Essays on Athletes

11 times world champion. 9 times Olympic champion. 4 times laureus world sportsman of the year. The jamacain superstar Usain Bolt has become a household name and global icon who has come up the ranks to be undoubtably one of thee greatest athletes of track...

Usain Bolt is factually the fastest sprinter in the world, of the human race that is. Many people have analyzed his running speeds in relation to physiology and training factors but in the articles I focused on, they performed the math behind it. These articles...

A compelling phenomenon happened in American history that awesome day in 1936 at the Berlin Olympics, when Jesse Owens won four gold medals. This achievement, along with others that he had in his life, were very inspiring and contributed to how fast Jesse rose to...

Who was Jesse Owens? Jesse Owens was an African-American man who had a burning passion for the sport Track and Field and became a four gold medal winning Olympian in the year of 1936. You wouldn’t ever think a man like him, who grew up...

Jesse Owens was born on September 12 in 1913. He grew up in Oakville, Alabama with his two parents Henry Owens and Emma Owens. He was sick as a child and his parents couldn’t really afford a doctor when Jesse had pneumonia. Besides, the people...

James Charles Owens, famously known as Jesse Owens did not live an easy life. Born in Oakville, Alabama, on September 12, 1913, he was the son of a sharecropper and a farmer who rented land. During his early years Jesse was small, too frail to...

“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” This is a quote from an amazing inspirational African American athlete, Jesse Owens. Some of you may have known about Jesse...

Should every school give students one period for gym everyday? Students are being lazy now. Most of the time students are sitting in the classroom. They don’t like to move their body. Also, students like to eat junk foods and drinking a lot of unhealthy...

The National Collegiate Athletic Association or NCAA has aged more than a century since its commencement in 1906. Similar to the purpose of this organization today, it was established to protect student-athletes. However, in 1906, the organization began as a result of numerous deaths among...

Muhammad Ali is known as one of the most influential figures in and out of the boxing ring. Also known as one of the greatest boxers and sporting figures of all time, Ali was also a part of the civil rights movement. Along with fellow...

Civil War was one of the biggest wars and it marked a new page on American and African American history. Even though the Civil War abolished slavery and drafted many plans, articles in order to give justice back to African Americans, they still faced violent...

Today we are all speaking on someone who helped make change and broke barriers that people thought would never be broken. In the 1940’s those of color were treated very unfairly, and were seen as lesser people. At this time there was an unspoken social...

After almost an entire century, when Muhannad Ali changed his name from Cassius Clay to the later, he was not cheered after for his braveness or love for his country at the time. He openly protested the draft into the Vietnam war and felt that...

In history very few have the right to not only say they were the best but also prove that they were best. This was the case with world famous boxer Muhammad Ali who would constantly say, “I am the greatest” and had proved it time...

A topic that is well debated upon is why college athletes should be paid or not. Every year college becomes more and more competitive for sports. For the most part to have a good sports team, you need good athletes. If these competitive athletes are...

Should college athletes be paid for playing? The National Collegiate Athletic Association makes billion dollars of their athlete. College athletes should get paid to play because the money they get can help them support their family and limited corruption from NCAA and player will wait...

Should college athletes be paid? The intensity of the argument to pay college athletes has escalated in the past few years. Picture a world where every college athlete was paid by their schools to play. The controversy it would have on an organization like the...

Should college athletes be paid for playing? Although College sports is an integral part of learning of that level and important in the development of a student’s social capacity in society, it should be noted that impartation of knowledge is the major responsibility of any...

Chris Lee, an American journalist, wrote the article “The Need for Weed” where he delves into the world of sports and focuses on the increased use of marijuana as a pain killer amongst today’s athletes. The author mentions, “marijuana has faced stigmatization as a gateway...