https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4 en-us 2017-05-09 13:23:06 UTC 2024-05-04 11:21:12 UTC hello@padlet.com catherineeigen https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/170760393 Dominique Dawes completed in the olympics for gymnastics three times, more than any other female US gymnast. She attended the Barcelona Olympics, Atlanta Olympics, and the Sydney Olympics. She was the first African-American athlete to win an individual medal in gymnastics when she earned a bronze medal on her floor excercise. Not only was she a great athlete, she was an honor-roll student and attended the University of Maryland. She worked hard to get to the competitive level of gymnastics that she got to and to become an amazing student. By accomplishing these goals, she showed women and African-Americans that they are capable of doing anything that others can do. One article states, “She and the team took home Olympic gold, the first-ever team gold medal for the United States in gymnastics. Her floor exercise earned her an individual bronze medal as well and in doing so, Dawes became the first African-American to win an individual event medal in gymnastics.” This quote is important because it shows that she contributed to her team and helped them to achieve the gold medal. Not only that, but she worked hard and earned herself a bronze medal. This bronze medal became the first medal that any African American gymnast would win individually. After doing so, she became a role model to girls and African-Americans everywhere. She broke records as a woman and an African-American. People did not expect these achievements from her but she did it anyway and went above and beyond everybody’s expectations. 

]]> 2017-05-09 13:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/170760393 kyliemcglynn https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/170760448 Kathrine Switzer tells the story of her first experience at the Boston Marathon. And years later at age 70, she is doing her final race, and now all women are allowed to run. Boston, Massachusetts 1967, Switzer signed up and put her number onto her shirt. She was set to run her first of many Boston Marathon’s. When she began to run, men tried to prevent her, and  they held her back, just because she was a women trying to run a race no other woman had run before. She ran the race to prove that women are capable of running and have just as much strength as men. By being the first woman to run the Boston Marathon,it empowered and inspired women and even men to believe that they can do whatever they want,even when people doubted her capabilities, and even now she is running it  empowering women of all types that they can do whatever they dream of doing. I find this article to be inspiring to women of all kinds. Not only was it different for K.V. Switzer to run as a women in 1967, but nobody believed she could do it.What’s inspiring is the fact that she believed that she could do it, when everyone doubted her. “In 1967, when I pinned on that bib number, I really wasn't trying to prove anything because a woman had actually run the Boston Marathon the year before by just jumping out of the bushes and running. There was nothing about gender in the rulebook in those days because everybody assumed a woman really couldn't run and didn't want to run, and why even bother with it in the rulebook or on the entry form?” says Switzer. This quote means that she wasn’t trying to make a big deal that she was the first woman to enter the Boston Marathon. And that there were no rules stating that her admission wasn’t allowed. So why did everyone insist on making a huge commotion.]]> 2017-05-09 13:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/170760448 stephenandrews https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/170994614  Jesse Owens broke many Olympic records when he was at his best. In addition, he also broke these records during the time when negroes were not accepted and on the world’s biggest stage. The 1936 Berlin Olympics was at the time when Hitler was rising to power and decided that negroes were inferior. The way he survived in the horrible environment was to block out everyone who did not like him.  In addition, he got help from the most unlikely person. In the long jump, Owens fouled his first two jumps, so Luz Long a German who was his stiffest competition told him to make a mark a few inches before the jump line so he would not foul his jump. With this help, Owens managed to qualify for the next round and win the gold medal. However,  when he went back to America he was still not accepted, sharing "When I came back to my native country, after all the stories about Hitler, I couldn't ride in the front of the bus," Owens said. "I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, but I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President, either.” This shows the level of discrimination that Owens faced even though he was a tremendous athlete. It is such a shame that one of the greatest athletes of all time was still not accepted into society even after all his wonderful achievements.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCmvDwDocrw

]]> 2017-05-10 12:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/170994614 liamclark https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/170994899 Sports players and the people who are involved in the communities all over the United States have been impacting societies ever since the diversity was broken and blacks and whites could play together. They are making everyone feel welcomed in the sports communities. Also, in bad times sports is bringing people together. This topic is important because sports in our society is only growing and for everyone to be welcomed in sports is a big factor. When people are down, they rely on sports to bring them together and support their city or team. For example, after 9/11  baseball was suspended and once it came back the games were sellouts because everyone wanted to come together and watch their team battle. And at that point everyone had a little heart for the Yankees. In addition, “some people see sports as an art. It takes time, dedication, and talent to get as far as professional sport. The plays put out on the field are nothing short of a masterpiece.” This quote means that people don’t always see sports as a competition they see it as an art on how hard it is to get to the professional leagues and actually succeed in it. In addition they like watching how well the plays are executed and the point of each play.

