Like most muggles, I've never played quidditch. (For the uninitiated, "muggle" means non-magical person and "quidditch" is a sport that Harry Potter played while flying on a broomstick.) But that ...

After fall break, Penn students are expected to BYOB Penn Park — bring your own broom, that is — to Penn’s first Quidditch practice. Since its inception last month, Penn Quidditch has recruited over ...

At LeakyCon London last week, I met up with a couple of real-life Muggle Quidditch players at their recruitment panel. Quidditch, we learn, is no weirder than any other sport, plus it includes a built ...

The University of Massachusetts Quidditch team will compete in the second national multi-college Quidditch World Cup Tournament for the first time next week, hosted by Middlebury College in Vermont.

Quidditch is no longer a fantasy game found only in the Harry Potter books and films, thanks to a real-life adaptation that has created a cottage industry for sports equipment providers and event ...

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 ...

Those who love the wizarding world of Harry Potter will recognize these words as terms used in the sport of quidditch. Quidditch was first discovered on the pages of J. K. Rowling's famous Harry ...

Brooms, quaffles and snitches are coming to the Renaissance city of Florence. ROME -- Florence, Italy, is set this weekend to host the Quidditch World Cup, a rousing sport based on the fictional one ...

A British college Quidditch team has magically made their clothes disappear for a fundraising photoshoot. Yup. A real life Quidditch team. Quidditch, the game of flying balls, brooms and bats, was ...

If you’ve read the “Harry Potter” books or seen the movies, you know Quidditch is a sport played by wizards and witches that involves flying around on broomsticks. In 2005, students at Middlebury ...

The UK's national quidditch team is seeking two friends to act as 'runners' for the squad during the Quidditch World Cup in Florence, Italy this summer. The friends will be paid £600 with travel and ...

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 ...