Many have played the game before, even if unknowingly. Footbag, also known as hacky sack, has been played professionally for nearly three decades. This weekend, its national championship tournament ...

For better or worse, D.C. was once a Hacky Sack hotbed. The pastime sprouted out of the Pacific Northwest in the late 1970s. John Stalberger, who invented the game earlier in the decade, says the name ...