<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Spectator Sports</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><description>Spectator Sports</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Out of the Park]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9664-2005Jan14.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9664-2005Jan14.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For the first time in more than 30 years, Washington baseball fans have a team to call their own -- and follow on the road.]]></description><author> Bruce Adams and Margaret Engel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lard of the Rings]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32032-2004Dec3.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32032-2004Dec3.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ My 7-year-old son had just one question when I told him that our itinerary in Japan included a sumo wrestling tournament.]]></description><author> Charles Lane</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Missing Hockey? The Puck Still Stops Here]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14863-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14863-2004Nov26.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[WHAT:  Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto<br>   WHY GO:  National Hockey League players are being locked out by team owners in a labor dispute that now threatens to ice the 2004-05 season, but that doesn't mean hockey fans will have to spend the winter...]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Major League Baseball, Puerto Rican Style]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20570-2004Jul1.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20570-2004Jul1.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[]]></description><author> Dan Jung</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Hit, No Muffs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52411-2004Jun18.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52411-2004Jun18.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A scorching line drive, headed for center field, cracks off the bat of Tom "Big Bat" Fesolowich of the Brooklyn Excelsiors. It lands some 30 feet behind second base, but right in front of the Mineola Washingtons' center fielder, who grabs the ball in his bare hands. The fans cheer an apparent single, but Big Bat and his teammates know otherwise.]]></description><author> Marshall S. Berdan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfect Pitch]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44847-2004Jun15.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44847-2004Jun15.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The low-key, old-style baseball of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley League hits all the right notes.]]></description><author> Marc Fisher</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do-It-Yourself-Olympics 101]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45446-2004May21.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45446-2004May21.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Athletes will go for the gold soon at the Summer Games, but if you can't get to Athens, you can watch Americans compete for spots on the U.S. Olympic team on home soil. Called trials, the competitions either determine wholly or help pick the teams in numerous sports. We asked    Elissa Leibowitz  <em>to run down the events. (Note: Ticket availability was as of press time.)</em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rookie Ballparks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8245-2004May7.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8245-2004May7.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This spring, San Diego and Philadelphia opened new major league ballparks that are dramatic improvements over the cities' last efforts. Guess which followed the urban redevelopment approach of Baltimore, Cleveland and Denver, and which opted for the drop-me-in-the-middle-of-a-parking-lot-along-the-interstate method? Where would you expect the better ballpark eats? You might be surprised.]]></description><author> Bruce Adams and Margaret Engel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Athens, Work Before Play]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17969-2004Apr16.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17969-2004Apr16.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Most of the news of Greece's preparations for the Summer Olympics is by now drearily familiar: Cranes still tower over unfinished projects; transportation will likely be inadequate for the expected 5 million spectators and 10,000 competitors; security concerns have contributed to depressed ticket sales, at least in the United States.]]></description><author> Cindy Loose</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[All-Star Games 101]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32924-2004Jan20.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32924-2004Jan20.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[<em>Ah, hoops and hockey. Few things warm the wintry heart more than the sight of millionaires throwing a ball into a high net or grown men with sticks turning each other's teeth into bloody Chiclets. Whether you take your sports on hardwood or on ice, in shorts or in well-padded thermal armor, there's an all-star sporting event this February that fits your temperament. </em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 'Take Me Home' Field Advantage]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22044-2003Sep16.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22044-2003Sep16.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[On college football game days, Morgantown, W.Va., is mountain mayhem.]]></description><author> Sean Daly</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[YANKEE STADIUM 101]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16565-2003Jun20.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16565-2003Jun20.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     WHAT:  New York's Yankee Stadium, at 161st Street and River Avenue in the Bronx.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grand Slam  Ballparks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31605-2003May23.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31605-2003May23.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Cincinnati, Louisville and Lexington -- three of the latest entries in America's new golden era of baseball parks -- are ideally clustered for a three-bagger weekend. Our family did just that last month, driving to Cincinnati for a Saturday-afternoon Reds game, then heading 90 minutes southwest to Louisville the next morning to see the Louisville Bats, and finally going an hour east to Lexington, Ky., for a Monday-night game of the Lexington Legends. The eight-hour drive back to D.C. sped by as we thanked the baseball gods for grouping such fine ballparks into a triple play.]]></description><author> Bruce Adams and Margaret Engel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bay's Ball]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29333-2003Mar25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29333-2003Mar25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Maryland -- birthplace of some of the game's greatest players --  boasts a rich baseball heritage. In Baltimore, Aberdeen and Salisbury, you can take in a game and a baseball museum in the same day.]]></description><author> Kevin Adler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spring Training 101]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42599-2003Feb21.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42599-2003Feb21.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Major league baseball players have reported to Florida and Arizona for spring training. If you hurry, there's still time to nab an airline ticket and take in some preseason ballgames.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Net Gain]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10374-2002Nov5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10374-2002Nov5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The new Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., adds a little orange to a New England fall.]]></description><author> Eugene L. Meyer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Indiana, a Pass Through College Football History]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28694-2002Nov8.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28694-2002Nov8.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[WHAT:  College Football Hall of Fame<br>   WHERE:  South Bend, Ind.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minor league baseball 101]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1000-2002Jul25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1000-2002Jul25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Why stuff more money into the can't-be-capped pockets of the major leaguers when you can toss your pennies and enjoyment into minor league baseball? The closest teams to D.C. are the Bowie Baysox, Frederick Keys and Potomac Cannons. But if you need a travel fix--and you're fed up with all the talk about a possible strike--you can hit the road and take in one of these teams' games.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marathons 101]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64987-2002Mar21.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64987-2002Mar21.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The annual Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, like many big-name races, fills up faster than most people can run. Don't pout; go on a runner's holiday instead. Here are four scenic, uncrowded marathons in regions that would make fine vacation spots.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gym Dandy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45552-2002Mar6.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45552-2002Mar6.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/spectatorsports</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:01:48 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Confessions of a die-hard college basketball fan; plus, tips on seeing Washington-area teams in their conference tournaments.]]></description><author> Mark Plotkin</author></item></channel></rss>