What is a Power Play in Curling? The Strategic Move Taking the Ice by Storm Ah, curling — the sport that combines the finesse of a chess match with the intensity of a winter sport. If you’ve ever watched a curling match, you might have found yourself mesmerized by the precision of the players as…
What is Power Play in Curling? The Trendy Twist in the Ice Sport You Didn’t Know You Needed If you thought curling was just a bunch of folks sliding stones on ice and sweeping frantically like they’re trying to erase a bad memory, then grab your brooms and hold onto your stones! The curling world…
Appeal: The Last Refuge of the Global Scoundrel By Our Correspondent, Somewhere Between the Hague and Hollywood There is, perhaps, no finer spectator sport than watching the mighty file an appeal. From war-crimes defendants in bespoke suits to TikTok influencers clutching restraining orders, the act of appeal has become the universal pastime of the modern…
The Quiet Bureaucrat with the Planet in His Briefcase By Our Man in the Cheap Seats, Dave’s Locker Foreign Desk When the Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation takes the podium these days, the live feed is carried on every continent except Antarctica—and even the penguins have requested the transcript. That is…
PARIS—Somewhere between the baguette crumbs and the hushed reverence of Court 2 at Roland-Garros, Alycia Parks is busy reminding the planet that power tennis is no longer the monopoly of Eastern European finishing schools or Floridian academies staffed by ex-Soviet taskmasters with a vitamin-B12 drip. Instead, the 6-foot-1 product of suburban Atlanta—pop. 500K, humidity 200%—has…
