The general argument made by director John Singleton in his work 30 for 30: Marion Jones: Press Pause is that Marion Jones deserves what she had to go through after being caught for using performance enhancing drugs (PED's). He explains to you the whole process Jones went through that eventually landed her in Prison. He does this with having Jones giving you first hand stories and also first hand stories from her attorney. It is not presenting any arguments other than her being guilty and owning up to it after the fact that she lied about it several times to Federal investigators and  public press conferences. Marion Jones received six months jail time on two accounts of lying to federal investigators. 

In my view Singleton made his documentary correctly. He used several good tactics to justify what he was trying to get across. He also had a great use of interviews and was fair to both sides of the story. He had good answers from people on Jones point of view and good interviews with people who  believed that Jones was guilty and deserved what she got. There fore i concluded that this was a very well made documentary.

There is a major problem surrounding Deflate gate in the NFL. After the New England Patriots Beat the Indianapolis Colts 45-7 in the AFC championship, Deflate gate  has been the headline of every sports topic. The Deflate gate has brought much unwanted attention to the Patriots for their use of deflated foot balls in the championship game. Shortly after accusations on the Patriots, the NFL began a full investigation on every aspect of Deflate gate. The problem with the deflated footballs is that it gave the Patriots an unfair advantage over the Colts.  In the harsh weather that night an under inflated football would allow the Patriots to make easier catches and fumble less. Most of the Patriots Points did come from running the football. However the Pats still would have won the game without their touchdowns from passing.
I do not believe that Tom Brady is guilty of the accusations from the Wells Report. I also do not think that he should be held responsible unless he was the one who physically deflated the footballs. Just because Brady had knowledge of the suspicious activity does not mean that he could have fixed it. There is also no way to tell that Tom Brady was the only one who had knowledge. There could have been several other employees who knew exactly what was going on. If Brady could have stopped it he would have. Another piece of information  that is missing is, who gave the order to have the balls deflated? That question should be answered before anything else.
There is no way that the punishment for Tom Brady is justifiable. Maybe the 1,000,000$ fine is enough for the patriots. Why would Tom Brady be the person getting suspended if there is no way to tell who else knew the disclosed information. The four game suspension could be a little bit of a force. It is not fair to have just one person held responsible when it might not have even been his fault. There should have to be definitive evidence that Tom Brady gave the instruction to deflate the footballs before he get suspended. If they can not determine that he told the ball boy to deflate the balls then there should be no suspension. When the balls were deflated there had to have been more than just a few people knowing that it had happened.
There are only a few solutions for this problem. The first is they have the footballs tested multiple times through out a game to make sure that there is no tampering at any point. The second is that They do not allow for the balls to be brought random places (like an employee bathroom) as seen i deflate gate. There should be more rules implicated to determine who is allowed to be in contact with the footballs. The problem for the Patriots is not that they cheated, but that they got caught. Every team in the National Football League ha cheated at one point or another. Of course team are going to cheat when there are Billions of dollars through out the league and all they have to do to get paid is win.

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By: Jayson Poirier

NORTON- On Thursday May 28, 2015 the Junior varsity Norton Lancers baseball team took the bus ride to play Millis High. This would be the last game of the year for the Norton Lancers. At this point in the season Norton proved worthy at a record of (15-2). Mills thus far was (11-7), so they were not a team to exclude from the winnings. 

This was not the first time that these two teams had met this season. Earlier in the season they met at Norton highs field where the then, undefeated Norton took a 7-6 win in the bottom of the 8th inning. When asked,"How do you feel about the first time you played millis?" head coach Aaron Sumner responded, " Our bats came out dead and we let them stay in the game for too long."


In this match up on Millis' field it was bound that great plays would happen. Millis came out of the gate strong with an early 3-0 lead on the Lancers. In the first inning on the first hit ball of the game Junior second basemen Ben Veglas made a fielding error that would lead to a fallout of pitching from Sophomore pitcher Jayson Poirier. Struggling to hit the strike zone the right hander ended the first inning letting up 3 runs, 2 of which were earned runs.



Mills received help from the umpires in this game. There were several calls that would not be in the Lancers favor. A run down between home and third base would lead to a score from Millis on a questionable call from the home plate umpire. A well slapped tag from sophomore catcher James Morris was an expected out. The umpire how ever believed other wise.



In the fourth inning Nortons bats came alive, the same time that Millis defense started to fail. Nortons right fielder Adam Lesiw smacked his second of four singles in this game. We asked Lesiw how he felt at the plate today and his response "I was in the zone the whole game and wanted to end the season on a great note." justifies exactly what he accomplished.

