Denise Mueller-Korenek shatters bicycle land-speed record at 184 mph on Utah’s Salt Flats
The average cyclist will rarely exceed 25 miles per hour on flat ground, and professionals max out at just over 70 mph (on downhill […]
The average cyclist will rarely exceed 25 miles per hour on flat ground, and professionals max out at just over 70 mph (on downhill […]
Fear of heights and fear of flying both make the top-ten list of the public’s phobias, so it’s safe to bet skydiving would also […]
A regulation basketball rim stands 10-feet above the court. Now, imagine making a shot from 66 times that height, while contending with swirling air […]
Most 52-year-olds would feel pretty pleased with themselves just being able to execute a dozen push ups in a row, but as a one-time […]
In the summer of 2014, Sabine Lisicki became the first woman to break the 130 mph speed barrier on a tennis serve, breaking Venus […]
Full-court basketball shots are made only once in a blue moon, so making one from more than twelve times that distance should be near […]
Dipping a biscuit in a cup of tea isn’t always a cup of tea — at least not for Simon Berry. Suspended from a […]
Japan’s Hidekichi Miyazaki didn’t start running until he was in his 90s, but he wasted little time in rewriting the record books for sprinters […]
Legendary swimmer Michael Phelps first broke the 200 meter butterfly world record on March 20, 2001 when he swam the event in 1:54.92 at […]
Until the advent of CrossFit, the standing box jump was not really a metric by which one gauged his or her prowess in the […]
Centuries ago, pole vaulting originated in the Netherlands as a means to cross canals and marshy areas without getting one’s wooden shoes all mucked […]
How long could you hang with marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge? Attendees of the Chicago Marathon expo got the chance to find out—with some hilarious […]