Obscure Sports
Club Sports
An interview with the Nationals-qualifying UR Quidditch team
The UR Thestrals, the University’s Quidditch team, recently participated in the US Quidditch Cup in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 23-24.
Obscure Sports
The future of classic Tetris
On Oct. 20, 17-year-old Joseph Saelee was crowned Classic Tetris World Champion for the second year running, blazing past a…
cars
A novice’s guide to Formula 1
Do you want to watch cars designed by mad scientists scream around a track? Do you want to see cars…
Obscure Sports
Marching band is too a sport
Marching band lies in the sweet spot where love of music and physical activity overlap. Marching band, despite (un)popular belief,…
Basketball
‘Jackets adapt to Rochester Wheels’ tough competition
The men’s and women’s basketball teams played a scrimmage against the Rochester Wheels, a professional wheelchair basketball team, last Wednesday. The ‘Jackets won 73–71, though they received lots of help to stay in the game.
Football
Sports entertainment can be the future
For years, I thought World Wrestling Entertainment was a punchline. Why would people spend time watching a sporting event they know is fake?
Obscure Sports
Obscure Sports: Fighting below (or between) the belt
Belt wrestling comes in many forms throughout the world, and is even sparring for Olympic status.
Obscure Sports
Kyudo: what you get when archery takes the scenic route
I apologize for the long delay, but I can assure you it has not been spent procrastinating. Instead I have…
Obscure Sports
The eccentric trip of bossaball
Sometimes it seems that the best and oddest obscure sports actually aren't new ideas so much as conglomerations of other…