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Athletes Behaving Badly

By Denali K.

LBJ HIGH SCHOOL

Dude, Where’s My Funding?

High School Sports Lack Funding

by ARI R.

LBJ FOOTBALL Brown runs with the ball against Crockett

June 2010

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June 2010

CONTENT

Stories 3 Funny Faces 9 Fire/Ice

LeBron or Kobe

10 BALLS!!!

16 Top Paid Athletes

21 Physical

Education

24 Get Physical

Their rivalry has been the biggest in basketball.

They are always MVP candidates.

Find out who’s better

29 NBA Free Agents

33 Hot Guys...

35 Baseball

Olympics

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39 What Sport Fits You?

5 SOCCER GOAL Story of Dennis Byran

By Caitri F.

11 FIGURE SKATING Ice, Ice, Baby Ashley Marie Hilliard

By Denali K.

17 HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS LBJ Funding?

Coaches and Athletes Opinion

By Ari R.

25 WORLD CUP 2010 The US naps US sleeps on the World Cup

By Kason T.

James: Andrew D. Bernstein, Field: Wikipedia Commons, Stadium: Wikipedia Commons, Lewis: Wikipedia Commons, Ice: Russ Biender

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DIRTY ATHLETES Ray Lewis is just one of many athletes who has been caught in crime, or in a scandal.

By Denali K.

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Kason

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PLAYERS Caitri (Catch) Denali (Dribble)

If you like talking all of the time, then Denali (Dribble) Kervella is your gal. Denali is sweet, peppy, and sarcastic. She enjoys obssessing over her hair (it always looks good) and gum snapping.

When Denali is not jamming to “Baby got Back” she is a First Lady, and is secretly a mermaid; at least she swims like one.

You might find her saying “cute” quite frequently and “gimme the deets.”

Ari (Ace) Ari (Ace)

Our only real complaint about Ari (Ace) Rogers is that she makes it EXTREMELY difficult to make fun of her. Ari Rogers enjoys being annoyingly perfect, gorgeous, and athletic. You will often find Ari saying “Mamma Mia!” When Ari is not busy chatting about the wonders of different varieties of pasta, she plays volleyball for the LBJ Jaguars, as well as kicking some booty as a softball player.

Caitri (Catch)

If you have ever heard of Oscar the Grouch, then you pretty much know Caitri (Catch) Feddeler. Caitri enjoys the smell of trash, and yelling at innocent bystanders. You don’t want to cross her path. But beneath her furry green exterior, Caitri is really just a sweet, helpful kid with a passion for soccer and chicken. When Caitri makes ventures out of her trashcan she plays the sweeper for the Austin United Capitals, soccer team.

Kason (Kick )

Kason (Kick) Tey is the gum supplier, soccer fanatic, and the token male member of our group. Kason enjoys complicated water bottles, Sports Illustrated, and making fun of girly conversations. When Kason isn’t busy arguing with Denali why figure skating isn’t a sport, he enjoys being the best (and only) Asian on the track team, and owing at defense for the FORZA FC soccer team.

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An Italian volleyball player lets loose when prepping for a jump.

Look at that face!

A collage of an array of the funny faces athletes make when in the heat of the moment.

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by ARI R.

Andy Roddick is caught off gaurd making this face.

Man? Woman?

I don’t know but look at that face!

Two guys battle it out during a soccer game.

A female tennis player makes an intense face while hitting the ball.

Owch...

LeBron James cracks a smile and a grimace during a game.

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GOAL!!!

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hile other kids were inside watching TV or at the mall hanging out with their friends, Dennis Bryan was outside in his back yard with a soccer ball. Dennis would spend countless hours of his weekend outside with the ball close by, taking only short breaks to finish his homework.

He had limited supplies at his advantage in his small backyard with weeds poking through the grass and pots of flowers covering the small porch.

Dennis Bryan was very active in sports through high school and into high school, starting at a young age his dream to become a professional soccer player. Dennis now works to help other athletes to become better by coaching. Dennis went to college at the Incarnate Word and was the assistant coach for tree years. He has been a select soccer coach now for 9 years and has coached at three different clubs, currently at Austin United Capitals Soccer Club. Coaching has had a major impact on his life and he wants to make others realize their goals athletically and academically. Dennis tries to push his

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Dennis Bryan had always dreamed of being a professional soccer player, ever sense hew was in high school. What will he do to accomplish this goal.

by CAITRI F. AUSTIN UNITED Dennis Bryan now coaches soccer at the Austin United Capitals Soccer Club in Austin, TX. Dennis is running an activity with his 11 and 12 year old team testing the players skill.

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players to their potential so that they can accomplish their goals.

“I wasn’t pushed to the extreme and that’s why I want [my players] to give the best everyday,” Dennis said.

Dennis’s main focus was soccer but he also competed in other sports including football, cross-country, track, and baseball in high school. This activity in other sports helped Dennis stay active and be a stronger athlete. Dennis worked constantly to achieve his goals, through out high school, even when he wasn’t likely to succeed. He didn’t have the advantages of living in a large city or being able to play with a major club. Regardless, he had success in high school but it was still a long shot for him to become a professional player. Dennis’s brother went to the same high school and graduated with many opportunities to play soccer for college, but still managed to come to all of Dennis’s high school games. When Dennis’s brother’s career took a turn and he was no longer able to play soccer for the college team he still encouraged Dennis to do his best. “[My brother] was my biggest cheerleader,” Dennis said. “He taught me that even though it didn’t work out for him, he still wanted me to strive to be the best.”

MINNESOTA THUNDER Dennis played with the Minnesota Thunder professional team for 3 years.

While Dennis felt he had the means to succeed in professional soccer, others weren’t so optimistic.

Dennis came from a small community without many connections in the soccer world, which many people felt would limit his options in playing soccer. He still wished to play professional soccer, so he would have to overcome these obstacles.

“They told me I’d never be able to do it ‘he’s too small,’ people didn’t give me a chance and I took that as a challenge and that made me strive to be the best,” Dennis said.

Dennis continued to practice and play soccer at any chance could. After all the work he had put into soccer he was able to attend the US soccer festival. This festival was a tournament of regional players who all have the same purpose and desire to be the best. Dennis played against the under 17 and under 18 years of

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age national teams in front of the US national coach showing the skills he had practiced for hours on end.

“Playing against the U17 and U18 national teams was a great honor,” Dennis said.

