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Olympics In Barcelona: Up Close And Personal, Richard C. Crepeau Jul 1992

Olympics In Barcelona: Up Close And Personal, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

The 1992 Summer Olympics from Barcelona is less than a week old and already I am irritated by any number of things, but especially by NBC. Those who chart such things tell us that NBC will provide 161 hours of mostly taped coverage of the XXVth Olympiad. What they don't tell us is that of these 161 hours, approximately 10 minutes of each hour contains actual event coverage. The other 50 minutes of the hour are filled with commercials from every major U.S. corporation featuring Olympic athletes past and present; promotional spots for NBC programming; endless carping about the personal …

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Wimbledon - Baseball At Mid-Season, Richard C. Crepeau Jul 1992

Wimbledon - Baseball At Mid-Season, Richard C. Crepeau

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The world's oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament is heading into its final weekend. Strawberries and cream at Wimbledon go back over a century, and the royal trappings surrounding this tournament are enough to make a tennis millionaire feel right at home. One suspects however that this year Lady Diana will not make her usual appearance in the Royal Box at Centre Court, with most of the love having gone out of her game.

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"A League Of Their Own", Richard C. Crepeau Jul 1992

"A League Of Their Own", Richard C. Crepeau

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It may come as a surprise to some that "A League of Their Own," the new motion picture starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, and Madonna, is based on fact. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League(AAGPBL) was founded in 1943 by Philip Wrigley, with the encouragement of Branch Rickey and Bill Veeck.

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Exhibit 5 - Financial Audit, Wku Board Of Regents Jun 1992

Exhibit 5 - Financial Audit, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Intercollegiate Athletics Department Statement of Revenues & Expenditures, 6/30/1992 audit.

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Expansion In Professional Sports, Richard C. Crepeau Jun 1992

Expansion In Professional Sports, Richard C. Crepeau

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The big news in Florida sports last week was expansion. The Florida Marlins sent two farm teams onto the field for the first time, and the dreams of future glory were put into motion. Also the Tampa Bay Lightning began stocking its roster, first with the castoffs of other teams, and then in the entry draft. The big news this week in Orlando was the drafting of Shaquille O'Neal, finally.

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The Beauty Of The Athleticism In The Nba And The Nhl, Richard C. Crepeau Jun 1992

The Beauty Of The Athleticism In The Nba And The Nhl, Richard C. Crepeau

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Two or three decades ago there was a joke that circulated about a kindergarten teacher who asked the children if they knew the four seasons of the year. An eager young boy waved his hand, and shouted the answer: Baseball, Football, Basketball and Hockey. That cute little joke has lost all of its meaning in this, the last decade of the 20th century.

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Nba And Nhl:Success And Failure, Richard C. Crepeau Jun 1992

Nba And Nhl:Success And Failure, Richard C. Crepeau

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While watching NBA and NHL playoffs over the past few months I have been struck by the remarkable difference between what has happened to these two professional sports leagues in the last ten to fifteen years. Under the leadership of David Stern the NBA has prospered with Bird and Magic, expanding its presence to what is now approaching world-wide dimensions; while the NHL first with Gretzky and now Lemieux languished with John Zeigler at the helm.

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Father's Day Tribute To My Father, Richard C. Crepeau Jun 1992

Father's Day Tribute To My Father, Richard C. Crepeau

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This week I want to talk about the man who taught me a love of sport, and especially a love of baseball, and who taught me much about life.

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Indy 500 - Lyle Alzado And Ed Gantner- Fsu And Uf Bowl Money, Richard C. Crepeau May 1992

Indy 500 - Lyle Alzado And Ed Gantner- Fsu And Uf Bowl Money, Richard C. Crepeau

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Over the past few weeks a number of small items have caught my eye. They are not large enough issues and topics to occupy the entire commentary, so I have been saving them for a chance to dump them all together.

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The America's Cup, Richard C. Crepeau May 1992

The America's Cup, Richard C. Crepeau

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I have a confession to make. I enjoy the America's Cup. I watch it on television. It is neither exciting nor rollicking fun, but I find it interesting, and at times filled with tension. Apparently unlike most sports fans I am not bored by it.

