Chivalrous knights in shining armor rode gallantly on horsebackSaturday at the Tournament of the Phoenix jousting competition,which continues through Sunday at the PVRA/Poway Rodeo Grounds inPoway.

POWAY POWAY — The first time Jeffrey Hedgecock saw a suit of armor as a child, he didn’t think of the man inside, but saw only the sculpted shell of a human body. “I’m fascinated by the image of the ...

When "Full Metal Jousting" premieres on the History Channel Sunday, the producers hope jousting will catch on as a modern spectator sport. Charlton native Paul Suda was just glad for the opportunity ...

Tournaments originated around the time of the First Crusade as a way for the newly emerged class of knights to practice their skills in mounted combat. Today, jousting has become a familiar feature of ...

HOLLY (WWJ) - Where's the one place you can go to see fairies, gypsies, pirates and knights? The Renaissance Festival in Holly, of course, where you never know what you'll find or who you'll meet. WWJ ...

McDADE — Thundering down a narrow lane at 30 miles an hour, 2,500 pounds of man, horse and armor drives a lance at another man doing the exact same thing. A mighty crash later, two knights are ...

James Zoppe, short and stocky with shoulder-length silver hair, is known as Sir James of Lockwood, the Red Knight. He says his adrenaline is pumping most when he looks through the narrow slit in his ...

A CONTEST is shaping up between Maryland’s duckpin bowlers and proponents of this state’s official sport — jousting. The two sports could hardly be more different: One has a lofty air of faded ...

I didn’t see real-life sport jousting until I was 37, at a festival in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. I was instantly attracted to the sport and immediately inquired about learning. However, it ...

The gates of the Gulf Coast International Jousting Championships opened at 6 p.m. one Friday in January at a 4,500-seat arena 13 miles outside Pensacola, Fla. Some of the spectators were dressed in ...