It's time for me to tread on sacred ground ... or eat the sacred cow ... or whatever it is you do when you tromp all over a popular cultural phenomenon. It's time to argue the merits of cup stacking.

EAGLE – There’s something new on this weekend’s Flight Days schedule. For the first time, competitive cup stacking (called sport or speed stacking) will be a part of Saturday’s activities.In sport ...

Everyone’s paying attention to the Winter Olympics halfway around the world in Sochi, Russia. Closer to home, there’s growing interest in a slightly different "sport" -- this one using a small, ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WVEC) -- The clock, concentration, coordination... the cups! Welcome to the sport of speed cup stacking. "It is a sport," said 17-year-old speed stacker Matthew Hill. "It promotes ...

Editor’s note: This segment was rebroadcast on Sept. 30, 2025. Click here for that audio. In the early 2000s, thousands of U.S. schools had their students race the clock to stack cups in gym class.

SAN ANTONIO — Sport stacking has been around since the 1980’s. The goal is to stack plastic cups into a formation as fast as you can. Some fans play at home for fun. Others race the clock at sport ...

Fifth-grader Luke Mueller high fives Utah's number one sport stacker, Ethan Sumsion, after they raced during a sport stacking event at South Weber Elementary school on Thursday, November 13, 2014.

Cup stacking teen heads to Junior Olympics Joey Cooksey, 16, demonstrates her cup stacking skills at Saturday Market in downtown Portland. She's trying to raise $1500 to pay for her trip to the Junior ...

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FAIRFIELD, Ohio -- To most people, a plastic cup is just a vessel from which to drink, but for Robert Weatherington, plastic cups mean competition. The 17-year-old from Fairfield is part of the U.S.

FORT BENNING, Ga., (Feb. 24, 2016) -- Stowers and Loyd Elementary School students made a strong showing in the HOTLanta Open Sport Stacking, or cup stacking, Championship Feb. 13. The event was hosted ...

Today’s Fit and Well segment was one of the most fun to date! We went to Samuel E Spaght Elementary School and met PE Teacher, Ernesto Alcantara. Mr. Alcantara, or Mr A to his students and peers ...