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Title Ix, Richard C. Crepeau May 1992

Title Ix, Richard C. Crepeau

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Twenty years ago Title IX of the Educational Amendments Act made sexual discrimination illegal for any high school district or institution of higher education that received federal aid. This meant that it applied to almost every school in the nation. It also meant that in the area of sport, discrimination against women was illegal. This legislation was opposed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the NCAA. At the time of Title IX's passage college athletics for women were under the auspices of the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, the AIAW.

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1992 May-October, Morehead State University. Office Of Athletics. May 1992

1992 May-October, Morehead State University. Office Of Athletics.

Morehead State Athletics Press Release Archives

Morehead State Athletics press releases from May to October of 1992.

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Isaac Murphy: A 19th Century African-American Jockey, Richard C. Crepeau Apr 1992

Isaac Murphy: A 19th Century African-American Jockey, Richard C. Crepeau

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The name Isaac Murphy is not exactly a household word in American Sport, and I suspect even among those who follow horse racing the name is not likely to evoke recognition. But on this day before the Kentucky Derby it might be worth recalling the career of Isaac Murphy.

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The Babe: Flim Review, Richard C. Crepeau Apr 1992

The Babe: Flim Review, Richard C. Crepeau

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If you like scatological humor, overdone caricature, stupidity masking as innocence, then you might well enjoy The Babe, the over hyped, over promoted new film from Universal Pictures starring John Goodman as the Bambino. If you go to this film in search of the definitive life of George Herman Ruth, as is promised by Director Arthur Hiller and writer-producer John Fusco, you will be greatly disappointed.

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Hockey Strike Ends - Arthur Ashe Hiv - Magic Ticket Price Increase, Richard C. Crepeau Apr 1992

Hockey Strike Ends - Arthur Ashe Hiv - Magic Ticket Price Increase, Richard C. Crepeau

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The last words of last week's commentary were, "This could be a long a one." It wasn't. The Hockey Strike is over, and it was a short one, ten days. Did the Sure-Footed Northern Rink Rat succumb to the call of the Stanley Cup? Or did the owners cave in under the economic pressures of the moment? Who blinked first, the players or the owners?

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The National Hockey League Strike, Richard C. Crepeau Apr 1992

The National Hockey League Strike, Richard C. Crepeau

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For just over a week now something has been happening in sports that has never happened before. In the seventy-five year history of the National Hockey League there has never been a strike. Many thought there never would be.

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The Final Four: History And Pressure, Richard C. Crepeau Apr 1992

The Final Four: History And Pressure, Richard C. Crepeau

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Are you feeling like you have been run over by a truck on the road to the Final Four? Does the road to the Final Four go through your living room? Are you beginning to think that Billy Packer is robosportscaster? Do you have any idea why Curry Kirkpatrick is on the sidelines, or Mike Francesa is in the studio? Do you care? Well, as Dick Vitale says, "It's time to take a T.O. baby."

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The World Cup Is Coming To Orlando, Richard C. Crepeau Mar 1992

The World Cup Is Coming To Orlando, Richard C. Crepeau

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Mark your calendar Orlando, June 17 to July 17, 1994, because those are the dates for the World Cup, and the big big news in Orlando this week was the announcement out of New York that the City Beautiful will play host to at least four first-round games in this premier international sporting event. Congratulations to the city, and thank you to Joanie Schirm and her committee, World Cup Orlando/ Kissimmee/St.Cloud who worked so hard to make this a reality.

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The Iditarod: The Last Great Race On Earth -Florida Hs Athletic Assn. Fails, Richard C. Crepeau Mar 1992

The Iditarod: The Last Great Race On Earth -Florida Hs Athletic Assn. Fails, Richard C. Crepeau

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With the sun getting warmer, the days getting longer, and the azaleas in bloom, it is clear that spring has arrived in Florida. And so it is a curiosity in these early days of March to read of the exploits of some of the heartiest athletes in the world.

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Baseball Salaries And Profits - An Analysis, Richard C. Crepeau Mar 1992

Baseball Salaries And Profits - An Analysis, Richard C. Crepeau

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"These modern ballplayers care about nothing but money. They don't care about their team, or their city, or their fans. In my day they were different."

