Essays on Athletes

Have you ever wondered that in the early 1900’s black people couldn’t play in the MLB so there was a league designated for black people? But that was broken when Jackie Robinson became the first black MLB player. Jackie Robinson was born on January the…

From all the options my brain collected, I chose to read and write about Jackie Robinson, who is most famously known for being the first African American to play in major league baseball. Robinson was born in 1919 and died in 1972 to a heart…

For decades following the Civil War, Jim Crow laws terrorized the lives of African Americans, barring them from the facilities and opportunities available to whites. They were forced to drink from separate water fountains, to stay in separate hotels, and to eat in separate restaurants….

Muhammad Ali was an American boxer who began training since his junior high year. He started off by learning how to box from a policeman at a gym, and that’s when he figured that this is where he wants to build his career and make…

I am writing today about the “The Greatest” ever lived. His name was Cassius Marcellus Clay. If that does not sound familiar to you, you might know him by the name Muhammad Ali. He is the best boxer that ever lived and arguably one of…

Boxing began all the way back to Ancient Greece. The first boxing match took place in Great Britain in 1671. Most boxing fans know this famous quote Ali once said ” Don’t count the days make the days count”. Also Muhammed Ali came from nothing…

Introduction Did you know that college football is one of the main sources of income of universities? In fact, the highest paid college football teams can generate over 200 million dollars in revenue. This is why student athletes are very respected and why most of…

Muhammad Ali was considered the greatest Boxer of the mid 90’s. But it wasn’t his boxing that made him become who he is today. He was able to introduce “Black Power” to White America, Jumpstart the 1960’s Anti War movement, And also became the first…

Everyday Life of College Athletes On common on average only 1/3 of college athletes are given a scholarship and a majority are half as much as a full scholarships as stated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. From that 1/3 about two percent make it…

Muhammad Ali was an African American who was a former professional heavy weight boxer and one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century . His boxing career started in the 1960’s and it ended in 1981. He was the first boxer to win the…