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 […]
Dude Perfect crew throw wicked curveballs that would leave Clayton Kershaw green with envy
The Blitzball allows average Joes to throw fiendishly wicked curveballsthat surpass the best stuff of future Hall of Fame pitchers Justin Verlander and Clayton […]
Retired Cubs pitcher Dan Haren tweets from exercise bike on MLB career, Imodium
Retired MLB pitcher Dan Haren knows a thing or two about the big leagues having pitched for eight different franchises. Drafted out of Pepperdine […]
Will Ferrell produces ten rookie baseball cards in one record-setting day
In 2015, Will Ferrell took spring training by storm, honoring the legendary Bert Campaneris by playing all nine positions in a single day. Whereas, […]
Flashback Friday: Check out Wrigley Field for the 1938 Cardinal-Cubs home opener
The Chicago Cubs haven’t played the Cardinals yet this year, but their future meetings should go a long way toward determining the National League […]
1952 Topps Mickey Mantle and the top ten most valuable baseball cards
In November of 2015, a 1952 Topps baseball card of Yankees slugger Mickey Mantle sold for $486,100, setting a record for the greatest amount […]
Dodgers infield shift, Japanese multi-day game make for cricket-flavored baseball
Late in the 2014 baseball season, a pair of games unfolded that looked more like cricket than America’s (or Japan’s) pastime. First, the Los […]
What would happen if Justin Verlander could throw at 90 percent the speed of light?
Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander has been on quite a tear since being secured from the Detroit Tigers a couple season’s ago, but imagine […]
What’s My Line? Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Willie Mays and Yogi Berra as game show guests
What’s My Line? was an Emmy-winning game show which originally ran in the United States on the CBS television network from 1950 to 1967. […]
Switch-Pitcher History: Pat Venditte occupies unique niche in Major League Baseball
With an ambidextrous training regimen that started at a young age, pitcher Pat Venditte developed some pretty good heat throwing with either arm. So […]
Born on the Fourth of July: Top four sports stars with Independence Day birthdays
To celebrate America’s Independence Day, we identified the top stars born on the Forth of July in the United States for four different American-made […]
Watch amazing sand-art tribute to Jackie Robinson (from Earth or beyond)
Today marks the 72nd anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he penciled into the starting lineup for the Brooklyn […]