Everyone’s paying attention to the Winter Olympics halfway around the world in Sochi, Russia. Closer to home, there’s growing interest in a slightly different "sport" -- this one using a small, ...

Playing with plastic cups is getting to be serious business. The Connecticut State Sport Stacking Championship was held Saturday in Baltic with participants as young as 3 looking to set world and ...

Christina Shi doesn't run short on talents. Ace student. Gifted musician. And, oh yes, the West Lafayette Junior High seventh-grader already is famous — for her cup-stacking skills. In 1.7 seconds, ...

Editor’s note: This segment was rebroadcast on Sept. 30, 2025. Click here for that audio. In the early 2000s, thousands of U.S. schools had their students race the clock to stack cups in gym class.

Most sports are actually absurd. Golf involves hitting a tiny ball into a hole hundreds of yards away. Soccer is based on the idea of what if we didn't use our hands. Speed stacking — if you really ...