Penguins
May 19 2009, Matt Glazebrook

Filed under: Sports, Video, Weird New Zealand’s commitment to great sports that are considered weird by the rest of the world (cricket, rugby) is undoubted. But now the island nation is finally set to claim a new sport of its own with the Penguin Olympics

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Columbus Blue Jackets’ Rick Nash, center, gets between Pittsburgh Penguins’ Brooks Orpik, left, and Kris Letang during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, March 12, 2009.