Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Feb. 8 (UPI) -- A 9-year-old Chicago boy broke a Guinness World Record when he dribbled a basketball for 1 hour, 20 minutes and 1 second while wearing a blindfold. Henry Speedwell, a student at Mount Greenwood Elementary School, donned a blindfold in the school's gymnasium and dribbled a basketball for 1 hour, 20 minutes and 1 second in tribute to his grandfather, James "Jay" Canna, who died at the age of 74 last year after a bout with cancer. Advertisement Speedwell's record attempt raised $2,800 for cancer research. "My grandpa really liked basketball," Speedwell told the Beverly Review, "so I kind of wanted the world record for him." The 9-year-old broke the previous record of 1 hour, 6 minutes and 38 seconds, which was set by Christian Roberto Lopez Rodriguez in Spain in 2021. Read More Stowaway raccoon leads warehouse workers on a chase in Colorado Woodpeckers stash 700 pounds of acorns in wall of California home Book returned to British library after 56 years
