Rugby

WATCH: Rugby Player's 'Beastly' Strength Saves Teammate

Posted 05.29.2012

Meet Sharks rugby player Tendai "Beast" Mtawarira. If you're curious about how he earned his nickname then this highlight might help explain it. In...

Rugby: How Analytics Can Reduce Injuries in a Very Tough Sport

Steve Hamm | Posted 05.01.2012

Steve Hamm

Rugby is one of the world's toughest sports. Professional rugby teams have long used analysis of game play to improve their performance and prepare for the upcoming rivals.

WATCH: 50 Most Awkward Moments In Sports

Bleacher Report | Posted 04.11.2012

Hours of live coverage. Dozens of volatile personalities. Language gaps. Culture gaps. Romances. Bromances. Rivals. Rebels. Divas. Click on to hear...

Did You See That? Top Sports Photos March 5 - 11

Posted 03.12.2012

The best and craziest sports pictures of the week. To see more great photography visit HuffPost Exposure. ...

Did You See That? Top Sports Photos Feb. 27 - March 4

Posted 03.05.2012

The best and craziest sports pictures of the week. To see more great photography visit HuffPost Exposure. ...

'Real Men Get Raped' Ad Comes To London Tube Stations

Posted 02.20.2012

A new rape awareness campaign aimed at men in London is hoping to challenge the way that people think about the crime and its victims. Posters for ...

Did You See That? Top Sports Photos Feb. 6 - Feb. 12

Posted 02.15.2012

The best and craziest sports pictures of the week. To see more great photography visit HuffPost Exposure. ...

Did You See That? Top Sports Photos Jan. 29- Feb. 5

Posted 02.07.2012

The best and craziest sports pictures of the week. To see more great photography visit HuffPost Exposure. ...

Did You See That? Top Sports Photos Dec. 16 - Dec. 31

Posted 01.03.2012

The best and craziest sports pictures of the week. To see more great photography visit HuffPost Exposure. ...

Did You See That? Top Sports Photos Dec. 11 - Dec. 17

Posted 12.19.2011

The best and craziest sports pictures of the week. To see more great photography visit HuffPost Exposure. ...

Astoria Characters: The Cheers Leader

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 12.13.2011

Nancy Ruhling

Veronica Devine opened Veronica's Bar a dozen years ago. The place's history is as blurry as a drunk's double vision.

Former Jock Claims He 'Woke Up Gay' After A Stroke

Posted 01.08.2012

The "nature vs. nurture" debate over sexual orientation continues at full force, but now, one former rugby-playing Welsh jock claims to have actually ...

Did You See That? Top Sports Photos Oct. 30-Nov. 5 (PHOTOS)

Posted 01.04.2012

The best and craziest sports pictures of the week. To see more great photography visit HuffPost Exposure. ...

PHOTOS: The Legacy Of Gareth Thomas And Other Openly Gay Sports Figures

Posted 12.25.2011

Gareth Thomas, the Welsh rugby player who became the world's first openly gay professional male athlete in a team sport after coming out in 2009, stun...

New Zealand Wins Rugby World Cup

AP | STEVE McMORRAN | Posted 12.23.2011

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — The wait is over. New Zealand is back on top at the Rugby World Cup. The All Blacks survived the last in a string of fl...

Cops Pepper Spray Men For Sporting Ritual

AP | Posted 12.21.2011

ROOSEVELT, Utah -- Police in a small Utah town are being accused of overreacting after using pepper spray to break up a group of Polynesian men and bo...

Women Wrestle Over Large Egg To Demonstrate Rules of Rugby

Posted 11.28.2011

Sometimes men just need a woman to show them how it's done. Take rugby, for example. What better way to learn the rules than watching women in bikini-...

Australia Destroys U.S. At Rugby World Cup

AP | Posted 11.23.2011

Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Australia restored authority to its Rugby World Cup campaign on Friday, beating the United States 67-5 ...

The World's Worst Rugby Team

AP | By DAVID MACDOUGALL | Posted 11.21.2011

HELSINKI -- As the world's best rugby teams continue their quest for World Cup glory in New Zealand, spare a thought for those players on the other si...

The Faithful Shopper: Faith's Top 11 for Fall 2011

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 11.19.2011

Faith Hope Consolo

The conclusion of Fashion Week truly kicks off the fall retail season, and New York has an amazing crop of new stores and designers looking to outfit us in style!

Rugby Match Explodes Into MMA Brawl

The Huffington Post | Dan Treadway | Posted 10.26.2011

Sometimes the line between rugby league match and epic brawl is ever so thin. Such was the case when Melbourne and Manly (really, that's their nam...

Pro Athletes Lack Party Shorts

Emily Bracken | Posted 10.22.2011

Emily Bracken

Pro athletes are buff and broad, rich and famous, alpha and athletic, but rather than suit up in edgy, form-fitting athletic apparel, they look like they're wearing coulottes.

No Longer Number 1!

Alyn Ware | Posted 08.04.2011

Alyn Ware

As a New Zealander living part-time in the United States for nearly two decades, I have until now been perplexed by the American compulsion to have to...

I'm With Stupid: Planking the Walk and Other Dumb Places

Todd Hartley | Posted 07.20.2011

Todd Hartley

It pained me earlier this week to learn that another country has beaten us to the punch with what is definitely one of the dumbest ideas yet. Australia recently gave birth to a fad called "planking" that is, quite literally, painfully stupid.

Laura Gottesdiener

WATCH: Woman Flips 500-Pound Tire In Strongman Competition

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Gottesdiener | Posted 07.17.2011

Phaidra Knight has spent the last 12 years playing for the USA Rugby Women's National Team, competing in three Rugby World Cups with the team. In her ...