Maryland is the only state in the contiguous United States with an official state sport. The sport of Maryland? Jousting. Yes, guys on horses with long pointy sticks charging each other.
The Maryland state sport is ring jousting. In ring jousting, the rider goes down an 80 yard track with three arches trying to catch nine rings on their lance. The rider has three rides down the track trying to catch all nine rings. The rings range in diameter from 1 3/4 to 1/4 of an inch and are suspended from the arches 6'9" above the ground.
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http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/08/09/can_you_guess_the_state_sport_of_massachusetts/
EDIT: And here is a more complete list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_sports
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