By Jim Stevenson Washington 04 January 2006 Snowboarding's halfpipe competition has quickly evolved to become one of the more popular winter Olympic events. One of the early stars of the sport was Ame...
Sports Life of Adidas Over eighty years ago, in 1)Herzegovina, Germany, a young shoemaker made house-slippers from old military canvas bags to help put food on his family’s table. He was also a keen...
In many parts of the world, there are four seasons: spring, summer, fall and winter. In the U.S., there are only three: football, basketball and baseball. That's not completely true, but almost. In ev...
EXPLORATIONS - Sport Parachuting By Paul Thompson Broadcast: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 VOICE ONE: EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (THEME) Have you ever wondered wha...
EXPLORATIONS - February 20, 2002: Sport Parachuting By Paul Thompson VOICE ONE: EXPLORATIONS -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (THEME) Have you ever wondered what it would be li...
THIS IS AMERICA -August 12, 2002: Sports Halls of Fame By George Grow VOICE ONE: Baseball, football and basketball are popular sports in the United States. All three have museums that tell about the s...
ENVIRONMENT REPORT - October 4, 2002: Sport Utility Vehicles By Mario Ritter This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. One of the most popular kinds of car in the United States is not really...
Amy : What are you reading, Allan? Allan: A sports magazine. Amy : You like sports? Allan: Sure. Every man likes sports. Amy : Not every man. My brother doesn't like sports at all. Allan: What does he...
By Julie Goldberg Trampoline becomes an official medal sport next month at the Athens Olympics after being an exhibition, test-only sport four years ago in Sydney. And American trampoline star Jennife...
When did sport begin? If sport is, in essence, play, the claim might be made that sport is much older than humankind, for , as we all have observed, the beasts play. Dogs and cats wrestle and play bal...
