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High five: Buzkashi, chessboxing and more crazy cousins of familiar sports

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Horsemen compete during Afghanistan's first buzkashi league, in Kabul in March. WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images
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  • Jonathan SelvarajESPN
In much the same way that the snoring beagle at the foot of your bed carries the same DNA as the timber wolf that would have it for a snack, modern sports have weird, sometimes terrifying, cousins as well. While pads, gloves and concepts like 'safety' and 'rules' have today turned sport into a safe Sunday watch with the family, dig just a little and you'd come across their rather R-rated cousins as well.

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