Comments on: Women’s hand soccer http://dsandler.org/erinmak/diary/2008/08/21/womens-hand-soccer/ Erin's diary Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:56:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: erinmak http://dsandler.org/erinmak/diary/2008/08/21/womens-hand-soccer/#comment-21147 erinmak Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:05:12 +0000 http://dsandler.org/erinmak/diary/?p=309#comment-21147 Hmm, piled on by the Chrises. None of this changes the fact that I had never heard of this sport before yesterday. I mean, while I think beach volleyball and BMX racing are equally stupid as Olympic sports, I had at least heard of them before. Hmm, piled on by the Chrises. None of this changes the fact that I had never heard of this sport before yesterday. I mean, while I think beach volleyball and BMX racing are equally stupid as Olympic sports, I had at least heard of them before.

]]> By: C True http://dsandler.org/erinmak/diary/2008/08/21/womens-hand-soccer/#comment-21141 C True Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:35:24 +0000 http://dsandler.org/erinmak/diary/?p=309#comment-21141 Team Handball -- as it is known -- is HUGE in continental Europe. By the way. Team Handball — as it is known — is HUGE in continental Europe.

By the way.

]]> By: ctate http://dsandler.org/erinmak/diary/2008/08/21/womens-hand-soccer/#comment-21138 ctate Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:50:15 +0000 http://dsandler.org/erinmak/diary/?p=309#comment-21138 This is interesting -- apparently team handball is about the same age as basketball. It was widely played by the mid 1900s, its rules were formalized in the late 1900s, and it's been played internationally since the 1920s. This looks like yet another of those Olympic sports that, rather than being new, is a curious remnant of a much earlier time. Pelota was an Olympic sport at one time, too, as were both croquet and tug-of-war. Go figure. This is interesting — apparently team handball is about the same age as basketball. It was widely played by the mid 1900s, its rules were formalized in the late 1900s, and it’s been played internationally since the 1920s. This looks like yet another of those Olympic sports that, rather than being new, is a curious remnant of a much earlier time.

Pelota was an Olympic sport at one time, too, as were both croquet and tug-of-war. Go figure.

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