The world's most unusual and bizarre sports
Ask most people what causes a bad skateboarding fall and they will picture something dramatic, a failed jump down a…
Soccer is a beautiful game, right up until the moment the ball arrives somewhere nobody wanted it to. For every…
The 2008 Beijing Olympics offered one of the great showcases of artistic gymnastics, and the United States arrived with squads…
Mention skiing and most minds drift to the Rockies, the Alps, or some other range of jagged, snow-capped peaks. Iowa…
For most of baseball’s history, the great spectator hazard was the foul ball, a hard sphere screaming into the seats…
Bodybuilding has long carried a reputation for being a fringe pursuit in South Korea, yet women’s competitive bodybuilding has quietly…
Few winter sports look as gloriously improbable as skijoring. Picture a skier crouched low and braced for impact, a long…
College football is full of traditions that outsiders find faintly baffling, but Texas A&M’s may be the most physically demanding…
Every football town has its loud corner, but few have ever turned a patch of cheap bleacher seats into a…
No sport has produced quite so much rueful philosophy as golf. Spend an afternoon on any course and the talk…