A volleyball match begins when the ball is served into play. A team may touch the ball three times – not counting blocks – on its side of the net. The usual pattern is as follows: a dig (underarm pass ...

Here are ten of the best Olympic books of all time, spanning historical accounts, autobiographies, biographies, fiction, and non-fiction. 1. “The Boys in the Boat” by Daniel James Brown This ...

Both individual and team competition matches use a best-of-three format. One loss in Olympic tournament format will result in elimination from the tournament, save for in the semifinals when the two ...

Stephen Graham Jones and Joe Hill with their recommendations for this Halloween season. Three new books make the case for music as medicine. In “The Schubert Treatment,” the most lyrical of ...

Three new books make the case for music as medicine. In “The Schubert Treatment,” the most lyrical of the trio, a cellist takes us bedside with the sick and the dying. Three new books make the ...

October 22, 2024 • In Charles Baxter's new novel, a small-town insurance salesman buys a blood test that can predict romantic entanglements, promotions — and more. It's a screwball satire of ...

Discovering a talented but elusive figure. The week, Nick Harkaway answers our burning questions, what is he reading, what book would he take to a desert island, what gave him the reading bug ...

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A former special constable has been barred from policing after claiming he was an Olympic horse rider and coach. Christopher Harper-Davies said he had been a member of the Team GB dressage team ...

In “Rumbles,” historian Elsa Richardson offers a cultural account of the workings and symbolism of the “body’s most fascinating organ.” ...