The men’s and women’s race walking events continued at the Rio Olympics on Friday and so did the Internet’s snark about the sport. But it wasn’t always such a laughable thing. In the late 19th-century ...

Billed as "The Great Walking Match for the Championship of the World," the 500-mile race between Weston and O'Leary in 1875 attracted such intense interest that the two pedestrians agreed to hold the ...

For more than a century, automobiles have been the preferred method of transportation in the U.S., providing an efficient means for getting us from place to place. In response to the expansive, sprawl ...

The Milwaukee Brewers drew more than 3 million fans to Miller Park a couple years ago, as they made their most recent playoff appearance. The numbers have dropped a little in more recent times, but ...

One hundred eight years ago, a 69-year-old man walked from Portland, Maine, to Chicago. A week later, Weston arrived in Milwaukee for a walking contest with political implications that overshadowed ...

Starr is a writer and critic living in Buenos Aires. You could no more write a comprehensive book about walking than about breathing or sleeping. But in “The Lost Art of Walking: The History, Science, ...

Walking The Walk: Fans look on as pedestrian Edward Payson Weston walks at a New York City roller rink in 1874. His unique stride was described as "wobbly." We may think of baseball as America's ...

This column is called The Stroll, and though most everything I write about is best experienced on foot, the actual act of strolling itself — putting one foot in front of the other and making one’s way ...

Dozens of upset Flemington residents packed the Borough Council meeting in the rural Hunterdon County seat last night to question new Mayor Erica Edwards on her newspaper quote promoting the practice ...

More people walk to work in Cambridge, Mass., than any other large city in the country. For more than a century, automobiles have been the preferred method of transportation in the U.S., providing an ...

Two centuries ago, the first spectator sport in America was born, and from it came the sports rockstars of the late 1800s. They were competitive walkers, and one of the most famous was an Irish ...

This excerpt appears in the book Pedestrianism: When Watching People Walk Was America's Favorite Spectator Sport by Matthew Algeo. The author spoke with Bill Littlefield on Only A Game. (Listen to our ...