Posts Tagged ‘Sports’

Fair Play & Fair Pay: Pittsburgh Baseball Fans Demand Better Treatment for Workers

“We do not want to wear Pittsburgh Pirates gear if kids our age are making them for so little money.” -Forrest and Hunter McCurdy, age 15



Too Young To Drive? Try Biking!

In order to stay safe while on two wheels, keep these key words in mind.



Major Leagues Go Global

More and more players on American baseball teams are from other countries. Baseball has become an “international” game.



Metal Bat Ban

The New York City Council passed a law that would ban the use of metal bats in New York City public high school baseball games.



Paying For Attention

In between fumbles and touchdowns of the Super bowl every year, big companies like Frito-Lay, Pepsi and Volvo will pay over $2.5 million for just thirty seconds of commercial airtime on television.



1 City. 26.2 Miles. 37,000 Runners.

Each fall New York City celebrates the NYC marathon, which, with over 37,000 runners, is the largest marathon in the world. According to legend, in ancient Greece a soldier ran this distance from the city of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon.



Who Am I?

I am known to be the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time…



New Pitching Limits

Starting with the 2007 season, Little League Baseball will limit how many pitches baseball pitchers are allowed to throw.



Little League World Series

The team from Columbus, GA defeated the team from Kawaguchi City, Japan to win the Little League World Series.



Weird! The History of Basketball

The history of how the basket and the ball came to be basketball.