Players are battling for the soul of the sport
(NEWSER) - Harry Potter's favorite game of Quidditch is continuing to sweep US college campuses with techniques and rules making matches more competitive. The real-life game that began at Middlebury has "grown up," and now involves deadly serious faceoffs, new brooms (that don't make players fly), and a 60-team World Quidditch Cup scheduled next month in a Manhattan park. But the game, like the wizard world, is wracked by conflict, with many players seeking to keep the fanciful nature of the "sport," while serious athletes are pushing for cutthroat competition, reports the Wall Street Journal . More»
