American sportswriter Rick Reilly of ESPN tried ferret-legging as part of his quest to find "the world's dumbest sport" for a book published in 2010.
ɐmˈɛɹɪkən spˈoːɹtsɹaɪɾɚ ɹˈɪk ɹˈaɪli ʌv ˌiːˌɛspˌiːˈɛn tɹˈaɪd fˈɛɹɪtlˈɛɡɪŋ æz pˈɑːɹt ʌv hɪz kwˈɛst tə fˈaɪnd "ðə wˈɜːldz dˈʌməst spˈoːɹt" fɚɹə bˈʊk pˈʌblɪʃt ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈɛn.