If memories of middle school gym class still make you break into hives, we can’t imagine what watching this clip of the world’s largest dodgeball game is going to do to you. Let’s find out, shall we? Click through for video and images featuring 4,979 students, staff, and faculty members at the University of Alberta setting the Guinness World Record for the third year in a row.
Basketball commentators like to bang on about players defying the laws of physics (men flying, hang time, etc.), but it’s rare that the ball does the same thing. In this video, however, the ball decides it’s had enough of being thrown around and feels like just hanging out on the the rim for a while. Honestly, have you ever seen anything quite like this before?
Think unicycles are just for circus bears and steampunk dorks with handlebar mustaches? Well, apparently they’re not! It seems people are doing all sorts of things with them, from bounding up boulders to sliding down long, narrow metal banisters to a seriously badass move called the “maxwhip — all of which you can see in this video, compiled for the North American Unicycle Convention and Championships. Then, if you’re like us, you’ll contemplate changing your sedentary lifestyle for a few minutes before you settle on ordering lunch instead.
On Saturday, September 25, City Chase returned to NYC, sending hundreds of competitors scrambling throughout the city in a race to complete challenges, throw inhibition out the window, and generally confuse passersby. Billing itself as an “urban adventure series,” City Chase takes place annually in cities across the nation, with the winners from each one moving on to the national finals. Teams of two are tasked with undertaking everything from knife throwing and magic tricks to karaoke and parkour, with a maximum of six hours to finish ten challenges from a list of 40. After taking part last year, we could resist the chance to do it all again. Check out our exclusive photo gallery from this year’s New York leg of the event after the jump.
It is that time of year again. Power rankings are being rolled out, fantasy players are drafted, trash is talked, and stockpiles of microwavable snacks are being stuffed in the fridge of your friend with the big screen TV. The start of the NFL season. When all other sports are forgotten and your co-workers won’t stop bugging you about joining the office pool. But if Sunday and Monday night games aren’t enough gridiron for you—or if you need something to do during the incessant commercial breaks—check out the following list of some of the best books about football.
Do you ride a Yamaha V Star-950 cruiser with steel fenders and chrome-plated head covers? Use expressions like, “Nice steed?” Does the sight of an all-titanium bike frame get you randy? As you’ve probably heard by now, Pee-wee Herman recently made an appearance at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota, cocksure and pedaling his big red bike. We were both pleasantly surprised and concerned over the combination: plastic tassels and bow ties don’t usually mix with ink, leather and chrome. But does the bike really make the person? Yep. Click through to find out what yours reveals about you.
Paul is a psychic octopus from Germany who makes World Cup predictions, and he says that Spain will win today’s semi-final match against his home country. Before you roll your eyes, Paul has an 80% success rate when it comes to predicting the outcome of Germany’s World Cup matches. It kind of makes Punxsutawney Phil’s weather predictions sound like amateur hour, right? Click through to watch Paul do his thing, and then find some sucker to place your bets with — the score is currently tied at zero.
The longest tennis match in history has finally come to an end. After more than 11 hours of play, John Isner, the number two ranked American player, defeated France’s Nicolas Mahut 70 to 68 earlier today at the 2010 Wimbledon tennis championships in London. To help put this into perspective for you less sporty, more pop culturally-literate types, we’ve rounded up a list of films longer than this epic game. Mind you, there are only seven in all of history, and most of them are experimental and sound totally weird, but we’re sure there’s some cinephile out there who’s up for a viewing challenge.
In England the World Cup is like the Olympics, the World Series, and the Super Bowl all rolled up into one red and white beer-stained bundle. For the past two weeks, I’ve had the unique pleasure of documenting the England World Cup experience firsthand, from the Spirit-of-’66 enthusiasm before the first match to the hopelessness of today. If England loses to Slovenia, it’ll be the first time they’ve been knocked out in the first round since 1958, a full eight years before they last won the World Cup.
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