Article: The earliest reference to baseball has been unearthed in America, putting the origin of the sport back by more than half a century.(News)(Brief Article)

Article: The Earliest Reference to the Morris Dance?
Folk Music Journal;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... s Day payment each financial year relates to the first event of the wardens' year or the last. Currently the earliest reference - as described in Forrcst's and my Notes & Queries article - is in the Caistor inventory dated 31 October ...

Article: Earliest reference to baseball found in England
AP Worldstream;  September 11, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Baseball is as American as tea and crumpets? That may be case, according to a diary uncovered in southern England last year but only now being made public. Julian Pooley, the manager of the Surrey History Centre, said Thursday he has authenticated a reference to baseball in a diary by English

Article: PLAQUE HAS EARLIEST REFERENCE TO LONDON
The Columbian;  October 13, 2002 ;     400 words ...00-00-0000 LONDON (AP) -- A 2,000-year-old stone plaque engraved with the oldest Roman naming of London has been unearthed on a building site, archaeologists said. Experts believe the 12-inch by 16-inch stone plaque, engraved with the Latin word Londiniensium, is the earliest known physical proof

Article: Foundation plans to bring sport back to pit village
The Northern Echo;  December 3, 1999 ;     532 words ... ... community to rally round and raise 180,000 towards bringing the sport back after an absence of more than 20 years. The Crookhall Foundation ... said: "It is time to start raising money now to get the sport back to Crookhall. "The people of the village have got to prove ...

Article: Aths: USTAF boss declares sport back from cheaters
AAP Sports News (Australia);  December 7, 2004 ;     566 words ... ... News (Australia) 12-07-2004 Aths: USTAF boss declares sport back from cheaters PORTLAND, Oregon, Dec 6 AFP - USA Track and ... s annual meeting, declaring "our clean athletes took the sport back from the cheaters." The American athletics governing body ...

Article: Action-packed sport back in town
New Straits Times;  October 1, 2003 ;     430 words ...New Straits Times 10-01-2003 Action-packed sport back in town Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2* Section: Sport MALAYSIAN X Games enthusiasts can look forward to witnessing Asia's ...

Article: Porsche Boxster puts the sport back in sports ...
San Diego Business Journal;  May 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... the Boxster S is a magnificent little brute, eager to run fast and hard all day long. Leave it to Porsche to put the "sport" back into "sports car." Porsche Boxster S Type: Sports car. Seating capacity: Two. Engine: 3.2-liter flat six-cylinder ...