World Cup style basketball

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

It's a little tourney they have once every Olympiad between Europe and Latin America. I think they kick a volleyball around.

Is that anything like soccer - you know, that game for kids who can't use their hands?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Is that anything like soccer - you know, that game for kids who can't use their hands?

You're thinking of French Football. No contact, lots of running away, and even the winners barely score.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

You're thinking of French Football. No contact, lots of running away, and even the winners barely score.

And at the end of the game, both teams surrender! Oh wait - that happens at the beginning.

[K-Bach]

I seem to recall that the last Cup final was won when the Italian player dropped dead, thereby receiving posthumous credit for a goal, after receiving a fatal blow to his chest from Zidane's cranium. 'Twas a beautiful moment of sporting competition and gamesmanship -- still brings a tear to my eye.