Nurtured by immigrants from India and the Caribbean, cricket is one of the city’s oldest sporting traditions. Current cricketers are hoping some of their children will follow their lead.
Brian Gordon
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Obstructed practice
The US has a shortage of doctors, yet many foreign-educated physicians are blocked from practicing medicine here
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Dances with canoes
Marc Ornstein is the viral star of the mega-niche, competitive sport of interpretive canoeing
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Family and future
The house on Maltby Street was humming. A dozen children, cousins and siblings ages 4 to 14, filled the living room with the yelps of youth at play. The percussive sounds of food preparation — knife cutting into board, mortar mashing into pestle — consumed the kitchen where adults congregated and cooked. Christmas decorations covered […]
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Whirling hurling
When Jessica Frey stumbled upon this game four years ago, she was captivated. Yes, its name sounded like slang for “vomiting,” but it seemed so all-encompassing, so many athletic elements thrown into one rich sports stew.
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Rochester’s steel-tip darts community keeps throwing
For a community of Rochesterians, darts is more than an amusement many sidestep on their way to order another drink at the bar. Local players put in hours of training and an uncountable number of throws to perfect the craft in weekly leagues and regional tournaments
