Blog Post #2

The two pieces written by Klosterman and Wright relate to two similar, yet very different memories in sports that impacted ways of life. In both pieces, there is a culture that the sports represent. For the United Tribes, the tournament game in which they won was everything that they had going for them at the time. It was more than just a game, they were representing a whole group of people, a group much larger than just themselves. The same can be said about the poem written by Wright. Wright is explaining how the start of high school football season in a town effects not just the kids playing, but as well as the different types of citizens residing in the town. As both sports memories represent communities, to me it defines culture more than anything. Events in sports can extend beyond a community, beyond ones life time, and really have no limits of stopping at any point. It can create a way of life that people can share with others to be passed down and told as time goes on. Such stories like these can change one's outlook on society and in all reality there ways of living. Therefor to me, re-tellings of such stories define culture more than anything. Sports memories such as these exist all over the world, in many different cultures. Memory plays a huge role in sports in our society today. Without memories such as these, stories would not be told and sports could not define a culture, a community, or anything in that matter. As a whole, without memory of events, sports would not have nearly as much of a meaning in our society today.