Congrats to the Spinners !

Sep 09, 12 Congrats to the Spinners !

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Congratulations to the Philadelphia Spinners for winning the Inaugural AUDL (American Ultimate Disc League) Championship Game! The Spinners took on the Indianapolis AlleyCats on Saturday at the Silverdome in Pontiac, MI. Both teams came ready to play in an intense matchup against the Eastern and Western division champions. The two...

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This Ain’t Your Momma’s Frisbee®

Sep 07, 12 This Ain’t Your Momma’s Frisbee®

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It’s a fast, furious and fiercely competitive sport. Hear the words “ultimate” and “Frisbee” together, and immediately you envision barefoot students in tie-dyed shirts, lazily tossing a disc to a golden retriever. Wrong. In Ultimate Frisbee, a hyper hybrid of basketball, football and soccer, two teams...

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Endurance to Another Level

Sep 01, 12 Endurance to Another Level

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The game requires the speed and endurance of a soccer midfielder, the quickness and defensive savvy of a basketball point guard and the hands of a football receiver. The game is Ultimate Frisbee, and the team is UCLA’s club team, Smaug. The team has ranked consistently in the Top 50 in the nation since...

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Ultimate: Finding an Audience

May 31, 12 Ultimate: Finding an Audience

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BY Joshua Kurlantzick Ultimate frisbee is fast-paced, but some want to turn it up a notch. On a blazing hot field in this tropical city-state, two ultimate frisbee players, one from Taipei and one from Singapore, race after the flying frisbee. As it descends into the end zone, the two rivals both dive, but the man from Singapore,...

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Shaking its Slacker Image

May 31, 12 Shaking its Slacker Image

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By Joe Katz November 4, 2005, The Chicago Maroon At first glance, the Sunday morning practice seems to confirm all the clichés you’ve ever heard about ultimate frisbee. There’s plenty of long facial hair and dreadlocks, team members drift one by one for a full 15 minutes after the scheduled start, and it’s...

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