“You get to show what you can do to the best coaches and get to prove yourself.”

When Dennis first started his carreer he had to realize that everyone he is competing against wants it as much as he does so he would have to try harder. Dennis was motivated to be the best when he saw all the people around him Photo courtesy of Karla Cantu

COACHING Dennis now coaches select girls soccer at the Austin United Capitals Soccer Club. working hard. He learned that this was for real and he had to push past everyone else.

“Every body is there for a reason,” Dennis said. “I wanted to be the best every day, not just comfortable.

In my first game I scored the game winning goal and that gave me confidence that I could play at this level.”

Dennis had finally landed a spot in a trial in Germany to play in a higher division professional team. This was his big break and he spent months in preparation for the trip. Before he left for Germany he was playing in a game when he changed direction really fast and his left knee blew out.

“How quickly things can change, blowing my left knee out,” Dennis said. “[I was] never the same player afterwards.”

One week after his injury, Dennis’s mom passed away. The game in which he blew out his knee and lost

his chance to go to Germany for the trial, was also the final game his mother ever saw him play.

“That was the biggest blow knowing I would never be able to play at that level in front of my mom again,” Dennis said.

After Dennis went through surgery on his left knee he continued to play soccer. Even though he had lost his chance to go to Germany he still pursued a professional career. Dennis played at the Minnesota Thunder and later at Dallas Burn, now known as Dallas FC. Dennis started the majority of the games and was the team captain on Dallas Burn his last 3 years. Audiences would come from across the nation to the games and would have 2,000-4,000 people at each game.

“I took pride in playing on the field,” Dennis said.

“It made me humble and cherish the moments I had because I knew it wouldn’t last forever.”

At the end of the games people would line up to get the autographs of the players. There would be posters surrounding the walls showing the players faces. People would know their names and look up to the players as role models. Dennis Bryan took part in training camps to help younger athletes.

“It was an honor and [I] walked away from there proud of myself,” Dennis said. “The kids look up to

you and are thinking ‘Wow I just met a professional soccer player.’”

Dennis wished to inspire the kids who watched him play so that they could make every effort to be the best. To make an impact in kid’s lives he tries to relate to the kids and create an environment in which they can strive. As a coach Dennis will joke around to keep the mood light while still getting the drills done effectively. Dennis also wanted to be a teacher because the most influential people in his life were his teachers.

“The people who made the biggest impact in my life were my teachers,” Dennis said. “Its important to give back to people.”

Dennis wanted to be a Special ED. teacher to help other people. Dennis tries to teach his teams that helping others is an important aspect of life to learn.

“I want [my] teams to be involved in the Special Olympics,” Dennis said. “I want to be in an environment to make an impact in other kids lives.”

Dennis works with his players to accomplish goals that are not only for soccer. He tries to help his players learn important lessons about life through his coaching, like how to work towards a certain objective. As the players develop skills they learn how to set goals and appreciate the opportunities that they are given. Dennis believes that it is important to appreciate those who have an affect in your life and work to help you.

“You have to learn to appreciate the people who help you in your life,” Dennis said. “Respect out of my players is all I ask for.”

Dennis wants the people he coaches to be respectful to others and to appreciate what they are given. Dennis stresses that his athletes take advantage of the opportunities they have because not everyone is as lucky.

Even though Dennis wants his players to succeed he wants them to be happy and enjoy what they do.

“You should enjoy things because you want to do it not because you have to,” Dennis said.

Wearing his Austin United Capital T-shirt, Dennis Bryan lines up the cones as he is preparing for the next activity his team will work on. He thinks back to the days when he was playing and working to be a professional player. Then, Dennis remembers that you are always a student of the game and everyday is a new experience to improve.

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Crazy Stats 23 Jersey number worn by LeBron James for the last eight seasons, also worn by the great Michael Jordan.

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LeBron’s future number after saying that no one should ever wear Michael Jordan’s number 23 again.

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The career ERA of David Moraga who pitched in four games in his career. He played three games with the Montreal Expos, and one with the Rockies.

6.21 40 yard dash time by offensive lineman Josh Hall in the 2006 NFL combine. Is one of the slowest 40 times ever.

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Who’s on FIRE Who’s on ICE

by KASON T. Danny Crawford

Rajon Rondo

Joins greats Oscar Robinson and Wilt Chamberlain by putting up 29 points, 18 rebounds, and 13 assists in game 4 against Cleveland. That was his fourth career playoff triple double.

NBA referee who has reffed many games in the playoffs. After reffing game 3 in the Spurs Mavericks series, the Mavericks are 1-16 whenever Crawford is the referee.

Yuko Mitsuka

Longhorn Pitching

Was awarded a two shot penalty for slow play at a tournament, so she stormed off the course. Then after being given a $21,590 fine she disqualified herself from the next 11 tournaments.

Ranked number one in the country just about the whole season, won the Big 12 championship. And have an amazing team ERA of about 2.17. Also in 33 innings against Baylor UT gave up only one run.

Tiger Woods

Montreal Canadiens

After doing real well in the Masters he went to play a few more tournaments.

In the next one he missed the cut, then the following week after atrocious play he left with injury.

Were the last team to get in the playoffs, being the eight seed, and then beat the favorite Washington Capitals in the first round, and then beat the Penguins in the second round.

Ken Griffey Jr.

Stephen Strasburg

Was called up during the Seattle Mariners game to pinch hit. After not being found in the dugout, a teammate went to look for him in the clubhouse only to find him catching a nap.

Was the first pick in the 2009 MLB draft, and pitched six innings for no hits with the Washington Nationals triple A team.

Strasburg has a crazy 100 mph fastball.

BEAST LBJ POLL WHAT IS LBJ’S FAVORITE SPORT?

Soccer...............................................28% Football............................................25%

Basketball.........................................20% Volleyball..........................................18% Baseball/Softball.................................9%

Dynamic of the Ball

by CAITRI F.

FOOTBALL Modern American Footballs are made out of leather, filled with air and designed to be perfectly weighted for football.

The dimensions of a standarized NFL football are 21” in short circumfrence and 28” in long diameter and a total 10.75” in length. This desgin allows for the spiral motion that the football makes when thrown.

RUGBY BALL The Rugby ball is characterized as being oval in shape.

The Rugby ball was originally made out of leather and pig bladder and was hand stitched with 4 panels but is modernly made out of mainly leather. The ball, when inflated to full capacity, is 27 cm in length and has a 60 cm circumfrence at the widest point.

