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Stories tagged with: sports
9 Reasons You Should Stop Complaining About the BCS
http://www.toponlinecolleges.com/blog/2011/9-reasons-you-sho...
Education is valuable whether you’re going back to school for a new career, or just need something to do in your retirement years, and these 11 elderly learners offer an incredible amount of inspiration to never, ever stop learning.
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Tags: BCS, onlinecolleges, Complain, sports, championship
9 Reasons You Should Stop Complaining About the BCS
http://www.toponlinecolleges.com/blog/2011/9-reasons-you-sho...
Education is valuable whether you’re going back to school for a new career, or just need something to do in your retirement years, and these 11 elderly learners offer an incredible amount of inspiration to never, ever stop learning.
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Tags: BCS, onlinecolleges, Complain, sports, championship
Routine Head Hits in Sports May Injure Brain, Experts Warn
http://news.health.com/2011/11/17/routine-head-hits-in-sport...
Young athletes who routinely take hits to the head could experience brain injury-even if they do not suffer a concussion, according to the results of a new preliminary study.
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10 Maddening Football Cliches That Won’t Die
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With the average football game lasting more than three hours, it's not easy for play-by-play men and analysts to fill air time. Think about it — the average broadcast pairing calls 16 games per season, working in the neighborhood of 48 hours.
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Tags: football, Cliches, game, sports, broadcast
The Rise and Fall of Jerry Sandusky
http://www.zencollegelife.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-jerry-san...
The revelation that Jerry Sandusky, one of college football's most successful defensive coordinators for more than two decades, allegedly sexually assaulted eight boys — and possibly more — has already damaged reputations and permanently scarred Penn State football. Amid the comparatively less severe scandals that have surfaced in college football over the past year, the repulsing details have reminded both fans and casual observers about life's real problems. The sport is composed of humans, both good and bad, with tremendous flaws, and Sandusky is a prime example. During his is best years, he was considered the leading candidate to replace Paterno as Penn State's head coach, and was praised for his character as he founded The Second Mile, a nonprofit organization that was supposed to help at-risk youth. Now, he's merely seen as a monster. Here are the key points in the steady rise and precipitous fall of the life of Sandusky.
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Tags: Jerry Sandusky, college football, football, scandals, sports
25 Q&A Sites on Becoming a Sports Agent
http://www.mastersinsportsmanagement.org/2011/25-qa-sites-on...
Working in sports can be a very exciting career, but it can also be a difficult field to get started in. If you are interested in becoming a sports agent, there are probably many questions you may have about the job itself. These helpful Q&A sites will help answer many of the questions you have come across during your education and career.
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8 Sports Agents Who Changed the Field
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As Albert Pujols attempted to bring St. Louis its second World Series title in six seasons, his agent, Dan Lozano, was preparing for one of the most-high profile negotiations in sports history. This offseason, Pujols will be a free agent, and a couple of big market teams are expected to participate in the bidding. While the process will be hard work for Lozano, the payoff in the end will make it — along with his entire career choice — worth the hours upon hours of haggling and hashing out "the details." He's just one of the successful agents in professional sports who has garnered the respect of players and ire of general managers, sure signs that he's good at his job. Read on to become acquainted with the best of the best.
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Tags: sports, Sports Agents, field, sports history, bidding
The 10 Most Spectacular Sports Stadiums in the World
http://www.zencollegelife.com/the-10-most-spectacular-sports...
These stadiums have become an essential part of major cities and whole continents throughout the world. They are a source of local and national pride and feature some of the most innovative technology and entertainment advances that the world has ever seen.
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Tags: Spectacular, sports, Stadium, world
Manchester United 2 Otelul Galati 0: Rooney revels in his central role but still United lack a spark
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2056727/Ma...
He may have clocked up 25 years service, but Sir Alex Ferguson still provided a glimpse into the future for Manchester United and possibly even England on Wednesday
night.
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Tags: sports, Soccer, manchester united
Why sport helps kids turn away from crime
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3911261/Why-sp...
AMERICAN swimming legend Mark Spitz is one of the most successful Olympians of all time with nine gold medals – seven won in Munich in 1972.
This week he was among 47 ambassadors attending the Laureus World Sports Academy summit in London to discuss how sport can improve society.
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