Central Collegiate Hockey Association Essays

  • Why Ohio State's Football Program Is Better than Michigan's

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    Why Ohio State’s Football Program is better than Michigan’s There is one sport’s rivalry that is known as the greatest of them all. It isn’t the Tobacco Road Rivalry, it isn’t the Iron Bowl, and it isn’t even the Red Sox against the Yankees. According to ESPN at the turn of the century, the greatest sports rivalry is Ohio State versus Michigan in college football. While many Wolverine fans claim that the Michigan football program is the superior one, there are a variety of reasons that show otherwise

  • Brute: A Savagely Violent Man

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    A savagely violent person or animal. That is the definition that comes up for ‘brute’ on Google. By definition, a person can reasonably be called a brute based on his/her actions, but he/she must not use reason or rationale. When the black man and the surgeon square up to do battle with each other in the Emergency Room, there exists a situation where both the patient and the doctor are being coached in their respective corners of the ring on how to best handle the opposition. When they engage one

  • Concussions In Ice Hockey Essay

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    Ice hockey is a fast-paced and full contact sport whether you are in a body checking league or not. However with a full contact sports, concussions are unfortunately inevitable. There are numerous factors that play into the number of concussions in ice hockey. Body checking and numerous head impact injuries that occur in hockey are a huge reason for concussions. Although administrators are taking steps towards concussion prevention and education, this education is proving to be ineffective. This

  • Positional Segregation In Sports

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    from the black players. Another reason for positional segregation was the discrimination in training opportunities. In the transition from college to pro, many black players went from central positions to non-central positions as described by Madison and Landers (Kahn, 1991). Positional segregation also occurred in hockey with the French-Canadians at defense in the 1970s and 1980s (Kahn, 1991).

  • Masculinity, Violence, and the American Sports Culture

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    through exemplary moral means. The macho and stereotypically masculine attributes that can manifest themselves in corrupt ways cannot benefit the young boys looking up to the men who are their idols. WORKS CITED Attorney General’s Report: UVM Hockey Team Hazing. 1 December, 2001 http://www.state.vt.us/atg/uvm%20Hazing%20report.html#summary Lapchick, Richard E. Fractured Focus: Sport as a Reflection of Society. Toronto: Lexington Books, 1986. McKay, Jim, Michael A. Messner, and Don Sabo