Comments on: Calcio Fiorentino: The Manliest Game On Earth

By: Allaiyah

Allaiyah — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:53:54 +0000

& every gay man in America wishes it were a regular on sports TV.

By: OT3P_Wolf

OT3P_Wolf — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:27:58 +0000

They’re sexy. Manly game is right… never knew there was a sport such as this.

By: kmf

kmf — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:24:28 +0000

The manliest game on earth is probably the afghan national sport of Buzkahi. In Buzkashi, a headless carcass is placed in the center of a circle and surrounded by the players of two opposing teams. The object of the game, is to get control of the carcass and bring it to the scoring area.

By: Salamalecs

Salamalecs — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:38:46 +0000

It can also be traced back to “soule” or “choule” notably in the north west of France, an old (mentionned from 1147 to 20th century) derby sport involving two teams from rival parishes, with an undefined number of players, a ball made of cloth, two fixed goals and an undefined area of play (sometimes several square miles). The aim is to bring ball to the ennemy goal. All other rules were agreed upon at the beginning of the play.

By: ScPo

ScPo — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:07:34 +0000

It’s primitive Euro Man Porn. Not much historical value.

By: ElCortezHotelCasino

ElCortezHotelCasino — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:32:50 +0000

Great article! I really liked to be there when the game is played…

By: Maureen

Maureen — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:27:13 +0000

Hi Karl,
Thanks for such an informative post. I never knew this “sport”existed. It reminds me of the gladiators, fighting it out til the death.
You have a great site happening here. Congratulations.
Best wishes
Maureen

By: gaffer

gaffer — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:13:19 +0000

i made a project for my english class about calcio fiorentino . nice to see they’re sticking to their traditions . probably would get goosebumps to be there and realize that game was played hundreds of years ago too. it would be like time travel.