Calcio storico, a centuries-old competition in Florence with few rules

Posted by armchair_hunter on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @12:15PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/01/sports/the-most-dangerous-game.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

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Re:Calcio storico, a centuries-old competition in Florence w... by pseudonym01 on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @03:47PM (#9814635)

"Success is its own reward" but then again I would guess that after your head kicked in for 50 minutes straight you start looking for reasons to explain why you did it ... by the way is this a locals only thing? Seems like it would be the most painfully fun thing ever

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Re:Calcio storico, a centuries-old competition in Florence w... by gandalfu on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @04:12PM (#9814805)

You have to be born in Florence in order to play and not have a criminal record.

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Re:Calcio storico, a centuries-old competition in Florence w... by logfromblammo on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @04:30PM (#9814924)

The very first two paragraphs introduce Nana as an immigrant player who was born in Cameroon.

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