World Sport

Athletes as Heroes: Hero or Celebrity?

admin — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:53:17 -0500

The world still has heroes, but something has changed in terms of the type of people that society celebrates and rewards.

Athletes as Heroes: What Is a Hero?

admin — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:49:09 -0500

Heroes and heroines have existed throughout human history.

Athletes as Celebrities: Post-1960s David Beckham

admin — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:41:29 -0500

As an iconic figure of the celebrity world, David Beckham was recently considered as becoming a Jordan (Cashmore 2002, 141).

Athletes as Celebrities: Post-1960s Michael Jordan

admin — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:39:35 -0500

As a basketball player, Michael Jordan was nicknamed “Air Jordan,” and off the court he soared by forging a new role for celebrity athletes in a globalizing world.

Athletes as Celebrities: Post-1960s

admin — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:37:39 -0500

Although sports celebrities in the first half of the 1900s reaped some benefits from stardom, they were secondary actors in sports spectacles.

Athletes as Celebrities: Pre-1960s

admin — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:36:21 -0500

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the print media helped create an industry of leisure out of “spectacles.”

Astrodome: Venue Today

admin — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:28:52 -0500

Today the aging stadium stands empty, and its future is in doubt.

Astrodome: History NOTABLE EVENTS

admin — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:27:54 -0500

By 1974 the Astrodome was America’s third-mostpopular manmade tourist attraction, drawing 7.5 million visitors a year. . .

Astrodome: History SPACE-AGE THEME

admin — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:23:42 -0500

The very nature of the Astrodome as an entertainment complex allowed for the incorporation of some notable images of the early space age.

Astrodome: History CREATURE COMFORTS

admin — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:22:40 -0500

While players had to adjust to climate-controlled baseball on an artificial field. . .