Today in Sports History: Mike Tyson becomes youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history
On November 22, 1986, Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in history when he claimed WBC title from Trevor Berbick at the Las […]
Adventurous Americans get tackled by pro rugby players in Wellington, New Zealand
Playing rugby is tough enough even when you stand 6-foot-6 and tip the scales at 300-plus pounds, so you can imagine the level of […]
Throwback Thursday: Tracking Mike Trout from Millville Meteor to Los Angeles Angels outfielder
Years before he became a three-time Major League Baseball MVP and an nine-time All Star, Michael Nelson Trout was die-hard Philadelphia Phillies fan playing […]
Farewell hooks and slices? PGA pro Rick Shiels tests out Polara’s Ultimate Straight golf ball
Nothing destroys the enjoyment of a round of golf then consistently missing the fareway and finding your ball in the rough, or worse yet, […]
Workout Wednesday: How Jason Walsh trained Bradley Cooper, John Krasinski and Emily Blunt
This #WorkoutWednesday we head to Tinseltown to discover how A-list stars get their bodies into super shape for the silver screen — sometimes over […]
Capital City Crushers ‘Full Metal Jam’ and the best movie-themed roller derby posters
We’ve put together a veritable film festival of roller derby posters produced by some of today’s most inventive graphic designers starting with a Full […]
LeBron James, Michael Jordan headline all-time All-NBA first team by GOAT ratings
As the argument continues to rage over which NBA player is the greatest of all time (GOAT), and who belongs on the league’s proverbial […]
Fleet feet: Chinese jump rope master reels off 1,000 skips in world record time
Cen Xiaolin, a 15-year-old high-school student from Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province, completed an “impossible challenge” on China Central Television’s Beyond the Edge reality […]
Todd Helton headlines Colorado Rockies all-time roster by Wins Above Replacement
Todd Helton was born at the Gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains (aka Knoxville, Tennessee), but it was a mountain range 1,000 miles to […]
Tattoo Tuesday: Check out the best Bruins fans’ ink from Boston and beyond
In our #TattooTuesday series we scour fandom to highlight the most-impressive tattoos celebrating a particular team from one of the big-five sports — hockey, […]
Bill Laimbeer, Isiah Thomas headline Detroit Pistons all-time top five players by Win Shares
Bill Laimbeer, who played his last 13 seasons with the Pistons after being traded by the Cavaliers his sophomore year, is the franchise’s all-time […]
Darth Maul of the North: Teenager Zac Bell showcases slick hockey-stick tricks
Obi-Wan Kenobi doesn’t have anything on Zac Bell. If the teenaged Canadian had been born on the ice planet Hoth, his hockey-stick twirling skills […]