Real Madrid is one of the biggest soccer clubs in the world, many of soccer’s biggest stars dream of playing there. Last season was a rather disappointing one for the club where they failed to win any meaningful trophies, missing on out both the Champions …
Honestly, coming into this course, I did not have a clear idea of what rhetoric and civic life were. These concepts were not really discussed at all in my high school so they were relatively new to me coming in. That being said, I think …
One idea that would seem great for a project like this would be the recent Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action. This has been a controversial topic for a long time as affirmative action was originally supposed to be something that would not take race …
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The Cricket World Cup, through its group-stage games, has been very entertaining and has had many surprises: The rise of Afghanistan, the failure of England, and Australia’s comeback. With that being said, there was one thing that remained constant and that was India ruling over …
I changed my focus from focusing on the evolution of racism in European soccer to instead discussing the evolution of tactics in the sport. The first turning point I would use for this topic is the creation and utilization of the 4-2-4 formation. This formation …
The biggest tournament in Cricket has just begun, the Cricket World Cup, and through 5 games, significant history has already been achieved. Through these achievements, one team has surpassed the expectations set for them, rising as an underdog to make the knockout stages of the …
One of my favorite TED talks is by former NFL player Emmanuel Acho and it is titled “Why you should stop setting goals (yes, really)”. I found this TED talk recently and I found it very intriguing just based on the title alone. The title …
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Every year one prospect is hyped up immensely in NBA drafts, to the point of drawing insane comparisons to current NBA stars. For the most part, these prospects cannot live up to this billing and even fewer can surpass their draft comparisons. However, many have …
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As of right now, the NFL season has just completed its first 5 weeks, passing the quarter-season mark. So far, the season has been exciting with clear juggernaut teams emerging, as well as teams that are severely underperforming. The season has had many good and …
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The idea that I plan on exploring is racism within the sport of soccer, specifically in the English Premier League. There are many racial events in the history of the Premier League but the three major turning points that I can identify are Eric Cantona’s …