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Video Wonder: Underwater Rugby

How do you play rugby in a pool? Like this.

Tao Tao Holmes March 7, 2016

Video Wonder: Intense Women's Armwrestling Battle

Two competitors employ a vocally assaultive technique during the European Armwrestling Championship.

Urvija Banerji March 4, 2016

Video Wonder: Japanese Split Racing

Urvija Banerji February 24, 2016

Video Wonder: Synchronized Swim Skating

Tao Tao Holmes February 12, 2016

GPS Doodles Turn Your Workout Into an Art Project

Tao Tao Holmes February 8, 2016

The Hot 19th Century Sport That Launched Modern Athletic Betting? Competitive Walking

Jessie Guy-Ryan February 7, 2016

Tater Tot Nachos Are the Left Shark of Super Bowl 2016

Katherine Spiers February 4, 2016

Back When Monday Night Football Was Like a Groovy '70s Detective Show

Urvija Banerji February 1, 2016

Boarding Down the Slopes of an Active Volcano in Nicaragua

Urvija Banerji January 21, 2016

Regular Golf Is Slowly Dying. Enter: FootGolf

Tao Tao Holmes January 13, 2016

Medeu

Almaty, Kazakhstan

Medeu

This Soviet-era athletic and recreation facility is the highest ice skating rink in the world.

Permanently Closed

The exterior

Chattahoochee, Florida

Big Bend Jai Alai Fronton

This Florida arena, once host to "the fastest game in the world," has sat empty for 25 years.

Ski Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Ski Dubai

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

Short on Snow? Try Ice-Block Sledding

Tao Tao Holmes December 23, 2015

The Story Behind the Famous Portrait of André the Giant Clutching a Beer Can

David Goldenberg December 21, 2015

Freaks, Geeks, and Obliques: Nonconformist Gyms For People Who Hated Dodgeball

Jess Zimmerman December 17, 2015

5 Truly Odd Sports Invented in the Depths of Winter

Tao Tao Holmes December 16, 2015

Nullarbor Links

Border Village, Australia

Nullarbor Links

The holes in the world's longest golf course are in a series of different towns.