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Dylan Andrews
Ms. Jizi
Uwrt 1102
28 March 2016
Annotated Bibliography
ExploreHealthCareers.org." Athletic Trainer. N.p., 01 Apr. 2016. Web. 03 Apr.
2016.
This source begins to explain what an athletic trainer does, giving the reader an idea
of what is expected out of such a person. This position usually deals with injury
prevention and injury rehabilitation. The article also goes into detail about the different
places an athletic trainer can work. These places included, schools, professional sports
teams, and hospitals. The source also gives the reader an idea of the income that those in
the profession earn on average. Lastly, it includes the education needed to obtain a career
in this field as well as a job outlook in the field over the next few years.
I believe that this source gives adequate information on the topic and therefore can
be used as a primary source to begin my research. While I most likely would not use it as
my only source for the topic, it does a good job at giving an overview for the field. This
article is especially useful for my inquiry because it presents all the facts. Because I am
looking at careers in sports for my inquiry project, a source with an overview on a certain
career is very useful because it allows me to see if it is really something I am interested
in. If I find that the career does intrigue me I can research it in more in depth to use in my
inquiry.
This source is credible as it is a ".org" site. This shows me that somebody has
atleast put a little thought and care into it. The source also seems to be updated regularly,
the last time being April 1, 2016. If you go to the "contact us" tab it displays an email,
phone number, and fax number to reach them at. While it does not give the name of a
specific athletic trainer I still think this is a fine source since the site does not go into
detail on the career. If it had I would say that this would not be a good source.
SportsManagementWW. "Success Story: John Ross, Basketball GM & Scouting."
YouTube. YouTube, 16 Apr. 2010. Web. 03 Apr. 2016.
In the video John Ross, the Assistant Video Coordinator, for the Portland
Trailblazers details his path to his position. In the beginning of the video he talks briefly
about his college education and the degree that he earned. Next he goes on to talk about
how he began to find his way into his the profession. He talks about how he went from
working at Liberty University with their sports team to interning with the Blazers all the
way up to his current position with the organization. He focuses on the importance of
making connections if you are trying to work for a professional sports team. Another
aspect he touches on is finding a way to set yourself apart from others, for him it was
taking classes through Sports Management World Wide.
I thought that this video was extremely interesting and it related very well to my
inquiry topic. John Ross says at the beginning of the video that he did not like the current

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job that he has so that is what made start looking for potential jobs in the NBA. I related
to this because I am currently trying to find a profession that I would love doing every
day. This video was useful to my inquiry because I got to hear someone else story about
how they got their job in sports so it gives me an idea of how I could go about doing the
same thing. It also gave me a few ideas about how to do some more in depth research on
these careers for when I start writing my inquiry paper.
This is a very credible source because John Ross is currently doing the job that he
talk about in the video. To make sure that John Ross is who he said he is I checked the
Portland Trailblazers official website. On their website I found their front office page and
looked for the position, Assistant Video Coordinator. John Ross was listed as the
Assistant Video Coordinator so I would say this is a very credible source.
Basketball Jobs : The Official NBA Team Jobs Board." Basketball Jobs :
The Official NBA Team Jobs Board. NBA.com, n.d. Web. 03 Apr. 2016.
This article lists the current jobs openings for NBA teams in their Finance
departments. Since finance is my current major I thought I would look into it and see
what types of jobs I could get in sports with it. There were three openings. For each one
the it first gives a job description, next it lists the positions duties and responsibilities,
lastly it list the characteristics and qualifications that they look for in those applying for
the position.
I loved this because I never realized how easy it was to find jobs in the NBA. The
reasons this website is helpful for my inquiry is because it showed me jobs in the NBA I
can get with my current major. I have recently been wondering if my major is the correct
one for me. Part of my inquiry is what major I need to find a career with a professional
sports team so it was exciting to find a few positions that align with my current major.
This is a very credible source because it comes from NBA.com. Since this is the
official website of the NBA.com I think any information I get about careers from the
website would be credible.
Clapp, Brian. "WIS Social Media Good.MTS." WorkInSportscom
Sports Career Blog. WorkinSports.com, 29 Apr. 2014. Web. 03 Apr. 2016.
In this video Brian Clapp talks about entry-level jobs in the world of professional
sports. The position he focus on is the organizations social media management team.
Since this is still a rather new position it is a great way to gain some experience working
with the organization without having any prior experience. Clapp says it is one of the few
jobs that college graduates can get with a team when they are fresh out of school. The
reason why is because they can relate to other people like them and what is currently
happening in pop culture.
This source was useful to me because it gave me a few entry-level positions to
research for my inquiry. Until this video every position I found required several years of
prior experience to be considered for the position. Since I want to find a job in sports
immediately following college is was good to find a few entry level jobs that teams have
to add to the list that I have for my inquiry.

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This source is credible because of the author of the article. Brian Clapp worked in
the sports media field for 14 years as a writer, editor, and producer. I feel that he has
plenty of experience in the field so the information that I got from seems is credible.
Vilorio, Dennis. "More Than Play: Three Careers In Sports." Occupational
Outlook Quarterly 56.2 (2012): 2-11. Military & Government Collection. Web. 1
Mar. 2016.
This book talks about three different careers that you can pursue in sports without
being an athlete. The three professions are coaches, athletic trainers, and officials. The
book gives a job description, responsibilities, qualification, and salary/compensation.
I think that this article is very useful to get a brief overview of a variety of
different careers that I could pursue in the sports world. It was a good starting place for
my inquiry project to get an idea of what careers that I should research more deeply.
This is a peer reviewed article. The author Dennis Vilorio also interviewed an
individual in each profession to go along with the research he did on them.