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Sports can be a wonderful thing for young men and women to compete, develop athletically, work within a team and build unity, and develop leadership …

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Sports can be a wonderful thing for young men and women to compete, develop athletically, work within a team and build unity, and develop leadership skills. The accompanying culture of sports fanaticism plays people’s minds and continuously demands their focused emotional attention inning by inning, play by play. Sports fans respond to the constant sensational cycles of competition between individuals and/or teams, and the unavoidable emotional and psychological result of winning or losing. Likewise, sports and the addiction to sports, like many other addictions, is a distraction diverting the attention of the participants from reality to the reality of the game and the emotional and psychological addictive benefits it guarantees.

As the musical chair participants predictably walk in one direction careful not to miss a second or lose attention for fear of losing the game, so also do sports fans figuratively march in one direction; going along with the waves of storylines, latest scores and memes that the sports leagues throw at them on a daily, even hourly or minute-by-minute basis, careful not to miss a score, a game, or a big story.

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Chronological History of Sports Related Events

Did Hitler Really Snub Black Olympic Athelete, Jesse Owens, at the 1936 Olympics?

Did Hitler Really Snub Black Olympic Athelete, Jesse Owens, at the 1936 Olympics?

It has long been regarded as the greatest sporting snub in history - when Adolf Hitler stormed out of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin because Germany had been humiliated by a black man. The moment was 1936 and an incredible American athlete called Jesse Owens had just run his way to the first of four gold medals in the 100 metres. Hitler, who had shaken hands ...
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The Black Sox Scandal: Did Eight Players on the Chicago White Sox Really Throw the 1919 World Series Against the Cincinnati Reds?

The Black Sox Scandal: Did Eight Players on the Chicago White Sox Really Throw the 1919 World Series Against the Cincinnati Reds?

Oct 1-9, 1919 - The Black Sox Scandal resulted in the most famous scandal in baseball history after the 1919 World Series. Eight players from the Chicago White Sox (nicknamed the Black Sox) were accused of throwing the series against the Cincinnati Reds. Details of the scandal remain controversial, and the extent to which each player was involved varied. It was, however, front-page news across the ...
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Mask Mandates for Professional Baseball Players go into Effect, How Pandemic Affected Other Sports

Mask Mandates for Professional Baseball Players go into Effect, How Pandemic Affected Other Sports

In 1919, during the second phase of the flu, baseball started amid the virus. At that time, the Allentown Morning Call reported on March 3, 1919, that all team members and umpires during baseball games were forced to wear masks. The MORNING CALL even reported that Truck Hannah of the Yankees was not permitted to take his mask off underneath his iron face guard. By the time ...
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'The Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion' Excerpts Were First Published in Serialized Form, in a St. Petersburg Newspaper. Were They Authentic?

‘The Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion’ Excerpts Were First Published in Serialized Form, in a St. Petersburg Newspaper. Were They Authentic?

The Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion, a document detailing the 1800's minutes of meetings where Jewish leaders discussed their goal of global Jewish domination by subverting the morals of Gentiles and by controlling the press and the world's economies, is first published in serialized form with excerpts for the general public to freely read on August 28, 1903. In 1884, the daughter of ...
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