Meaning of Sports

In The Meaning of Sports, Michael Mandelbaum, a sports fan who is also one of the nation's preeminent foreign policy thinkers, examines America's century-long love affair with team sports. In keeping with his reputation for writing about big ideas in an illuminating and graceful way, he shows how sports respond to deep human needs; describes the ways in which baseball, football and basketball became national institutions and how they reached their present forms; and covers the evolution of rules, the rise and fall of the most successful teams, and the historical significance of the most famous and influential figures such as Babe Ruth, Vince Lombardi, and Michael Jordan.















Why do we play sports games? Is it just a means of entertainment? Is it a way that people can workout with each other? Or is it something more than that? Well, one reason why people play sports games is so that they can learn to work together as a team. Working in a team is very important in the world that we live in. the sooner that people learn to work as a team, the better off they are. Sports is very important to our way of life, and even more so than what most people tend to think. We need sports to help teach us about team work.

Sports in the school system are a good thing. However, not all kids are willing to become involved in sports at school. If you can talk your kids into doing school sports, then that is good. This will teach them to get along with kids at school and allow them to be able to learn to work as a team. School sports are very important to the development of your child. So getting your kids involved in sports is going to be a big part of their life. Remember never to force your kids to become involved in sports. If you do, then they will not like sports and learn nothing from it.