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 ...

“That explosion is the loudest noise I've ever heard in Elgin.” “Pushball, what's that?” These are comments people might have made after reading the Elgin newspapers of a century ago. Here's a look at ...

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 ...

Baldwinsville, NY -- In addition to German food, music and dancing, this year's Oktoberfest in Baldwinsville will feature a pushball tournament. In pushball, a team tries to push an inflated ball ...

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

Members of the Minoa Fire Department fire water at a ball toward their opponents during a pushball competition in Mattydale in a 1999 file photo. Teams shoot water from fire hoses of varying ...

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