“One to be ready! Two to be steady! Three for the cheese! Four to be off!” Master of ceremonies Jem Wakeman, decked in a white smock and donning a black top hat with red, white and blue ribbons ...

All British sports must eventually face their dark night of the soul pondering the failures of home-grown talent. In elite dairy-chasing some urgent questions are reverberating after Monday’s Cooper’s ...

Ouch! She did it again! North Carolinian Abby Lampe won the women's race at the Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling and Wake in Gloucester, England, her second title. She talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about ...

A Canadian woman has won a historic cheese-rolling race in the United Kingdom — despite being knocked unconscious in the process. Delaney Irving, 19, was chasing after a 7lb wheel of Gloucester cheese ...

Every year, thousands gather at a steep hill in southwestern England to watch competitors hurtle themselves after a coveted prize: a wheel of Double Gloucester. Every year, thousands gather at a steep ...

Every year on a steep hill in Gloucestershire, England, hundreds gather to chase a rolling 7-pound wheel of Double Gloucester cheese down a dangerously steep slope. Known as the Cooper’s Hill Cheese ...

Some people run for fitness, some for pleasure and a few for glory. Chris Anderson, however, runs for cheese. We caught up with the Cheese Rolling Champ for a taste of the gouda life WORDS: Matt ...