Unit 3: Marketing [pic] History Bowerman, the inimitable University of Oregon coach, brought jogging to America, built an unrivalled track and field program at that university, and taught his athletes to seek the competitive advantage everywhere - in their bodies, their gear and their passion. Phil Knight was a University of Oregon accounting student and a middle-distance runner under Bowerman That same year Bowerman and Knight formed a partnership. Legend has it that they each kicked in $500, shook hands and started importing. Knight never could stand the thought of shilling for somebody else when he could shill for himself. This time, it would be with new designs and a new company, Nike.
Cultural Integration of Swimming – Swimming has been recorded throughout ancient history, however competitive swimming began in Europe in around 1800. The most popular stroke that was swum in competitions was breastroke. The adaption of the sport began in 1873, when a new racing stroke called trudgen was introduced to Western Swimming competitions. This originated from the front crawl used by Native Americans. The sport made its first appearance in the first modern Olympic games of 1896 in Athens.
As the sweet sixteen approaches, and the brackets are broken, the most sought after prediction for the March Madness is, “Who will win?” This question can easily be answered. The University of Louisville will win. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, the red and black Cardinals are looking to repeat their success as national champions twice in a row. Headed by 13 year coach, Rick Pitino, the men’s basketball team won the American Athletic Conference (AAC) Championships this season over the Huskies, who are also part of this year’s sweet sixteen. Ending the regular season in 31-5, the cardinals are looking to keep their winning ways with them as they head into the sweet sixteen.
The FIU Panthers football team is a part of the Shula Bowl every year against rivals FAU (Florida Atlantic University). The field they play at is “the cage” that’s painted with gold and blue. They also have NBA hall of famer, Framer Thomas as the head coach of the men’s basketball. FIU has a girl’s basketball team, volleyball team, softball team, and a soccer team. Which all ranked number 1 in the NCAA division.
- In both 2005 and 2006 Jelena Prokopcuka won the New York City marathon. she became the 6th women in history of the race to achieve this. $100,000 plus a bonus of $30,000 is the prize money the women’s winner took home in 2005 and 2006 which was the largest profit in marathon history. Unequal Pay in Professional
psychological dimensions (according to a report sponsored by the US Olympic committee), Coach P.’s selection criteria were based almost exclusively on individual attributes rather than any consideration for the overall team performance. The physical ability of the Varsity boat’s crew is clearly superior to the Junior Varsity boat’s crew. This is evidenced by the following: (1) the various results of the physical dimension tests (i.e. erg scores, weight lifting strengths and rowing techniques); (2) the excellent performance of the Varsity boat’s crew against the Junior Varsity boat’s crew when they first competed against each other in Atlanta; and (3) the series of races in which various groupings of pair, four or six back on Hudson River. During that particular test, the Junior Varsity boat’s crew only managed to beat the Varsity boat when all eight rowed at the same time.
Hazing occurs often when pledging for Greek sororities and fraternities. The first American fraternity was founded in the late eighteenth century. This began as a group of students forming a social club amongst one another. The first sorority (which includes females instead of males) was founded in 1851. Fraternities and sororities name themselves with two to three Greek letters which represent their motto and purpose of their organization.
In 1942, a year after he was made a diplomat of surgery by the American Board of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University, he became the first African American surgeon to serve as an examiner on the board. Charles Richard Drew was the oldest of five children. He was born on June 3, 1904, in Washington, D.C. His father was Richard T. Drew, a carpet layer, and Nora Drew, a school teacher and graduate of Miner Teachers College. As a student, Drew excelled in academics and sports, winning four swimming medals by the age of eight. In 1922 he graduated from Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, where he received the James E. Walker Memorial Medal in his junior and senior years for his athletics in sports, including football, basketball, baseball, and track.
“In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.” This quote is taken from the man who is primarily responsible for the revival of the Olympics, Baron Pierre De Coubertin. At the age of 29 as a French educator, Pierre de Coubertin had a desire to promote better international understanding through love of athletics. 114 years later, his desire being accomplished, is now taking place in Vancouver, Canada— better known as 2010 Olympic Games. Everywhere you are right now, you either hear or see something about the Olympics or Olympic related. Our country is well represented with many talented Americans playing for us at the Olympic Games going on right now.
It was so fun that it became rugby. The first signs of American football dates back to the 19th century when students from elite colleges and universities played it. A violent running game was played in Princeton around 1820, and around the same time a kicking game was played by the students of Dartmouth College. The rules used in the Dartmouth game, known as “Old Division Football”, were published in 1871. Rugby was the first running game to codify its rules in 1845.