The Sports Archives – No Women Allowed!

Posted on July 23, 2013 by thesportsarchives

18th green and clubhouseWe are in the 21st century and have numerous laws to ensure equality for women. It is all too easy to think that we have arrived at a period in history when the female of our species has finally achieved a level playing field but sadly that is not the case. I think we all know that women are under-represented at a senior level in the workplace and that they largely earn less money than men. That is a complicated issue which you could debate for hours but there is one area of discrimination in the UK which is much more cut and dried and that is private clubs.

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The Sports Archives – Top Pro Golfers to Follow on Instagram!

Posted on July 22, 2013 by thesportsarchives

Instagram is quickly catching on as the social media platform for posting artsy to everyday photos. Several top golfers have also taken over the platform and wow their followers with great pics of them on and off the course. Here are the top seven golf pros to follow on Instagram.

Rickie Fowler1. Rickie Fowler

@therealrickiefowler

http://instagram.com/p/bgfUH3Quwz/

With more than 100,000 followers, Rickie Fowler is the biggest name on Instagram today and manages his account on his own. From artsy pics of him on the golf course to pictures of his many hobbies, including motocross, skating, and music, Fowler puts out a little bit of everything. Here he’s shown taking a swing while on vacation at Baker’s Bay.

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The Sports Archives – Rock Climbing For Beginners!

Posted on July 19, 2013 by thesportsarchives

Rock ClimbingRock climbing is full of fitness, adventure, fun and adrenaline. Many people consider it as a dangerous activity, but the truth is that with proper instruction, practice and equipment, it is a safe sport. Reading articles or viewing instructional videos on the Internet cannot make you a rock climber – to get started, you must practice the activity under the watchful eye of a professional instructor.

Types Of Rock Climbing

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The Sports Archives – Back To Reality: What Do Elite Athletes Do When They Retire?

Posted on July 18, 2013 by thesportsarchives

Professional sporting careers don’t last long. Sportsmen and women dedicate their formative years to training, training, training, have a few years in the limelight and then… exactly! Then what? The transition from elite athlete to retiree can be demoralising and tough – so much so that Oxford Brookes University has set up a programme to help former athletes through the difficult times they often experience as their careers come to an end.

Thankfully, the world has changed since the retirement of one of the world’s most famous gold medallists, Jesse Owens. Owens was a thorn in Hitler’s side: the black athlete who defeated the Nazis’ Aryan super-men. However, when he returned home to the segregated US, Owens wasn’t even allowed to sit at the front of a bus. After being forced out of athletics, he drifted from job to job and eventually filed for bankruptcy. He wasn’t officially recognised by his country for four decades after the 1936 Olympics.

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The Sports Archives – Wimbledon in Numbers!

Posted on July 17, 2013 by thesportsarchives

The Wimbledon Championship or simply Wimbledon is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, and it’s often considered as the most prestigious. It’s been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon in London since 1877. The tournament takes places over two weeks in late June and early July. The tournament culminates with the Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s singles final. Wimbledon traditions include a very strict dress code for competitors and Royal patronage.

Guoman Hotels have prepared an illustrated infographic with some of the most interesting facts about Wimbledon.  The infographic includes information about most wins, longest matches, most aces and other moments from the tournament history. Some of the key facts illustrated in the infographic include Martina Navratilova winning Wimbledon a record nine times, the longest match in the history of the tournament (11 hours and 5 minutes!), most aces, fastest serve by Taylor Dent in 2010, and other facts related to very traditional strawberries and cream as well as Pimms.

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The Sports Archives – 5 Bizarre Sporting Events In History!

Posted on July 16, 2013 by thesportsarchives

The world of sports is a cauldron of emotions, which witnesses juxtaposing of one emotion after the other like laughing, crying, screaming in anger screaming in exhilaration, nerves on the edge and nerves over the edge. It has the ability to bring out a range of emotions, in a single game or in a single moment of insanity. Given below are truly bizarre moments of sports.

TYSON CHEWING OFF HOLYFIELD’S EAR

Mike Tyson

Boxers in a heavyweight championship fight are a hungry lot. But hunger was given a new meaning by Mike “Hannibal Lecter” Tyson, when he chewed off the ear of his opponent Evander Holyfield, on June 28th 1997 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Close ups of the incident which occurred in the 3rd round, showed Tyson actually biting off a piece of Holyfield’s ear and spitting out the offending meat on the mat. The next visual showed Holyfield jumping up and down with great pain. The crowd which was expecting fireworks was stunned into silence momentarily in shock and awe. Given the magnitude of the event, this goes down in history as one of the bizarre moments.

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The Sports Archives – The Top 10 NBA Rookies Ever!

Posted on July 13, 2013 by thesportsarchives

Once in a while, a player of outstanding ability rises above the rest to dominate in the sport of basketball. Some of these young athletes go on to the pros to continue their winning streaks. Through rigorous training, religious dedication, and extreme perseverance, the following basketball heroes are hailed as some of the best newcomers to the League in all of history.

1) Blake Griffin

While playing for the Los Angeles Clippers during the 2010-2011 season, Blake Griffin left a trail of destruction for his opponents wherever he went. Scoring a record-setting 22.5 points per game, Griffin definitely did his part and more. The tall and well-built guy showed off flashy dunks and alley-oops whenever he got the chance, and this definitely cemented his popularity as a rookie. With over 12 rebounds per game on average, Blake Griffin was a massive offensive force to reckon with.

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The Sports Archives – What’s in a Name: The Larry O’Brien NBA Championship Trophy!

Posted on July 11, 2013 by thesportsarchives

Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy

Who doesn’t like holding a much deserved sports trophy in their hand? No one that I have ever run across. Ever since playing sports as a kid I have been hooked on trophies. Why, I still have most of my youth league trophies stored in a box in the garage. From this you can probably tell that I am stoked each year at the end of the NBA Finals when the World Champions are presented with the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy.

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The Sports Archives – 5 Fun Facts You Didn’t Know About The San Antonio Spurs!

Posted on July 10, 2013 by thesportsarchives

San Antonio Spurs LogoAny San Antonian will tell you that the Spurs are the greatest team in the history of the NBA, because San Antonians have a lot of pride when it comes to basketball and the San Antonio Spurs. With the June 6th start of the 2013 NBA Championship against the Miami Heat, that pride is about to be amplified. Here’s 5 facts most San Antonians will let you know that you didn’t know about this great Texan team:

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