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Lacrosse-style goals are officially a thing, even in the KHL: SEE IT!Daniil Vovchenko scored the game-winner in Severstal’s 4-3 win over Spartak Moscow on Friday with the move invented by Michigan player Mike Legg in 1996 and duplicated by Andrei Svechinikov of the Carolina Hurricanes last season....

What would a 1,000 mph fastball do to a person? Watch and learn (& do not try at home!)We’ve all seen it a thousand times: a baseball player tries to field a ball, but can’t catch it and it goes rolling on the outfield grass....

This Spikeball Rally Is A Work Of ArtIt’s still summer, at least for a few precious weeks more, which means it’s still the perfect time to go play spikeball in a park near you. For those uninitiated with the game, it involves spiking a ball on a mini-trampoline and also some other stuff, but you do not have to know anything about spike...

Competitive Tag Looks Fun As Hell

Tag is usually a game reserved for children and rambunctious dogs, but what happens when you mix in some cool obstacles and parkouring English lads? You get what appears to be a pretty cool sport....

Here's A Good Idea: Curling, But With Cars

Have you ever watched curling and thought, man, this is great, but what if the stones were replaced with Soviet-era cars? A Russian insurance agent has! Here is the debut of the resulting sport, from last week:...

Tanzania's Goat Races Are Decadent And Depraved

Slumgoat Millionaire lost his first race at the Dar es Salaam Charity Goat Races. While the “owners” (sponsors, really) were standing in the corral at the center of the small racetrack, one of the MCs asked Slumgoat’s patron if he knew the rules....

Trampoline Dodgeball Exists, And It Looks Extremely Fun

I would absolutely play trampoline dodgeball, even though I didn't know it existed until about an hour ago....

Russian MMA Card Features Armored Knights Battling With Swords

We're ... not entirely sure what this is, but we watched, rapt, after learning it was happening via Twitter user @grabakahitman. This battle took place on the undercard of a show being held today by M1, a more or less reputable (?) Russian fight promotion, and features dudes in armor battling with s...

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Crazy-Ass Italian Sport Combines Rugby With Bare-Knuckle Fighting

There is a sporting event held annually in the Piazza Santa Croce in Florence, Italy. It is called Calcio Fiorentino, and it is an ancient form of football that is essentially rugby, but with a whole bunch of dudes just mercilessly beating the crap out of each other. ...

by Tom Ley|

|Tue Jul 29 2014

We Have No Idea What <em>Hip Show</em> Is, But It's The Best Thing On TV

What you are watching is a clip from a Russian MMA-based show called Hip Show: Arena Combat, which is broadcast in America on AXS TV. It's really weird....

by Tom Ley|

|Fri Aug 15 2014

From lightsaber fencing to downhill rodeo, photographer Sol Neelman's become the world's preeminent shooter of weird sports. His second book is ready for publishing, and he's got a Kickstarter to fund the production costs. We're not much for endorsements, but Sol's work is worth your attention....

by Timothy Burke|

|Thu Mar 27 2014

Stay Out Of The Kitchen: Day One At The World Shuffleboard Championship

A dozen pale Norwegians seek shelter among the 200 stadium seats, mercifully covered by a roof. A young, bearded American wrings out a wet towel over his bald head. An orange-clad Dutchman creaks by, white hair poking out from beneath a Florida Gators baseball cap. Elderly Japanese men stretch agai...

by Timothy Burke|

|Tue Oct 22 2013

What Is This Weird-Ass Sport I Saw On TV Yesterday?

Yesterday a reader tweeted at me, urging me to tune into Fox Sports Midwest where "unathletic adult men" were "racing tiny bikes around a tiny track." He wasn't lying, and I watched a good half hour without ever figuring out exactly what, or who, or where I was watching....

by Timothy Burke|

|Thu Oct 17 2013

The Year In Weird: Here Are 38 Bizarre Sports Moments, Slowed Down And Set To Music

One one of the most intriguing elements of televised sports is that the medium can be consumed in myriad and diverse ways: some viewers engage with their favorite team's local broadcasts, others watch for outstanding individual performances, and others enjoy observing tactics and strategy courtes...

by Timothy Burke|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

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