Sports: America's Passion for Paintball
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Recruiters seek soldiers on a hot sport's battlefields.
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LAWRENCE -- The first sounds a visitor hears upon entering Planet Paintball are the exuberant sputter of paintball guns being fired and shouts emanating from the walled-off playing field. This clamor is punctuated by brief moments of near silence, as players are knocked out of the game in session and others ready themselves for the next onslaught.
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Sport: The game brought by immigrant workers in the early 20th century is enjoying an amazing resuscitation, writes Andy Bull.
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For all the polls that show how football is now America's most popular game, the Yankees-Red Sox showdown for the American League pennant is this year's sweet reminder that October baseball is the best game, the best theater in sports for moments to remember.
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Many athletes exude ideals of Games, from embraces in the pool to a fencing timeout. By Mark Sappenfield | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Some people like football. Some people like fishing. Chris Gjorgievski loves diplomacy.
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In the world of sports, when a great feat is accomplished, sometimes it takes a while for everything to set in and for people to gain a full appreciation for what just transpired.
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CHICAGO -- Wafaa Bilal pokes his head out from behind a plexiglass screen to squeegee off dripping yellow paint and -- splat! -- a paintball hits inches from his face.
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By Jordan Robertson< Associated Press
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Across the N.F.L., chemistry has found a place in the lexicon and has become the most valuable intangible in sports.
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FOR years, American sport has glanced smugly towards the Old World and pontificated about the European disease of crowd violence at sporting events.
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Much of America cheers on the Red Sox as the team tries to end its drought of championships. By Mark Sappenfield | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Running the country is no game. It just sounds like one sometimes. In the Bush White House, sports are a metaphor for life. Better keep up if you want to play.
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Dream Team no longer: The U.S. squad is learning a hard lesson in how the rest of the globe plays ball
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There was some great basketball played last Friday night. From preps to pros, many remarkable things happened that are worth talking about.
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Across the spectrum of mass-appeal professional sports, Americaâs greatest regional rivalry has not been a pretty sight for New York fans.
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What if baseball had a steroid scandal and nobody cared? &quot;In all honesty, that's an issue,&quot; said Gary Roberts, an expert in sports law at Tulane. &quot;For all we know, the American public may not give a damn. They may be happy if all their gladiators were stoked up on steroids and hitting 500 home runs.