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The Observer

The Student Voice of Fordham Lincoln Center

The Observer

The Student Voice of Fordham Lincoln Center

The Observer

JUSTIN BRINER, Contributing Writer

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Every year at the Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships, many phones lose their lives when they are vaulted distances of up to 80 yards. (Chris Ware/Lexington Herald-Leader/MCT)

Cell Phone Throwing Becoming a National Phenomenon

September 21, 2011
Over the last decade, Finland has enjoyed a stable cult following as the founders and hosts of the Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships. Yes, you read that right. Finnish athletes have embraced their ancestral roots and carried on their time-honored tradition of object-tossing.

Two Fordham Students Become “Virtual” Athletes

August 3, 2011

If there is one word to describe my roommates, it is not “athletes.”  Why then were our lives altered so dramatically by a harmless sports simulation featuring jolly Italian plumbers?  It could...

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