You’ve decided to take up the ancient game of bocce ... or melons as bocce ball substitutes. Indeed, because the game was so popular in Rome, it ended up being taken with the Roman legions ...

(photo credit: Hadrianopolis. During the Roman period, the ancient city was a cultural center and a military enclav) Archaeologists found two game pieces believed to have been used by Roman ...

Meanwhile, on the WTA side, the surprises kept coming in Rome. And the night ended ... Murray reached behind him and flicked the ball over Nadal’s head for a game-saving winner.