You don't see these things in very many US sports pages--

• A full color photo with this caption: "On High Alert: A security personnel [armed with high powered rifle] keps a chose watch at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad on the eve of the World Badminton Champtionship. Security has ben beefed up in the wake of media reports about a possible terrorist attack." I am not sure what to say about terrorist attacks at badminton tournaments except... this is what the world has come to? Civilization as we know it is gone... dead... kaput...
• And this from New Delhi: "David pips Sandipan and Abhijeet to title: Grandmasters Sandipan Chanda and Abhijeet Gupta tied for the Kavda International Open Chess title but setled for the 2nd and 3rd spots behind Luxembourg's Alberto David following a seven-way tie on Saturday." I just hate getting "pipped" by a Luxembourger!
• The previous chess article was on page 15, page 17 revealed: "Bad Day for Sattar: Grandmasters Pravin Thisay and Neelopal Das plotted differenlty but managed the same delightful result against the 3rd-seeded Bangladesh player Reefat Bin Sattar on the opening day of the Asian Zonal chess championship." Folks, not one, but two delightful chess reports... I'm afraid to go to page 18!
• I will skip telling you about the match-fixing allegations against the Pakistani National Cricket team because I am sure you have heard all about it on ESPN and read about in your local papers...