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, ...

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

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 ...

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.

Christina Shi doesn't run short on talents. Ace student. Gifted musician. And, oh yes, the West Lafayette Junior High seventh-grader already is famous — for her cup-stacking skills. In 1.7 seconds, ...

SAN ANTONIO — Sport stacking has been around since the 1980’s. The goal is to stack plastic cups into a formation as fast as you can. Some fans play at home for fun. Others race the clock at sport ...