3+ week, 1+ day ago   (998+ words) Before the mid-19th century, bowling used nine pins, not 10. A young woman sends a bowling ball down a lane as her family watches, circa late 1950s. Bowling originated from an ancient Egyptian pin game. Neon-lit lanes, rental shoes, pitchers of beer and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (814+ words) Whether flown in packed sta­di­ums at lo­cal foot­ball games, car­ried through the streets dur­ing re­gion­al Car­ni­val pa­rades or draped across the shoul­ders of Olympic ath­letes on glob…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (289+ words) A daily look at some of The News & Observer headlines on this date in past years. On this day in 2014, the Durham Bulls introduced the world to the rump-shaking soul of their infield — a quartet of brazenly ridiculous groundskeepers sporting…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (756+ words) The 955th anniversary of the Battle of Manzikert will be marked with a four-day program combining historical remembrance, culture and traditional Turkish sports in Ahlat and Malazgirt. The 10th edition of the "Anatolia’s Conquest: Manzikert 1071 Commemoration Program,” organized by the Archers Foundation…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (162+ words) Sports Illustrated What do I remember about 9/11? Nothing. Like Cam Schlittler (Feb. 5 in Weymouth, Mass.), or Anthony Edwards (Aug. 5 in Atlanta), or Paige Bueckers (Oct. 20 in Edina, Minn.), or Caleb Williams (Nov. 18 in Washington, D.C.), I was born in 2001. So were…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (154+ words) Buffalo News Javascript is required to use this website. Buffalo diamond merchants eyed in $10B international scheme | From the archives From the archives: Buffalo diamond merchants are linked to an international investigation of a potential $10B-a-year scheme; and state and federal…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (290+ words) Oswego County News Now At the beginning of my first book on the history of the Ellis side of my family, I expressed that I always have a passion for two things in life. One is playing, watching, listening to,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (609+ words) From the balcony reserved for dignitaries, a handsome Ottoman prince watched tensely from the edge of his seat. The final whistle blew. The explosion of euphoria reverberated through the stadium. Prince Omer Faruk Efendi sprang to his feet, all composure…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1767+ words) Every time Ray Lehner steps on an airplane and moves toward his seat, he thinks about Mark Bingham. How Bingham and other Flight 93 passengers quickly hatched a plan on 9/11. How they rushed up the cramped aisle. How they ambushed the…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (665+ words) Published 1:30 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 A few weeks ago, I wrote about the history of Tillicum Park, but afterward I was reminded I had left out an important, and rather unusual, part of “our” childhood memories: the bomb shelters. If you…...