The+History+of+Sports

The Competitions that Bring us Closer Throughout the years sports have played a huge role in bringing together cities, countries, and even the entire world. As we know from experience, when a team from a city wins a major sporting event (ie. the Phillies winning the World Series in 2008) the entire city rejoices and puts aside their differences to celebrate this one team and this one team has accomplished a goal that every political leader has ever dreamed of doing: bringing peace and unity to the desired area.In this case, Philadelphia was the lucky city and in 2009 New York was able to clench this victory.

 Every two years there is an event that has every country in the world come together for 2 weeks in in various competitions. These events are called the Olympics. Whether it be su mmer or winter, it is always competitive. America always shines in these competitions. In 2008 Michael Phelps surprised everybody when he won 8 gold medals, more than anybody in any summer Olympics had won. It was a miracle that brought the country great honor. In 2010 Lindsey Vonn, Apolo Ohno, and the bobsled team racked up the points again and the United States was proud. However, in the 2010 winter Olympics a terrible tragedy occurred which had nothing to do with our country. While practicing for a luge competition, Nodar Kumaritashvili of Georgia died. The whole world was mourning which proved how together the world was throughout the 2 weeks of sadness that carried through.   In 2005 when hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Louisiana, the entire country and half the world was devastated. It was something that could not be prevented and took the entire world by shock. However, in 2009, the New Orleans Saints won the title of Super Bowl XLIV and nobody was very disappointed since this victory brought joy and happiness to the city. The country's spirits were lifted as hope was bestowed upon the place of one of the most tragic natural disaster in America.  "'It's like a dream come true. It's just a dream come true,' said Lasiter.  VinceScanil, a Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan in town for an anniversary weekendwith his wife, said he remembered how special it was when his team wontheir first Super Bowl, but it seemed extra special for New Orleans, acity that suffered so much after Hurricane Katrina. 'Our hearts pour out for them. What a great city to win it,' he said as plastic beads swung from his neck and he watched revelers. 'It's a heartwarming thing, the Saints....You can't describe it. It's so awesome. We've been waiting for this for years," said 47-year-old fromGramercy, La. "It's means so much to the city. They're back. They're alive" (al.com).