Batty, Oddball Sports
We span the globe to give you the best in the wide world of weird sports.
Weirdest Stories of 2007: Mascot-on-Mascot Violence
In one of the weirdest stories of 2007, the University of Oregon Duck beat up the University of Houston's Cougar, and earned a one-game suspension.
In one of the weirdest stories of 2007, the University of Oregon Duck beat up the University of Houston's Cougar, and earned a one-game suspension.
Outhouse Racing
There's no trouble finding the restrooms for spectators of this sport. And why should you be a spectator? Well, when you've got to go, you've got to go.
There's no trouble finding the restrooms for spectators of this sport. And why should you be a spectator? Well, when you've got to go, you've got to go.
World Beard and Moustache Championships
A sport that gives new meaning to winning by a hair.
A sport that gives new meaning to winning by a hair.
World Pooh Sticks Championship
As the competitors of this sport will tell you, you've never truly been beaten, until you've been beaten with a pooh stick.
As the competitors of this sport will tell you, you've never truly been beaten, until you've been beaten with a pooh stick.
World Marbles Championship
How can you call this a kid game if the championship is held in a bar?
How can you call this a kid game if the championship is held in a bar?
Deadspin: Weird Sports
From the people who brought you Gawker, a strange look at obscure sporting.
From the people who brought you Gawker, a strange look at obscure sporting.
World Kickball Association
A proud organization spreading the joys of a game many kids never outgrew.
A proud organization spreading the joys of a game many kids never outgrew.
Chessboxing
Combine the brutality of boxing with the geeky-ness of chess and you have what advocates call, "The thinking man's contact sport."
Combine the brutality of boxing with the geeky-ness of chess and you have what advocates call, "The thinking man's contact sport."