‘Sports’ Archives
Fantasy Football
Fantasy Football Taken from an earlier American idea, fantasy football was introduced to Britain in 1992. The Daily Telegraph first ran a competition in 1993, allowing competitors to choose their own professional football team from any players within the English Premier League, within a certain spending limit. The competition’s success led to [...]
Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Vikings Minnesota Vikings, professional football team and one of four teams in the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League (NFL). The Vikings play at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and wear uniforms of purple, gold, and white. The team’s name refers to the [...]
FA Cup
FA Cup Since its inaugural final of 1871, the FA Cup has firmly established itself within British cultural heritage. Recognized throughout the football world as the premier knockout competition for club sides, the FA Cup has grown from being of purely domestic interest, a chance for small teams to overcome their more illustrious rivals, to one [...]
Rambling
Rambling Rambling has been a popular activity throughout this century, although numbers have risen significantly as leisure time and car ownership have increased. The Rambler’s Association, which was formed in 1931, represents the rights of walkers, protecting rights of way and campaigning for the freedom to roam over uncultivated open [...]
Jesse Burkett
Jesse Burkett Jesse Burkett (1868-1953) is an American baseball player, a superb bunter and line-drive hitter for the Cleveland Spiders and the St. Louis Cardinals. Burkett made up for his mediocre fielding skills by leading the National League (NL) in batting three times, hitting over .400 twice and over .390 twice more, and compiling a [...]
Sports and Nationalism
Sports and Nationalism In the US, the Olympics have been the most obvious site for the intersection of sports and nationalism. Until recently, therefore, the major compensation that could be derived from being an Olympian, given the strictures associated with maintaining status as an amateur, came from the visibility afforded those who [...]
Race Walking
Race Walking Race Walking, competitive sport included in the track-and-field events of the Olympic Games and other major international competitions. The International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) defines the movement of race walking as performed so that at least one foot is touching the ground at all times, as well as that during each [...]
Hot Dog Surfing
Surfing The “hot dog” style of surfing based on a traditional Hawai’ian practice began on the west coast of the United States in the mid-1950s, made possible by the development of new boards manufactured from light synthetic materials. Surfing quickly became a cult, popularized by the teen movie, like the series and later television [...]
Volleyball
Volleyball Invented in 1895 at the Holyoke, Massachusetts YMCA by William G Morgan, the expansion of volleyball traces global interests in the twentieth century. Taken up in the Philippines and Cuba when these were colonies, volleyball was played by soldiers on the western front after the United States joined the First World War. It expanded [...]
Track and Field Sports
Track and Field Sports American athletes in track-and-field sports have been able to maintain their dominance as a result of the emphasis colleges and universities place on the sport. Backed by the NCAA and an elaborate system of sports scholarships, colleges and universities have been able to offer opportunities to athletes to compensate for [...]
