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The Sports Archives – The Three Most Financially Irresponsible NBA Players Ever!

Posted on August 14, 2014 by thesportsarchives

As it stacks up against the other major sports, no professional athlete makes more than a professional basketball athlete. According to this article by USA Today, National Basketball Association players make an average of $5.15 million. While the average career … Continue reading →

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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 … Continue reading →

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The Sports Archives – A Short List Of Some Of The Most Popular Female Athletes!

Posted on June 24, 2013 by thesportsarchives

Female athletes are inspirational to people all over the world because they work hard to achieve everything that they accomplish. Though the sporting world is often dominated by men, female athletes now have a firm hold on the industry and … Continue reading →

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The Sports Archives – Insanely Disappointing ‘Hero’ Athletes!

Posted on March 7, 2013 by thesportsarchives

Celebrities represent the modern-day hero, and like any leading protagonist, they are extremely fallible. Headlines have always been dominated by stories about rich, good-looking people behaving badly and celebrity athletes are certainly no exception. With all their money and muscles, … Continue reading →

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The Sports Archives – 5 Smartest People In All of Sports!

Posted on January 25, 2013 by thesportsarchives

Athletes are most commonly associated with physical strength, blinding speed, and insane leaping ability. They are not usually thought to be the smartest people in the room. This may be true in some cases, but there are plenty of smart … Continue reading →

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The Sports Archives – Breaking Down Barriers – Arab Women in Sport!

Posted on January 7, 2013 by thesportsarchives

In the western world women don’t think twice about taking up sport and aiming to compete at the highest level. Indeed their exploits are celebrated and many female sports stars become icons and national heroines. In a world where obesity … Continue reading →

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The Sports Archives – Viagra Now Enhancing Performance Outside Of Bedrooms!

Posted on December 22, 2012 by thesportsarchives

Given the incredible potential for fortune and fame in professional sports, it is little surprise that athletes are willing to cheat in order to gain an edge. Talk of performance enhancing substances began in the late 1980s, and the conversation … Continue reading →

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The Sports Archives – Overcoming All Odds – Five Inspirational Disabled Athletes!

Posted on December 20, 2012 by thesportsarchives

The London Olympics were incredible for myriad reasons, but one of the most important of these was undoubtedly the treatment of the Paralympics. For possibly the first time, the Paralympics were treated as of equal importance, and the Paralympians were … Continue reading →

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The Sports Archives – How Much Does It Cost To Train An Olympic Athlete?

Posted on December 1, 2012 by thesportsarchives

For a select few world-class athletes, 2012 was the year when they realized their full potential, and stood on the podium with an Olympic gold medal around the neck. At that specific moment, they may well have contemplated how the … Continue reading →

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The Sports Archives – Did Lance Armstrong Deserve to be Stripped of his Titles?

Posted on September 13, 2012 by thesportsarchives

Lance Armstrong won the Tour De France, one of the toughest endurance events in any sport in the world, an amazing seven consecutive times. Even more impressively, all of those wins came after he had been diagnosed with, and defeated, … Continue reading →

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