James Naismith, better known as the "Father of Basketball," was born in Ramsay, a town near Almonte, Ontario on November 6, 1861, where he was the eldest son of Scottish immigrants John and Margaret Naismith. Ever since he was a young lad he had a passion for sports. Although he wasn&apo...

When investigations find that college athletes are given special treatment as far as grades are concerned, and that they even have courses made up for them that they don't have to attend, it does not look good for the future of any college athlete who is graduating. However, there may be hope f...

American Sports History (1865-Present) 1. Introduction 2. End of civil war 3. U.S. Sports at the Turn of the Century 4. The Twenties 5. Changes: The Late 20th Century 6. Bibliography 1.Introduction Being that my topic was sports history I found a lot of information, whether...

INTRODUCTION The Amateur Athletic Foundation's 1989 study, "Gender Stereotyping in Televised Sports," received national attention in both the popular media and scholarly publications. The study has become required reading in several college and university courses. And, hundreds of copies of t...