This is the time of the year when hurling is placed on an altar for worship. Even the agnostic are curious. It is like when Wimbledon is on telly, or The Masters, or the Six Nations, or the World ...

PROVIDENCE — The fastest game on grass? Not soccer. Not baseball. It’s hurling — with an “h,” a stick-and-ball sport not to be confused with curling, an ice-and-broom sport. Hurling’s ...