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That’s a Thing? Snow Volleyball

March 8, 2017 Spencer Klein

With the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing slowly approaching, some new sports are ready to be considered for the games, with Snow Volleyball as one of them. I know what you are thinking: come on, that is not a real sport. Well, it is!

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In Sports Tags Sports, That's a Thing?, Volleyball, Snow Volleyball, Olympics

That’s A Thing? Team Handball

February 19, 2017 Spencer Klein

Played mostly in Germany and Scandinavia, Team Handball is an Olympic sport that never really took off here in the United States. The highest level of Team Handball is played at the Olympics. It has been a part of the Games since the 1972 Munich Games.

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In Sports Tags Sports, Team Handball, That's a Thing?

That's a Thing? Sepak Takraw

February 1, 2017 Spencer Klein

 In Southeast Asia, there is a game unlike anything I have ever seen in the United States. The game is called Sepak Takraw, and it can best be described as kick volleyball. 

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In Sports Tags That's a Thing?, Sports, Sepak Takraw

That's a Thing? Speed Golf Edition

December 12, 2016 Adam Reiskin

While the game of golf has been around for centuries, the slightly modified sport of speed golf was invented in California in 1979. 

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In Sports Tags That's a Thing?, Speed Golf, sports

Cheese Rolling...That's a Thing?

December 5, 2016 Spencer Klein

Apparently. 

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In Sports Tags Sports, That's a Thing?, Cheese Rolling

That's a Thing? Speedwalking Edition

November 20, 2016 Spencer Klein

It's more complicated than it seems. 

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In Sports Tags That's a Thing?, Speedwalking, Olympics, sports

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