http://www.metafilter.com/tags/badminton Posts tagged with 'badminton' at MetaFilter. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:16:27 -0800 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:16:27 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/73500/Second%2DMost%2DPopular%2DUnwatched%2DSport What's the second most popular sport in the world after soccer? <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badminton_at_the_Summer_Olympics">Badminton</a>. (According to <a href="http://olympics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/badminton-the-uss-great-indonesian-and-vietnamese-and-laotian-hope/">some sources</a> - volleyball and cricket are also contenders.) When played competitively, badminton looks more like <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=aGctBKHll_Q">this</a> and less like <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=3OckWKBaMj4">this</a>. The <a href="http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=olymp/news/news.aspx?id=4165629">Chinese</a> are poised to win Gold in Beijing, while the American team, featuring star player <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2008-03-19-badminton-qanda-bach_N.htm">Howard Bach</a> gets <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92775450&ft=1&f=1055">no love</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73500 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:16:27 -0800 badminton olympics grapefruitmoon http://www.metafilter.com/62214/Blackminton <a href="http://www.speedmintonusa.com/Movies.12.0.html">Speedminton</a>, a hyped-up version of <a href="http://www.worldbadminton.com/">Badminton</a> has spawned a <a href="http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/t/tron.jpg"> Tron</a>-inspired offspring: <a href="http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2007/05/blackminton_1.php">Black</a><a href="http://www.linternaute.com/sport/articles/speedminton/1.shtml">minton</a> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.62214 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:52:23 -0800 badminton blacklight blackminton dayglo speedminton sports GuyZero