Zero-Gravity Sports League In Development

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Saturday December 10, 2005 @12:36PM from the falling-down-on-the-job dept.

Jonathan writes "A company that provides weightless flights to paying space tourists is developing a league around a sport that is designed for a zero-G environment." From the article: "The sport is called 'Paraball'...originally short for Parabolic Football," Persaud told SPACE.com. "The game really isn't like football anymore as the rules have developed, but the name has stuck," he added. [..] "The International Parabolic Sports League (IPSL) I plan to start with seven U.S. based teams, plus one Toronto-based team. Initially all League games would be played from the Las Vegas, Nevada airport, but we'll have 'home' games when the Zero-Gravity Corporation are able to bring their aircraft to that many cities over the time span of the league's season."

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Richard Pryor, dead at 65 by Anonymous Coward · 2005-12-10 13:58 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I just heard on NPR that Richard Pryor has died of a heart attack. Of course he is most famous for appearing as wisecracking, jive-talking criminal "Leeroy Jenkins" in the critically acclaimed hit movie "Superman II." He is also well-known for starring in "Bustin' Loose", a movie about a wisecracking, jive-talking bus driver transporting a group of retarded kids across the country. Whether or not you enjoy his many groundbreaking movie roles or not, there is no denying his contributions to our modern-day stereotypical black comedic actors. Truly an American icon.