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	1800s in sports - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		1800s in sports - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/1800s_in_sports (48 words)

	Olympic History: Gymnastics - Netcenter Sports Channel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		After financial corruption led to the banning of gymnastics in 393 A.D., the sport did not reappear in the public arena until the 16th century.
		Germany, which was key in developing apparatus gymnastics, won most of the medals as men from five countries competed in the horizontal bar, parallel bars, pommel horse, rings and vault.
		Popularity for the sport swelled and the first individual all-around competition was introduced into the Olympic Games in 1984.
	ww1.sportsline.com /ns/ce/feature/0,1511,2177060,00.html (503 words)

	The History of Jim Crow
		The age and degree of a sport's professional organization, economic factors (ranging from cost of participation to financial rewards for the victors and their sponsors), and individual personalities all interacted with segregation law and discriminatory attitudes to such a degree that generalizations about Jim Crow and sports are difficult.
		While basketball is an appealing sport readily available to children of all economic classes in all geographic regions and provides health and social benefits to all participants, the number of positions available in professional basketball is quite small.
		The accomplishment is significant, particularly since these three sports are the big three revenue sports in the United States, so players get a share of the salaries (both the lucrative contracts of the megastars and the modest salaries of average players) and advertising endorsement income associated with the sports.
	www.jimcrowhistory.org /resources/lessonplans/hs_es_sports.htm (7144 words)

	Maine Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Beginning in the mid-1800s Maine Sports and lasting for more than a century, Maine boasted a large number of lodges Maine Sports and sporting camps that catered to the pursuit of outdoor activities.
		Maine Lodges Maine Sports and Sporting Camps tells the story of the most prominent destinations, featuring nearly two hundred historic images that depict the life that existed when Maine was a sportsman's paradise, abounding in trophy game Maine Sports and fish.
		Maine Sporting Camps Association - Maine Sporting Camps Association Formed by a group of concerned camp owners whose purpose was to preserve the sporting camp's uniqueness in the State of Maine.
	mainesports.usamsoc.com (603 words)

	About the USA > Sports
		Sports have contributed to racial and social integration and over history have been a “social glue” bonding the country together.
		The typical American sports of baseball, basketball and football, however, arose from games that were brought to America by the first settlers that arrived from Europe in the 17th century.
		Thousands of baseball fans flee the snow and ice of the North for a week or two each winter by making a pilgrimage to training camps in the South and Southwest to watch up close their favorite players prepare for the spring opening of the professional baseball season.
	usa.usembassy.de /sports.htm (579 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Sports Betting Works"
		Organized sports betting took off in the United States at the horse racing tracks that sprang up in the 1800s.
		The broadcast of sports on TV kept the cycle going -- sports became more popular, which made betting more popular, which made some people enjoy sports more.
		Sports 'n Chips: Mahogany Poker Chip Case - Holds 500 ChipsMahogany Poker Chip Case This beautiful dark mahogany poker chip case is one of the finest cases we have ever sold.
	money.howstuffworks.com /sports-betting3.htm (547 words)

	NBA is courting China - The Boston Globe
		Although the Chinese sports market is fraught with risks and regulatory hurdles, and could take years to develop, companies are driving to the money basket with the NBA and Yao.
		Businesses hope that the combination ignites a nascent $5-billion-a-year China sports market, causing it to explode with growth rivaling the annual $200 billion spent in the United States for anything related to sports.
		China has long followed the former Soviet Union model, in which sports was viewed as a national endeavor, supported and dominated by layers of government.
	www.boston.com /sports/basketball/articles/2004/10/28/nba_is_courting_china (837 words)

	PAW- October 11, 1995
		The notion that sports build moral fiber was first fostered by British upper-crust schools and then adopted by their elite New England counterparts in the mid-19th century.
		In the late 1800s, organized sports were introduced into American public schools as a way of integrating an unprecedented influx of immigrants into society, write the authors.
		The current connection between sports and schools was forged, Miracle and Rees argue, at a time when American industry needed a compliant, unthinking work force.
	www.princeton.edu /~paw/archive_old/PAW95-96/02_9596/1011book.html (1369 words)

	Women covering sports
		She sees sports journalism as a way to combine an interest in athletics with a love of writing.
		The focus of the course is "an inch-deep look at the entire world of sports," including everything from golf tourism at Myrtle Beach to controversial hikes up Everest, from overweight kids who don’t exercise to the benefits and problems of Title IX, the 1972 federal statute that prohibited sexual discrimination in athletics.
		Women in sports media isn’t a new concept — there are records of women sports writers in the United States dating back to the late 1800s.
	www.ibiblio.org /jomc/carolinacommunicator/archives/april2001/levelfield.html (2281 words)

