The CTCA program of activities was profuse: William Farnum and Mary Pickford on the screen, Elsie Janis and Harry Lauder on the stage, books provided by the American Library Association, full equipment for games and sports -- except that no `` bones '' were furnished for the all-time favorite pastime played on any floor and known as `` African golf ''.

But with the exception of professional athletes, few contact sports and physical education activities in our schools have any carryover in the adult life of the average American man or woman.

* 1932 – Lamar Hunt, American sports executive ( d. 2006 )

It was used as entrance music by various American sports teams, most notably by the Chicago Bulls during their 1990s NBA dynasty.

The Atlanta Falcons hold the record among all major American sports leagues for the longest streak of seasons without consecutive winning seasons, a streak that lasted from 1966 – 2008.

This was the first major professional sports championship for the state of Arizona and the first for a team ( in the four major North American professional sports leagues ) owned or controlled by Colangelo, whose basketball Suns made it to the NBA Finals in 1976 and 1993 but lost both times.

During its final two years of existence, the AFL teams won upset victories over the NFL teams in Super Bowl III and IV, the former New York Jets victory was considered one of the biggest upsets in American sports history.

* 1951 – Bob Varsha, American sports commentator

* 1996 – Jimmy Snyder, American sports commentator and bookie ( b. 1919 )

Today known as the Chicago Cubs, they are the oldest team in American organized sports.

Red Sox history has also been marked by the team's intense rivalry with the New York Yankees, arguably the fiercest and most historic in North American professional sports.

This proposal also included the banning of amphetamines, a first for the major North American sports leagues.

Mike Brown, the team's de facto general manager, was rated as among the worst team owners in American professional sports Compounding matters were off-field problems of several players, notably receiver Chris Henry, who was suspended several times during his short professional career and was actually released by the Bengals at one point, but was then re-signed for the season.

The Cubs have not won the World Series in years, a longer championship drought than that of any other major North American professional sports team,

This makes the Cubs, along with the Braves who were also founded in 1871, one of the two oldest active teams in major North American sports.

However, the Cubs have not won a World Series since 1908 ; this remains the longest championship drought in North American professional sports.

* 1953 – Roy Firestone, American sports announcer

* 1986 – Candice Crawford, American beauty queen and sports reporter

In addition to the traditional American team sports ( football, basketball, baseball, and ice hockey ), Dartmouth competes at the varsity level in many other sports including track and field, sailing, tennis, rowing, soccer, skiing, and lacrosse.

This is the longest current streak of post-season appearances in all of North American professional sports.

* 2001 – Dick Schaap, American sports journalist ( b. 1934 )

* 2006 – Lamar Hunt, American sports executive ( b. 1932 )

Runyon frequently contributed sports poems to the American on boxing and baseball themes, and also wrote numerous short stories and essays.

* 1922 – Pat Peppler, American football coach and executive

* 1928 – F. William Free, American advertising executive ( d. 2003 )

* 1965 – Suge Knight, American record producer and executive

The actions of executive agencies and independent agencies are the main focus of American administrative law.

* 1973 – Damon Lindelof, American television writer and executive

Her father, Robert Lawrence Berenson, was an American career diplomat turned shipping executive ; he was of Lithuanian Jewish descent, and his family's original surname was Valvrojenski.

These programs continued until 1969, when by executive order President Richard Nixon shut down all programs related to American offensive use of biological weapons.

While Israeli law is undergoing codification, its basic principles are inherited from the law of the British Mandate of Palestine and thus resemble those of British and American law, namely: the role of courts in creating the body of law and the authority of the supreme court in reviewing and if necessary overturning legislative and executive decisions, as well as employing the adversarial system.

1983 ), American comic book editor and executive for DC Comics

Eastman also became executive director of the American Union Against Militarism, which lobbied against America's entrance into the European war and more successfully against war with Mexico in 1916, sought to remove profiteering from arms manufacturing, and campaigned against conscription and imperial adventures.

* 1861 – William C. Durant, American automobile executive ( d. 1947 )

* 1922 – Cy Leslie, American music and video executive ( d. 2008 )

* 1954 – Fred Rose, American songwriter and music publishing executive ( b. 1897 )

* 1944 – Mike Curb, American musician, record company executive and politician

* 1862 – Connie Mack, American baseball executive ( d. 1956 )

* 1918 – James T. Aubrey, American television executive ( d. 1994 )

Donald G. Tennant ( November 23, 1922 – December 8, 2001 ) was an American advertising agency executive.

* F. William Free ( 1928 – 2003 ), American advertising executive

* 1955 – Carol Kalish, American publishing executive ( d. 1991 )

* 1924 – Bruce Norris, American ice hockey executive ( d. 1986 )

* 1943 – Terry Semel, American business executive

* 1903 – Fairfax M. Cone, American advertising executive ( d. 1977 )

* 1969 – Bryan Williams, American record executive and rapper