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 ...

It is fashionable to sneer at these imitations of the amusements of the middle ages; but . . . they are far more worthy of commendation than the midnight revels of the ballroom, and other such like ...

Enfield rested his jousting lance on his leg. The lance weighed 11 pounds, with a shaft made from a wooden closet dowel. Other riders carried lances made from pool sticks and lightning rods. Riding ...

Jase Munday, 6, held his comparatively large lance and braced his cowboy boots against his horse for stability as he eyed the rings at The Great Frederick Fair on Tuesday. He has been jousting since ...

Raven Eastwood used to compete in rodeos in high school. But now when he rides a horse, he puts on 70 pounds of armor and gallops with a lance toward an opponent in the medieval sport called jousting.

SULMONA, Italy (Reuters) - A butcher is polishing his battle-axe, a hairdresser stitching fresh brocade on her noblewoman's gown and a hired horseman is sharpening his lance as he primes his mount for ...

Ulm's fisherfolk jousting imaginatively presents the city's history through characters like the police (left) and the ‘Krettaweber’ (right), the infamously bad-mouthed vegetable seller. Photograph by ...

With less than 50 yards between them, the two riders nudge their antsy horses into a gallop and charge. Barreling toward each other, the impact of wood upon wood suddenly cracks through the pine ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). As two flat-bottomed river boats steer towards each other from either bank, powered along by a crew of three oarsmen, thousands of ...