We may be alike in that you, too, believed frog jumping contests had gone the way of Mark Twain, steamboats and rotary dial telephones. Like me, you would be wrong. We have been with the rural wing of ...

Emma V. Lobbestael Elementary School students leaped into March by celebrating Leap Day on Feb. 29, with toy frog jumping competitions and other activities. “For some reason this year we thought it ...

VALLEY CITY, Ohio -- A young Valley City resident took home top honors at the town’s premier summer event.

In the quaint town of Charlton, Massachusetts, an annual tradition brings residents together for a competition that’s equal parts quirky and heartwarming. The Charlton Wild Frog Jumping Contest has ...

Tennessee zoo hosts frog-jumping Olympic-style competition The Dusky Gopher Frog Olympics took place at the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee as three frogs competed in a frog-jumping competition. See the ...

Thousands of frog fanatics descended on the small community of Valley City's Mill Stream Park Sunday to watch frogs do what they do best, with lots of encouragement from their handlers of course. When ...

FAIR HAS TO OFFER. HEY MIKE. YEAH? GOOD MORNING. WE’RE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FROG SPA. WANT TO KNOW WHAT A FROG SPA IS? WELL, IT’S RIGHT HERE UNDERNEATH THE FROG SIGN. HEY, DAVE, CAN YOU GRAB US A BULL ...

ANGELS CAMP — Veteran and rookie frog jockeys faced off Sunday in the Calaveras County Fair and Frog Jump Jubilee, an annual gathering in California's gold country that honors a short story by Mark ...

“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras County” not only launched Mark Twain’s literary career but would also later inspire an annual frog jumping competition in Angels Camp, Calif. This year marked ...

Chicken Wing just wouldn’t hop. No matter what Keeli Ford did, she couldn’t get the little guy to move. She rapidly pounded her fists on the grass behind him, she blew on his back, she begged Chicken ...

Jul. 18—MASSENA — Speedy frogs and experienced competitors dominated this year's edition of the Massena Recreation Department's annual Boss Frog jumping competition. "We do have some past champions ...