1.   Sport has become big business.

2.   American organized sport has become the captive of marketers and hucksters, so much so that real human drama is often difficult to find.

3.   And that is when the sport becomes an activity that stretches the nerves as much as it does the limbs.

4.   And sports has become one of the mechanisms that is emotionally safe.

5.   As more international sports have become professional, however, doping sanctions have run afoul of right-to-work laws, particularly in Europe.

6.   As the sport becomes more popular, this move makes it more elitist.

7.   Before Earnhardt was killed, there was some thought, although it was not shared by everyone, that the sport had become complacent about safety.

8.   A lot depends on whether the sport becomes an Olympic event for women.

9.   A short distance away, the Oceanside Pier provides an optimal vantage point for observing what the sport has become.

10.   A year later, though, she began skating cautiously, looking over her shoulder at challengers, and the sport became a chore.