1. Why study American Sports History? Introduction to the course

2. Answer the following… How has Sports impacted your life? Why do Sports exist? Have sports always been so important to America?

3. Sports are important to every society Why else would we dress up like fools in public? In the case of Soccer around the world the fans may literally risk their lives to go the game.

4. Sports show society at its best and worst Player’s from an opposing team carry an injured player after she hit a home run The Malice at the Palace

5. Sports offers hope and relief to some of the problems of society http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Cu4_96gXWgshttp://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Cu4_96gXWgs http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=0qR4-8Y- y9M&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=0qR4-8Y- y9M&feature=related During The Great Depression, WWII, after 9/11, sports continue to offer comfort

6. As we examine how sports has changed, we will see how America has changed.