GREAT MOMENTS IN SPORTITUDE
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32,925 BCE. The greatest-ever human athlete, name unknown, is born in modern-day Eritrea. The three hundred people she meets over the course of her life are all very impressed.
1509. Yap, Micronesia: The self-crowned champion and only entrant in the All-Yap Coin-Toss Contest is snubbed socially, because "dude, we all get it, it just wasn't that funny in the first place."
1738. The popular Scandinavian pastime of mjördskulka (lit. "cross-country fatalism") is renamed "biathlon" for export to cheerier climes.
1872. Lay-in-Kind, Connecticut: Mr. Brookings Shumpwell of the Lay-in-Kind Ready Coves gives 103% in a ruggage match against the Spondington Rust-Sanders, breaking the legendary 100% barrier.
1913. The first modern Secret Olympic Games draw thousands of spectators to the Masonic caves inside Uluru. The Sightless Realms dominate the competition, earning 22 gold medals, 17 cold iron, and 5 silver; Laputa and Bolivia also put in strong showings with 10 and 8 golds, respectively.
1994. San Drogo, California: Skateboarding legend Eric "Fizzy Fuzz" Kosloski slams a 720 Gritstopper with so much style that it knocks the capitalization of "Extreme" up one letter.
32,925 BCE. The greatest-ever human athlete, name unknown, is born in modern-day Eritrea. The three hundred people she meets over the course of her life are all very impressed.
1509. Yap, Micronesia: The self-crowned champion and only entrant in the All-Yap Coin-Toss Contest is snubbed socially, because "dude, we all get it, it just wasn't that funny in the first place."
1738. The popular Scandinavian pastime of mjördskulka (lit. "cross-country fatalism") is renamed "biathlon" for export to cheerier climes.
1872. Lay-in-Kind, Connecticut: Mr. Brookings Shumpwell of the Lay-in-Kind Ready Coves gives 103% in a ruggage match against the Spondington Rust-Sanders, breaking the legendary 100% barrier.
1913. The first modern Secret Olympic Games draw thousands of spectators to the Masonic caves inside Uluru. The Sightless Realms dominate the competition, earning 22 gold medals, 17 cold iron, and 5 silver; Laputa and Bolivia also put in strong showings with 10 and 8 golds, respectively.
1994. San Drogo, California: Skateboarding legend Eric "Fizzy Fuzz" Kosloski slams a 720 Gritstopper with so much style that it knocks the capitalization of "Extreme" up one letter.