Chasers Versus Runners

Our affection for the Indian sport of kabaddi is well-known around these parts. But our taste in the athletics of the subcontinent doesn't always run toward the brutal, as proven by the soft spot we've recently developed for kho-kho, which can perhaps be best described as a formalized version of freeze tag. We won't pretend to understand all the rules, but there's nothing too tricky about the core concept: attackers lunge after defenders, and success is achieved by laying hands on an evasive ...