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 ...

Kyle Pickett, a player for the Bay Area Breakers, squeezes his broom between his legs to throw the quaffle into a hoop during a quidditch practice at Stanford University in Palo Alto on April 6, 2016.

Quidditch practice feels like a typical sports practice because that’s what it has become. Players arrive for one of three weekly training sessions, trade sneakers for cleats, and leave their water ...

When Lindsay Kohan was tackled, she didn't initially go down. But, mid-tackle, she tripped over her stick and fell backward on her head. It took the University of Maryland student several days before ...

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 ...

Paul Enriquez, left, guards Ben Silberstein during Quidditch practice at Creighton University in 2017. Members of the Creighton squad will help lead a Quidditch 101 Clinic leading up to US Quidditch’s ...

Members of the Kansas City Stampede, not all of them drawn to the sport by their love of Harry Potter, prepare for their first and only home match of the season. It’s a scorching, sticky June ...

Their bludgers are dodgeballs, their quaffle is a deflated volleyball and their brooms were bought at Wal-Mart. They can’t perform spells and they can’t fly, but a group of ASU students is bringing ...