The largest course at Hobart and William Smith Colleges this semester, dwarfing all others by at least 200 students, is in the classics department -- a department that counts no seniors and only three ...

Six-person outrigger canoe racing is a sport with deep ties to Maui and to Hawaiian culture, and after a thousand years of ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — As the world converges on Paris for the 33rd Olympiad, it’s a reminder of the ancient heritage of the Olympic movement. It starts with the term “Olympiad.” It was how the ...

The hoplitodromos was an armoured foot race with helmets and shields. Liam Van Loon, a fourth-year student at SMU who plays ...

Some sports media who traveled to Ireland for Saturday’s Florida State-Georgia Tech game spent considerable time in the local pubs. Some ended up hurling. You know, hurling, one of the national sports ...

In Hawaii, there's an ancient sport that involves a sled and breakneck speed. It is not as well-known as surfing, but native Hawaiian cultural practitioners are working to change that. Hawaii Public ...

Iran's "ancient sport" -- or "varzesh bastani" -- a traditional form of athletics that combines elements of Islam and ancient Persian beliefs, has long been a male-only domain. But not so much anymore ...

The man depicted on the jar had a broken nose and was likely an ancient Thracian wrestler. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ...