Associations devoted to quidditch, the fictional game popularized by the Harry Potter franchise, are mounting their broomsticks and whizzing away from J.K. Rowling. U.S. Quidditch and Major League ...

The people who compete in a real-life adaptation of the wizarding world sport quidditch will be changing the name they use for it in light of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's continued transphobia.

The American governing body of a version of Quidditch played in real life is looking for a new name for the sport, partly to distance itself from author JK Rowling and her work over her comments on ...

Two real-life Quidditch organizations are working to change the name of the sport, seeking to escape the limitations imposed by Warner Bros.’ trademark on the term and to distance themselves from ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Two quidditch leagues announced this week that they are working to ...

Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage than loading CBC Lite story pages. The word most often used to describe real-life games of quidditch is "chaos," according to the ...

Players from UCLA and the University of Arkansas spar during the Quidditch World Cup 7 – Photo: Ben Holland Photography, via Wikimedia. Quidditch, the real-life sport inspired by the magical sport in ...