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 […]
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 […]
Throwback Thursday: Tracking Kylian Mbappe from Parisian prodigy to France’s best
Years before he became the youngest French player to score at a World Cup and second teenager, after Pelé, to score in a World […]
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 […]
Throwback Thursday: Tracking Lionel Messi from Argentine child prodigy to Barcelona legend
Years before he led Barcelona to nine La Liga titles and won six each Ballon d’Or and European Golden Shoe awards, Lionel Andrés Messi […]
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 […]
Goalkeeper cat’s paw-some skills rival those of Gianluigi Buffon and Iker Casillas
In George Orwell’s dystopian novella Animal Farm, sheep bleat out the slogan, “Four legs good, two legs bad!” Later, Napolean, the dictatorial pig, decrees, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Brother’s Keeper: Can you identify Cristiano Ronaldo’s siblings?
Soccer stars may possess some of the most recognizable faces in the world, but would you be able to pick out your favorite player’s […]
Retro 50 Series custom soccer cards turn action photos into instant works of art
Retro 50 series is one of several premium custom soccer card designs that can be unlocked within Starr Cards award-winning Soccer Card Maker for […]
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 […]