	NIRSA Know - March 2006 - News
		Recreational sports programs are viewed as essential components of higher education, supplementing the educational process through enhancement of students’ physical, mental, and emotional development.
		At a majority of institutions, recreational sports programs are placed under the administrative auspices of a division of student affairs, though some programs may be found within a variety of other administrative structures, including athletic departments and business divisions.
		Through participation in recreational sports, students are encouraged to develop critical thinking skills, create new problem-solving strategies, hone decision-making skills, enhance creativity, and more effectively synthesize and integrate this information into all aspects of their lives.
	www.nirsa.info /know/2006/03/news005.html (1826 words)

	Curling at Sports Gear 101
		The object of this Olympic sport is to slide your curling stones (rocks) the closest to the target painted on the ice.
		Curling is thought to have originated in the 1500s with rules being introduced in the early 1800s.
		The game was originally played on frozen rivers, ponds, canals and lakes and was eventually brought inside in the mid 1800s as curling clubs were opened in many northern states and throughout Canada.
	www.sportsgear101.com /sports/curling (259 words)

	Jews in Sports from P to Y
		A favorite sport of the Rothschild banking family since the 1890s, they helped popularize polo in Austria and France.
		She was inducted into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame in 1992.
		Baron Robert de Rothschild (1880-1946) was the 1936 bobsledding champion of France, and in 1888 E. Cohen of the United States won the Grand National of Tobogganing at St. Moritz, Switzerland.
	www.jewishsports.com /jewsin/history/p2yhistory.htm (2707 words)

	International World Games Association : Billiard Sports
		All the divisions of billiard sports are now working together harmoniously for the future of the game and its continued expansion.
		The sports are enjoyed by a global television audience made up of male and female, young and old viewers.
		Billiard sports made their debut in The World Games in Akita in August 2001 and certainly made a lasting impression.
	www.worldgames-iwga.org /vsite/vcontent/page/custom/0,8510,1044-163514-180729-18047-62398-custom-item,00.html (543 words)

	sports history - Province of Posen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ice Age glaciers left moraine deposits and the land is speckled with hundreds of "finger lakes", streams flowing in and out on their way to one of the two rivers.
		Due to the large number of resident Germans (first as settlers and then as occupiers) and the presence of powerful, warring nations on all sides and the internal strife between three major religious faiths, the area was often a battleground of ethnic conflicts.
		During the first half of the 1800s, the German population grew due to state sponsored colonisation.
	www.sportsfactbook.com /history/Province_of_Posen (1130 words)

	Sports Of 1800s
		Sport and British Society - a great read from the British Council...
		Synchro began as a male sport in the
		Sport used to be a brutal, lawless affair frowned upon by the middle classes,...
	www.cordah.co.uk /sports_of_1800s.html (309 words)

	Penn Baseball in the 1800s: Narrative, 1872-1884, University of Pennsylvania Archives
		Penn Baseball in the 1800s: Narrative, 1872-1884, University of Pennsylvania Archives
		During the first decade after the move to West Philadelphia, the teams organized by individual undergraduate classes, professional schools, and student organizations continued to be the most visible baseball teams on campus.
		Because its professional schools were such a significant part of the University, sports enthusiasts at Penn had compelling reason to seek athletes from these schools.
	www.archives.upenn.edu /histy/features/sports/baseball/1800s/hist2.html (1573 words)

	Archives, Museums and other Heritage Resources - Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame honours excellence in athletes, teams and builders who have made outstanding contributions to Nova Scotia's sport history and culture.
		It also houses a research room, a sport film library, a collection of books, programs and files on numerous specific sport histories and invididuals and an interactive hockey and basketball area.
		The collection consist mainly images of various athletes, sports administrators, coaches, organizations, teams and sporting events, ranging in date from the late 1800s to 1980s.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /musdir/novascotiasportshalloffame.htm (219 words)

	South Jersey Sports Online - Lacrosse Front Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		There's a reason the girl's lacrosse team from Moorestown has dominated their sport and it was quite evident Tuesday afternoon.
		When the sport of lacrosse became viewed as a game to take serious back in the early 1900s, the men were the ones representing their country during the Olympic competition.
		Even before that time period, during the early 1800s when the game lasted from sun up to sun down with the field over five hundred yards apart, lacrosse was reportedly played to toughen the warriors for actual combat.
	www.sjsports.com /lacrosse/2004 (770 words)

	About the USA > Sports > Soccer
		Originally called association football (the name soccer is a corruption of “assoc” which is derived in turn from association), soccer is distinguished from American or Canadian football and from rugby in that it is primarily played with the feet.
		No other sport crosses so many cultural boundaries, and it no surprise that it is the fastest growing team sport in the United States.
		In the early 1800s, a number of North American colleges had soccer teams, but the rules were informal and differed from school to school.
	usa.usembassy.de /sports-soccer.htm (1264 words)

