Faces: People, Places, and Cultures articles from December 2006

Faces: People, Places, and Cultures archives from December 2006

Mystery photo?
December 1, 2006... Do you know what this is? Answer If you guessed baskets, you were close. These are cestas, the equipment a jai alai player uses to catch and throw the ball. Today's cestas are made of acrylic, not woven grass. [ILLUSTRATION...

High 5.
December 1, 2006... Do the words swifter, higher, stronger mean anything to you? How about play hard, but play fair? If the answer is yes, you'll love reading about amazing sports from around the world. Here are five fascinating facts about the games we love to...

Sports around the globe.
December 1, 2006... NORTH AMERICA The Iditarod Alaska 2010 Winter Olympics Vancouver, Canada Football Hall of Fame Canton, Ohio Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis, Indiana Little League World Series Williamsport, Pennsylvania Kentucky Derby...

Video racing games.(Only In ...)
December 1, 2006... Juanita "Speedster" Lopez, sitting in her room in Spain, grabs her gearshift and shifts into high gear as she races her futuristic car furiously alongside her arch competitor Antonio "Fast-T" Castro in Guatemala; he has just covered his stealth...

Why we play.
December 1, 2006... Why play games? Because they are fun, of course, and a lot more besides. Following the rules... planning your next move... acting as a team member... these are all "game" ideas that you will run into throughout your life. Think about...

KiwiSport for kids.
December 1, 2006... KiwiSport is one of New Zealand's greatest sporting success stories. Organized more than 15 years ago, it is now a regular activity in nine out of ten primary and intermediate schools and has spread to youth clubs and churches as well. Its main...

Swifter, higher, stronger.
December 1, 2006... Although Citius, altius, fortius ("Swifter, higher, stronger") is the Latin motto of today's Olympic Games, athletes have been striving to improve their athletic skills since ancient times. All over ancient Greece. people held athletic...

Soccer spreads hope.(Nicolette Iribarne )(Biography)
December 1, 2006... Nicolette Iribarne has played soccer on a grassy plain in Honduras, near elephants in Thailand, and on well-manicured fields in her hometown of Mission Viejo, California. Through her travels, the high school senior has discovered that soccer...

Red means you're out! A universal language, the red and yellow cards of soccer cut down on miscommunication.
December 1, 2006... Being a referee is often a thankless job. Make a controversial call and at least one team and its fans are upset. Sometimes players and coaches don't want to hear what you have to say. But what if the players couldn't understand what you were...

Jai alai: a game for the ages.
December 1, 2006... Can you imagine a game that is rougher than football and faster than basketball or hockey? Jai alai (HIGH-lie) is such a game! Developed centuries ago by the Basques in northern Spain, jai alai means "merry festival." It was so named because...

Connecting sports with peace.
December 1, 2006... Can a Frisbee save the world? Possibly, yes. At the end of the war in Sierra Leone, 30 teenage girls in the Kono district were finally free to come home. They had been kidnapped, beaten, and forced to marry the rebel soldiers who had...

World Cup.
December 1, 2006... 17 Age of youngest player (Theo Walcott, England) With 5 goals, the top scorer at the World Cup, Germany's Miroslav Klose, won the Adidas Golden Shoe award. We won! Italy, the 2006 World Cup winners, holds the 18-carat trophy high...

Oh, Canada ...(ice hockey)
December 1, 2006... When people think of Canada, they probably think of ice hockey. Many Canadians love to be involved with he sport--either playing or watching. Families all over the country gather together for Hockey Night in Canada, which broadcasts...

Martial arts.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Tae kwon do is Korean for the art of kicking and punching. Tae kwon do uses standing and jump kicks as well as punches. Techniques of kicking, punching, and blocking are practiced in combined series of techniques. Karate uses kicking,...

The Marathon des Sables.
December 1, 2006... Each year in the land of the Sahara, runners from all over the world gather to compete in the Marathon des Sables, the Marathon of the Sands. Swirling sands, scorching temperatures, and starry nights set the scene for what has been called...

Let's play pachisi.
December 1, 2006... The game pachisi is also known as parchesi, the trademarked game parcheesi, even Chessindia. The name "pachisi" comes from the Indian word for the number 25, which is the highest number that could be thrown with the cowrie shell "dice." The...

One fore all.
December 1, 2006... The shepherd stands on the hill. At his feet, he sees a round pebble. He raises his crook, and whack! The pebble flies through the air. Is this how golf began? No one knows for sure. But we can be certain of one thing--the game of golf, as...

Ask FACES!
December 1, 2006... Here is your chance to send us your questions about people, places, and cultures from all over the world. Each month, our experts will answer several questions from readers like you. Want to know where the world's highest mountain is located?...

Face facts.
December 1, 2006... American football developed in the mid-1800s from two other sports--English rugby and soccer. Today, it is the most watched spectator sport in the United States. TOUCH DOWN, ARIZONA GO, T.O.! YEAH, BROWNS! IT'S ANOTHER...

Let the games begin! The Naadam Festival.(Cover story)
December 1, 2006... Ask any Mongol what the most important national celebration is, and chances are they will tell you that it is the annual Naadam (NAA-dam) festival. (Naadam means "game" or "competition" in Mongolian.) Also referred to as "the three manly...

Lacrosse: yesterday and today.
December 1, 2006... The violent ball-and-basket game known as lacrosse was the favorite sport of the eastern North American tribes from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. French settlers named it lacrosse because the stick resembled a bishop's staff. ("Lacrosse,"...

Sports and ballet.(Art Connection)(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Do you like to dance as well as play basketball? How about trying basketball ballet? Basketball ballet, created in 2004, is won not by scoring points for getting the ball through the hoop, but by creative footwork and ball handling. ...

Let the Games Begin.(Guest Review)(Brief article)(Book review)
December 1, 2006... Abby Hackl, 10, South Carolina If you are into sports, this is the book for you. It's all about people playing sports throughout the world. The book discusses the role of sports in making friends, working with others, and learning how to...

Say what?(One Last Face)
December 1, 2006... Write a caption for this photograph. The best entries will be published in an upcoming issue! Send your captions to facesmag@yahoo.com.

Sport savvy.(Brief article)
December 1, 2006... Can you guess which sport each piece of equipment is from? Answer 1. Lacrosse stick or crosse 2. dart 3. bicycle helmet 4. croquet mallet 5. fencer's helmet 6. golf tee 7. hockey goalie's glove 8....