Corruption in Collegiate Athletics Collegiate athletics in the United States, in particular N.C.A.A. (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Division I basketball and football, have become one of the most prominent forms of sports entertainment today. Like their professional counterparts, the ec...

IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT WOMEN AND SPORTS Facts about Girls, Women and Sports * Before Title IX was passed in 1972, only 1 out of 27 high school girls participated in sports. Today, 1 out of 2.5 high school girls plays organized athletics. * Female student athletes graduate at significantly higher ra...

Anyone can be considered a good athlete, but few can be called great. To be great you have to create changes in a sport that everyone can recognize. Being able to create a noticeable change will allow more opportunities for the ones who are still growing up and want to make their own path. A wom...

Should college athletes be paid? Over the years, the debate on whether or not to pay collegiate athletes, specifically Division 1, has increased greatly. With athletes bringing in millions of dollars to their respective schools, many believe it's time to make a change. The debate has been ongoi...

Over the years, the debate on whether or not to pay collegiate athletes, specifically Division 1, has increased greatly. With athletes bringing in millions of dollars to their respective schools, many believe it's time to make a change. The debate has been ongoing since the 70's, maybe e...

Rumors of his impending resignation swept the country Tuesday; speculation that he would finally quit was front-page news Wednesday in the nation's most prestigious papers -- including the New York Times and the Washington Post; and the press conference where he finally announced that he was really ...

Imagine you're a little girl in the 1930s and '40s. What do you play? Dolls, house, cooking in the kitchen with Mom? Not Babe Didrikson. As a little girl, she was playing basketball, softball, baseball, and other sports. In her life, she played basketball, baseball, softball, tennis, track and fie...

Every four years there is one of the biggest events held in the world. The Olympics--which is combined with excitement, clutch performances, and chances to break history--make the games historic to watch. Every aspect of the game is viewed with astounding talent from each and every team being played...

Basketball was first introduced in Massachusetts in 1891 to a group of students of the YMCA training school by James Naismith, the physical education teacher. "The game was setup with two half-bushel peach baskets fastened to the balcony railing at opposite sides of the gymnasium and played wi...

Should Student Athletes be paid? Yes student athletes should be paid. According to USA Today, the NCAA averages more than half a billion dollars a year in revenue, from TV rights to its men's basketball tournament. This amount doesn't include payout from the college football bowl games, w...