After two weeks of practice, Lauren Venticinque was the only freshman to make the University of Texas’ varsity team. During a scrimmage, she got the ball in the open field. A defender closed in. “I ...

Laurel Perweiler is a fifth-year computer science major and an active quidditch player for the RIT quidditch club. Quidditch originated from the fictional game depicted in the Harry Potter series ...

It’s a perfect, 75-degree Saturday on Drexel University’s University City campus, and 13 students are assembled on Buckley Field for practice. Some may think it’s perfect spring weather for a baseball ...

CHICAGO -- "A lot of people get into quidditch because they know it from Harry Potter, but they stay for the sport." Quidditch (now known as Quadball) is a co-ed sport inspired by the Harry Potter ...

When the University of Missouri left the Big 12 Conference to join the Southeastern Conference, it effectively ended one of the biggest rivalries in college sports. But, at least one MU club sport is ...

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I am not a very big Harry Potter fan. I have never read the books, and only watched bits and pieces of the movies. However, I joined the Quidditch team at my college. I somewhat knew that "muggle ...

The Snitch is off and the Quaffle is in play in Mount Pleasant. A group of 12 Central Michigan University students started "Club Quidditch," the magical sport from the Harry Potter series in which ...

Laurel Perweiler is a fifth-year computer science major and an active quidditch player for the RIT quidditch club. Quidditch originated from the fictional game depicted in the Harry Potter series ...