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Zheng, J., Yang, H. (2008 December). On the Construction of New System of "Combination of Sport Training and Literacy" for Cultivation of Competitive Sports Talents. Journal of Beijing Sport University, Vol. 31 Issue 2, p229 3p. Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com This article has to do with both sports training and literacy. It goes deeper to explain the combination of sports training and literacy and how they can work together. It also tells you that the experimentation is occuring in China.

"Communication in Sports Influences the Performance of the Team." Psychology Campus - Information Regarding Psychology and It's Disciplines. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. . This article talks about how communication is used in sports. There are a list of different ways to communicate in sports. It shows how much better a team can be when they communicate with each other.

Luebbers, Mat. "Many College Athletes Failing Sports Nutrition." About Swimming - for Swimming and for Swimmers, Workouts, Swimming Technique, Swimming Pools, Swimming Exercise, Olympic Swimming, Fitness Swimmers. New York Times Company, 11 Jan. 2008. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. .

Jessri, Mahsa, et al. "Evaluation of Iranian College Athletes' Sport Nutrition Knowledge." International Journal of Sport Nutrition & Exercise Metabolism 20.3 (2010): 257-263. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. This research was conducted to help examine athletes nutritional knowledge. Instead of looking at what the athlete knows, the study examined what athletes failed to know. By recognizing what the athletes at what the athletes do not know nutritional professionals can address the athletes on those topics. They conducted their research by giving Iranian college baseball and football players a 2-part questionnaire on sports nutrition knowledge. The results of the study showed that athletes knew little about nutrition knowledge. The researchers believe that their inadequate knowledge may contribute to poor diet. Overall, this study showed that athletes did not have a well understanding of nutrition.

Wei, J.Z. (2010, December). An analysis on media literacy of Sport majors. Journal of Beijing Sport University, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p91 4p. Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com

Center For Science in the Public Interest. "Alcohol Advertising, Televised Sports, and Underage Youth." Cspinet.org. Aug. 2007. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. Televising alcohol during sporting games is highly effective to market your product to a large group of minors. It explains how many younger athletes and fans watch college sporting events and alcoholic companies spent over fifty two million dollars on advertising on commercial breaks. This doesnt mean its only appeals to underage viewers, many legal consumers also watch college sports which makes a good argument for the people who are trying to get thier product advertised during these games. This site also talks about other ways ads reach minors and what effects and influences are given based of a number of statistics.

Vinci, D.M. "Effective nutrition support programs for college athletes. / Programmes efficace d'assistance et de conseil en nutrition pour les athletes universitaires." International Journal of Sport Nutrition 8.3 (1998): 308-320. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. EBSCO. Web. 17 Nov. 2010. This article is about the Husky Sport Nutrition Program at the University of Washington. This program is offered to the college athletes at the university. The program offers life skills assistance to student-athletes. In addition, the program offers a sports nutritionist who is an educator, counselor, and administrator for the athletes. This provides athletes with accurate information on healthy eating behaviors for optimal performance. Furthermore, the program offers a multidisciplinary team to prevent and treat eating disorders.

"Sports Communication." College Admissions - SAT - University & College Search Tool. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. .This article has to do with communication. But more deeply it has to do with the communication in sports. It shows examples of how great teams have worked together through communicating with each other.

Rosewater, Ann. "Learning to Play and Playing to Learn: Organzied Sports and Educational Outcome." MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO, Sept. 2009. Web. 10 Nov. 2010. The article expresses the benefits of playing sports to increase academic performance. In the article it provides data on why it is beneficial for youth to participate in organized sports including the effects on brain functions critical to learning.

Curry, Lewis A., and Sameep D. Maniar. "Academic Course for Enhancing Student-Athlete Performance in Sport." Sport Psychologist 18.3 (2004): 297-316. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010.

Romanello, Mary L., and Malissa Martin. "Information Literacy in Athletic Training: A Problem-Based Approach." Athletic Therapy Today 11.3 (2006): 40-43. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. EBSCO. Web. 2 Nov. 2010. Sports and literacy are connected in this article, which talks about literacy in the sporting world and its importance. It mentions literacy in regards to working as an athletic trainer and effectively communicating with athletes. It shows that literacy is essential in the sporting world. Involvement in athletic training should come with great physical literacy skills.

Miller, Kathleen E., and Joseph H. Hoffman. "Mental Well-Being and Sport-Related Identities in College Students." Ebscohost. N.p., June 2009. Web. 03 Nov. 2010. This article talks about how physical activity and playing sports result in improves mental and social health including reduced risk of suicide and depression. It examines how gender and athletic involvement in a team sport were associated with lower depression scores, and athletic identity was associated with lower risk of a suicide attempt.

Kersey, Robert D."Sport and Exercise Nutrition."Athletic Therapy Today; Jan2002, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p26-27, 2p. EBSCO.Web. 22. Nov. 2010. This article explains the importance of nutrition and the role it has on our performance while we work out or play sports. talks about the various functions and forms of nutrition.

Dunn, Debra, Lori Turner, and George Denny. "Nutrition Knowledge and Attitudes of College Athletes." The Sport Journal 4.10 (2007). Volume 13 Number 4 | The Sport Journal. 2007. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. . This journal entry

Mahiri, J. (1991, Summer). Discourse in Sports: Language and Literacy Features of Preadolescent African American Males in a Youth Basketball Program. The Journal of Negro Education, 60(3), 305-313. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org This article mostly deals with the language of younger children. It is a small sample of a much larger experiment. It talks about numerous of the groups that are involved in the language of young children.

Mandigo, James, et al. "Physical Literacy for Educators." Physical & Health Education Journal 75.3 (2009): 27-30. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. As a teacher, literacy is obviously a major part of all operations. Physical literacy comes in to play on a daily basis for almost all educators. This article explains the importance of literacy when it comes to sports. Understanding a sporting situation is very important for students when it comes to physical education. The knowledge of physical literacy is very important for physical activity and education in general.

Budgetball is a new sport being played on college campuses with the aim of making financial literacy accessible in a very physical way.

Gayles, Joy Gaston. and Shouping. Hu. "The Influence of Student Engagment and Sport Participation on College Outcomes Among Division I Student Athletes." Journal of Higher Education 80.3 (2009), 315-333. This study examines college athletes that do educationally enriching activities, does it help their academic outcomes. The study found that student backgrounds had little effect on academic outcome, but engagement in activities does.

Ginsburg, Richard D., and Rich Lillash. "WINNING AT WHAT?." Independent School 66.4 (2007): 18-28. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 19 Nov. 2010. This article asks the question of how schools define "winning" with their student-athletes. Should it be a diverse person with all around success, or is it excellence in a singular sport? The truth is that people are now trying to focus on one sport in order to gain a scholarship. The problem with this is that it draws the student athlete away from other valued activities. The desire to specialize conflicts with many schools' core values.