A chance missed post Kyushu, 2010

Had any self-respecting sumo writer or fan been asked to predict the final score of ozeki Kaio prior to the Kyushu Basho, few would have predicted anything more than an 8-7 or perhaps 9-6 kachikoshi winning record. Sniggering would have been audible had it been suggested he would put together a healthy double-figure winning record for the first time in three and a half years, that he would ...

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Seattle fans in disbelief over World Cup decision

SEATTLE â€" When the announcement was made, the audible gasp that filled FX McRory’s soon turned to the shuffling of feet. With the shock, disbelief and disappointment still very much tangible, most of the patrons zombied off toward their jobs in the early-morning fog.

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Apollo's Angels: A History of Ballet by Jennifer Homans â€" review

Sharp, passionate and insightful, Jennifer Homans offers little hope for ballet surviving as an art form Jennifer Homans's history of the art, culture and political context of ballet is like a beautiful painting in a slightly askew frame. She is a former dancer who trained at the School of American Ballet in New York, and was the wife of the historian Tony Judt, who died in August. She exchanged ...

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