Ball Costs Bowling Ball Cost: $50.00

Volleyball Cost: $25.00

Soccer Ball Cost: $20.00

Football Cost: $20.00

Soccer Ball Modern Soccer balls are made out of leather or plastic that are water-proof because games are still played in the rain. The ball is made up of 32 panels, 12 of which are pentagons and 20 are hexagons. some balls are designed with less panels for visual affects. the Soccer ball is a sperical ball with a circumfrence of 27”-28”.

TENNIS BALL Tennis balls are constructed of 2 rubber pieces and the ball is covered in either wool or felt. The seam between the 2 pices can be seen but is covered with elastic sealant.

The ball is 2.5” in diameter and must weigh 2 oz. Tennis requires the ball to bounce so there is a standard height of 55” the ball must bounce when dropped from 100”.

BASKETBALL Basketballs can be made out of either leather or rubber.

The ball is spherical in shape and 29” in circumference.

The weight of a basketball with range from 18-22 oz. The size and weight of a basketball will also vary based on level of play. The inflation of a basketball will be made so that the ball will bounce to 52” when dropped from 6 ft.

GOLF BALL Golf balls are made of a rubber core that is encased in a shell of gutta percha. The ball must be 1.68” in diameter and weighs 1.62 oz. The outer side of the golf ball is covered in dimples which are designed to add speed and distance. The golf ball is designed to be hard and small to increase the distance that the ball can travel.

Basketball Cost: $15.00

Rugby Ball Cost: $15.00

Cricket Ball Cost: $15.00

Frisbee Cost: $5.00

Baseball Cost: $3.00

Golf Ball Cost: $3.00

Tennis Ball Cost: $2.00

Raquet Ball Cost: $1.00

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Ice,Ice BABY

CAPTION Figure Skaters Isabel Delobel and Oliver Schoenfelder skate in the Eurepean Champinonships.

Ashley Marie Hilliard figure skates competitively, participates in swim team, and maintains an A average at a prestiogious public school.

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imilar to many high school stu-

dents, LASA sophomore Ashley Marie Hilliard daydreams during class. But unlike her peers, her thoughts are not of boys, shopping, or weekend plans, she is thinking about the next time she can escape her

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everyday life and make time to figure skate.

Ashley Marie Hilliard is an average high school girl who spends her free time competitively figure skating. Ashley believes in hard work and integrity. She does what she wants to do for herself and no one else and she strives to be excellent.

Ashley has a busy schedule including varsity swimming, being an honor student, and balancing time with friends.

It is sometimes difficult to find time to excel in every aspect of her life.

“Because of having to balance school and swimming and figure skating I don’t always have enough time to practice as many hours a week as I normally would. I improve slowly I move up slowly but ice skating is always a stress reliever for me.”

Although figure skating takes up valuable time, Ashley uses figure skating as a way to escape the pressures of life.

“When you get out on the ice its just relaxing and cold,” Ashley says.

“You go really fast and there are so many different tricks that you have been doing for so long it feels natural and everything feels in control and ex-

actly as it is supposed to be.”

Part of the appeal of figure skating is the rush and excitement in figure skating

wimps. It hurts more than most of the other sports I’ve ever done when you mess up.

“Figure skating is not for wimps. It hurts more than most of the other sports I’ve ever done when you mess up.” competitions. As a child Ashley would compete in figure skating competitions as often as twice a month.

“Competitions are definitely high pressure, you’re the only person on ice and that’s really stressful,” says Ashley. “You know the routine so well, you have done it so many times you could do it in your sleep but that doesn’t take the stress out of it.”

There are many skeptics of the sport who believe that figure skating is not as difficult or athletic as other sports.

Ashley shakes her head in frustration upon hearing these thoughts because she has worked through and fought the challenges of figure skating for years.

“Figure skating is kind of thought of as a girly sport for whatever reason,” Ashley says. “Figure skating is not for

One of the reasons Ashley was drawn to figure skating was because of the challenge that it provided over other sports.

“With swimming and running its just you can push yourself,” says Ashley, “Skating you are launching yourself in the air over very hard ice on tiny little blades there is a lot of just nerves that comes wtrying to attempt a new jump.”

Figure skating has become a vital part to Ashley’s life. It affects her every action, and the competitive nature she has naturally has strengthened through figure skating.

“You find yourself either being really into it, or you quit and that is not something I’m going to do.”

by DENALI K.

CAPTION Sasha Cohen Figure Skates

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Photo courtesy of Commons

Kobe or LeBron?

It is the argument of the decade in the NBA, so who is better? Bryant or James? by KASON T.

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t’s the most publicized match up in basketball, LeBron vs. Kobe. You see them everywhere. They are on magazines, TV ads, websites galore, and they are consistently the special on Sportscenter.

In just the past year Nike started their puppet ads, which shows Kobe and LeBron. Nike started the ads in hope of a LeBron-Kobe face off in the championship. In the ads, the two puppets would argue about who is better. Kobe would show off his rings, then LeBron would show how much more athletic he was than

Kobe. They are each the franchise of their teams, Kobe Bryant and his Los Angeles Lakers while LeBron James has his Cleveland Cavaliers. Every time they play each other the game is hyped for weeks, and when it comes to be game time millions tune in. It is the ultimate debate; who is better Kobe or LeBron. The Black Mamba or the Chosen One. The Dagger or King James.

First, let’s look at their age, LeBron is only 25 years old, and Kobe is already 31. LeBron is still young and has room to grow and develop, while Kobe has already past his peak.

LeBron has a bright future ahead of him; his potential is great. Both of them went to the NBA straight from high school and both were great successes. Kobe was drafted 13th overall in 1996 by the Charlotte Bobcats, and LeBron was drafted 1st overall by Cleveland in 2003. By looking at the draft you can see that James was drafted higher than Bryant, which shows how much more pure talent James has. So when you compare Kobe and LeBron you have to take their age into consideration. Kobe has been in the league for 14 years, while LeBron is only on his 7th year. Kobe Bryant has more experience, and is considered as a veteran.

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GAME TIME LeBron and Kobe face off in their big match up. The game is always intense.

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Since Kobe has more experience it is certainly not fair to compare LeBron and Kobe at different times of their careers. LeBron is barely stepping into his prime of his career, while Kobe is nearing the end of his prime. So the only real way to compare Kobe and LeBron is to compare them while they were at the same age. So first let’s look at their rookie seasons.

