• Jun
  • 20

6 Obscure Sports To Try This Summer

Summer is here, which means its time to start playing outside as much as possible. Are you tired of all the old summer standby sports, though? Sure, baseball and volleyball are fun, but sometimes you want something just a little, well, weirder. This summer, take a chance on one of these obscure sports.

6. Pesapallo Wife-carrying isnt the only odd summer sport the Finnish people enjoy, though; they also have their own variation of baseball known as pesapallo. The game, which was developed by Lauri Pihkala in the early 20th century, is…

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  • Jun
  • 03

Tribal Style Bungee Jumping - WTF???

Feeling adventurous? Feeling wreckless? These are the sort of activities your bored-but-daring friends will egg you on to do and if everything goes to plan you'll have the time of your life.

Base Jumping: Thankfully very few people will ever seek out the opportunity to base jump. Base (Building Antenna Span Earth) jumping is definately beyond the danger levels of skydiving, primarily because you have so little time to deploy…

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  • May
  • 16

NYU student ejected from graduation at Yankee Stadium

A graduating New York University student was ejected from his commencement at Yankee Stadium yesterday after he was caught trying to steal home.

But Beckman said that "the Yankees were very gracious hosts and we were grateful to be allowed to be there, and it is always disappointing to us when one member of our community thinks there's a special set of rules for him or…

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  • Apr
  • 18

Morgan Spurlock in Search of Osama

Four years after the release of his Oscar-nominated documentary, Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock is about to release his second feature film. This one’s about his search for the most wanted man on earth. The filmmaker forgoes fast-food binges for another type of physical danger: searching for Osama bin Laden.

She was not a fan. (Laughs) Yeah. She completely hated it, and hated it for the whole time while we were still making it. Shes incredibly supportive of me as a filmmaker and the things that I want to do no matter how hair-brained…

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  • Jan
  • 30

Japan: $10 Billion for Developing Nations and Global Warming

At the World Economic Forum, the Japanese PM pledged this kingly sum as part of a “Cool Earth Partnership,” to help developing countries deal with rising shores and higher food prices.

The Kyoto Protocol requires major developed nations to slash emissions causing global warming by an average of five percent from 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012. “The base year should … be reviewed from the standpoint of equity….

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