It’s a very strange time to be a sports fan, and it’s about to get even more unusual. ESPN 8: The Ocho will take over ESPN (the flagship network) on Saturday, May 2, featuring an 11-hour slate of seldom seen sports. Here are the details:
How to watch
The action begins at noon ET, when Thor Bjornsson will attempt a world record deadlift of 1,104 pounds, live from Reykjavik, Iceland. Bjornsson won the 2018 World’s Strongest Man competition, and is also known as The Mountain from “Game of Thrones.”
Other highlights include marble runs, cherry pit spitting, stupid robot fighting, sign spinning and death diving.
Here is the full schedule:
Noon: World Record Deadlift Attempt by Thor Bjornsson (Live)
1:00: Professional Arm Wrestling
1:30: 2006 Krystal World Hamburger Eating Competition
2:30: E:60 — Cheese Rolling, Frog Jumping, and Japanese Monster Wrestling
3:30: 2018 Classic Tetris World Championship
4:00: 2019 Golden Tee World Championship
4:30: 51st Annual Stone Skipping Competition
5:30: 46th Annual Cherry Pit Spitting Championship
6:00: Dodge Juggle
7:00: Putt Putt Championships
7:30: 2019 Stupid Robot Fighting league
8:00: 2019 World Sign Spinning
8:30: 2019 Jelle’s Marble Runs
9:00: Lawn Mower Racing
9:30: Slippery Stairs
10:00: Death Diving
