Month: March 2020

Progress

So far I’ve been working on my research and I’m pretty much done with it. The resources I’ve used our 30 for 30 and lots of different articles and some books. I’ve been taking notes that revolve around my sub questions. Part of the project that I had to revise was the different sports that I was doing at first I thought I should’ve done basketball football soccer and baseball and then I thought basketball college basketball football and college football then I watch the 30 for 30 about the Celtics and Lakers rivalry And I decided to do the Celtics and Lakers rivalry.

 

I feel like that the quality of my work is pretty good it could be better but it could be worse.

Resources and notetaking

I started with a Google search on sports rivalries. I noticed that there were Entries from Encyclopedia Britannica on the subject articles on ESPN.com and videos on sports documentaries. My plan is to use all these different sources to do my research project.

Encyclopedia Britannica is a well-known and legitimate source so I feel confident that any information I get from there will be accurate. I do not plan on using Wikipedia which could also be an accurate ESPN is a well-known source.

I think ESPN and bleacher report will be the most helpful because those to only talk about sports and then the other topics like the rivalry’s from sports. I think sports Center will be helpful and Netflix because sports Center is a talk show about the biggest news in sports. I think Netflix will be helpful because there’s a lot of documentaries about sports.I think Netflix will be helpful because there’s a lot of documentaries about sports.

After I read the articles and watch documentaries I’m going to take notes on a Google doc. I’m going to make a note of the source and add information that connects to my topic. That way I can keep track of all the information and where it is from in one place.

Topic choice and proposal.

I sat down and I thought about things I would like to research about. Since I am very into sports at first I thought about football. But then I realized that was too broad. I didn’t just want to do a research project I wanted to do something that had stories behind it. I started thinking why do I love watching sports? There are so many things i like,  but one thing that interests me are the stories behind the teams, including and especially the rivalries.

Once I decided on a topic, it was easy to figure out specific questions on things I wanted to learn more about.  I also decided which sports I wanted to focus on.  I have just decided to look at NBA basketball, college basketball, football, college football, soccer.  At first I thought I would do baseball because there are some really big rivalries there, but I don’t like baseball so I decided to not look at baseball rivalries.

 

For my passion project, I am going to learn about sports rivalries.  I chose to research this topic because I like sports and like learning about stories relating to sports.  I often watch documentaries relating to sports with my family. I like watching sports because sports are always fun to watch but I also like knowing about heir teams, and the stories behind both. 

 

 I plan to research sports rivalries over the history of sports. I am going to pick and focus on a few rivalries from every sport including football, basketball, college football, college basketball and soccer. In my paper,  I want to research when and how the rivalry started, why it started, and look at differences in the story of the team’s rivalries.  

 

Main Inquiry Question

 

How have sports rivalries developed over time?

 

Sub questions

1. What are the greatest rivalries in sports history?
2. How did these rivalries start?
3. How do the rivalries affect the players?
4. How do the rivalries affect the fans
5. How do the rivalries affect the game playing?

 

Sources:

1.  Sports Illustrated
2. ESPN
3. Bleacher report Encyclopedia Brittanica