Early birds looking for something to do on an off wbball day might want to catch the NYTimes' 6amEST game tracking of the US Field Hockey team (It ain't your grandma's field hockey, y'all. Or mine. Looking at what the goalies are wearing these days, I'm surprised I still have teeth.)

The US is facing Japan and ought to lose. But, then again, they should have lost their first game to Argentina, and didn't.

If you want to catch up on the details of field hockey, check out "A Brief History of Field Hockey," by the Times' tracker, Lawrie Mifflin.

Mifflin also guides those interested to the USA Field Hockey site and Jeff Gamza's on site coverage and cool photos.

Another example of a sport creating its own media coverage.