]]> 2017-05-10 12:59:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/170994899 catherineeigen https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/170999572 Jackie Robinson broke color barriers when he became the first black athlete to play in the in the MLB. He signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. In college at UCLA, he won varsity letters in four sports. After college he actually played semi-professional football for the Honolulu Bears. This career was cut short because of World War II, where he served as a second lieutenant in the US Army from 1942 to 1944. He showed people everywhere that people can do multiple things and impact the world. Also, that African-Americans are capable of what others are. He worked hard and was inspired by his brother and family. He wanted to show people what he and others are capable of. Jackie Robinson is very inspiring. Many people don’t know that Jackie Robinson played football. It is also so awesome that he served our country and was such an amazing athlete. He was also an African American man, and in that time that wasn’t as accepted as it is now. Jackie Robinson was a great baseball player, he was a good football player, and he served our country. One article states, “At the time, the sport was segregated, and African-Americans and whites played in separate leagues. Robinson began playing in the Negro Leagues, but he was soon chosen by Branch Rickey, president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, to help integrate major league baseball. He joined the all-white Montreal Royals, a farm team for the Brooklyn Dodgers, in 1946. Robinson later moved to Florida to begin spring training with the Royals.” Jackie Robinson was taken onto an all white team. He originally played on an all African American team but was moved. It was most likely nerve-racking for Jackie Robinson going to play with the other team. He was almost a “test-run” to see if they could put whites and blacks on the same team. He is known for breaking barriers and showing people that he can play baseball as a black man, and he did that same thing in the military and in football. Therefore, so many kids and adults look up to him as an athlete and as a person. 

]]> 2017-05-10 13:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/170999572 kyliemcglynn https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/170999937 On June 3rd, 2016 Scottsdale, Arizona, Mohammad Ali’s  life as a legend came to an end. After suffering from Parkinson’s Disease, it took his life. With years and years full of inspiring others, and the history he made as a boxer and all of the medals, belts, and trophies won, everyone knew that his life was lived to the fullest. Ali made his mark on the world by showing others to keep doing what they dream of doing, and keep fighting when times are tough.  A legend and mentor to many his years and years of boxing inspired people because of his hard work since age 12. I think that Mohammad Ali made his mark on the world, and he worked for it all. Years and years after hard work, Ali made it to be “ The Greatest”. I find this article to reflect on what an amazing life he lived with such fight, and determination. He help people become strong and powerful. Mohammad Ali worked hard throughout his lifetime, he came to be the greatest boxer and fighter by putting in such effort and fight through the years. And once his time was done, everyone knew that his life was lived right. This topic is important because it is inspirational to hear about. Ali was a person who could and still can deeply inspire people, he made people believe that they can do anything they put their heart to. “He was born Jan. 18, 1942, in Louisville, Ky. Clay, who started fighting at the age of 12, won two national Golden Gloves middleweight championships and an AAU national light-heavyweight title. Soon after graduating from high school, Clay won the light-heavyweight gold medal at the 1960 Olympics in Rome.” : The quote explains tells the “story of his life” in a short paragraph. It shows how starting at a young age can get you places, since he was 12, he won many medals and trophies. So, this shows determination throughout life. 

]]> 2017-05-10 13:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/170999937 liamclark https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/171000385 Tony hawk was born in 1968 in the United States.  Tony hawk has his foundation donating skateparks, and he has his own skateboard company. He has a lot of fame and money  which let shim donate all of these very expensive parks and skateboards. This topic is so important because it bring the communities together when it receives a skate park. He is donating a big chunk of money and fun to the town at the same time. I think this is very nice of him because not every town can afford a town skatepark, and sometime not everyone's wants to use tax money to pay for it. When Tony Hawk and his foundation come in they pay for everything and they want it to be used frequently. For example, ““Hawk has worked to help young people by creating more public skateboard parks.” This quote explains that ever since he retired he has been giving back so people can have the same experience that he did growing up with a stunt park in your town.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIhGcG347bk 

]]> 2017-05-10 13:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/171000385 liamclark https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/171002659 The 1920’s sports players in the United States were great role models and sports players. They overcame discrimination while playing these sports. For example, Jackie Robinson on his team had several white teammates that respected and treated him very well. One time, it said that he walked into a restaurant with his team and they didn’t allow blacks, and then the whole team walked out together because he wasn’t allowed in. This is very interesting to learn about because I never knew that the 1920’s had so many great athletes that changed sports in general on and off the field. This topic is important to the sports community  because in the 1920’s sports were just becoming big and to have these very talented players meant that they set good examples and they were role models. People in the later years looked up to them as great people and players. For instance, “The Roaring Twenties are famous for many things, one of the most often forgotten is 1920s sports. “ This quote explains that in the 1920’s sports really made a significant change to our society and to the sport community as a whole.

