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    Running head: FANTASY FOOTBALL 1 Individual Research Paper: An Overview of Fantasy Football January 15‚ 2012 Abstract This paper explores the popular world of fantasy football along with the technology used to sustain a successful league. What is fantasy football‚ you ask? Fantasy football is a competition amongst fantasy football owners with specific set of rules and scoring systems. It allows anyone to establish and manage their own dream team of current players

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    When did cheerleading officially become a sport? It became a high school sport in 1972. At that point‚ cheerleading became more athletic and challenging as coaches at cheerleading camps pushed the girls to try more acrobatic moves. In 1999‚ ESPN (the cable sports network) officially declared it a sport and began showing the national cheerleading competitions that were taking place around the country.As of the early 2000s‚ as many as 20 different high school organizations declare cheerleading as

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    work and help their franchise out a ton‚ so I guess the same could be true with the Miami Heat (Measurement). The week Lebron was to decide his signing Jill Seward from NESN said “The world’s most-talked about basketball player will sit down in an ESPN special titled "The Decision" in Greenwich‚ Conn.‚ at 9 p.m. ET‚ and millions will be watching.” (Seward). Millions of people sat down

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    On September 27‚ 2011 I attended a speech at the Auburn University Student Center in which Bill Rasmussen‚ the founder of ESPN‚ was speaking on his journey to making it big. The speech was an hour long and contained some strong points and some not so strong points as well. He adapted to the environment‚ which was all college students‚ by relating to us through common knowledge such as school‚ work‚ and most importantly Auburn football. He went in depth with each of his main points and was relevant

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    negotiations that eventually led to a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that was signed in July of 2011. (ESPN website‚ n.d.) On March 11‚ 2011 the current CBA expired and without a new agreement in place‚ the NFL owners officially locked out the players. Players were not allowed to use team facilities or be anywhere on team owned grounds. This did not come as a

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    Televisual Redefinitions of the "American" Pastime"" Journal of Sports & Social Issues 26.4 (2002): 337+. Print. "Latinos in MLB." Latino Baseball "New York Yankees - ESPN." ESPN: The Worldwide Leader In Sports. 2009. Web. 1 Dec. 2009. . "New York Yankees - ESPN." ESPN: The Worldwide Leader In Sports "New York Yankees - ESPN." ESPN: The Worldwide Leader In Sports. Web. 1 Dec. 2009. . Stewart‚ Wayne Yiannakis‚ Andrew‚ and Merrill Melnick. Contemporary Issues in Sociology of Sport. Kendall/Hunt Company

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    Herb Brooks: Charismatic Motivation in Coaching In the following essay‚ I will argue that Herbert "Herb" Brooks was a charismatic leader due to his powerful motivation and his high expectations. He expected great things from the players he coached‚ but mostly‚ he expected them to think of the team and not themselves. He motivated with a powerful punch‚ mostly through fear‚ but was able to unite his teams and eventually the country. Herb Brooks was born on August 5‚ 1937 in St. Paul Minnesota

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    recognizes professional League of Legends players as athletes‚ giving them visas to go to the country and work. The boss of ESPN‚ even though Dota 2 was streamed on their channel ESPN3‚ said “It’s not a sport – it’s a competition. Chess is a competition. Checkers is a competition….Mostly‚ I’m interested in doing real sports” (http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/09/07/espn-boss-declares-esports-not-a-sport/) He wasn’t thinking then about the 32 million people who play League of Legends when he

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    company’s potential to grow. However‚ Disney’s primary source of revenue comes from their media distribution channels. Disney owns ABC‚ ESPN‚ Disney Channel‚ and other popular networks making up over 40% of their revenue income (23.69 billion in 2016). According to Disney’s Q4 report for 2016‚ revenues fell by 2.7 % and based on Disney’s growing concerns for ESPN‚ subscriptions have since decreased by 10 million since its peak in 2013 of 99 million. At the moment‚ potential loss mostly will be offset

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    While both the article by Thompson (2011) and the report by Pullen (2001) share similarities and report on the same incident‚ the styles of the two articles differ greatly. Thompson uses dramatic phrases such as‚ “Boom! Boom! Just like that” (Thompson‚ 2011)‚ to pique the interest of the reader. Similarly‚ Pullen makes use of emotionally loaded words like “flung” and “distraught” while reporting on the involvement of the Army Reserve Forces in the rescue operations following 9/11. This demonstrates

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