Billiards genius Florian “Venom” Kohler keeps racking up world records in pool
As Steph Curry is to jump shots in basketball, Florian "Venom" Kohler is the jump shot in pool, as the billiards trick-shot artist repeatedly [...]
George Brett headlines Kansas City Royals all-time roster by Wins Above Replacement
Thirteen-time All Star George Brett leads the Kansas City Royals all-time roster by wins above replacement with a tally of 88.4 accrued over 21 [...]
I Can’t Skate 85: Kyle Wester sets fastest skateboard speed record at 89.41 mph
Sammy Hagar mentally started writing the lyrics to his rock classic "I Can't Drive 55", as he was getting issued a ticket for doing [...]
Baseball Ninja: Real-life samurai Isao Machii uses sword to slice 100 mph fastball in half
The Meiji reform in the late 19th century abolished Japan's samurai class, and a western-style national army was established. It seemed, for a time, [...]
Kings of Instagram: Usain Bolt, Eliud Kipchoge, Asafa Powell tops in followers among runners
The fastest man to ever set foot on the Earth, Usain Bolt is the only runner in history to complete a "triple-triple" with three [...]
Monday Motivation: Arnold Schwarzenegger breaks the internet with inspirational speech
Late in 2018, German motivational speaker Jurgen Holler invited Arnold Schwarzenegger to give a presentation at his Power Weekend seminar. The video of Schwarzenegger's [...]
Joe Sakic, Milan Hejduk, Patrick Roy headline Colorado Avalanche all-time starting six by Point Shares
Joe Sakic, who spent his entire NHL career with the Avalanche franchise (including 7 years during its incarnation in Quebec), is the team's all-time [...]
Boxing Grandy twins leave Steve Harvey sucking wind, eating ice cream on ‘Little Big Shots’
Decades before he became the host of a youth talent show, Steve Harvey dabbled in boxing. That experience has come in handy as host [...]
Top celebrity boxing matches of all time headlined by KSI vs Logan Paul slugfest
The popularity and surprising watchability of a trio of YouTuber fights — starting with KSI's (Olajide Olatunji) rematch with Logan Paul — has propelled [...]
Weightlifter Nijat Rahimov flashes jazz hands after setting Olympic clean-and-jerk record
Kazakhstan's Nijat Rahimov broke into a joy-infused dance — complete with jazz hands — following his world record clean and jerk in the 77-kilogram [...]
New Shoe Sunday: Russian artist makes Minecraft-branded Converse All Stars with DIY 3D pen
While the trend toward ever-lighter basketball shoes continues — take Nike's Hyperdunk and Adidas' adiZero Crazy Light for example — even the airiest of [...]
Sunday Funday: Dude Perfect plays giant-sized skee ball with basketballs
Imagine a job where your daily itinerary was to come up with different ways to goof off, eat chips, and yell excitedly into the [...]
Top Ten Fan Cards — August 8, 2020
This week's Top Ten Fan Cards chart sees a basketball card hodling on to the top spot. The card tally by sport has football [...]
Wilt Chamberlain, Charles Barkley headline all-time All-NBA second team by GOAT ratings
Previously we constructed a relatively uncontroversial all-time All-NBA first team comprised of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, LeBron James, Larry Bird and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Since [...]
Why it’s almost impossible for tennis players to serve the ball in excess of 160 mph
Professional tennis players have been serving with ever increasing velocity over the past several decades, with the fastest of them topping out at 150 [...]
Brett Hull, Alex Pietrangelo headline St. Louis Blues all-time starting six by Point Shares
Brett Hull, who skated past opposing defenses for 11 seasons with the Blues, is the team's all-time leader in Point Shares with 100.5 for [...]
Wee Welsh town of weird sports plays host to World Mountain Bike Chariot Race Championships
Llanwrtyd Wells, with a population of 600, bills itself as the smallest town in the United Kingdom, but the wee Welsh village is better [...]
How Ridiculous! Thor’s hammer dropped from 45-meter tower onto bulletproof glass and Atlas stone
While Marvel puts the weight of Thor's hammer Mjolnir at a very liftable 42.3 pounds, the fearsome weapon is very picky about who it [...]