Here are some research ideas for each job you have to do in your essay-the-third.
Introduction:
-Find a print source in the library (encyclopedia of sports, book on your sport) that will verify the date/origin of your sport. Do not rely simply on internet data!
-Look up the sport in the OED to find what you can learn about the origin of the word.
-Head to the London Times, the Mirror, the Telegraph, the Metro, and the Evening Standard. Do a "popularity" search on their sports pages and come to a conclusion about how popular your sport is.
-Determine, after reading the articles above, the scope of your paper--England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, India, Kenya, etc. In your thesis, you should identify the region you'll be discussing in your body paragraphs.
Body paragraphs:
-Find out from the articles in the newspapers above what the name of a professional organization is of your sport. Then go directly to that organization's website (google should not be required). This website might be able to give you some of the specialized rules, if any, of your sport in a particular region. (It might also give you a nice history of your sport there.)
-Find the name of an amateur organization of your sport by reading articles from the newspapers above. Go directly to that organization's website.
-Once you have figured out a professional or amateur player's name, try finding an interview with them. Type "their name" and "interview" into EBSCO or Infotrac or JStor to look for interviews.
-Try looking at sportsillustrated.com or the Sporting News websites for recent articles about your sport--type your sport and the region associated with it into their search bars.
-Have you found a piece of literature yet that mentions, references, or is inspired by your sport?
-Try searching for a poem at this poetry site. Or this one. Or try searching for a story here. Also try going back to the OED.