	Sports History. Historical Facts About The Origins of Sport And Games.
		The early 1800s saw the game come to the United States, where it has since flourished.
		, considered to be America's first sport, was born of the North American Indian, christened by the French, and adapted and raised by the Canadians.
		During the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries it became the highly fashionable sport of kings and noblemen and was called ' Jeu de paumme' - the game of the palm.
	www.athletic-scholarships.net /history-sports.htm (654 words)

	The History of Sports Memorabilia-Print (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		These days Tobacco Companies are finding it next to impossible to have their names advertised any where near sports and sporting events, but in the late 1800s and early 1900s, cigarette and cigar smoking was the norm.
		Of course, sports memorabilia collecting today has gone well beyond just the hobby of the collecting of baseball cards and today it is a full fledged industry on its own accord.
		Collectors today are not only sports buffs; they are also interested in the investment aspect of their collections.
	www.sandys-safelist.com /directory/article.php?id=998&act=print (614 words)

	Penn Sports Teams in the 1800s, University of Pennsylvania Archives
		Sports are arranged according to the year of the earliest known university organization and also the year of the earliest known team.
		All of these sports had been played earlier by Penn students, both as individuals and in contests between College classes.
		For general background on the early development of sports at Penn see The Origins of Penn Athletics.
	www.archives.upenn.edu /histy/features/sports/entry.html (138 words)

	Sports Articles - First Edition
		Whether we are talking about professional, sanctioned sports or organized youth sports makes no difference; coaching in sports is an awesome responsibility.
		Coaching entails the application of sport tactics and strategies during the game or contest itself, and usually entails substitution of players and other such actions as needed.
		Some of the sports that animals participate in include horse racing, bullfighting, dog sledding, cock fighting, pigeon racing, and greyhound racing just to name a few.
	www.sports-articles.com (792 words)

	Ecuador - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the late 1800s, world demand for cocoa tied the economy to commodity exports and led to migrations from the highlands to the agricultural frontier on the coast.
		Olympic sports are also popular especially since Ecuador obtained its first Olympic gold medal in Atlanta's 1996 Olympic Games, by the hand of Jefferson Perez, on the 20km walk Men Athletics.
		There is flourishing activity in non-traditional sports such as mountainbiking, motorbiking, surfing, paintball (Equadorian sides are among the top 6 ranked in the continent[1]) and mountain climbing among others.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ecuador (3620 words)

	sports encyclopedia
		Olympia title in 1980, but he remains the sport's No. 1 icon.
		He hosts an annual bodybuilding contest in Columbus, Ohio, and allows a column to be ghost-written under his name in a muscle magazine.
		This book is a useful for persons wishing to contact a celebrity for autographs, charity and fund raising events, school writing projects, real estate leads or general research.....
	www.school-n-office-supplies.com /kwp/sports_encyclopedia.html (757 words)

	"A Short History Of Your Sport. Sporting History And Facts."
		That target was usually the wicket-gate of the sheep paddock, which was defended with a bat in the form of a shepherd's crooked staff.
		Cross-country is a running sport that consists of at least five scoring runners per team that race against each other in courses that vary in difficulty.
		Until the mid-1980s it was generally accepted that ice hockey derived from English field hockey and Indian lacrosse and was spread throughout Canada by British soldiers in the mid-1800s.
	www.athleticscholarships.net /history-sports-a-l.htm (624 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - SPORTS
		Considered the world's first sliding sport, skeleton originated in the Swiss town of St. Moritz in the late 1800s.
		The sport took its name in 1892, when a new sled made mostly of metal was introduced.
		The sport's governing body, the Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et Tobagganing (FIBT), was founded in 1923.
	www.olympic.org /uk/sports/programme/disciplines_uk.asp?DiscCode=SN (202 words)

	Cricket, Other Sports at Sports Goods Online
		It is a bat-and-ball game played on a roughly elliptical grass field, in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground 22 yards (20.12 m) long, called a pitch.
		Cricket is also a major sport in England and Wales, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe and the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean, which are collectively known in cricketing parlance as the West Indies.
		For its fans, the sport and the intense rivalries between top cricketing nations provide passionate entertainment and outstanding sporting achievements.
	www.sportsgoodsonline.com /cricket.htm (797 words)

	Connecticut Sports Heroes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		You asked how Connecticut sports heroes are honored in the state.
		None of the buildings under the care and control of the Department of Public Works is named after or houses a commemoration of a Connecticut sports hero, according to Peg Moynihan, the department's legislative liaison.
		She notes, however, that there may be a building named after a person whose reason for such an honor is unknown.
	www.cga.ct.gov /2000/rpt/olr/htm/2000-r-1034.htm (393 words)

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