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Harness Racing

History of Traditional Harness-Racing StakesDan Patch Awards Oliver Wendell Holmes, the famous Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, wrote that the running horse was a gambling toy, but that the…

Company Time

Tournament Tips Take a chance on a No. 12 seed. At least one No. 12 seed has upset a No. 5 seed in the first round of every tournament in the last ten years. Don't take a chance on a No. 16 seed…

The Glory Years

      Satchel Paige, credited with 55 no-hitters, was the first Negro League star to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. In 1933, Negro League baseball finally got the…

Bowling Summary

United States Bowling Congress OpenProfessional Bowlers AssociationBowling Proprietors' Association of America—MenUSBC Women's ChampionsUSBC Queens Tournament ChampionsOther PBA Tournaments,…

Lights! Camera! Learning! - Shakespeare

Shakespeare on the Silver Screen Kenneth Branagh as the mad prince DiCaprio's Romeo dukes it out with the Capulets Hamlet It was no small feat putting Shakespeare's magnum opus on the…

12 Steps to a New Year

Many 12-step programs offer help for smokers, spenders, and others with serious addictions by David Johnson For more 12 step information Alcoholics AnonymousNarcotics AnonymousOvereaters…

World Skating League

Related Links RollerJam Web SiteThat Other Roller Derby LeagueGoskate.comHere is a list of the four active WSL teams and interesting facts about some of their key players: (Note: the Illinois…

What Is a City-State?

You've seen the word a thousand times, but what does it actually mean? City-states are small, independent areas that have full sovereignty over their domestic and international policies. Unlike in…

Brewer's: Tesserarian Art

The art of gambling. (Latin, tessera, a die.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894TesterTerza Rima A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U…