Sports
After years of relative obscurity, soccer is finally big in the United States, with the Women’s World Cup drawing huge ratings and many more paying attention to FIFA because of a corruption scandal. Here’s a look at one part of the soccer phenomenon that didn’t score a goal.
It’s one of the world’s craziest, and most dangerous, annual spectacles. Here are a few quick facts about this strange Spanish event.
Here are some fun facts about one of Europe’s most beloved annual sporting events.
Better read this article about the speediest runners, swimmers, and bicyclists before it zips away.
Minor league baseball is a great place to see future superstars on their way up, past superstars on their way out…and really weird promotional nights.
The NBA finals are here and depending on who wins somebody will do something silly, crazy, wonderful, or all of the above!
In 1948 the Cleveland Indians won the World Series…and that’s the last time the city of Cleveland enjoyed a major sports championship, the longest drought in American sports.(It ends if the Cleveland Cavaliers win the 2015 NBA Finals.) Here’s a look at what life was like 67 years ago, when Cleveland ruled the sports world.
Enjoy this baseball season with some bizarre baseball trivia.
The lineup is set: Golden State vs. Cleveland. Here are some fun facts about the basketball championship.
There can be only one champion when the NBA playoffs wrap up. Here are some other notable NBA figures who were the only person to reach an achievement.
This year’s biggest new star in sports: Kentucky-bred racehorse American Pharaoh.
This week in 1920, the Negro National League began play. Here’s some sports trivia from our archives that looks back on baseball’s other big leagues.
Uncle John’s new book, Lists That Make You Go Hmmm… is available now. Here’s a sample. Tony Hawk (professional skateboarder, 1982–99) Hawk was an entrepreneur before he was a household name. In 1992 he took out a second mortgage to cofound the BirdHouse skateboard company. Seven years later, he solidified his reputation as one of […]
“As far as great drunkards go, there is Andre the Giant, and then there is everyone else,” wrote Richard English in Modern Drunkard about the professional wrestler and actor. He was a beer enthusiast whose bottomless thirst only had a little to do with his 7’4″, 500-pound frame—consuming as much beer as possible was partially a party trick, and partially a way to numb the physical pain from his wrestling career.
America’s national pastime is more than just a game—it’s a tradition. The component parts are traditions, too. We got curious about where they come from and pulled together some great baseball trivia for you.
It’s an old joke about how the Los Angeles Lakers name doesn’t make any sense after the team moved from Minnesota, the “land of 10,000 lakes.” There are actual a few dozen lakes in L.A.—but the rest of these NBA team names really are perplexing.
“Baseball game? No thanks, I’m just here for the orange train.” Pool! Old news: It’s extremely hot in Phoenix, particularly during summer baseball season. New news: the Arizona Diamondbacks play at Chase Field. The outfield stands feature a swimming pool where fans can cool off (as well as a hot tub). Fish tank! Most ballparks […]
We wrote about deliciously bad-for-you ballpark eats just a month ago, but with Major League Baseball starting last week, there are even more culinary curiosities to sample.
