Somehow the sports world long survived without lingerie football, but now that women are tackling dummies in their underwear, will sports ever be the same? Thankfully, some dignified citizens are playing backgammon in Damascus, and pehalwans keep their traditional wrestling alive in Lahore. And this week's Big Shots takes in many other sports that restore the world to balance like the women's handball Champions League in Veszprem, Hungary, sprinting down the street with Usain Bolt in Manchester, England, and a good old-fashioned check into the boards at the NHL hockey playoffs. The Volvo Ocean Race leaves Boston headed for Galway, and baseball begins what I hope is a new tradition: the post-homer pie in the face. ( 35 photos total