5 Sports You Never Knew Existed

Here are 5 very bizarre, very real sports. The first two you've probably heard of, as they are Olympic sports. And some of these, you've probably actually played. Like this one:

5. Table Tennis: Also known as ping-pong, this sport is a Chinese tradition, and was introduced to the Olympics in summer of 2008. As you can probably guess, the Chinese won the gold in the event.

4. Field Hockey: Also an Olympic sport, field hockey is played on a soccer field. Like ice hockey, the players hold a stick, but attempt to hit a small, hard ball, into the net. The game is played with little, if any, face protection. Thus, many teeth are lost, just like in ice hockey.

3. Gaming: You know, like video games. Major League Gaming(MLG) holds championships to see who is/are the best player(s) in the video games of Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, Gears of War 2, and Rainbow 6 Vegas 2. Looks like you don't need to have a life to make a decent living after all.

2. Rock/Paper/Scissors: No joke! This is a real sport, with real championships in which the winner walks away with $10,000. The championships are televised on ESPN2. This is usually a game that decides who gets the ball first in a game of backyard football. Not a sport in which somebody should walk away with 10 grand.

1. Cup Stacking: Again, no joke. This is actually a real sport. In fact, some people are actually calling it the "Next Big Sport". I'm sorry, but I don't see myself sitting around watching a bunch of guys stack cups sky-high as fast as they can. However, this sport also has championships in which the players walk away with a boat-load of money. It sure makes you wonder why some people have to "work" for a living, while others can make a living off playing outrageous sports.

Honorable mention: Scrabble: It's that game where you make words out of the seven letters you're given. This is also a high-dollar sport, televised on ESPN2.

So there they are. 5, or so, sports you never knew existed. What do you think of them? How do they compare to your favorite sport(s)? For me, there is no comparing any of these so-called "sports" to games like football, hockey, or even NASCAR. That's how I see it. What about you?