Word: sportsmanship
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Flagrant Foul An ugly basketbrawl leaves sports fans and players wondering what ever happened to sportsmanship...
...Cheerleading is encompassed in the rivalry between other aspects of the schools,” says senior Travis LaVoi, one of four men on the 18-member squad. “There’s no bad blood between the cheerleading teams, and we practice good sportsmanship. But it will be much easier this weekend to get audience participation, since the level of intensity is definitely increased...
...Matt Berry and nine points behind Dartmouth’s Mike Wilde. Kovacs led the pack into the finish, edging out Berry by taking his third first-place finish in the regatta, and Wilde retired after the race’s finish in penance for questionable sportsmanship to take sixth overall...
Olympian Heights The ideals of the Olympic games are certainly worthwhile: sportsmanship, athletic prowess and opportunities for people from many nations and cultures to meet [Aug. 30]. What's wrong is the goal of constantly setting new world records, on which most athletic competitions, including the Games, are based. That world-record ideology assumes that the human body is capable of infinite development, enabling specially gifted athletes to continue breaking records for all time to come. Such an expectation is the reason athletes use performance-enhancing drugs. They know they are not capable of surpassing records without resorting to such...
...ideals of the Olympic games are certainly worthwhile: sportsmanship, athletic prowess and opportunities for people from many nations and cultures to meet [Aug. 30]. What's wrong is the goal of constantly setting new world records, on which most athletic competitions, including the Games, are based. That world-record ideology assumes that the human body is capable of infinite development, enabling specially gifted athletes to continue breaking records for all time to come. That expectation is the reason that athletes use performance-enhancing drugs. They know they are not capable of surpassing records without resorting to such drugs. It would...