Word: stadiumseating
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
The beckoning American road. The diverse panorama of American cities. The excitement of the great American sport. Alan Salomon is devoted to them all. And so, nearly every summer for the past 20 years, Salomon, 62, a divorced free-lance writer from Memphis, Tenn., has taken off for a week...
His country is beaming with him. Throughout the finals, Japanese stadiums have been packed with raucous fans dressed in the royal blue of Japan's team, rocking arenas with a seismic jolt of uncharacteristically exuberant support for the home side. Thousands of delirious Japanese poured onto the streets of Osaka...
Parents know this kind of joy, that crystalline moment when a child in whom all hopes are vested suddenly finds himself. Nations, too, can find affirmation in the successes of favorite sons. This week it was Asia's turn. After years of frustration and failure, unheralded national teams from Japan...
No matter what mom said, it's never just a game. Football is about ego, respect, national pride. South Korea, for one, has turned the sport into a quest for its very identity, its hopes captured in the cheer that rings through the nation's World Cup stadiums: "Great Republic...
When the brackets were drawn for this year's World Cup soccer tournament, England's games were assigned to Japan and not to the other co-host, South Korea. But to the Japanese, England plus soccer equals one thing: trouble. So the country is on full-scale alert for a...