This week we’re replaying our favorite episodes about when the world of sports went off course.
In The 1920s There Was A Footrace From Los Angeles To New York
In 1928, the Trans-America Foot Race, aka the “Bunion Derby,” in which about 200 runners in Los Angeles set out to run all the way to New York City.
The Netherlands Turned Pole-Sitting Into A Competitive Sport
The U.S. had flagpole sitting a century ago, but the Netherlands has Paalzitten, a sport in which people try to outlast each other sitting on poles.
The Time A Golfer Won The US Open While Suffering From Dysentery
The 1934 US Open was a prestigious but kind of strange golf tournament, and the guy who won it was sick as a dog the whole time.
It’s The Birthday of “Steady” Ed Headrick, the “Father of Disc Golf”
Ed Headrick took two sports and fused them into one.
Maryland’s Official State Sport Is Jousting”
In 1962 Maryland chose its official state sport and turned a lot of heads in the process.