ahava yin, I was largely trying to illustrate how two of America's biggest professional leagues, the NBA and Major League Baseball, have experienced a relatively recent influx of foreign players. This would suggest that these sports have an

I'm curious about sports culture around the world, as well as how persons from other countries view sport within the United States. When I was in high school I played for the water polo team and swim team, but (American) football is my favorite

This may not be the most pleasant addition, but I've heard that the English word "thug" comes from a group of Indian bandits called the "Thugi" or something similar.

I'm new here, having stumbled across this forum while reading sites devoted to the differences between British and American English. I'm a student at the University of Southern California (located in Los Angeles, California) which happens to have

I don't know a whole lot regarding Turkey or its people; however, my grandfather is the son of Armenian immigrants, and so there is a lot of resentment of the Turks within my family. My great-grandparents (the Armenian immigrants) both suffered