exam 3 Flashcards
Who had an elaborate cheating scandal that helped them win the World Series
Huston Astros
who accepted money to throw the world series
White Sox
A sudden and unexpected event that threatens to disrupt an organization’s operations and pose a financial and reputational threat?
Crisis
What do we call the speech of self-defense
Apologia
What do we call the public’s response to a person’s apologia?
Antapologia
There are general strategies for self-defense what’s the most effective?
Mortification: Most successful strategy but its least used; admitting your guilt and asking for forgiveness
Which strategy for self-defense is used the most?
Denial
Major League Baseball forced a crisis in 1990’s what was it for?
Players Strike
Who commissioned the first sports movie ever?
Leland Standford
Who was criticized for saying “winning isn’t everything it’s the only thing”
Vince Lombardi
Operationally coaches serve as what two functions
Teacher and Game Manager
What do critics consider the biggest sports biopic of all time?
Ragging Bull
These rituals are a common communication norm that includes harassment, abuse, and humiliation…initiating new members
Hazing
Who tested positive for covid and cancelled the NBA season on March 11th 2022?
Rudy Gobert
Who was credited for creating the first video game ever
William Higinbotham: tennis for two
Who was credited for inventing fantasy sports
William gamson
In regards to sports films; what sport has the most movies made about it?
Boxing
Who is the only sports broadcaster to call a Superbowl for all…
John Madden
Who signed a ban to baseball for life?
Pete Rose
Who was the first commissioner for baseball
Kenesaw Landis
which team was involved in the 2 NFL team crisis: Spy gate and deflate gate
New England Patriots
The most singular event bet on in sports gaming
super bowl
Who never played professional football again when video came out of him punching his wife in a casino elevator
Ray Rice
When an athlete in trouble who try to connect the event to a larger content/context what do we call that?
Transcendence: When you attempt to connect whatever you are being accused of to a larger context to make your problem seem small in another context
