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Angels outfielder Taylor Ward was injured after crashing head-first into a metal scoreboard at Daikin Park during a game against the Astros, leading to his hospitalization and raising concerns about field safety due to the low placement of the scoreboard.
The debut of NC State's brand-new scoreboard at Carter-Finley Stadium was short-lived as it shorted out due to nearby lightning storms, causing a delay in the game against Notre Dame. The 166-foot-wide scoreboard, touted as the 11th largest in college football, went black during the delay but has since been restored. Rumors of a lightning strike were denied by NC State. The game resumed play after a condensed halftime due to the lengthy delay.
American Family Field, home of the Milwaukee Brewers, will replace its main scoreboard for the 2024 season at a cost of $6.45 million, which will be paid for by the Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District. The new scoreboard will be the fourth-largest in Major League Baseball and double the size of the current scoreboard's video display board. A proposal to spend $2 million to add a secondary scoreboard was tabled for lack of support from the board.
Archaeologists have discovered a 1,000-year-old stone "scoreboard" at the Maya Chichen Itza site in Mexico, believed to have been used in a soccer-like ball game. The circular stone, weighing 40kg, dates back to between 800 CE and 900 CE and features hieroglyphics surrounding the outer edge and two figures in the center playing the ball game "pelota". The Chichen Itza is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a historical center of Maya civilization.
A 1,000-year-old Mayan "scoreboard" depicting two figures playing an ancient soccer-like ball game was discovered at the Mayan Chichen Itza site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. The circular stone's diameter was just over 32 centimeters and it weighed 40 kilograms. Experts identified the two figures on the stone as playing the ball game "pelota" - a team game played with a heavy rubber ball, which is thought to have had ritual connotations. The Chichen Itza is a historical center of Mayan civilization and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A 1,000-year-old Mayan "scoreboard" depicting two figures playing an ancient soccer-like ball game was discovered at the Mayan Chichen Itza site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. The circular stone's diameter was just over 32 centimeters and it weighed 40 kilograms. Experts identified the two figures on the stone as playing the ball game "pelota" - a team game played with a heavy rubber ball, which is thought to have had ritual connotations. The Chichen Itza is a historical center of Mayan civilization and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Archaeologists have discovered a 1,000-year-old Mayan scoreboard at the Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. The circular stone piece, believed to be a scoreboard for a soccer-like ball game, displays hieroglyphic writing and dates back to between 800 AD and 900 AD. The ball game was a traditional practice of Mesoamerican peoples and is believed to have had ritual undertones. The Chichen Itza complex is one of the main archaeological centers of the Mayan civilization in the Yucatan Peninsula.
Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered a 1,200-year-old intricately carved stone believed to be a scoreboard for the Maya ball game, pelota. The 40kg-stone was found at the Chichen Itza archaeological site and features two players in elaborate headgear surrounded by hieroglyphic writing. Experts are analyzing the writing to decipher its possible meaning. The stone is a rare find as it contains hieroglyphic writing, and it is even rarer to find a complete text.
Archaeologists have discovered a stone scoreboard used in an ancient soccer-like ball game at the Mayan Chichen Itza archaeological site in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. The circular piece, believed to date from between 800 AD and 900 AD, displays hieroglyphic writing surrounding two players standing next to a ball. The ball game was a traditional practice of Mesoamerican peoples and is believed to have had ritual undertones. The Chichen Itza complex is one of the main archaeological centers of the Mayan civilization in the Yucatan Peninsula.
A stone scoreboard believed to be over 1,000 years old and used in an ancient ritual ball game has been discovered at the Mayan Chichén Itzá archaeological site in Mexico. The circular piece displays hieroglyphic writing surrounding two players standing next to a ball and is believed to date from between AD800 and AD900. The game, played with a heavy rubber ball, was a traditional practice of Mesoamerican peoples and is believed to have had ritual undertones.