Alive and Kicking
Sporting Heritage
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1140917/1/index.htm
3/17/11
Alive and Kicking is the story of the Fugees, a soccer team of war refugees. The Fugees are a team out of the state of Georgia. The players are from 24 different war torn countries throughout the world. Each single player has his own story about his family was torn apart because of the war and things that he had witnessed growing up. Even the coach, Luma Mufleh, has her own story about growing up in a rich family but becoming a refugee and her journey to America.
Luma found herself in an apartment complex in Clarkston, Georgia, after taking a wrong turn on her way home from work. She witnessed a handful of kids playing soccer in a parking lot. They were all of foreign nationality and were playing barefoot on the asphalt. This reminded her of where she came from. All of the kids were war refugees that had never been taught anything about soccer, just picked it up while playing. She approached the kids about becoming a team and she would be their coach. She wanted to start an under-10 team and an under-12 team. They gladly accepted her and they began practicing.
The rest of the story is about the challenges Luma and her team had to overcome, including a fight in which African-American boys jumped one of her players. Luma has to overcome her own fears and help the kids in their challenges on and outside of the soccer field, including school. Alive and Kicking is very interesting, informative, and inspirational article.
Estarr10
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Dare to Compete: Women in Sports
Dare To Compete
Sports and Gender
3/15/2011
"Dare to Compete: Women in Sports" is a short film produced by HBO. It is about women and the way that they have progressed in the area of sports throughout the years. We were not able to watch the whole film; however, what we did watch was very interesting and informative.
The part that we were able to watch mentioned two women that are well known for their part in sport history. The first is Gertrude Ederle. She was the first woman to swim the English Channel and also the first person to ever swim it freestyle. She broke the men’s record by two hours. Ederle was able to swim the English Channel in 14 hours. The second woman mentioned was Suzanne Lenglen. She was known for being elegant and graceful. Lenglen was a women’s sports superstar in tennis. She is said to have appeared as a ballerina on the court.
We also learned about John R. Tunis. He wrote an article about the first time women were allowed to run the 800M in the Olympic games. The women were worn out after the race and laid down on the ground one at a time. The damage from his article about the 800M women’s race kept women from running more than 100M for the next 32 years.
The last thing that was mentioned was the bicycle. It was believed that the way a bicycle seat was made was bad for a woman’s body in the area of reproduction.
I am interested in watching the rest of this film and learning more about women in sport.
Estarr10
Sports and Gender
3/15/2011
"Dare to Compete: Women in Sports" is a short film produced by HBO. It is about women and the way that they have progressed in the area of sports throughout the years. We were not able to watch the whole film; however, what we did watch was very interesting and informative.
The part that we were able to watch mentioned two women that are well known for their part in sport history. The first is Gertrude Ederle. She was the first woman to swim the English Channel and also the first person to ever swim it freestyle. She broke the men’s record by two hours. Ederle was able to swim the English Channel in 14 hours. The second woman mentioned was Suzanne Lenglen. She was known for being elegant and graceful. Lenglen was a women’s sports superstar in tennis. She is said to have appeared as a ballerina on the court.
We also learned about John R. Tunis. He wrote an article about the first time women were allowed to run the 800M in the Olympic games. The women were worn out after the race and laid down on the ground one at a time. The damage from his article about the 800M women’s race kept women from running more than 100M for the next 32 years.
The last thing that was mentioned was the bicycle. It was believed that the way a bicycle seat was made was bad for a woman’s body in the area of reproduction.
I am interested in watching the rest of this film and learning more about women in sport.
Estarr10
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