Dodgeball, a time-honoured vehicle for school-sanctioned gym-class violence and retribution, took on a new, kinder meaning this past weekend as twenty local twenty- and thirty-somethings attempted to set the world record for the longest game of the sport every played. They did it for charity.

Once upon a time, we would hear the word “dodgeball” and be swept back to a simpler time, when colours were flourescent, New Kids on the Block were popular and dodgeball was little more than an excuse to work up an adolescent sweat. It certainly wasn’t a sport. Redass was a sport; dodgeball was really [...]