Word: athleticism
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In an Ivy League game that so stringently regulates itself—with no athletic scholarships or playoffs, a Harvard national championship is simply not possible—schools might be better served to reward their fans’ dedication.
One of the greatest aspects of track and field competition is that it is a purely objective sport. Black and white. Everyone starts at the same time and the man who reaches the finish line first always wins. Case closed. This year in track and field, however, the story was...
Olympic competition is the ultimate competition for an athlete. The games are the oldest international athletic festival and still embody the purest spirit of competition. Each athlete competes wearing the colors of his or her country and therefore transcends the more mundane sports contest of man on man or team...
Often a clean athlete’s biggest fear is that no one will appreciate their hard-earned success as honest. In allowing this suspicion to dominate our sports psyches, we lose two of the most extraordinary traits intrinsic in athletic competition: appreciation of the natural capabilities of the human...
In professional sports we have often allowed these expectations to take a back seat to our own entertainment. As a society, we’d rather sweep Barry Bonds’ drug allegations under the rug and pay huge ticket prices to see him continue to break records than to...