Some Things Never Change

Staying on the ancient sports theme, we'd like to call your attention to the clip above, which depicts the not-so-delicate art of bull leaping. (We've got it cued up to the good stuff, so click away in the knowledge that you'll be wasting zero time.) What fascinates us about this sport is not so much its danger, but rather its age—jumping over charging male cattle was basically the Minoans' version of basketball. The full knowledge here, including this lovely tidbit:

There was apparently...