"I saw one comment where someone was like 'I can’t believe I was just yelling at a marble,'" Maggie Nolan recalled of looking through the online stream of the World's Largest Marble Race.Is this a sign of the times? For some, yes. But for others like Travis Corporon and his girlfriend Maggie Nolan, marble racing is a sport."It’s very competitive and it’s something anyone can do from their couch at home during the coronavirus," Corporon said.Sports fans are rolling with the competitive nature of marble racing during the COVID-19 crisis. Through online streaming, you choose your favorite marble to compete. The events even include play-by-play calls and sometimes prizes.Travis and Maggie say marvle racing is a family friendly game that can test your creativity. "You have to really think about where the marble’s gonna land and where it’s gonna hit," Nolan said. "I think that really helps with your overall critical thinking and logic skills and general ideas of how physics works."So while you're home practicing social separation to avoid the spread of the coronavirus, perhaps you can take up a new hobby of racing in an attempt not to lose your marbles!"The easiest things that anyone can do. Find something in the house that’s long and straight," Corporon advises. "Put the two and two together and see what you can create. Nothing is a failure."

"I saw one comment where someone was like 'I can’t believe I was just yelling at a marble,'" Maggie Nolan recalled of looking through the online stream of the World's Largest Marble Race.

Is this a sign of the times? For some, yes. But for others like Travis Corporon and his girlfriend Maggie Nolan, marble racing is a sport.


"It’s very competitive and it’s something anyone can do from their couch at home during the coronavirus," Corporon said.

Sports fans are rolling with the competitive nature of marble racing during the COVID-19 crisis. Through online streaming, you choose your favorite marble to compete. The events even include play-by-play calls and sometimes prizes.

Travis and Maggie say marvle racing is a family friendly game that can test your creativity.

"You have to really think about where the marble’s gonna land and where it’s gonna hit," Nolan said. "I think that really helps with your overall critical thinking and logic skills and general ideas of how physics works."

So while you're home practicing social separation to avoid the spread of the coronavirus, perhaps you can take up a new hobby of racing in an attempt not to lose your marbles!

"The easiest things that anyone can do. Find something in the house that’s long and straight," Corporon advises. "Put the two and two together and see what you can create. Nothing is a failure."