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 […]
James Island boys soccer team scores goal on flippin’ incredible double bicycle kick
It’s not often that action from a high school soccer game makes ESPN’s Top 10 plays on SportsCenter, but when a goal is scored […]
Short-handed sports: Playing basketball, baseball, soccer and hockey minus a few players
Almost everyone is familiar with the maximum number of players that a team can have playing in each of the major sports: in basketball […]
Soccer-playing superhero: Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a footballer can
In the 2014 German Supercup, Borussia Dortmund forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored to give his side a 2-0 lead over Bayern Munich. In his post-goal […]
Sports stars on sandwiches featuring Michael Phelps on double-decker fried egg and cheese
Sandwiches have fueled at-home sports spectating since the advent of the television, and the language used by sports commentators subconsciously feeds the hunger. In […]
Luck vs Skill: Comparing the role of chance in hockey, football, baseball, soccer and basketball
There’s an old adage in sports that it’s better to be lucky than good, but how much of a role does chance play in […]
Freddy Adu Effect: When heavily hyped athletes fail to perform per media-driven expectations
In 2016, ESPN ran a two-part series on their website in which a panel of more than 60 experts identified the top 25 instances […]
Revenge of the nerds — just wait until soccer robots have their own World Cup team
Soccer stars are among the most idolized people on the planet. From David Beckham posing in his skivvies to the nuances of Lionel Messi’s […]
Lessons in sport: Remember when Muhammad Ali and George Foreman duked it out in Zaire?
How good are you at deciphering visual sports puzzles? Instagram user @lessonsinsport has rendered another batch of stark graphics that hint at legendary sports […]
Take a tour of the world’s biggest football (soccer) clubs outside Europe
Almost every sports fan is familiar with hallowed football (soccer) clubs like FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Manchester United, but do you know the […]
FC Barcelona’s island fortress and other amazing soccer stadiums that never got off the drafting table
Football clubs are endlessly competing for primacy on and off the field, and one sure-fire for a franchise a leg up on the competition […]
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 […]