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?*. By JIM DENNIS
Rappahannock News Contributing Writer **•' Editor's note: Jim Dennis, a 1985 graduate flfij Rappahannock County High School, is spenda
semester in London, England. Back in the *rlJSA, he's a junior at James Madison Univerin
Harrisonburg where he has a dual major
political science and economics and a minor «i( Russian studies. He is the son of Mr. and %^Jrs. Robert Dennis of Flint Hill.
St When I look at the sporting world of EnsKland, the differences between America and the JJhJK are very apparent.
First, the actual games which are popular in Slhis country are either unheard of or unpopular
the USA. Jv- The second difference takes a little longer to .►isee and can be viewed both positively and negwativelv. This is the fierce loyalty to the home £ieam that is found with all British sports. The ^Sevotion ranges from strong moral support and a ^ffigh turn-out for contests to incredible pressure •Mjn the players and violent clashes between fans Hjf opposing teams.
When I first picked up a British newspaper ~5nd thumbed to the sports page (a daily ritual for ^ne here, just as it is back home), even the box ^scores looked foreign. I though I was going to ;fiave to enroll in some “Foreign Sports Interpretation I” class. But in time, I began to understand the new (to me) games, like rugby,
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