]]> 2017-05-10 13:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/171002659 catherineeigen https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/171003830 Mia Hamm was an amazing soccer player that many people look up to, but she also helps others. Her brother died but she never let that get he down. He died from a rare bone marrow disease. She took that anger and sadness and used it to improve in soccer. She also made a foundation, The Mia Foundation, for three things that she cares passionately about. It helps young girls get involved in sports, gets bone marrow donors, and get people to help others with umbilical cord stem cell problems. She felt passionately about sports and helping others and her brother’s death pushed her to want to help others and try to do what she can to make sure families don’t have to go through what she did. Many do not know that Mia Hamm did this much for others. They think that she is just a soccer player. It is so inspiring that she got to do what she loved and help others as well. Her soccer career helped a lot with bringing awareness to her foundation, so she got to use her career to help others. Some celebrities use their careers for bad publicity, but she did the opposite. Mia Hamm shows kids that they can do more than one things. They can do something they love and help others. She took things that she was passionate about and decided to do something about it. She stated in an interview, “As such, I have witnessed and experienced first hand the pain that goes with watching a loved one in desperate need of a transplant suffer. It goes without saying that Garrett's passing had a profound impact on my life's mission, one that was initially realized in 1999 with MHF's creation and expanded upon in 2001.” Her foundation took off very quickly. People began donating and helping within 2 years of it being founded. She feels passionately about her foundation. Her brother’s death impacted her life for the better and for the worse. She is a role model for girls everywhere.  ]]> 2017-05-10 13:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/171003830 kyliemcglynn https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/171004638 As a Canadian kid, Terry Fox was the average boy, he was athletic and all, too. Until one day he was diagnosed with bone cancer in his leg. The cancer led him no option other than to amputate six inches above the knee. The action was a motivation in his life, Terry Fox decided that he wanted to run all of Canada to raise money to research cancer, unfortunately he died before he could finish his cross-country run. Before his death he had run over halfway through Canada, and then was forced to stop because the cancer had spread to his lungs, sadly he passed away on June 28, 1980. Never before have I heard of Terry Fox, but after reading the article I feel so inspired. Terry Fox went through the unimaginable, being diagnosed with cancer,  had his leg amputated, then set a goal to run all of Canada to fund money for Cancer Research. Doing acts like this is amazing, but what he did was he brought his community and whole country together to do something amazing as a whole. This topic is important because it is inspirational to many. To Be diagnosed with cancer and then run a large part a the country with a prosthetic leg is amazing. “During the spring and summer of 1980, on one good leg and one prosthetic leg, Terry Fox ran more than halfway across Canada, a total of 3,339 miles, logging nearly a marathon a day over 143 days, and through his Marathon of Hope raised more than $23 million for cancer research. On the 143rd day, he was forced to stop; the cancer that took his leg had spread to his lungs and would kill him in the summer of 1981 at age 22. Each year since, on a Sunday in September, Terry Fox Runs have been held, growing to more than 4,000 venues in 56 nations. These noncompetitive 5Ks and 10Ks, along with other efforts by the Terry Fox Foundation, have raised close to $370 million.” The quote talks about the efforts that Terry Fox put in during the time in which he still had cancer. Terry ran nearly half of Canada on one prosthetic leg and one good leg, until he discovered that the cancer spread to his lungs, preventing him from running. But after running, and after his death, his foundation made close to $370 million]]> 2017-05-10 13:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/171004638 catherineeigen https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/171005110 2017-05-10 13:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/171005110 kyliemcglynn https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/171005576 2017-05-10 13:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/171005576 stephenandrews https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/171851989 In his time, Janos Garay, from Hungary, was one of the greatest fencers of all time. In the 1924 Paris olympics, he won bronze in the Individual sabre event and silver in the team sabre event. Four years later in the 1928 olympics he won gold in the team sabre events. However, he did not only do fencing. He fought in World War I as a Captain and was highly decorated. He was part of the team who went to negotiate in England during the War before Hungary joined the Germans. He had a high position in the Office of Foreign Trade. He was on the Gestapo list and therefore immediately taken from his office, as soon the Germans occupied Budapest. As a result, Janos Garay was sent to a concentration camp and sadly died. The quote, “He was one of 437,402 Jews deported from Hungary after Germany occupied that country in 1944.” shows that it did not matter if you were a decorated war hero and a professional athlete, if you were jewish person you were hunted. The sad reality of this is that young people that could grow up to be like Janos Garay would not have a chance to show their talent to the world.

]]> 2017-05-15 14:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/171851989 stephenandrews https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/171852547 Jen Welter is the first Nfl  coach. She is coaching for the Arizona Cardinals and got signed on July 27th 2015. However, not only to becoming the first female Nfl coach she was also the first female to play in a men’s league that was a position other than the kicker. In addition, she has been doing well as a coach. The Cardinals started 3-0 at the start of the 2015-2016 season. Players on the team say that she even coached similarly to other men coaches. Welter, as previously stated had played football as well and some achievements are, “Welter, 37, won gold medals with Team USA in the International Federation of American Football Women's World Championships in 2010 and 2013”. This goes to show that football, more specifically the Nfl, is becoming less and less of just a men’s sport and women will have their time to make an imprint on the game.

]]> 2017-05-15 14:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kyliemcglynn/i0z0kjb6m3j4/wish/171852547