Archive for the 'Heritage Sports' Category

A Short History of Sports Photography

The history of sports photography is tightly related to the trends of sport gaining popularity throughout human history. The technology of photography from the early 1800s onward leaped forward in bounds and aided an emerging media, sporting journalism.
The inspiration of athletics and sport in art can certainly be seen in the work of the ancient [...]

Football in the Down Under - Australian Football

Everyone knows that one of the national past times of the United States is football, and has a basic idea of how it is played. Now what about Australia? Here it is called by many names including footy, and Aussie rules, it the national past time of Australia and is played of course primarily on [...]

2007 Verizon Heritage Golf Tournament

The PGA tees it up at the Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, South Carolina Thursday, one week after the Green Jacket was handed out at Augusta during the Masters. Most tournaments wouldn’t produce a very big turnout after a prestigious event with the quality of the Masters, but that’s just not the case [...]

The Heritage Of Horse Racing

Horse racing has been around since the dawn of mankind. It could have started 4,500 years before the birth of Christ in the plains of Central Asia. This is where the horse was first domesticated. Horse racing has been the sport of royalty for thousands of years. Modern horse racing flourishes now because of its [...]

X-Raid BMW Team 1st Int’l Entry for African Heritage

The X-Raid BMW team is the first international entry for the African Heritage Cross Country event, which is the round two of the FIA Cross Country World Cup and round five of the Absa Off-Road Championship. It will be held in the Eastern Cape from July 26 to 30. Expected for a race that will [...]

Sporting Goods

Sports equipment includes any object used for sport or exercise.
The first sports equipment can be traced all the way back to the first Olympics. The Javelin was one of the ancient Greeks favorite pieces of sports equipment because it was also a tool for war. As the centuries passed sports equipment evolved and as it [...]

Wall Art For Sports Fans: Sports Photography

A common technique that experts recommend for relaxation is visualization. The idea is that you close your eyes and imagine yourself in your favorite calming place. For many people this might be a beach or a mountaintop. For sports fans, one of their favorite places is likely the arena or stadium their team calls home. [...]

A Career in Sports Medicine

Do you want a rewarding career that also lets you work with a lot of people? Do you enjoy sports and physical activity? Do you want to be a doctor? If you answered yes to any of these then you may be interested in a career in sports medicine. A career in sports medicine has [...]

The Importance of Knowing One’s Heritage

Knowledge is like a garden: if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested – African Proverb
Up until recently, I was very ignorant about my heritage. The only Black history that was taught to me was during Black History Month. Even then, I only learned a part, not the whole. According to some of my [...]