Tug of war has been played for thousands of years. Today it's being celebrated globally. Here is more on its origins.

Traditional tug-of-war game People pull a 100-meter rice straw rope along a stream in Cheongdo, North Gyeongsang Province, ...

The Pull is an annual ... the three-hour tug-of-war has been active for more than 120 years. In a Hope College tradition that began in 1898, freshman and sophomore teams face one another on a crisp ...

Pulling for Peace between the United States and Canada has the potential to promote peace universally, say coordinators. The event is scheduled for July 2, a date ...

In The World Games outdoor tug of war, two teams of eight– in a test of strength–pull on opposite ends of a rope. The goal is to bring the rope a certain distance in one direction against the force of ...

The arrival of Memorial Day weekend not only means the onset of the summer season, but also five weeks before the annual “Pulling ... tug-of-war events planned for July 2 when a 1,200-foot rope ...

Michigan boasts a strong tug-of-war tradition, with events like Hope College's "the pull" and the Detroit-Windsor ... competitive sport that requires only a rope. Feb. 19 is National Tug of ...

During the Pull, each team has up to 18 students on the rope known as “pullers,” and an equivalent ... In fact we met on the practice field.” The Pull tug-of-war was believed to have first been held ...