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Calcio Fiorentino Gets Marketing, New Name, is Still Awesome.

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We’ve posted in the past about Calcio Fiorentino (or, Calcio Storico, Fight Football, Harpastum, Phaininda, or whatever), and it still looks more or less the same, as games go.  I came across a couple videos and a website, http://www.fightfootball.tv, that seems to imply that they’ve actually organized a league in order to attempt to capitalize on [...]

TCM Man Stuff Roundtable: What is the Manliest Sport?

Every week, a few TCM folks toss their respective hats into the ring on a subject of manliness.  This week: what is the manliest sport around?

Adam Hipp

What embodies a manly sport? Strength, endurance, mental toughness, and hitting the shit out of each other. Most American men will instantly think of football as the best example [...]

Calcio Fiorentino, aka I Will Punch You In Your Face Soccer, Is What We Need in America.

Holy shit.  I just found out about this sport via Twitter, thanks to @TariAkpodiete.  It’s called Calcio Fiorentino, and it’s the manliest thing I’ve ever seen, EVER.  You know the expression, “I went to a fistfight and a hockey game broke out?”  That’s pretty much what this game looks like.  The best way I can describe [...]