Palestinian parkour: Meet the Gaza wall runners who climbed, jumped and flipped their way to freedom
Some walls are fashioned of brick and mortar, while others exist only in the mind. For Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip, the wall […]
Conniving Kevins: Kevin Durant, Kevin Love and Kevin Garnett among NBA height fibbers
Alternative facts aren’t limited to the political class, as from the time immemorial regular folk have been prone to fib about their height, weight, […]
Dude Perfect Diaries: Unexpected trick shots compilation is not what you would expect
When we saw the title of Dude Perfect’s “Unexpected Trick Shots” video, we imagined it would be a compilation of ordinary activities that became […]
Cold As Balls: Odell Beckham Jr. shares story of his one-handed catch with Kevin Hart
Odell Beckham Jr. starred in high school at New Orleans’ Newman High before dazzling college fans at LSU, then pro football diehards in New […]
Blair Conklin and skimboarder friends pull off insane rides in pumping waves off California’s coast
Skateboards originated as scaled-down surfboards for carving concrete contours when the waves weren’t breaking. With the ongoing evolution of skimboarding the line between wave […]
Today in Sports History: Bulls legend Michael Jordan scores playoff record 63 vs Celtics
On April 20, 1986, Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan scored a NBA Playoff record 63 points in a first-round game versus the Boston Celtics. […]
Babe Ruth headlines New York Yankees all-time roster by Wins Above Replacement
Perhaps no franchise in the history of sport has been more consistently revered — and feared — than the New York Yankees, and no […]
Little Mermaids: Veronika Kravtcova bests Marina Kazankova for longest underwater swim record
In Hans Christian Anderson’s fairy tale “The Little Mermaid”, the titular heroine longs to become human after rescuing a drowning prince. Russia’s Veronika Kravtcova […]
Dwyane Wade, LeBron James headline Miami Heat all-time top five players by Win Shares
Dwyane Wade, who helped lead the Heat to three NBA championship titles, is the franchise’s all-time leader in Win Shares with 116.1 for his […]
Volleyball players wield exercise balls in hybrid game tentatively known as balleyball
What do you get when you play a game of volleyball in which each player wields an exercise ball for hitting? You get a […]
Fail Friday Follies: When gymnastics goes wrong, flips flop and tumblers drop
Gymnastics can be brutal, just ask bodybuilder Gabriel Sey. With as much jumping, flipping, twirling and twisting that the sport entails, it’s sometimes a […]
World’s top ten largest sports stadiums by capacity topped by Rungrado May Day Stadium
Remarkably, eight of the world’s top ten largest sports stadiums by capacity are college football venues in the United States. However, the biggest of […]