I have a ridiculous fascination with horrible things that people do to themselves in the name of sport. It’s a guilty pleasure, because it makes me feel better about myself that I don’t do ridiculous ...

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A retired headmaster has defended his plans to raise charity cash by resurrecting a sport in which ferrets are placed down competitors' trousers. Frank Bartlett described claims that the "ferret ...

Bob Rose made his first visit to the Meadow Highland Games & Celtic Festival a memorable one. Goaded by friends and family, Rose good-naturedly volunteered to have a ferret placed down his pants to ...

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 6,150,520-week series, Wiki Wormhole. This week’s entry: Ferret-Legging What it’s about: An ill-advised, inhumane, and just plain idiotic sport that has ...

Finding new sports to write about when you've been in the business for more than three decades isn't easy. Yet Rick Reilly proved up to the task with his new book, Sports From Hell: My Search for the ...

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