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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

What the heck is Kubb, you may ask yourself. The centuries-old lawn game, with Viking and Swedish origins, can be described as a combination of bowling and horseshoes and is played on what can best be ...

MOORHEAD -- On a sweltering afternoon last week, Derek Olson and his friend Casey Young set up a lawn game in the shaded front yard of their Moorhead house. But they weren't playing bocce ball or ...

KASSON — Sweden is the world capital of the game of kubb, but on Saturday, Kasson wasn’t far behind. "This is probably the third or fourth largest tournament in the country," said Eric Anderson, as he ...