On Snowy’s bedroom wall hung two individual golds. The first they’d earned during S1’s Short Circuit GP. There they’d learned that to stand alone on the top step of the podium was an incomparable experience. The second was from the 2022 Showdown’s Sand Rally, the final event, before which the Snowballs had been sixteenth andContinue reading “ML2023 Memo #5: Running Fast, Running Past”
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ML2023 Memo #2: Whether You’ll Weather the Storm
Buses drove the teams out to the Buzznyan Foothills for the Steeplechase. Reaching the inclines that the teams must race down required slow and cautious driving. If many athletes were getting bored, there was one exception: Team Plasma’s Ghosto, fidgeting with a contraption topped off by a weather vane. “Excuse me, but… what is thatContinue reading “ML2023 Memo #2: Whether You’ll Weather the Storm”
Star Love
There’s something in the stars who we look up to as marble sports fans. What makes them so special to write about?
ML2022 Memo #11: Swing Wave
“We’ve shone into victory,” exulted Shiny, watching Sterling smile while rolling their eyes. “Some would say we’ve risen to the occasion. But it’s really a surprise to all of us.” Sterling looked down, clasping their two golds. “In fact, we’re spinning around with excitement!” interjected Sparkle, whisking away their team to rouse up their fanContinue reading “ML2022 Memo #11: Swing Wave”
ML2022 Memo #9: Block Pushing
The stars had perfectly aligned for Team Galactic. “I didn’t realize that we’d broken the record until we heard all our fans going wild,” commented Pulsar. “But we hit the block with everything we had, and it paid off.” Next to them, Starry looked over the block pushing course and shifted their medal to theContinue reading “ML2022 Memo #9: Block Pushing”
ML2022 Memo #8: Sprint
Hours had passed since the Sprint event, and as we welcomed Green Eye into our reporting booth, they noted that their heart had been racing since the starting gate lifted for their record-breaking heat. “No, don’t worry about me…” A medical official was passing by in the hallway as Green Eye rolled into the suite,Continue reading “ML2022 Memo #8: Sprint”
ML2022 Memo #6: Funnel Endurance
Billy had been right—the Green Ducks recovered from their off day and returned to form. The host team was now sitting in 7th, and Mallard, clenching their silver, had earned their second individual medal in the tournament. “The flows of a funnel remind me of the rivers I see the ducks swim in a lot.Continue reading “ML2022 Memo #6: Funnel Endurance”
Top of the Meowntain
There are races where nothing happens, And there are turns where a season happens. Twenty racers will roll onto Felynia’s Mirage Meowntain circuit this weekend in the most competitive Marbula One season ever. It’s big enough news that the race will decide the season-long struggle between the Crazy Cat’s Eyes and the O’rangers. Even moreContinue reading “Top of the Meowntain”
Under Fire, They Roll On
“No, I don’t think I will.” In the aftermath of an event their team had just fallen apart in, Coach Quickly of the Savage Speeders was completely blindsided by Coach Rango of the O’rangers, who had just secured their team a gold medal in that same event. Going into Event 15 of the 2019 MarbleContinue reading “Under Fire, They Roll On”
The Race of Our Lives
Eleven racers can win the Marble League Championship for their team in the final event of ML2021. How are they training for what will be a career-defining race for each of them? Find out in the Project Marblearth Feature Article, The Race Of Our Lives.
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