Fusing a 2000 year old game usually played on horseback with a new generation of high-tech, magnetically balanced transportation, fans of polo are modernizing the sport by replacing their 4-legged pals with cold-hearted technology in the form of a Segway. The Segway polo scene started in the Bay Area (of course), with leagues popping up all around the world, most notably in New Zealand, the UAE and China. International matches appear to be held several times a year, but no news of sponsorship deals have yet to appear.

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All you street basketball players listen up, the ever-inspiring Yanko Design weblog have discovered a beautifully designed backpack which will make your urban pick-up games a little bit easier to get to. Not only does the bag feature well-crafted swooping lines and what appears to be a hardshell backing with luggage-style handle, but the bag makes the basketball a part of it, with an ingenious recessed pocket which holds the basketball firm to your back while not in use. This is unfortunately just a prototype, but this is a concept I absolutely expect to see in production extremely soon.

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PETA has recently published their list of top-10 vegetarian US ballparks, letting all the veggie/vegan baseball fans know in which cities they can feel comfortable going out to the ballpark. This list actually surprises the hell out of me, though it has been way over 10 years since I’ve actually been to a live sporting event and I most certainly never thought major sports would be supporting vegetarian diets/lifestyles. What also surprises me is the info that Tony LaRusso is vegetarian! Will wonders never cease???!

Top-5 and link to PETA after the jump…

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