If you’re a basketball lover who likes flips and heights, then this may be the sport for you! This sport is called Slam Ball. Created by Mason Gordon, a basketball enthusiast who wanted to try and create a real-life game that mirrored capabilities seen in video games, such as super high jump and dunking. People…
Unusual Sports: Calcio Storico — a vicious sport of papal origins
Calcio Storico is a very popular sport for the Italians, an ancient game dating back to the 15th century. Unlike most sports, though, it only takes place in Florence, Italy. You also must be born in Florence to compete in it. There are four teams, each representing Florence’s original historical neighborhoods: Santa Maria Novella (Reds),…
Unusual Sports: The medeival art of Fierljeppen
Have you ever heard of Fierljeppen? It’s a Dutch sport that’s fairly old, dating back to the 1200s. What’s interesting about this sport is that it was created as a way of making life easier and not for sport. The idea was that the farmers needed to get over multiple canals that criss-crossed over the…
Unusual Sports: Below-thebelt battle in toe-wrestling
Have your friends ever asked you to arm-wrestle before? Maybe it happened in the school cafeteria, or you doubled down and switched to your left arm, swearing that that arm is stronger — well, what about toe wrestling? Has it ever crossed your mind? This sport is not as popular to play with your friends…
Unusual Sports: Brains and brawn in chess boxing
What is chess boxing? It is a combination of the two sports meshed together to make a new one. It was invented by a French comic book artist known as Enki Bilal. This idea was then later adapted into a sport by Lepe Rubingh after being inspired by the comic book.…
Extreme Ironing: An exhausting allowance
Let’s face it, no one likes to do their laundry. Why spend precious minutes on trying to de-wrinkle your shirt? Well, if this activity hasn’t piqued your interest in the past, check again! If you are an adrenaline junkie and love to multitask, then you may…
Unusual Sports: The art of Cheese-Wheeling
This sport emerged sometime in the 1800’s; the exact location and time is still unknown. Some say that it first originated from “Coopers Hill,” a fort in the ancient Roman empire. It was said that had an affinity for sending objects hurling down a hill — how that turned into Cheese-Wheeling, that is also unknown.…
Unusual Sports: Competitive shin-kicking — over 400 years old and still kicking!
The Cotswold Olympic Games take place in Chipping Cadem, England. Some games previously included racing and tug of war, but in 1612, the new sport — competitive shin-kicking — was introduced. What is competitive shin-kicking? Basically, two people face off, and their objective is to kick their opponent as hard as they can…
Unusual Sports: How “wife-carrying” has its contestants piggy-backing to victory
In today’s world, dominated by technology, we rely heavily on sports for entertainment; classic national sports like football, baseball, and so on dominate in attention and revenue. But what about the sports that aren’t always showcased on a Sunday afternoon? Sports derive from different cultures trying to showcase pride and glory for one’s country, and…
Kortenhof dominant at MCCs
Track star and senior Joe Kortenhof took first place in two events at the Midwest Conference Championship this past weekend. We sat down with Kortenhof to discuss how he achieved such a success, as well as with Head Coach Jason Fast to get his perspective on how Kortenhof came to be victorious. Kelli Quick: Not…