FOOTBALL RECAP:  PART THREE
The previous two articles of this series touched upon football basics and personnel. This concluding article offers brief notes on equipment used in the sport, and miscellaneous facts of interest.
Equipment
Players use various pieces of equipment according to the positions they play. As the team’s leader, the quarterback wears an earpiece in his [...]

FOOTBALL RECAP:  PART TWO
The first of this three-part series of articles briefly examined the origin of football, the dimensions of the field, the game itself and categories of players making up a team. Now let’s look at other team members not previously mentioned, to rules of the game and to penalties for breaking these rules.
The [...]

FOOTBALL RECAP:  PART ONE
Football played in the USA and Canada was created at Princeton University in 1867 as a soccer variant. By 1922 the NFL (National Football League) was born. This is perhaps the world’s best-known football league. It consists of 32 professional teams from cities throughout the USA.
In 1960 the Super Bowl came into [...]

BASEBALL STADIUMS:  PART THREE
The previous two articles were devoted to the origins of baseball stadiums and their progress toward enclosed ballparks with artificial turf. This final article in the series will examine multipurpose facilities and those resulting from high-tech innovations.
Multipurpose facilities
The 1970s may be regarded as the era of multipurpose facilities. Stadiums were designed not [...]

BASEBALL STADIUMS: PART TWO
The First of this three-part series of articles dealt with the earliest baseball stadiums. Now you will read about some famous ballparks, past and present.
Wrigley Field in Chicago, now the oldest ballpark in current use in the National League, opened in April 1914. It wasn’t until August 1986, however, that lights were [...]

BASEBALL STADIUMS: PART ONE
The streets of New York in the 1800s may be regarded as the first baseball stadium. It was open and it was free. As the crowds increased, however, players moved across the Hudson River to Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey.. It was around this time that the Knickerbocker Club was formed.
Enclosed [...]

THE BASEBALL GLOVE
Apart from helping to protect a player’s hand from injury, the baseball glove has contributed to improved fielding and to winning games.
Making a glove. About 50 steps are involved in making a glove and many of them are by hand. Six or so square feet of cowhide is tanned and carefully examined before [...]