Athletes as Celebrities; some history as well as look at impact media has on it
Title: Athletes as Celebrities; some history as well as look at impact media has on it
Category: /Social Sciences/Communication Studies
Details: Words: 2740 | Pages: 10 (approximately 235 words/page)
Athletes as Celebrities; some history as well as look at impact media has on it
Category: /Social Sciences/Communication Studies
Details: Words: 2740 | Pages: 10 (approximately 235 words/page)
Athletes as celebrities can be dated back to the ancient Olympic Games, but the rise of athletes as celebrities took off in the early 1900's. Athletes began to be used to market cigarettes and cigars, inside the packs they used to include some of the first baseball cards. Out of this Idea came one of the most valuable baseball cards of all time with one of Honus Wagner worth well over 500,000 dollars (www.money.cnn.
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those who are infatuated with the knowing the exact life's of their favorite athletes. The privacy of the athlete will continue to be pried into...whether it is with or without their blessing.
Works Cited
EBay goes for grand slam
http://money.cnn.com/2000/07/07/investing/q_ebay/
Hasselbecks Keep Eyes on the Big Time
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14788-2003Nov25.html
Urlacher tries to forget Paris
http://bears.theinsiders.com/2/182461.html