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, ...

The sport involves stacking nine to 12 specially designed cups in predetermined sequences as quickly as possible.

Indoor recess in Elementary School was the place Michael Vanner found a new passion many years ago. His third-grade teacher gave him and other kids some cups and they would practice stacking. Vanner, ...

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 ...

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.

At Augusta National Golf Club, traditions at the Masters tournament include rushing to secure the perfect chair spot, grabbing affordable concessions, and stacking reusable cups as high as possible. # ...

EAGLE – There’s something new on this weekend’s Flight Days schedule. For the first time, competitive cup stacking (called sport or speed stacking) will be a part of Saturday’s activities.In sport ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Willow Leahy stared at the tower of green plastic cups and flexed her fingers like a piano player preparing to tackle “Flight of the Bumblebee.” “This is ...