Lots of tension in the rope and things go bad if it breaks ... An article titled "Last Games appearance for tug of war" was published on the official website of the Olympic Games.

Inside the Oval Office, the two leaders shook hands twice more — at one point grabbing each other’s mitts in the “thumb war” formation familiar to millions of schoolchildren around the world.

The record book will reflect the 25-member Canadian women’s team shut out their U.S. counterparts 2-0 while the U.S. men’s tug-of-war team blanked the Canadian team, also by a 2-0 score. But the real ...

Buettner said he “got volun-told” to procure the $1,000 black polyester combo rope that will be used in the tug-of-war. It’s 300 feet long, 1.5 inches thick and weighs 166 pounds.

A Colorado teenager who lost her leg in a shark attack in Belize over the summer described a feeling of playing “tug of war” with the ... her limb and wounded her hands. Annabelle Carlson ...