NEWRY, Maine (AP) — An annual event involving dirt, beer and cash once again drew dozens of eager competitors to a ski resort in Maine on Saturday.
More than 30 couples competed in the North American Wife Carrying Championship, a 278-yard (254-meter) race during which contestants splash through water, leap over logs and trudge through mud — all while carrying their partner like a sack of potatoes.
The sport's origin story isn't exactly politically correct. It's based on a 19th century Finnish legend involving a man known as "Ronkainen the Robber," whose gang was known to pillage villages and c...
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