Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X LEONARDTOWN — “The rings are hung; the track is clear. Charge, fair maiden.” Upon the announcer’s ...

The gates of the Gulf Coast International Jousting Championships opened at 6 p.m. one Friday in January at a 4,500-seat arena 13 miles outside Pensacola, Fla. Some of the spectators were dressed in ...

When it comes to the official sport of Maryland, two probably come top of mind -- football and lacrosse. Those are sports that have bred talent in the state for years. However, the official state ...

If chivalry, as the common saying goes, is dead, someone forgot to tell Shane Adams—the host of History's new original reality series, Full Metal Jousting, which aims to resurrect the medieval and ...

Kalleigh Wagner had just watched a horse throw an armored knight during a joust when Captain Hook walked up to her. Hook told the 10-year-old girl he was looking for Peter Pan. “We have some ...

Not only does Maryland have the coolest state flag, it also has the coolest state sport, jousting. Jousting is a throwback to the days of Knights, Kings, Maidens, and such. It is a throw back to our ...

AS jousting makes a comeback with displays around the country this summer, we look at a sport which involves 2,000lb horses, 130lb suits of armour, 12ft lances… and the odd dislocated shoulder. For ...

In jousting, two horses face each other on opposite sides of a field, with a fence running tightly between them. On command, the horses gallop toward each other at speeds of up to 30 mph, while their ...

Since its launch in 2001, Bloodstock has grown from a one-day indoor metal festival held at Derby’s Assembly Rooms to the mammoth four-day extravaganza it is today. This field of screams has played ...

Jousting could be taken to the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. It was last a popular pastime when Henry VIII was on the throne, but now English Heritage, a charity that looks after 400 of England's historic ...

Peep jousting may not be the most well-known Easter tradition, but it certainly is an entertaining one. The seasonal 'sport' involves inserting toothpicks into two of the chick-shaped marshmallows, ...