Millis would not be able to handle Nortons offence for the rest of the game. By the start of the sixth inning the Norton Lancers were up 14-3. With many pitching changes from Millis they would continue not to find anyone who could shut down Norton. This game was snow ball style game that would build in Nortons impressive 18-3 victory over Millis. 

In 'It Was Thunder and Lightning' ill Grimsley used several tips from '10 Tips for Improving Scholastic Sportswrit'ing. Grimsley uses his knowledge of sports writing to deliver you a well executed article of the Ali and Liston fight. Grimsley also did not show any bias and was not a "cheerleader" for either of the fighters. This was also a direction from '10 Tips for Improving Scholastic Sportswriting'. Grimsleys rhetoric to start off with was too ask several questions for you to have set in your mind. Then later on, he answered these questions with details and quotes from attendees of the fight. This strategy highlights his purpose by giving you acceptable reasoning for all of the issues that took place with the fight that night.



In 'Tanaka blames mound for woes' by Peter Gobis he uses many tips from '10 Tips for Improving Scholastic Sportswriting'. Gobis uses the direction of writing about the players in the game and not about the teams themselves. Gobis also always refers to the players by their position on the field or there numbered spot in the batting order. Another tip that Gobis incorporated was not having a bias for either team and fairly gave you facts regarding each team and its players.  

The general argument made by director Josh Greenbaum in his work, 'The Short Game' is that adults can be pushing kids into a sport that forces them to abandon their childhood.  In the beginning of the film Greenbaum focuses on introducing the young athletes (top 8 year old golfers) and a background on their life and their winnings.  He also shows how much time that these young golfers spend on the course. Greenbaum then follows 8 elite golfers to the 8 year olds world championship. As a viewer you get to experience what these kids have to overcome in order to be the best. Also you get a first hand look at what they sacrifice for the game. Not just one perspective is shown in the film either. You also get to see that they still are kids and still act like kids off of the course. In my view Greenbaum is both right and wrong. More specifically i believe that the kids are not throwing away their childhood. I think that they are just spending their childhood doing something that they are passionate about   and do because they love it. For example one young golfer Alan  can never get off of the course. He always wants to stay and practice regardless if he just won the world championship. Therefore i conclude that these kids are not wasting their childhoods at all.

I believe that professional sports has had a major impact on our culture. Professional sports impacts everyone that is interested in that sport. Even if your just a spectator that doesn't even play the sport it can impact your life as an individual. With everything that can impact a culture in a major way there are negative and positive affects.

There are many positive affects of a professional sport in America. First off they can bring people from around the world together. Also the 1 percent of people that play the sport professionally make a lot of money from the sport. For every sport in the world there is people where that sport consumes their entire life even if they dont play it to make money from it. Other positive impacts that Pros have on our culture is it gives some people a person they can to look up too when maybe they dont have a person in their life that they can look up too already. 

There are also negative effects that professional sports can have on our culture. One main effect is people love the sport so much but maybe in the wrong way. There have been thousands of incidents of fans getting harassed and injured just from liking a different team. I do not believe that this is the way to go about problems like this at all. 

In Trevor Martins documentary " Schooled The Price of College Sports", (2013) he informs us that College athletes deserve to be paid even though they are amateurs. The director first asserts this idea with use of visuals and interviews, he then informs us with statistics of different salaries and expenses through out D1 colleges. To conclude the documentary he worked towards a solution for the main issues. His purpose of this film was to maybe get the attention of important people in order to expose the NCAA. He most likely had a specific audience in  mind in the process of making this film.

Jayson Poirier
My sports history: I have been playing baseball since I was 3 years old. I started out at tee-ball and have played on every level up till junior varsity for my High School. I played for various AAU teams and other travel competition teams. Also I have played Football every year since I was 7 years old. Basketball is another sport that I play and have been playing since I was in the 4th grade. There are many sports quotes that I like. My favorite one tho is "hard work feels good." And another is "If you're not first, you're last."

The article 'JJ Nelson: Adidas never offered deal' is about how NFL prospect JJ Nelson missed out on 100,000 dollars. Adidas has an endorsement deal for the top three fastest prospects in the 40 yard dash. Before the combine players have a chance to pick the newest Adidas cleat for use at the combine. JJ did exactly this before the combine. During the combine not only did Nelson run in the top 3 but he ran the fastest over all time. Nelson thought he was gonna be 100,000 $ richer. This was not the case. It turned out that you had to sign a full endursement  deal with Adidas BEFORE you ran 40.
When JJ was questioned about how he did not obtain the 100,000 dollars he stated that his time and him doing well came before the money did. He felt that his time was more important although he is still considered late round draft pick. He also claims that Adidas never gave him the option of signing a endorsement deal. At this time no one from the medias perspective is completely positive of what happened.  I personally do believe that the whole thing was just a misunderstanding. But also JJ Nelson does deserve the 100,000$ signing bonus because he was the fasted 40 yard dash runner in the new Adidas cleats.

