Cups Runneth Over as Stacking Goes Big Time

Global sport gains ESPN following and its own 'Tiger'

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Apr 23, 2009 10:31 AM CDT

(Newser) – Stifle that laugh. Cup-stacking is a sport in its own right, complete with a championship tournament, an ESPN following—even its own Tiger Woods. That’s Steven Purugganan, an 11-year-old who so masterfully piles plastic cups into pyramids that fans and reporters chase him for... Read full story »

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Cups Runneth Over as Stacking Goes Big Time

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