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...oldest branch of the equestrian disciplines, dressage is based on ancient Greek horsemanship as well as Renaissance pageants and training of warhorses...
...gods must be smiling. Japan's national sport, which began as an ancient form of religious worship, is muscling its way around the modern world. Today the grand champion of Japan hails from Mongolia, and as U.S. team coach Yoshisada Yonezuka puts it, "Big guys smash into each other" in sumo rings from Poland to Brazil. Elite-level sumo came to the U.S. for the first time in 20 years with a tournament this month in Las Vegas. Now there's the Sumo Ultimate Masters Organization (S.U.M.O.), a new U.S.-based league with global aspirations and the backing...
League organizers hope a mix of ancient rituals, like the prefight greeting in which opponents squat facing each other, and innovations (theme songs! acrobatics!) will generate a massive fan base. The fights, which last less than a minute each, are real. But in other ways, S.U.M.O. is following in the large and lucrative footsteps of that other pro-wrestling circuit, World Wrestling Entertainment: it groups chest-thumping characters into four rival clans to heighten the drama of matches and plans a nationally broadcast TV series...
...Connolly exemplified how the Crimson has heroically trudged through its most trying season in years. Saturday afternoon was supposed to provide a highlight. Harvard could have attached a memorable footnote to this 2005 season by upsetting a team that has historically owned the Crimson and the rest of the Ancient Eight. Princeton-Harvard is always a fiery matchup, with tremendous pride—and, on better days, an Ivy League title—on the line. In 2003, it was a classic duel between two top-20 teams. After the Tigers roared back in the second half to the tune...
...evil ancient spirit murders stranded wedding guests on an abandoned farm beneath the Halloween moon. A biotechnological food-industry conspiracy implicates global agricultural giants and the United States government in a manipulative invasion of the American dinner plate. While at first glance these two themes have nothing in common, they describe the two films showing tonight at the Brattle Theatre. It is this meditated oddball variety that makes the Brattle unique; no one could expect the high-minded Harvard Film Archives (HFA) or the corporately operated Kendall Cinema to air “The Future of Food?...