Kobe played limited minutes in his rookie season and averaged only 15 minutes a game. He was mostly just a backup. But when the game was on the line and his team was facing elimination in the playoffs Kobe had three chances to keep his team in the game, or even to win it.

All three of those attempted shots were air balls, which means he didn’t hit the net, the rim, or even the backboard, all he got was air. Now let’s take a look at LeBron’s first NBA season; LeBron was a starter for the Cavaliers. He later became the youngest person to win rookie of the year, and became one of only three NBA players to average at least 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game, all in his first season. So LeBron was a better rookie than Kobe.

Now if we look at the stats from when Kobe was also 25 years old like LeBron is now, there is no comparison. The

stats are from the age of 25 years and 22 days to be exact. LeBron is better in points with 27.7, while Kobe only averaged 21.5 points a game. LeBron’s stats also show that he is clearly superior in rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked

Kobe had 10 games over 50 points.

All of these games don’t show that Kobe is better, what is shows is that Kobe is a much more self centered guy, he’s more focused on making points himself rather than being a team player. LeBron is clearly more of a team player than Kobe. ESPN’s analyst Chris Sheridan said it best, “James is the better player in terms of getting his teammates involved and making everyone around him a better player. Kobe is more of a one-man, I-am-the-show type of player.” LeBron thinks about his teammates while Kobe just thinks about himself. LeBron still has better stats to help out his team, but shots. Also many may say that Kobe he doesn’t go overboard like Kobe has a better shot than LeBron, but if can continuously. Last but not least you look at their three point percentwe have to look at their head to head ages they are the exact same at 33.2. games, and of the 13 times that they But now there is one stat that Kobe have faced each other LeBron has absolutely controls, and that is in the won a resounding eight. number of games where either Kobe or Many others also say that Kobe has LeBron have scored 50 or more points. a killer instinct, which is true. If the In Kobe’s NBA career he has had 24 game was on the line many would go games where he has individually scored with Kobe to win it. But there is one more than 50 points, where LeBron has very important instinct that LeBron had only 8 of those. You may say that has and that is a winning instinct, Kobe has been in the league much lonwhich shows how competitive LeBger and naturally has more high scoring ron really is. Another thing is that games, but in the ‘06-’07 season alone Kobe already has four rings, while LeBron has not won a single NBA championship yet.

Photo courtesy of Commons But again, LeBron still has his whole future ahead of him, while Kobe The stat comparison between LeBron and is nearing the Kobe at the age of 25 years and 22 years. end of his career.

So now we come back to the quesStat LeBron Kobe tion, LeBron or Kobe. Now as you Min. avg.

40.4 33.9 look at the potential, the stats, and 3 Pt. % 33.2% 33.2% the teamwork, Pts. avg.

27.7 21.5 there is only one guy and its LeBReb. avg.

7.0 5.0 ron James. The Ast. avg.

6.8 4.2 Chosen One over St. avg.

1.7 1.4 the Black Mamba.

King James over Blk. avg.

0.9 0.6 the Dagger. Yes, it’s LeBron over Kobe.

“James is the better player in terms of getting his teammates involved.”

LeBron Kobe Stats

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Top 10

Highest Paid Athletes

by CAITRI F.

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1 Tiger Woods

PAID:$99,737,626

2 Phil Mickelson

PAID:$52,950,356

3 LeBron James

PAID:$42,410,581

Tiger Woods is a professional golf player and has won 14 professional major golf championships.

Phil Mickelson is an American professional golf player and has won 4 major professional golf championships.

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LeBron James is an American professional basketball player and now plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

4 Alex Rodriguez PAID:$39,000,000

Alex Rodriguesz plays professional baseball , currently playing third baseman at he New York Yankees.

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5 Shaquille O’Neal

PAID:$35,000,000

Shaquille O’Neal is a professional basketball player and is now playing at the Cleveland Cavaliers.

6 Kevin Garnett PAID:$34,750,000

Kevin Garnett plays professional basketball as a power forward for the Boston Celtics.

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7 Kobe Bryant

PAID:$31,262,500

8 Allen Iverson

PAID:$28,937,500

9 Derek Jeter

PAID:$28,500,000

Kobe Bryant plays professional basketball as a shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Allen Iverson is a professional basketballl player who is currently on leave from the Philadelphia 76ers

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Derek Jeter is a professional baseball player and plays short stop for the New York Yankees.

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10 Peyton Manning

PAID:$27,000,000

Peyton Manning is a professional football player and is the quarterback for the Colts.

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Softball players Makala Kuhr and Ashley Long pick up trash before a game.

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Dude, where’s my Funding?

Coaches and athletes give their opinion on the fundingLBJ Athletics Department recieves. Is it enough?

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by ARI R.

Photograph by ARI R.

leven girls jog onto the softball field. They warm up in turf that is made up of more weeds than actual grass. Behind the bases, the sand is spotted with stray dandelions and clover. The dugouts are made from cinderblocks and bent fencing. Trash normally lines the outfield fence, but as the girls take their three warm-up laps, they pick up the garbage people carelessly leave behind. And yet, on the same campus, there is a baseball field that looks like one out of a poster. Fresh, springy grass ends exactly where the manicured sand begins. A few years ago it wasn’t like this. The baseball coach, under his own budget, had to fix up the field. LBJ athletes and coaches agree that the budget needs reform, but when it comes to how it should be changed, the opinions differ.

“I don’t think that the budget is spread evenly around the sports,” LASA junior Autumn Kervella says.

Some smaller sports like softball, volleyball, or soccer don’t get as much money as some of the more ‘popular’ sports like football.

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“Football and basketball, they get a lot of money from AISD because you pay to get into games, but I don’t think that you can totally disregard most of the smaller sports,” Autumn comments.

Autumn competes in smaller sports like track and crosscountry. She knows first hand the struggles many LBJ athletes experience because of the need for more funding. For the past two years, the track team has traveled to Houston to compete in the Texas Southern Relays. The team first ran into problems when looking for a means of transportation for the 3-4 hour drive. “[The District] won’t let you take a regular yellow school bus if you’re going a certain amount of miles out [of Austin],” she explains.

They didn’t have enough money to rent vans that would take everyone on the team. The coaches paid for their hotel rooms, out of their own pockets, and the team members had to pay for their food and van fees.

