Today on the show we talk about two sports that took off with Olympic successes but fell off in different ways. We talk about how volleyball went from a school game to national teams to the V-League and how handball's successes didn't translate to the public sphere. We interview a volleyball ref and discuss whether English is helpful for them with a surprising answer. Mr. P introduces the famous handball movie Forever the Moment, and the strange Handball League setup. We also would play volleyball if a skin cream exists that fixes the damage a 100km/h ball does to your face. And finally Worst Persons!

Nap award: the KBO VAR team

Radon award: Kicker Magazine in Germany for putting the wrong Korean on their article. Number was wrong too.

Plutonium award: the BKA because who else????

Music by DumiAFava. We'll get contact info from him soon but if you wanna reach him, message us at hwatingsportspodcast@gmail.com . Special thanks to our artist James, who made the logo. Check out his blog "A Texan in Korea," and his cycling notes as well. https://texaninkorea.wixsite.com/home

Professional Sports, a History Written in Sweat : Korea.net

https://betsapi.com/ts/49084/South-Korea

SouthKoreaMen'sNationalTeam

SouthKoreaWomen'sNationalTeam

Scandals on the 100th anniversary

Namu Wiki on the volleyball organization (lots of scandals)

https://www.mk.co.kr/en/sports/11018912 (women’s team bad play)

Indonesian volleyball star helps KGC promote red ginseng products in her home country - The Korea Times

Handball

Namu Wiki (translation odd)

https://www.koreahandball.com/

https://www.sofascore.com/tournament/handball/south-korea/handball-korea-league/18530

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H_League

https://www.flashscore.com/handball/south-korea/

https://asianhandball.org/