Why it’s almost impossible for baseball pitchers to throw 110-mph fastballs
More and more pitchers are throwing triple-digit fastballs, with the fastest of them topping out at 105 miles per hour, but is possible to […]
NHL Name Game: Starring Maurice Richard Scott Gordon Mark Stuart Percy Jackson
Montreal Canadiens winger Maurice “Rocket” Richard was not only the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in one season (accomplishing the […]
Phreaky Physics: Stacked ball drop sends top ball soaring many times height of release
Every child that’s ever bounced a super ball has inevitably tried to see just how high it could go after being thrown hard against […]
“Humanzee” Leo Urban brings high-flying, Tarzan-like parkour to beloved Pyrenees woodlands
Ever since Edgar Rice Burroughs novel Tarzan of the Apes was published in 1912, fans of the orphaned wild man have have aspired to […]
NBA stars from LeBron James to Steph Curry get old fast in FaceApp’s Age Challenge
The Russian-made FaceApp may or may not be a giant scheme to extract biometric data from its users, but that hasn’t kept hundreds of […]
Sierra Blair-Coyle overcomes back injury to free climb towering cliffs
Scottsdale, Arizona resident Sierra Blair-Coyle discovered climbing at age eight and took to the sport like a sticky-footed lizard clings to a desert boulder. […]
Dude Perfect Diaries: RC Airplane Battle has Texas-based trick shot crew vying for air supremacy
With Dude Perfect’s Airplane Trick Shots and its sequel proving to be viral hits on YouTube, the boys from Frisco, Texas decided to follow […]
Gymnastics Challenge: Wonder Woman (Annie LeBlanc) vs Batgirl (Rebecca Zamolo)
Normally superheroes are pretty shy about revealing their secret identities behind the spandex, but when you want to build your YouTube subscriber base, you […]
Danish high jumper Janick Klausen practices on absurdly-high high hurdles
If you’ve ever happened upon a track with the high hurdles set up and gave them a go, you’re probably well aware of how […]
Rod Carew headlines Minnesota Twins all-time roster by Wins Above Replacement
Of all the great players to don a Minnesota Twins jersey, none has contributed more to the team’s success than Rod Carew. Carew accrued […]
8-year-old Kazakhstani boxer Evnika Saadvakass pummels heavy bag at seven punches per second
As part of NBC’s new midseason shows in 2016, Little Big Shots host Steve Harvey showcased extraordinary young people. One such child was then […]
From Charles Atlas to Count Dante: Evolution of over-the-top comic-book ads for MMA instruction
Long before the advent of the UFC and the subsequent proliferation of MMA gyms from coast to coast, a young man wishing to take […]