“It’s put a lot of strain on stuff…

[And] put stress on the coach and the team in general.”

Not only has strain been put on the athletes because of this issue, coaches are becoming stressed as well. Marcella Brown coaches wrestling, volleyball and softball, and has to deal with the hassle of supporting the needs of the team, when not given enough funding or

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quality equipment.

“The district finds the lowest bid t-shirt company, uniform company or Helmet Company, etc… What we end up with is the most inexpensive and sometimes poorest quality equipment. For example, I would have loved to order new

does not always invest in quality equipment, the uniforms do not last all four years.

“If AISD invested in quality material instead of the least expensive, I believe they would be able to stretch their dollar much farther” Brown suggests.

Brown is not dissatisfied with

“A good athlete is gonna be a good athlete whether or not you have enough money to give them good uniforms or take them to important tournaments”

Coach Marcella Brown wrestling singlets this past year. The current ones are literally falling apart.”

The district only provides additional money for uniforms every four years. Brown has found that because the district

the amount of funds given, but she does think changes need to be made involving the way AISD deals with sports budgeting.

“My only wish is that school districts would give the coach-

one’s team a higher competitive edge.

“To be able to compete at a higher level of play, sports teams must fund raise on their own. Fundraising is so important. In fact, it is usually what sustains many teams throughout their season.”

The LBJ track. to get the highest quality gear, they cannot always depend entirely on the money given to them by the district. Fundraising is a vital part of high school sports; especially if one wants equipment that can give

With the money that the wrestling team raised, they were able to travel to Corpus Christi and Houston for overnight tournaments. They were able to provide meals for the team members at each tournament

and after school match. Their funds stretched enough to enable them to purchase letter jackets, hold an end of season banquet and provide awards for the players.

“This totaled thousands of dollars, outside of what the district provides each team,” Brown comments.

Although Brown is able to balance her time spent fundraising and her time coaching, not all coaches can afford to spend the majority of their time fundraising, without negatively affecting the team. “[Coaches sometimes] have to spend more time on fundraising than time on coaching. And that can hurt the team sometimes,” Autumn comments. More than once, her track coaches had to cancel practice so that they could talk to company managers about selling cookie dough to raise money.

And while losing coaching time can make it more difficult for the team to be successful, Autumn doesn’t think it will completely destroy a team’s chances of being champions.

Even if the district does not change the way sports budgets are dealt with, Autumn has hope that sports players will succeed and be able to accomplish their goals despite their challenges.

Autumn believes that “a good athlete is gonna be a good athlete whether or not you have enough money to give them good uniforms or take them to important tournaments.”

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ing staffs more freedom as to what type of equipment they could purchase with district money. As a coach, I want to be able to purchase equipment that is going to give my team the most competitive edge over other teams,” Brown says.

Most coaches find that in order

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early 10 million children throughout the United States are considered obese, according to the American Heart Association. This number has quadrupled since the 1970s. Even though this is the case Americans are taking physical education out of schools. Physical Education has been reduced in schools to allow more time to complete academic work. Students going through America’s school systems have seen the decrease in P.E. requirements. For example, according to the State Physical Education Requirements, in Idaho high schools are not required to offer physical education. Does this help the students achieve their education goals or are the schools hurting the student’s performance?

In school my method of coping with stress and schoolwork was to go outside and play soccer. American society is now making it possible to get through the day with the smallest amount of exertion possible. This is astounding when obesity is rising as a leading cause of preventable death with 7.3 million deaths in 2001, according to the Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors. Physical activities help students stay out of trouble and perform better academically.

The students participating in physical activity are busy and have other things on their mind than drugs. Also, it has been proven that physical activity raises a child’s self esteem and the child’s body and mind will lead to better learning skills.

The students in physical activities are kept busy and out of trouble. America is starting to be one of the fattest nations in the world with 74.1% of citizens, 15 and over, are obese, according to a study don’t by the World Health Organization. So what are we doing to change this trend? We are taking any physical exertion out of everyday life and replacing it with videogames and all you can eat fast food. The Department of Health and Human Services, conducted a study showing that physical activity reduces anxiety and depression making people at less risk from drugs. Also, children who take

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Americans are becoming more obese than ever.

Physical activity is being taken out of our lives. When will it end?

by CAITRI F.

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dom. Socyberty has written articles stating that sports take away from academic learning and have no place in school. School sports, however, require the students to receive a minimum grade in order to continue playing the sport.

This encourages students will have good grades, benefiting their overall academic performance.

Sport participation also benefits the health of the body, allowing the brain to function better. Being active at a younger age, when the brain is still developing learning skills, helps the body learn new activities faster. In PE classes in the United States children are learning how to play new sports helping their body’s function. When a child first learns to skip the body will slowly progress and be able to complete the task. The body will learn these new skills faster as the brain develops when the body is required to do these tasks. This means that sports allow students to develop better brain and body health, benefiting their focusing ability and learning skills.

Physical activity has been eliminated from Americans every day lives. This loss of physical activity is hurting more than just the physical body but the self-esteem and mental abilities of people.

This action is harming students’ academics because physical activity has been shown to help performance of students in their academic studies. Americans need to realize that physical activity is a necessity in our lives. To change the trend of America’s education and physical health, PE should be reintroduced into schools and encourage more youth participation in sports.

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part in physical activities are more sports helps physical appearance concerned and aware of health haz- and that leads to an overall higher ards and are less likely to fall back self-esteem. The Youth Sports Psyon drugs. Sports also keep kids out chology has criticized youth sports of gangs and other criminal activi- as being stressful and harmful to ties because they are busier. CBBC the child’s mental state. However, Newsround has stated that students Dr. Richard Stratton, The Associate serious about sports may take to Professor of Health Promotion and steroid use but more students use Physical Education at Virginia Tech, other illegal drugs considerably says that the stress that is placed on more than steroids. A study done the youth’s is eustress, which is a by the National Drug Intelligence productive stress. This means that Center showed that 40.2% of high the stress helps the students cope school students have tried marijua- with responsibility by the participana. This shows that the number of tion in something they love. Physistudents who take drugs is surpris- cal activity is beneficial for students ingly high and students are partici- and children’s self-esteem. pating in this illegal activity regardPhysical exertion helps academic less of sports. Students don’t take performance by changing the body’s steroids in school because the level ability to learn and pay attention. of competition is not as high as in professional leagues where the stakes are higher.

