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Good news, everyone! 

https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2020/03/when-you-needed-it-most-espn8-the-ocho-returns-on-espn2-sunday-march-22/amp/

 

 

When you Needed it Most. . .ESPN8: The Ocho Returns on ESPN2, Sunday, March 22

Kimberly Elchlepp Kimberly Elchlepp
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No, it’s not the eighth of August, or the eighth of anything or even August at all. That is the magic ESPN8: The Ocho. There is always a place for a full 24-hours of seldom seen sports so Sunday, March 22 on ESPN2 will be just that, a full day of exciting content from Ocho stunts past.

This will be the fourth edition of ESPN8: The Ocho since the initiative began in the summer of 2017, inspired by the 2004 hit movie “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” featuring Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor and Ben Stiller.

The line-up includes:

  • Stupid Robot Fighting League: Created in New Zealand by John Espin (Yes, that is his actual name.), Stupid Robot Fighting is a rather unique form of fighting that pits two life-sized hanging puppets controlled by an operator sitting behind each Stupid Robot.
  • 2019 Jelle’s Marble Runs: Races in which both participants and spectators are marbles.
  • Cherry Pit Spitting: The 46th Annual Cherry Pit-Spitting Competition is held each year in Eau Claire, Mich., with one goal for competitors—to spit the farthest cherry pit.
  • Sign Spinning: The 12th Annual World Sign Spinning Championship, held in Las Vegas, brought together AArrow Sign Spinners from more than 50 cities and a dozen countries to asses style, execution, and technical sign spinning ability.
  • 2007 World Sport Stacking Championships: Sport stacking can be an individual or team sport where participants stack specially designed cups in predetermined sequences as fast as possible.
  • 2019 Death Diving World Championship: An amateur diving sport performed from a 10m platform with separate competitions for Classic and Freestyle.

Cue that “palpable hue of anticipation” . . .

ESPN8: The Ocho Full Schedule of Events

Date Time (ET) Program Network
Sun, Mar 22 Midnight Johnsonville ACL Cornhole Championships: 2020 Kickoff Battle ESPN8
  2 a.m. World Axe Throwing League: 2019 World Championship ESPN8
  4 a.m. U.S. Open Ultimate Championships ESPN8
  6 a.m. 2019 Spikeball College Championship ESPN8
  7 a.m. 2019 Las Vegas Highland Games ESPN8
  7:30 a.m. Putt Putt Championships ESPN8
  8 a.m. 2019 IDEAL Electricians National Championship ESPN8
  9 a.m. E:60 as part of The Ocho ESPN8
  9:30 a.m. 51st National Stone Skipping Competition ESPN8
  10:30 a.m. 2007 World Sport Stacking Championships ESPN8
  11:30 a.m. 2019 World Sign Spinning Championship ESPN8
  Noon 2006 Krystal World Hamburger Eating Championship ESPN8
  1 p.m. 2006 Johnsonville Brat Eating World Championship ESPN8
  2 p.m. European TramDriver Championship ESPN8
  3 p.m. 2019 Stupid Robot Fighting League ESPN8
  3:30 p.m. 46th Annual Cherry Pit Spitting Championship ESPN8
  4 p.m. Professional Arm Wrestling Championships ESPN8
  4:30 p.m. 2019 Golden Tee World Championship ESPN8
  5 p.m. 2018 Classic Tetris World Championship ESPN8
  5:30 p.m. E:60 on ESPN8 Presented by Liberty Mutual ESPN8
  6:30 p.m. America’s Dodgeball Continental Cup: USA vs. Canada ESPN8
  7:30 p.m. 2019 Jelle’s Marble Runs ESPN8
  8 p.m. Slippery Stairs: College Tour ESPN8
  8:30 p.m. 2019 Death Diving World Championship ESPN8
  9:30 p.m. Dodge Juggle 3 ESPN8
  10:30 p.m. Moxie Games 3 ESPN8

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I watched a cherry pit spitting contest from Michigan today.  One of the contestants said he practiced in the "off season" by spitting fishing weights and chewing gum.

I also watched Kobayashi destroy the competition in the Wisconsin Brat eating contest.  Prior to the start, the announcers noted that one of the contestants had broken a finger, but removed his cast because he wanted to "play through the pain."

The announcers taking this shit seriously are almost as entertaining as the ATHLETES.  Yes, I said it.

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Just a heads up but on ESNPNNEWS it is whiffleball right now, then an hour of disc golf, then dodgeball, then air guitar competition! 

Kinda sick. Whiffleball and Disc Goof played at the highest level are both very watchable. Not even August 8th.

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