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If you've never heard of Circle Rules Football, you're not alone. This whimsical game, played on a circular field with a yoga ball, was created by avant garde theater students two years ago as a final class project. Since then, this high-energy sport has bounced out of the classroom and onto the playing field, winning over converts from Maine to Florida and evolving with each game played. Is it a legitimate sport with staying power or the next generation of performance art? Only time will tell.

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If you've never heard of Circle Rules Football, you're not alone. This whimsical game, played on a circular field with a yoga ball, was created by avant garde theater students two years ago as a final class project. Since then, this high-energy sport has bounced out of the classroom and onto the playing field, winning over converts from Maine to Florida and evolving with each game played. Is it a legitimate sport with staying power or the next generation of performance art? Only time will tell.

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Before there was NASCAR, there was box car. Soap box derbies, at the peak of their popularity in the 1950s, provided all-American kids with an opportunity to mix engineering ingenuity with the need for speed. Today, enthusiastic adults raised on Mario Kart are reviving this wholesome tradition on the slopes of Mt. Tabor in Portland, Oregon. It's art on wheels, speeding down the side of a dormant volcano.]]>

Before there was NASCAR, there was box car. Soap box derbies, at the peak of their popularity in the 1950s, provided all-American kids with an opportunity to mix engineering ingenuity with the need for speed. Today, enthusiastic adults raised on Mario Kart are reviving this wholesome tradition on the slopes of Mt. Tabor in Portland, Oregon. It's art on wheels, speeding down the side of a dormant volcano.]]> MacKenzie Fegan Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:42:01 PDT http://www.good.is/post/urban-golf/ http://www.good.is/post/urban-golf/

Certain personal attributes can be advantageous in particular sports. In basketball, height helps. For sprinting, fast twitch muscle fibers are a boon. With golf, a sizable trust fund sure doesn't hurt. Along with squash and polo, golf has long been considered a patrician pastime. But from Paris to Portland, roving bands of revolutionaries are reclaiming this sport for the masses by taking golf quite literally to the streets. When you combine egalitarian ideals with natty fashion, a dose of whimsy, and plenty of beer, a good time is par for the course.]]>

Certain personal attributes can be advantageous in particular sports. In basketball, height helps. For sprinting, fast twitch muscle fibers are a boon. With golf, a sizable trust fund sure doesn't hurt. Along with squash and polo, golf has long been considered a patrician pastime. But from Paris to Portland, roving bands of revolutionaries are reclaiming this sport for the masses by taking golf quite literally to the streets. When you combine egalitarian ideals with natty fashion, a dose of whimsy, and plenty of beer, a good time is par for the course.]]> MacKenzie Fegan Thu, 9 Oct 2008 20:16:23 PDT http://www.good.is/post/aussie-rules-football/ http://www.good.is/post/aussie-rules-football/

How many times have you walked away from Monday Night Football musing, "If only this game were more violent..." Meet Australian Rules Football. Aussie ex-pats and their eager American converts are bringing this rowdy, athletically rigorous sport to a city near you. Full contact. No padding. Heavy competition and heavier accents. Care to have a go, mate?]]>

How many times have you walked away from Monday Night Football musing, "If only this game were more violent..." Meet Australian Rules Football. Aussie ex-pats and their eager American converts are bringing this rowdy, athletically rigorous sport to a city near you. Full contact. No padding. Heavy competition and heavier accents. Care to have a go, mate?]]> MacKenzie Fegan Mon, 6 Oct 2008 17:30:36 PDT http://www.good.is/post/dodgeball/ http://www.good.is/post/dodgeball/

Anyone who remembers childhood as a time of innocence and joy was never on the wrong side of a dodgeball. If you ever packed a few extra pounds in grade school, chances are the specters of those stinging rubber balls haunt you to this day. But for the past three summers, young Brooklynites have been turning up at McCarren Park Pool to re-brand dodgeball as a sport where ex-bullies and fat kids can come together over a beer or six and have some good clean fun. We take you into the fray in our new video series: The Wild Frontier of Sports.]]>

Anyone who remembers childhood as a time of innocence and joy was never on the wrong side of a dodgeball. If you ever packed a few extra pounds in grade school, chances are the specters of those stinging rubber balls haunt you to this day. But for the past three summers, young Brooklynites have been turning up at McCarren Park Pool to re-brand dodgeball as a sport where ex-bullies and fat kids can come together over a beer or six and have some good clean fun. We take you into the fray in our new video series: The Wild Frontier of Sports.]]> MacKenzie Fegan Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:39:00 PDT