Sideline sports reporters learn the hard way that beanball hazard isn’t limited to players
A couple years ago, an Australian news reporter became news himself when he was struck in the head by a runaway skateboard. He joined […]
Heavily-tattooed Ben Stokes is English cricket’s biggest, brashest trash talker
For a sport that has long prided itself as a gentleman’s game, spectated by gentlefolk, Ben Stokes salty language on the cricket pitch can […]
Pitch Perfection: Exclusive club of cricketers who have hit six sixes off one over
In Major League Baseball, 18 players have hit four home runs in a game, but no one has ever hit five or six to […]
Christmas birthdays: Eric Gordon, Alistair Cook and top sports stars born on December 25th
Having your birthday fall on Christmas is something of a double whammy. Not only is your special day overshadowed by the birthday of Jeshua […]
Run-Robbing Roster: Celebrating the best catches in cricket history
Just as in baseball, the biggest headlines in cricket are reserved for the hardest hitters and the fastest throwers, but every once in awhile […]
No ifs, ands, or butts: Giving the derriere its due across each of the major team sports
Outside of Brazil’s annual Miss Bumbum contest, and the occasional quixotic art film, derrieres are rarely mentioned in the mainstream press. This is true […]
Centuries before cricket or baseball were invented, India had gilli-danda
More than two millennia before the sports of cricket and baseball were codified, there was a similar game being played in India which later […]
Americans go Down Under to learn what’s inside a Kookaburra cricket ball
A few years ago, Lincoln, then a second-grader, and his father, Dan Markham, ordered a cricket ball from Amazon to cut in half for […]
Cricket fan Mitchell Schibeci transforms into Watermelon Boy at Big Bash League match
Most superheroes transform in private to keep their everyday identities secret, but not 10-year-old cricket fan Mitchell Schibeci. In plain view at a 2016 […]
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 […]
Bradman is one bad man in Big Ant Studios’ Don Bradman Cricket video game
For those unfamiliar with Sir Donald George Bradman, one might describe the legendary Aussie as the Michael Jordan of cricket. Though really, it is […]
Segway sports: hockey, football, golf, polo, supercross, biathlon and cricket on two wheels
Before the Segway PT (personal transporter) made its public debut in 2001, rumors were rampant about the nature of Dean Kamen’s mysterious invention — […]