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Bike Polo Brings a Familiar Game to the Asphalt

Isthmus | April 29, 2008

It's a warm Sunday afternoon on the tennis courts at a Madison park, and two teams of three riders -- each with a mallet in one hand, handlebars gripped in the other and both feet on the pedals -- are going after a street-hockey ball yet somehow avoiding collisions with each other.

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Tags: bicycling, bike polo, Madison, sports & fitness

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Isthmus | David Medaris | 07-21-2008 | Sports

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