Sports

Olympic games. In Wikipedia [Web]. Retrieved December 9, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games

This Wikipedia posting describes the time line of the modern Olympic games. Within the entry, there is a brief description of the history of the ancient Olympic games to when the modern Olympics began in 1896. The categories are broken down into summer Olympics, winter Olympics, controversies, ceremonies and medal counts.

Sullivan, D.B. (2006). Broadcast television and the game of packaging sports. Handbook of Sports and Media, Retrieved December 9, 2008, from http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=sC3TGxZplK4C&oi=fnd&pg=PA131&dq=1960s+sports+and+games&ots=qv610Raovs&sig=G9HdYXZ50mRKInxrnpWjht8FnHY

This article discusses the evolution of the impact of Media in sports. It states that the 1960 Olympic games began the intense media coverage of sports that continued on to sports' seasons. Such intense coverage for multiple sports lead to the development of sports networks such as ESPN.

Plimpton, G. (1999, June 14). Muhammad Ali. Retrieved December 10, 2008, from Time 100 Web site: http://www.time.com/time/time100/heroes/profile/ali01.html

This Time article lists Muhammad Ali as one of history's greatest athletes and heroes. Ali had entered boxing when it was still heavily influenced by the Mob. He won gold metals in the 1960s Rome Olympics, but experts didn't think he had great skill. Critics slammed Ali for his self-promotion and challenges. Ali now suffers from Parkinson's disease and has had an Oscar-nominated movie made about him.

Elliott, S. (2008, January, 31). This year's super bowl ads to be gentle and sweet. The New York Times, Retrieved December 10, 2008, from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/business/media/31adco.html

The Super Bowl ads for the XLII game are set to be less violent and more social conscious than in previous years. The Super Bowl is a large cultural sports phenomenon since many views tune in just for the commercials aired during the game. YouTube continues to make the commercials that are shown during the Super Bowl the most searched items on the internet.

Macur, J. (2007, September, 28). Latest drug crackdown could expose some athletes. The New York Times, Retrieved December 10, 2008, from https://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T5375082867&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T5375082874&cisb=22_T5375082873&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&selRCNodeID=18&nodeStateId=411en_US,1,17&docsInCategory=14&csi=6742&docNo=14

Drug use, specifically steroids have plagued sports for years. This article discusses a crackdown on drugs on its testing policies for the 2008 Olympics as well as domestic sports teams.
This article suggests the penalty for receiving, distributing or buying banned drugs should be the same as using them, he said, following the World Anti-Doping Agency's code.