With part one of Harry Potter VII about to release in movie theater in November, we all have Harry Potter on the brain lately. (Or at least us fans do!) So one of my favorite little news clips I’ve come across in recent months has to be the following from The New York Times:
“THE NEW YORK UNIVERSITY QUIDDITCH TEAM started Monday, with a surprising turnout of 95 students. To those who somehow slept through the Harry Potter craze, quidditch is that fantastical sport played by wizards and witches on flying broomsticks. But there is an earthly game known as Muggle Quidditch, adapted for a grassy field, in which players use volleyballs, basketballs and dodge balls instead of quaffles.”
Boo on NYU! And who says quidditch has to be a fantasy sport? In my mind, it’s very very real….They play Muggle Quidditch in Britain too!