Physical activity does keep students out of trouble and able to focus.

Participating in sports and other competitive activities has a positive affect on the self-esteem of children. Sports allow people to accomplish personal goals changing the self-esteem and views on physical appearance of the person. A According to a study was conducted by the HIGH SCHOOL study done by Health Care Industry to see the California FOOTBALL if there is a correlation be- Allows participation in Department of tween sports participation sports on the campus. Education, stuand self esteem. The study dents who are had 382 students, boys and better fit perform girls, complete a series of questions better on standardized tests. The logging their sports participation study consisted of 954,000 students and their self perception of physical grades 5, 7,and 9 where records of and general self esteem. The study the students’ scores on standardized showed that middle school students tests were compared to a physical playing sports have higher physi- test the students performed in. The cal and general self esteem. During correlation is because physical acschool years the students change tivity causes an increased brain flow a lot, physically and mentally, and helping academic performance. Peothis change can be stressful and the ple who are active also have a higher student losses feeling of self worth energy level because they spend time and physical appearance. Playing away from studies and relieve bore-

Let’s Get Physical! by: DENALI K.

Arms(Guns): Having large arm muscels comes in handy very often in life, opening doors, lifting heavy boxes, and swinging hammers.

Even if your not big on physical activity a few simple, easy exercises dpne daily can help you to develope some impressive arm muscels.

1.Push Ups 2.Bicep Curls 3. Pull Ups

20 Pullups

60 Crunches

Butt/Legs(Badonkadonk): The butt and leg muscels are the most important muscels to develope if you need more lower body strength. Your overall physical activity will be boosted with strong lower body muscels by improving endurance for cardiovascular activities.

30 Lunges

1.Wall Sits 2.Lunges 3.3 mile Bike Ride

Half-hour Run

Cardio (Skake It):

Cardio is the most important part to having all-over fitness. The only thing you reall need to get a good cardiovascular Abdominals (Cheese Grater): work-out is a pair of shoes. If your skimpAbdominal muscels are what support our upper body. Having on your excersizes, or short on time ing good core muscels help balance and make it easier to Cardio is the one exercie you should make workout. But it’s important to remember that without cardio time for daily. these exercises will not help because you cant show off your abs if you’ve got a belly roll covering it.

1.Plank 2.Crunches 3.Sit Ups

1. 30 minute run 2. Jump Rope

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US stays silent during World Cup As the World Cup approaches many in the US are unaware. by KASON T.

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undreds of thousands of people all packed into one stadium. It’s complete madness, everyone is screaming at once in all kinds of languages. You may not know what they are saying, but you do know exactly whom they are rooting for, because they are clothed in their country’s flag. It’s an event that only comes once every four years, and everyone is restless until the next one comes. It’s the world’s greatest event, the World Cup. Every country THE VENUE is ecstatic for their Moses Mabhida Stadium nation to be reprebefore the games start, it will sented, every country except the US. be full of people. All of the The World Cup games are expected to sell brings the world out.

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together; everyone is rooting for his or her country to win the game. The World Cup is the most important thing to those countries, but for the US it is simply just another sports event. It’s just another one of those foreign sporting events that happen somewhere else, even though the US is very much involved.

As the World Cup approaches, starting on June 11 of this year South Africa will be buzzing. “[The World Cup] is going to be people who represent their country, and love their sport, and the country that they are playing for,” said Aiden Kahn, a US fan going to the World Cup in June of this year.

Many players will play their hearts out for their country in the World Cup, and as they play many fans will be there supporting them.

South Africa will have the most support being the host country, while not much is expected from the US’ fan base.

“The South Africans have this instrument that they bring to games, kind of a tuneless plastic trumpet called a vuvuzela, it kinda gives the stadium a sort of vibe that’s unique to Africa,” said Aiden.

The vuvuzela was introduced during the Confederations Cup and almost every fan had one. The buzzing noise filled the stadium, and it was so loud many players on the field complained about being able to

hear each other on the field. Many wanted the vuvuzela banned from the coming World Cup, but FIFA has made the decision to keep the vuvuzela, because it is the heart and soul of the South Africans. As the excitement gets here many are also looking for tickets to see the game.

“We signed up for tickets and sent it in to the ticket distributing organization in South Africa. My dad’s sister lives in South Africa and her boyfriend was trying to get us tickets from the bank, and it ended up not working out so we were scared that we might not get them, cause they were in such high demand,” Aiden explained.

Getting tickets to the World Cup is an extremely stressful and tension filled experience, this is the case for almost every World Cup. All of the games are usually sold out, and even finding tickets in advance is a tough job.

so much passion for the games, especially when their host country is playing. This is the case for every World Cup, except in 1994 when the US hosted the World Cup. “It was very easy to get tickets,” said Tiong Tey, a soccer fan who went to the World Cup in 1994.

Mr. Tey had a very easy time finding tickets for the World Cup in 1994; he just simply had to order them online ahead of time. But for the World Cup this coming summer in South Africa it is very tough to find tickets even months before as Aiden described.

The US as a nation does not care very much about the World Cup. During World Cup qualifying the US played 13 in America

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“One day I was coming upstairs after dinner and my brother said, ‘Hey guess what we got tickets.’

And it turns out that we got tickets to all the games we applied to which was about seven or eight, and it was just really relieving,” said Aiden.

For every World Cup tickets are hard to find because fans have

where only three of them had about 50,000 people showed up.

When Mexico played their games in the US the crowds were huge.

They had ten games with at least 51,000 people; they also had crowds of 90,526 against New Zealand in Pasadena, and 77,507 in New Jersey against Ecuador.

Even when games for Mexico are in the US way more people show up rather then when the US plays.

Now for decades many have tried to make soccer popular in the US, but it has not been successful. Big stars like Pelé and David Beckham have come over to the US, both

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The US needs to have a go

tried to use their international star power to attract more fans to watch professional US soccer.

Beckham went to the LA Galaxy and at first attracted a lot of at-

KICKING FOR GLORY Landon Donovan from US kicks a corner, he is the US’ star player and is the team leader.

group, and from there they need to take every game as it comes… I think if you asked every guy on the team, their goal is to win the World Cup. Whether that’s realistic or not, if they don’t think like that then they have no chance to win.”

This is the confidence that is needed for the US players in the World Cup. If the US goes and does a good job in the World Cup many people will start to pick it up and watch. People in the US will have interest just like they did when the US beat Spain, but the US still needs to find a way to maintain that interest.

