Beginning Saturday September 9th, the FIRST-ever HOOV NATION season will be underway! Teams will play several games each day. Follow along on the Standings page to see the exact schedules and team match-ups. Four teams will play at a time, while the 5th team will facilitate refereeing. Yes, there will be unconscious biases, and yes…

In 1928, newly elected President Herbert Hoover discovered a game called “bull in the ring” while aboard a naval ship. This game was essentially monkey-in-the-middle, with a ring of players keeping a 9 lb medicine ball away from the guy in the middle. Hoover loved this game, and was not a fan of formal exercise, so when he returned to the White House…