Drivers gear up to set speed records at Utah’s desolate Bonneville Salt Flats
Microscope jockeys from around the world enter their masterpieces in an annual art show
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Scores of teams battle for fame and glory in the no-holds-barred World Series of Birding
An unusual canoe competition in Madison, Wisconsin, floats the notion that concrete waives the rules
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Even at lollygagging speeds, Italy’s Mille Miglia road show stirs nostalgic hearts
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Or maybe not. America’s most grueling adult tricycle competition is tough on riders and equipment alike
War games enthusiasts use miniature soldiers and multiple-terrain boards to simulate real battles
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“There Is a Certain Amount of Humor in Checkers”
But if you think this game is easy, you haven’t met the Ayshire Lassie, the Black Doctor, the Goose Walk or the Canalejas Cannonball
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Over the centuries, visionary mathematicians laid the foundation for how we view life’s gambles
Lacrosse sticks were tools of the trade in a rugged Indian game now growing popular around the world
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Played for love or played for money, poker is coming out of the back room
The School Where it’s OK to Major in Fun and Games
At Vancouver’s DigiPen, kids who grew up playing Donkey Kong and Castlevania train to create the video adventures of tomorrow
You’re Buying It, You Better Make Sure It’s What You Want’
If that ‘treasure’ you acquire at one of Uncle Sam’s auctions turns out to be a pig in a poke, you’ll have only yourself to blame
America’s Favorite Game Is the One Everybody Can Play
It doesn’t get hyped big-time like other sports, but at the grass-roots level, where it thrives, softball is in a league of its own
The Soap Box Derby, a peculiarly American institution, thrives on the U.S. teenage passion for anything that has four wheels and goes fast
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