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Ahhhh…. Opening Day at Fenway Park. Warm sunshine, the smell of freshly cut grass, that first delicious bite of a Fenway Frank, the crack of the bat as Big Papi puts one over the Green Monster. Oh wait, just kidding. It’s actually raining, hovering around 44 degrees, and Opening Day was just cancelled. Thank you New England weather...
...four finish in Johannesburg will see them go through to the main event, due to be held in various cities across South Asia in 2011. It would also crown an astonishing rise. Seven years ago, in a country defined by conflict, and which does not have a proper grass pitch even today, there was no national team. But three tournament wins in the past year, comprising 15 victories in 17 matches, have brought Afghanistan to the brink of an appearance among the world's best. At home, they are national heroes. (See pictures of the deadly attack on Sri Lankan...
...have golf shoes proven recession resistant? For one, all that walking around in the grass (and for many, the sand) really wears down your spikes. "Golf is very hard on shoes," says Matt Powell, an analyst at SportsOneSource. "Grass creeps in them, they get wet, and they can even get moldy. It's easier to play in an old golf shirt than play in old, rotten shoes." While you can send weary brown shoes to the repair shop, it's harder to fix up a pair of sneakers. Plus, consumers might be trading down from expensive golf equipment to shoes...
...long been a popular way for China's 270 million netizens to expressing frustration with the level of censorship they suffer. That subversive tactic, which had been quietly tolerated in the past, was recently cracked down on when a pun went viral that involved a mythical animal called a "grass mud horse" - a thinly masked homonym for a very rude Chinese phrase involving sex acts and a close relative. By the time one enterprising netizen had concocted a video clip purporting to show grass mud horses cavorting in an equally mythical (and equally rudely named) desert, China's net nanny...
Unlike most students on campus, players on the Harvard men’s lacrosse team are not anxiously awaiting some rest and relaxation on the warm sand over spring recess. Try metal, sweat, and churned up grass. While the team will be flying south to warmer climates and staying in hotels like most of America’s college population, there will be no tanning oils or beach balls in sight—only rubber balls. Tomorrow, the Crimson (3-1, 0-0 Ivy) faces rival Penn (1-3, 0-1), an offensive powerhouse that defeated Harvard 12-10 last...