“There are more and more younger generations playing soccer than ever be-

ood showing in the World Cup tention, but after both him and Pelé got to US the interest dissolved quickly. Professional soccer in the US has never been a big hit. New things must happen for the US to gain more interest.

“What needs to happen for the US to have more soccer fans, is that the US needs to have a good showing in the World Cup,” said Aiden, “If the US starts playing consistently more often and going far in world tournaments everyone’s going to be way more interested.”

In June of 2009 the US was set to play Spain in the Confederations Cup semifinal. Spain was ranked

number one in the world, and had a 35 game unbeaten streak.

US went on to beat Spain 2-0, for the upset of the year. Everyone was soccer crazy news and media coverage was up, and everyone was talking about how good US soccer was. Then later that year in August the US played rival Mexico for World Cup Qualifying, the US lost 1-2.

Coverage went down and everyone then forgot about soccer.

Former US player Mike Burns also had this to say, “I think the starting point has to be for the U.S. to advance out of the

fore in US,” said Mr. Tey. Youth soccer in America has always been a growing theme, and if the trend keeps going the future for soccer looks bright.

As the World Cup in South Africa comes, more Americans should have more interest in how the US fares in the World Cup. For the World Cup this year ESPN bought rights to all of the games, and will televise every single one.

This has never happened before, and TV ratings are expected to go up. As the World Cup approaches, many wait intently, but the US is almost unaware.

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2010 TOP NBA FREE AGENTS

by KASON T. Photo courtesy of Creative

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NAME, current team

LeBron James, Cavaliers

PPG

29.7

As the reigning MVP he will help his future team instantly Dwayne Wade, Heat

26.6

Star play will put his future team in the playoffs automatically Chris Bosh, Raptors

24.0

Will be a great help if he keeps averaging his double double Dirk Nowitzki, Mavericks

25.0

Is always a consist shooter, and will be a great aquisition for anybody Joe Johnson, Hawks

21.3

Natural scoring ability will come in handy when scoring points Paul Pierce, Celtics

18.3

Will be of great assist to his next team, especially with his experience Amare Stoudemire, Suns

23.1

Still has a few good years in him, and still can get those rebounds

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FREE AGENTS Photo courtesy of Creative

Commons

PPG

NAME, current team

Rudy Gay, Grizzlies

19.6

Great scorer, and is still very young Yao Ming, Rockets

19.7

When healthy, he can be lethal, if healthy Carlos Boozer, Jazz

19.5

Is an excellent worker down in the paint David Lee, Knicks

20.2

A great rebounder and shooter Al Harrington, Knicks

17.7

His great experience will be a nice addition Jermaine O’Neal, Heat

13.6

His big size will help any team in the post Ray Allen, Celtics

16.3

Is aging, but he still has the great shot

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Athelete’s Behaving Badly

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rug use, violence, and sex have become the norm in celebrities lives, it’s hard to turn on the television without being blasted with the story of some trashy celebrities downfall.

People have accepted the fact that musicians and celebrities have loose lifestyles, but are unclear about the expectations we should have for our nations athletes. Every year more and more of our sports figures are being exposed in shocking scandals, and there seems to be no standard for what an athlete is allowed to do. Athletes need to be held to a higher standard, they should strive to be a to role model and let their actions strengthen our belief in their heroism.

The first reason an athlete should have a respectable lifestyle is that it is in their best interest for their career. Athletes who have been exposed in illegal or ethically wrong can lose millions of dollars in endorsement deals and possibly their job.

The New York Times’ article “Insuring Endorsements against Athlete Scandals” says that insurance companies are now looking for a way to have liability insurance against athletes who have improper behavior, so that if an athlete that endorses their product they can immediately drop them from

by DENALI K. their ads, and hold the athlete responsible for damages. Companies should have the right to liability insurance, an athlete who has endorses a company is paid millions RAY LEWIS of dollars to project a certain image, and On the left is Ray if they choose to act irresponsibly they are Lewis while playing tarnishing that image. Take Tiger Woods, a Ravens Game. he was the number one grossing athlete On the right is of 2009, making 92 million dollars from Lewis’ mugshot endorsements annually. When Woods after being arrested was exposed of potentially having sexual on charges for encounters with over fifteen women, although he was married and had two chilmanslughter.

Athletes influence are becoming increasingly more important in our lives, yet Americans do not have a firm standard on what we should expect from them.

dren, he lost million-dollar endorsement deals with Gillette, Accenture, and Tag Hauer. Accentures website released statements saying that he simply did not fit the standards they had for their company.

An athlete who lives irresponsibly lets down the people who look up to him. The reason sports as a whole exist is because of fans, they are the ones who buy the tickets, sports paraphernalia, and essentially support the team. Part of an athletes job is to keep fans supportive of the team.

Many people believe that it is an athlete or public figures right to have a private life, and they should not be held accountable for their actions outside of a game. These people are wrong, although the media does not need to know every detail of a sports figures private life, there are actions that are illegal and ethically wrong that can not be excused for anyone, let alone a public figure who is known as a role model.

An athlete who is caught in a public scandal loses credibility, and their athletic talents may be overlooked. Ray Lewis was the star linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens when he was suspected to be guilty of a double homicide stabbing.

Lewis was put on trial, but was never convicted due to lack of conclusive evidence,but was fined 250,000 dollars.

Although he was found innocent and the Baltimore Ravens Art Model owner firmly stood behind him; Lewis lost all of his sponsorship ads almost instantly, and was suspended from playing in the NFL. Lewis’ murder trial received the most media attention of his career and our first thought of Lewis is of a potential murderer, not that he was the first linebacker ever to receive an MVP award on a Super-Bowl winning team. If sports figures want to be remembered for their greatness, and not their mistakes they should guard their actions and act wisely.

It is so important that our troubled world has someone to look up to, I believe that it is athletes duty to provide this. It is not only in a sports figures best interest to do the right thing, butit is in the interest of the people who support them, and their values.

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Top Ten Most Attractive Athletes

by DENALI K.

1.Tom Brady: New England Patriots

3. Joe Mauer: Minnesota Twins

2. Cristiano Ronaldo:

Real Madrid

4. Ryan Lochte: USA Swimming

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5. Chris Paul:

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6. Grady Sizemore: Cleveland Indians

10. David Beckham: Angeles Galaxy

7. Michael Phelps: USA Swimming

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Baseball in the Olympics?

