These are the sounds that continuously echo during an “end” of Kubb (pronounced KOOB), the recreational yard game that is slowly but surely gaining popularity across the nation. “We always just say it ...

A small, cleared-out space in front of the Portman Park recreation building in eastern Duluth was filled with satisfying wooden plinking sounds on Sunday as brothers Shane and Erik Linge, and Shane's ...

Kubb is sweeping the Midwest, but don't even try to explain it. The Des Moines Kubb club hosted an event to introduce beginners to the seemingly complicated sport on Sunday afternoon at Millstream ...

How to describe Kubb, the Scandinavian lawn game played with wooden blocks and batons and pronounced "koob"? "It's like cornhole and bowling combined, but nothing like that," says Kyle Hicks with a ...

Nordic lawn game Kubb brings hundreds annually to Eau Claire for friendly competition. As the self-proclaimed “Kubb Capital of North America,” Eau Claire takes the Nordic lawn game seriously. Or as ...

FARIBAULT, Minn. -- It's not far-fetched to say a game changed Markus Perria's life. It certainly changed his uncle's. Perria's uncle, whom he's called uncle Waynie since he was 4 years old, learned a ...

THIEF RIVER FALLS - Curiosity and a sense of ancestry led Ryan Kolden to try kubb several years ago. Now the 37-year-old from Thief River Falls is playing the game across the country. “A friend of ...

Westby’s Leif Erikson Day organization wants you to learn the game of kubb. On Saturday, Aug. 27, at the Westby City Athletic Field (next to the swimming pool), we will have a “klinnik” to teach you ...

EAU CLAIRE - It's one thing to grab a beer while watching a tournament. It's another to see players drink beer (Shandys, mostly) while competing in a tournament and trying to edge their way to the top ...