little people

(Newser) - As with many small towns, the biggest source of bragging rights in this agrarian outpost in southern Illinois are its high school athletes—the Freeburg Midgets. Though town lore traces the mascot's origin to a local reporter who was impressed by the school's short basketball team beating larger...

(Newser) - A Florida legislator is pushing the state to repeal its 22-year-old ban on "dwarf tossing"—throwing a person with dwarfism, often against a Velcro wall and usually done by drunks at a bar. Rep. Ritch Workman says he is doing it for the "freedom" of little people,...