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...Splashy entrances aside, the NFL is a bit late to the party: it's the third major American sport to bat its eyes at the British capital in the past month. An Oct. 10 NBA clash between the Boston Celtics and Minnesota Timberwolves at London's O2 Arena (formerly known as the Millennium Dome) was the showcase match-up in a five-city, seven-game European tour. On Sept. 29 and 30, that newly rechristened venue also played host to a season-opening two-game series between the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks of the NHL, a league whose...
While kayaking is a solo sport, it's hardly for hermits. The Washington Kayak Club, based in Seattle, boasts some 700 members and sponsors everything from fall outings on the Cedar River to viewings of the sockeye salmon swimming upstream to clinics at local pools on how to roll your boat over in the water. Year-round festivals include the weeklong Calusa Blueway Paddling Festival, which starts Oct. 27 in Fort Myers, Fla., and features more than 50 group paddles. You'll always be the master of your kayak, but it's more fun when a paddling buddy comes along...
...below-the-knees game. Seem a little intense? Relax. Levin-Gesundheit assures us that “some would say it’s both infantile in name and practice.” Not all of the participants share Levin-Gesundheit’s views. Dripping in sweat, Crimson Sports Chair Jonathan J. Lehman ’09 avows that “Harvard should really consider Gaga its 42nd varsity sport.” Fellow Gaga-guru Jaime S.M. Guarnaccia ’08 agrees, adding that “they should make a Gaga movie, like...
...understanding team dynamics as well as individual playing styles, Barbosa seems an attractive candidate to take over the Crimson. His vast experience of the sport of volleyball only adds to his value as a coach...
...exactly the biggest baseball fan in the world. I like the sport just fine, but I’ll take a pigskin or the round orange ball to the one they use on the diamond if given the choice...