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1. Professional news sites — The New York Times and Time magazine in particular — frequently carry blog posts written by professional journalists and non-professional writers.

2. We are in competition for first place in the race.

3. The Post Office's ability to declare a work suggestive of or tending to moral looseness had effectively been ended.

4. Between 1876 and 1892 riding a a vehicle similar to a bicycle, but having three wheels, two at the back and one at the front attracted thousands of adherents.

5. Professional sports leagues in the United States have long relied on high schools to help cultivate the country’s best people trained to compete in athletics.

6. George Washington women’s basketball trainer of a team Mike Bozeman will not return next season, Athletic Director Patrick Nero announced Monday.

7. We’ve basically had to fit for a specific purpose even when not well suited our people into the building.

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Do you know anything about sports history? Do you happen to remember where and when some kinds of sports originated?

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Overview

Though for many sports today is just another part of their daily lives, it is easy to forget that just 120 years ago, many of the sports we take for granted did not yet exist, and those that did would be barely recognizable to the modern sports audience. The history of modern sports details an evolution, from games played primarily for entertainment and leisure to an industry rivaling any other in size and power.

Popular Culture Influence

With that evolution came an increase in influence. Sports over the last hundred years have affected modern popular culture and have often reflected changing social attitudes and standards. Sports have also seen advances in techniques and achievements in records and levels that reflect the commitment by sportsmen, sportswomen and training to be the best. Fashions now often reflect sports clothing, partly because of the money injected into sports by fashion houses and partly because of our desire to emulate our heroes and heroines.

Politics

Along with an increase in influence over popular culture has come an increase in political influence. This can include athletes using their fame to run for office, office-seekers using athletes to boost their candidacy, boycotts to boost causes – most famously the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa and most recently the immigration law passed in Arizona – and using sports as a way to reach certain demographics.

There is, however, a downside to the use of sports in politics. This ranges from terrorists using the sports to gain exposure for their cause – most famously at the Munich Olympics – to countries using sports as a way of trying to demonstrate that their specific ideology is better than another, notably in Soviet Russia.

College Scholarship Opportunities

The growth of sports has also made possible the education of many young people who would otherwise never have that opportunity. Though today most of the noticeable college athletes often leave school early to enter the professional ranks of their sport, the vast majority of college athletes graduate and move on to a field other than their sport. For many of those students, sports made going to college possible, particularly through the use of college scholarships, which have increased in size and number as sports created bigger revenues for schools.