Baseball: It’s America’s pastime.

And yet it is not in the most elite worldwide competition: The Olympic Games.

by ARI R.

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t’s obvious people like baseball. 37% percent of Americans ages 12 or older have attended a major league game in the past year. In 2003, 67,630,052 people attended 2,430 games with an average of 27,831 people per game, according to baseballfever.com. So, it’s logical that one might think that a sport as popular as baseball would be in an elite competition, like the Olympics. It’s popular worldwide, it’s relatively inexpensive compared to other sports that are in the Olympics, and the athletes who compete are incredibly fit, not to mention good looking.

Now, it is understandable why some people might not want another team sport in the Olympics; you have to scout for players, coaches must be found, a suitable uniform must be designed and fitted to all the players you found, not to mention all the money needed to supply an entire team with equipment. But there are other team sports in the Olympics like volleyball, soccer and basketball that spend just as much time and resources getting their teams ready. Why can’t baseball be included in this list? Don’t get me wrong, I am not advocating the removal of other team sports, but would

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this problem not apply to these sports as well?

Baseball is a universal sport; countries from all over the world participate in it. According to internationalbaseball.net, over 100 countries play baseball, and according to worldatlas. com there are between 189-195 countries in the world; over half the countries in the world play baseball.

International players compose a surprisingly significant portion of our Major League teams. According to the Baseball Almanac, in 2006 there were 399 foreign born players, close to 30% of the players total. The Dominican Republic had the most players, followed by Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada, Cuba and Japan. Of these countries Canada and Japan are the most represented at the Olympic Games. In other words, Canada and Japan are known to compete in many different Olympic events. Venezuela, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico and the Dominican Republic, most of all, are not big contenders at the Olympics and should be given a chance to excel at the sport they love. Besides a love of baseball, it seems the one commonality between these countries is poverty. By not having baseball in the Olympics, we are essentially stopping countries that are financially handicapped from competing. Their financial situation should not limit their athletes chance to compete. The Olympics are not a priority for governments of poorer countries. They need advocates to lobby for their participation in the Olympic Games.

Baseball is not an elite sport; you don’t have to have a lot of money to play baseball. I did some research at Academy.com, and I looked through all of the baseball gear they had avail-

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able. I added up the cost of the cheapest equipment they had and the total was $87.85. Compared to other popular Olympic sports like , whose total equipment cost added up to $204.43, baseball is over $100 cheaper to play.

Baseball requires the players to be more physically fit, to be able to run very quickly at times and having the endurance to run the whole game, have faster reflexes, and better hand-eye coordination. According to fitness-facts.com, on a scale of one to five, one being least amount of fitness and five being the most, the physical requirements for baseball are Cardiorespiratory 1, Flexibility 1, Muscular Strength 1, Muscular Endurance 1, and Coordination/Skill 4.

Compared to other Olympic sports, like pingpong, well, baseball is a beast. Ping-pong only requires Flexibility 1, and Coordination/Skill 3; all the other requirements, like muscular endurance, are 0.

It seems like one of the main reasons baseball was taken out of the Olympics, although not spoken of, was because America was no match against South American teams.

Introduced to the Olympics in 1992, America won only one gold medal throughout baseball’s 5 Olympic Games career. Looking at this issue from a patriotic view, and we all know how important it is to be patriotic these days, putting baseball back into the Olympics would give America a chance to redeem itself, and seriously kick butt.

On the other hand, looking at this issue from an international view, we are a part of a global society after all, countries who whooped America before should be given the chance to do it again.

On the mutant third hand, reinstating baseball in the Olympics is just the right thing to do.

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t r o p S t a h W s t i u S OUT OF THESE ACTIVITES, WHICH WOULD YOU FIND YOURSELF DOING?

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE COLOR?

A: Hanging out with the ‘cool crowd’

A: Red or blue B: Green or yellow

B: Something random/last minute

C: Darker colors

C: Just chilling, watching TV and eating D: Dancing or trying on sparkly clothes

WHAT DOES YOUR ROOM TYPICALLY LOOK LIKE? A: Messy, with a weight set & school logos B:Messy. You search through it a lot when rushing C: Covered in potato chip bags and movies D: Neat of course! Trophies displayed, and bright colors.

WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LIKE TO LISTEN TO? A: Whatever’s popular, rap, hip hop, etc.

B: Fast-paced stuff, rock, maybe some hip hop and indie.

C: Slow-paced stuff, blues and folk, slow rock D: Hip hop, catchy songs, peppy and happy

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D: Pink and purple WHAT DO YOU FIND YOURSELF EATING EATING MOST OF THE TIME? A: BBQ (meat) B: Chips (quick food) C: Fried Mozzerella sticks D: Salad (watch my calories) WHAT KIND OF CLOTHES DO YOU WEAR? A:School colors, sports shirts B: Athletic shorts and tee-shirts C: Miss-matched clothes... hehe D: Cute outfits, skirts and dresses

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WHICH SITUATION ARE YOU MORE LIKELY TO BE IN? A: Doing something crazy B: Rushing and tripping over/hitting something C: Sleeping for a day and a half D: Winning a talent show

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DRINK? A: Gatorade B: Something on the go, like milkshakes C: Soda D: Water WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE TV CHANNEL?

WHAT DO YOU DO ON THE WEEKEND? A: Hang out with the team.

A: ESPN

B: Something kinda last minute.

C: Hang out. Watch TV. Facebook.

B: I don’t really watch TV C: Anything and everything

D: Watch movies with friends. Party!

D: Celebrity gossip/Reality TV

R E S U L T S Mostly A’s: Football/Soccer You are a tough cookie. You aren’t easily hurt, and you are charismatic and popular.

Mostly B’s: Volleyball/Track You are quick and intense. You make desicions quickley, and love living life to it’s fullest. You are kinda a clutz.

Mostly C’s: Bowling/Golf Mostly D’s: Ice Skating/Dance You are talented, but you dont You are coordinated and graceful. put a lot of effort into things. You are organized and very You are laid back and enjoy talented. You balance your life well. just chilling.

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A LASTING MEMORY......

This is the scene of celebration moments after Texas won the National Championship in 2006.

Photos courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, queen of subtle, dga, pixnoize, Kate Schott, Dawn Odriscoll, Rahul Jain, and Google Commons