Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. Imagine you’re touring the shed of an early 20 th-century sportsman. It’s mostly ...

A monster ball, human skittles and ‘clever’ horses featured in a punishing game that captivated the King and bamboozled his subjects in the early 1900s A search of the patents registered in the second ...

QI has finally caught up with Memories. Last weekend’s programme, hosted by Sandi Toksvig, was on the subject of “oddballs”, and there was great hilarity when the fine sport of pushball came up. A ...

↵The awesomeness you’ve just witnessed was the opening moments of a recent Pushball match. And no, Pushball isn’t some made-up hippie “sport” like Frisbee golf or the Lighter Game. Pushball is the ...

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- a game using a leather ball six feet in diameter; the two side try to push it across the opponents' goal ...

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