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, ...

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 ...

Action is FAST AND FURIOUS at the athletic competition Luke Burbank takes us to this morning -- and no, we're not talking about the Super Bowl (Originally broadcast on February 5, 2017): P.J. Ball is ...

William Orrell is ranked as the top performer in the world in fast-cup stacking by the World Sport Stacking Association. Now, Orrell recently defeated the speed stacking world record, that was held by ...

Until last week, I had never heard of sport stacking, and chances are that I would be all the better for not having been exposed to the ludicrous concept. If you aren't familiar with the "sport," ...

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.

When my 9-year-old son announced one day last week that he was learning to stack cups at school, I thought he was training to be a busboy. "Good," I said. "Unload the dishwasher." I have since learned ...

Students all across Texas are getting in some last-minute studying as they prepare to take the state's STAAR achievement tests next week. Schools are always seeking success on the STAAR and Hillside ...