Often misrepresented outside of its home country, the physically intense sport of sumo is revered by the Japanese and is also a part of the Shinto religion. The sport and its changing traditions come under the documentary lens of filmmakers Ferne Pearlstein and Robert Edwards as they spent four years examining the sport for the Independent Lens series on PBS. Visitors to the site can learn about...

Nearly 200 prisoners to bicycle across France http://www.collegenews.com/index.php?/article/close_to_200_prisoners_bicycle_across_france_05272009304/ The Prison Workout: A Total Body Exercise Routine http://health-fitness-solutions.blogspot.com/2007/05/prison-workout-total-body-exercise.html Teampedia http://www.teampedia.net/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Prison...

On a cold and blustery day in November 1887, a group of Chicagoans were eagerly awaiting inside the Farragut Boat Club for the telegraphed results of the Harvard-Yale football game. George W. Hancock was one of their number, and while waiting he created a game that used a boxing glove for a ball and a broomstick for a bat. This game was known as indoor base ball, and it was the predecessor to the...

Debate about the brain-injuring propensity of American football has been debated lately, and the website of the Sports Legacy Institute (SLI) located outside of Boston aims to discuss the research that suggests that players in certain football positions are at increased risk of dementia, and at an earlier age than most average people might develop symptoms of the disease. Visitors should click on...

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