For Arthur and William basketball was a lot more than just a sport. It was an escape from their household issues. It was a way of life for these two boys. Without basketball Arthur very easily could have fell in with the wrong people in life. The same also goes for William as well.  The theme that interested me the most had to be the sense of hope. These young men had a fantastic opportunity to do something amazing. I do believe that if basketball didnt turn into money hungry situation for them that they could have gone further with the game.

Arthur Agee had it rough and theres no doubt about that. His father was in and out of his life consistently. He was on and off of drugs for the duration of the film. Arthurs mother rarely had a job and could barley afford living expenses. When Arthur had the opportunity to attend St. Josephs high school everything was looking great. This was until his parents could not afford to send him to school, This really set Arthur back grades wise when he then attended Marshall high. Arthur would lead his team to a city champion ship and made it to the semi finals for the state playoffs. This all occurred his senior year. Arthur had many scholarships offers from all over but could not except a division one scholarship with his marks. He ended up haveing to pass summer school  just to attend a junior college on a fully paid scholar ship.

William Gates had his equal share of variables to overcome. He had to deal with reoccurring injures, low test grades, and real life issues. William was able to attend St. Josephs High School for all four years. He did not struggle with grades as much as Agee did but he did have struggles to get his SAT scores to an 18 to accept a D  one scholarship. Williams sophomore year he had torn cartilage in his left knee. He was out for 9 weeks and then some with the physical therapy he had to endure.   After his struggle through the first few years of high school things started to look better for William. His senior year he lead his team to the state playoffs wear they would be eliminated in the second round. This was the earliest exit from the playoffs for  St. Josephs  in quite some time.

There is no doubt that Super Bowl 49 was an exciting game. Everything pertaining to the game was exciting. From deflate gate to Marshawn Lynch and his interviews. I believe that the Patriots  deserved to win the game with the way they played and the controversy they faced. This super bowl had the most memorable ending that I have ever witnessed.  At the moment Kearse made the circus catch I was flabbergasted. I thought the game was over and I didn't know what to do. Then a few intense minutes later everything changed. Malcolm Butler. Butler made the biggest play of his career. He got the interception to save the Super Bowl victory.

How do i feel about this upcoming Super bowl? I feel very enthusiastic because I am a very strong willed fanatic of the New England Patriots. I could not be happier that the Brady Bellichick dynasty has made it to yet another super bowl. I also believe that they can win their fourth ring on Sunday. They pretty much are the best duo ever regardless of anyone else's opinions. 

The general argument made by Mark Farinella in this article is that the Seattle Sea Hawks secondary will be "erasing" the Patriots wide receivers.  He writes "The talented secondary of the Seattle Seahawks, it is said, will erase  the Patriots receiving corps".  In this passage Mark Farinella is suggesting that, from coaches and player quotes that the patriots wide receivers can not compare to the Sea-hawks secondary. He used many quotes from the patriots point of view as well. "We just have to go out there and play our style of football." said LaFell. LaFell believes that if they play like they have been then the pats can still contribute to their offense through the passing game. 

In my personal view Mark Farinella is wrong because I believe that the Patriots can win this game no matter what. More specifically, I believe that the Sea Hawks secondary wont be able to stop the Pats receivers. Yeah the Sea Hawks have very physical backs but its not the first time these receivers have seen backs like the Sea Hawks. Although Farinella might object that the Patriots can roll through the Sea Hawks defense. I maintain that its not the first time that Pats have played a time of this caliber. Therefore I conclude that the Patriots are more than capable of winning super bowl XLIX. 

What is a sport? Does it have to be a physical activity or something competitive? I believe that a sport is anything that you have to practice to be good at. Also i believe that it has to demand at least a little physical activity. The majority of sports are played competitively or almost at all times for ones entertainment.  Many sports require the participants to obtain  a cretin skill set and to put in the practice needed to become better. 

There are many activities that can be considered a sport. A sport can be anything from hunting to skiing down a mountain. There are millions of people that dedicate their lives to a sport that they fall in love with. Because of the fact that people play many different sports competitively does not mean that others don't do it to have fun and enjoy their time. Anything you do in life might involve you practicing to enrich your ability to complete that task. Now weather that task is shooting a hockey puck or driving a race car   practicing will make you better.