Athletes
Athletes are those who participate in sports, either professional or amateur. A professional athlete is paid to participate; an amateur athlete is one who participates merely as a pastime, not for pay. Athletes have been regarded as role models throughout history. Even when athletes say they do not want to be role models, people continue to view them that way.
Physical contests of some sort have taken place in most cultures. In the Western world, sports and games began to take on their modern shapes in the late 1800s. With the rise of industrial work, religious and social leaders took an interest in the well-being of the working classes and…>> (read more)
Athletes
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Athletes in the News
Byline: Leba Hertz
Way before Kobe Bryant, Muhammad Ali, Joe Montana, Barry Bonds, Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, even Jesse Owens and Babe Ruth, there was Jim Thorpe,…>> (read more)
Byline: Erin Allday; Chronicle Staff Writer
A recent NCAA recommendation to screen college athletes for sickle cell trait - the gene that can cause sickle cell disease…>> (read more)
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It turns out that even athletes involved in individual sports need a team-or at least a cheering section. Researchers in England studied amateur golfers, relating…>> (read more)
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