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The February Lull In Sport - Sports Gambling, Richard C. Crepeau Mar 1992

The February Lull In Sport - Sports Gambling, Richard C. Crepeau

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Late February and early March on the sport's scene is a time between, and a time of anticipation. This is especially true if you live in the cold climates, where by this time of year cabin fever has set in, the Super Bowl is over, and the sports in season are biding their time.

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The Winter Olympics, Richard C. Crepeau Feb 1992

The Winter Olympics, Richard C. Crepeau

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After sixteen days the Winter Olympics in Albertville have ended and like all the previous winter games, these produced their share of great stories, great performances, and disappointments. It's difficult to pick out the highlights, but for me several moments stand out.

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Mike Tyson Case - Sexual Assault And Athletes - Coverups, Richard C. Crepeau Feb 1992

Mike Tyson Case - Sexual Assault And Athletes - Coverups, Richard C. Crepeau

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This has been a week of compelling sports stories. The NBA All-star game in Orlando produced high drama when Magic Johnson was the MVP and finished the game making three shots from three point range. The sixteenth Winter Olympic Games opened in Albertville, France, against the backdrop of the awesome natural setting of the French Alps.

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The Winter Olympics - Some History, Richard C. Crepeau Feb 1992

The Winter Olympics - Some History, Richard C. Crepeau

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For nearly two weeks now the Sixteenth Winter Olympics has filled television screens across the world. In the United States CBS and TNT have carried countless hours of competition.

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Howard Cosell Retires: A Tribute - Baseball, Seattle, And Japan, Richard C. Crepeau Feb 1992

Howard Cosell Retires: A Tribute - Baseball, Seattle, And Japan, Richard C. Crepeau

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At the end of January Howard Cosell retired from broadcasting. For the most part talking heads come and go without making a major impact, but the retirement of Howard Cosell marks the end of career that transformed sports broadcasting and left a mark on American society.

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Super Bowl Disappointment Again - Michelle Akers Ucf And Usa Soccer Superstar, Richard C. Crepeau Jan 1992

Super Bowl Disappointment Again - Michelle Akers Ucf And Usa Soccer Superstar, Richard C. Crepeau

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It was one more of those Super Sundays that seemed to fall short of expectations. But then most have. And more to the point, with all the hype, how could it be any other way?

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Thorstein Veblen Explains The Super Bowl, Richard C. Crepeau Jan 1992

Thorstein Veblen Explains The Super Bowl, Richard C. Crepeau

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The Harvard Economist John Kenneth Galbraith once observed that the rich are among the least understood social groups in America. Unlike the poor who are studied intensely, constantly surveyed by social workers and graduate students, the rich have gone largely uncharted. The only real exception to this is to be found in the works of Thorstein Veblen, the Norwegian American economist from Minnesota, who wrote several books on the social habits of the rich, the best known being The Theory of the Leisure Class. It was in this work that Veblen coined those wonderful phrases, "conspicuous consumption," "conspicuous leisure," and …

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U.S. Figure Skating Championshiip In Orlando - Ucf Basketball- Nfl Playoffs, Richard C. Crepeau Jan 1992

U.S. Figure Skating Championshiip In Orlando - Ucf Basketball- Nfl Playoffs, Richard C. Crepeau

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Last weekend was one of those wonderful sports weekends when quality, quantity and variety were available to the sports fan in Orlando. Within less than three days I had the good fortune to see the 1992 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, an excellent and competitive college basketball game on the UCF campus, and the NFL conference championships on television. It was a reminder to me that for all the nonsense and crassness on the contemporary sport scene, sport itself still is the thing.

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Fung Shui And Sport, Richard C. Crepeau Jan 1992

Fung Shui And Sport, Richard C. Crepeau

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There really is something drastically different about California, the left coast, la-la land. I spent last week out in lotus land and was treated to the spectacle of an annular eclipse and people all agog over the possibilities for human improvement that such cosmic forces might bring. Solar and planetary alignment seem more important than front-end alignment in the land of the automobile.

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1992 January-April, Morehead State University. Office Of Athletics. Jan 1992

1992 January-April, Morehead State University. Office Of Athletics.

Morehead State Athletics Press Release Archives

Morehead State Athletics press releases from January to April of 1992.

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