-old student athlete at Skyline College, I am fortunate enough to witness the significant role that sports play in developing more masculinity in young men. Masculinity pertains to the qualities traditionally attributed to...

As of right now where im going to be in five years is something that I can not see. I can tell you what i'd like to be doing, but that might not be exactly what is going to happen. I would really like to be able to play in some sort of professional football, but to most athletes that's...

Amos Alonzo Stagg was born August 16, 1862 in West Orange, New Jersey. Stagg was born into a poor family. His father was Amos Lindsley and his mother was Eunice (Pierson) Stagg. His father was a poor shoemaker and he also cut hay for neighbors to earn enough money to provide for his...

Vince Lombardi was a father, and a husband, and he had a great impact on today's view on professional football as well as other sports. On Jun 11, 1913 born (and grew up) in Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, NY; first of five children (2 sisters, 2 brothers) to Henry Lombardi and Matilda ...

Athletics have always provided a forum for cohesiveness and understanding between different cultures, ethnic groups, and social/economic statures. The reason for this understanding is that they provide a common goal for a person and/or a team. Athletics are basically known for the building of a st...

Go West Side Friends, faculty, and acquaintances, on this day, I ask you this. Is it wrong for a student to cheer against his or her own high school sports team? Before such an easy answer rolls to the forefront of your mind, let me ask you another question. Can a person be pushed beyond the l...

Aaron H. Fisher Autobiography My name is Aaron H. Fisher. Currently I am a senior student at Foothill High School, in Redding, California.. I am looking forward to graduation and continuing my education at the University of Redlands and pursuing a B.A. in History. I am blessed with a gr...

Sperber, Murray, Shake Down the Thunder: The Creation of Notre Dame Football. Henry Holt and Company. New York, 1993, pp634. This book is excellent. The author not only cheers the team on but also shows that the Fighting Irish can be a team that many want to lose. He is very partisan in the fa...