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 ...

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 ...

MILFORD — A room full of Woodland Elementary School students watched in awe Tuesday afternoon as 17-year-old Seamus Stoker whipped a dozen lavender-colored cups in and out of pyramid-shaped stacks.

MUKWONAGO, Wis. - In the Nicloy's family home in Mukwonago, it's hard to miss the sound of nine-year-old Liam Nicloy speed stacking. "Usually, I wake up and then play a little bit in the morning, and ...

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.