essay idea

Throughout the book The Natural the character Roy Hobs changes his thought towards the game of baseball and the way he lives his life.
a1.  when he comes back into the game and starts becoming a great player
a2.  How when he is the best player he starts to get selfish
a3. At the end of the book he starts gambling to make more money so it shows he dosent care for the game anymore.

Tim Tebow leads 2-TD rally as Broncos stun winless Dolphins in OT

Link:http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=311023015
Alternate: Tim Tebow is the Hero!
Sports World: Tim Tebow's first start of the season and he had to play great or he will lose his chance of being the starter. He was playing terrible in the first 3 quarters and it wasn't looking good for him until he came to life and got his team to score 15 points to tie the game.
Summary: Tim Tebow got his team back into the game late into the fourth quarter. Scoring 15 unanswered points. He was playing like a superstar and it looks like he will keep his job because his team won the game in overtime.
Question:Can he continue producing?
Source: ESPN

Josh Hamilton has sports hernia?

Link: http://espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/story/_/id/7136721/2011-world-series-texas-rangers-josh-hamilton-thinks-sports-hernia

Alternate:Will Hernia keep Hamilton out of World Serious?

Sports World: This is the biggest serious in baseball! If the best hitter on the Rangers cannot play the Rangers chances of winning diminishes by a lot. One player can make a difference in a game.

Question: Is it a serious injury?

Summary: Josh Hamilton is one of the best hitters in baseball and the Rangers need him to be able to win the world serious! He might have a hernia and that would effect his swing/might keep him out of the serious.

Source: ESPN

Athletes

Donte Stallworth- DUI and killed a man
Michael Vick- dog fight
Plaxico Burress- shooting yourself in your foot
Ray Lewis- killed a man
Barry Bonds- steroids
Lawrence Taylor- sex offender
A-rod- steroids
Manny Rameriez- steroids
Jeremy Giambi-steriods
Ryan Franklin- steroids

Depends what crime a player does. I think its ok for a player to return to his sport if he had a DUI or Marijuana incident. But I think if you killed a man you should not be able to return to your sport. Some crimes was not about injuring other people. Most crimes by athletes are very minimal but once in a while you here about a crime that is very serious and puts others peoples lives in danger.

Ricky Williams

I think Ricky Williams is a very honorable fan. He told everyone that he doesn't care about the money and he just wants to be happy and find out who he really his. I do not feel bad about for him because he is very happy with his life style. He has a great wife that would always love him and he does not car what people think of him.

They portray him as a man that is crazy that does not know what he wants to do in life. He was one of the best players in the league and for no reason he quit. Everyone called him a "pot head" and the media called him a man who was addicted to marijuana everyone never looked at his point of view.  His accurate portrayal was that he did not know what he wanted to do in life. He did nothing wrong and didn't deserve people hating on him.

Source: Raiders contact David Garrard

Source- ESPN
Alternatie- David Garrard
Sports World- The NFL is almost half way done and while some teams are looking real good some teams are not. The Raiders are looking great as of now but without a QB they might start losing. So Garrard can give them a QB that can lead them to the playoffs. So it is very important that the Raiders sign Garrard
Link-http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7114405/qb-needy-oakland-raiders-contact-david-garrard-source-says
Question- Is David Garrard the right choice for the Raiders?
Summary- Jason Cambell the starting QB for the Raiders was playing great but broke his collar bone and is out for the season. They need a QB with experience o lead them to the playoffs and Garrard who is a free agent gives them what they need. This will be a very interesting story later down the NFL season.

NBA cancels first 2 weeks of season

Source-ESPN
Alternatie- NBA is in danger of losing season!
Sports World- Many jobs will be lost and millions of dollars will be lost if the players and the coaches come to an agreement.
Link-http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7085089/nba-labor-david-stern-cancels-first-two-weeks-nba-season
Question- Will the season be canceled?
Summary- The players did not come to an agreement with the league so they lost the first two weeks of the season. This is not good because this will effect many people because the have lost their job and have no work to support there family. Also the players are saying they aren't close to reaching an agreement.

Tim Tebow to start for Broncos

Source- ESPN
Question- Is Tim Tebow ready?
Sports World- This will change how football teams play against the Broncos
Alternate- Tim Tebow gets the Start
Summary- Tim Tebow is now the Quarterback for the Broncos. Kyle Orton could not do anything in the first have so the coach made the change in the second half. He put Tebow in the game and Tebow got the offense moving. They came within 2 points of tying there opponent.
Link- http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7087660/tim-tebow-replaces-kyle-orton-denver-broncos-starting-quarterback

Marcus DuPree

The most selfish thing that Marcus Dupree did was leave his team because he thought he was being treated unfairly. He was the best player on the team and to abandon it is childish and selfish. He also held out of games because he did not want to get hurt. Team players put the team in front of themselves.

I do not feel bad for Marcus Dupree he had everything coming to him but he was lazy and made poor choices that ended his career. If he just stayed with his team he would have been part of a national championship team.

What shocked me the most is that before this documentary i have never heard of Marcus Dupree. The superstar he was and all the news about him I would think that that 30 years later he would still be talked about in the football world.I do not like that because he deserves to be talked about once in a while. Also what shocked me was his laziness. He could have been the best but he did not apply himself until late in his career.

Kobe and Phelps

I think Kobes trial did effect his celebrity status. Many people started to dislike Kobe because of the Trial. It took years for people to forget about it. To this day people still remember Kobes trial but it does not hurt his fan/celebrity status.

I think that the media defiantly over reacted to the picture of Phelps. I do not think he is a bad role model for kids. He did nothing wrong to hurt anyone. He is a regular human being and he should be treated like one. Many kids still look up to Phelps.

Selfish

I do not agree with this article! I think the man who write this is very jealous of athletes. They have worked hard their entire life to get to where they are. I think most athletes  who are selfish have been selfish there entire life. I do not think sports made them selfish. Its who they are as a person that makes them selfish. The list we made is very accurate in who are the most selfish players.

Aces back on: Sabathia to face Verlander in Game 3

Link- http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AkWuKWqVBkZpZoV7uOAvBC4RvLYF?slug=ap-alds-sabathiavsverlander
Sports World- This is a huge game for both teams. It is now playoffs and each win is very important
Summary- They talk about both star pitchers. They both were scratched from game 1 but they are ready to start game 3 and try and win it for the teams.
Alternative- Which ace will win
Question- Who do you think will win?
Source- yahoo

Ben Roethlisberger has sprain

Link- http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7054209/ben-roethlisberger-pittsburgh-steelers-sprained-foot-status-vs-tennessee-titans-unclear
Source- ESPN
Question- Will he play next week?
Sports World- If he doesn't play the Titians might beat one of the best teams in the league. This game should be a blow out if Ben plays
Summary- This article is telling us about Ben's injury know one knows if he will be able to play next week. If he can play he will. He is a fighter, if they say he can play he will play
Alternate- Ben Roethlisberger's injury unknown