Major sports teams become such an entrenched part of a city and its identity that it’s a big deal when one of them up and moves to someplace else. Here are some teams that packed up and shipped out to greener pastures…but not for very long. Oklahoma City Hornets Among the widespread, devastating destruction to […]

Most points scored? More rebounds than anybody? That’s fine, but who got hit by a pitch the most? Brett Favre Brett Favre is a Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback, and he’s second on the all-time list in touchdown passes. But perhaps because he played a relatively long time—19 seasons in all—Favre also was intercepted […]

You have to be a little good to even make it into the major leagues. But once you’re there…all bets are off. Marv Throneberry The 1969 World Series champion New York Mets were nicknamed the “Miracle Mets” because they’d had one terrible season after another up to that point. The franchise’s first year in existence, […]

We’ve run several articles before about sports star standouts—the tallest, shortest, youngest, oldest, and more to ever play their respective sports. But that’s all in the past—who are some of the current subjects of trivial interest in the NBA, NFL, NHL, and Major League Baseball? Tallest in the NBA Three active NBA players are listed […]

The world of varsity athletics isn’t all football and basketball. There are a lot more kooky options to get the student body going rah-rah-siss-boom-bah.

The NBA Draft just happened. Hopefully your favorite team didn’t make a decision that will land them in an article like this one someday. Ben Simmons—Philadelphia 76ers Ben Simmons, an Australian forward who played just one year at LSU—where he averaged 19 points and 12 rebounds a game—before he was drafted with the #1 pick […]

Right now, the NBA Finals could’ve be a battle between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Presidents. Really! Go Presidents! “Cavaliers,” referring to the royal loyalists during the English Civil War, won a name-the-team poll in 1970 in the Cleveland Plain-Dealer. Ironically, the pro-crown name beat out a pro-democratic name. One of the other […]

Professional wrestling is already pretty silly, with good guys and bad guys, over-the-top acting, and rigged matches. But the “sport” outdid itself when it introduced these really silly wrestling characters.

The year 2001 marked the birth (and death) of a new professional league meant to rival the NFL. It didn’t work out, to say the least. Here’s a look at the rise and spectacular, rapid demise of the XFL. Origins The XFL was the result of corporate synergy at the time. NBC had just lost […]

According to statistics, Super Bowl Sunday is more than just a sporting event—it trails only Thanksgiving as America’s biggest food feast. So what’s wrong with a little overindulgence? Read on… Putting on the Feed Bag Every year on a Sunday in February, almost half the population of the United States gathers in groups around their […]

Going to see a professional sporting event is interactive on some level—the players do their thing, and the fans cheer. That’s supposed to be the extent of it…except for these times, when fans got a little carried away and threw objects onto the field, diamond, or ice. Sharks A gruesome tradition began at a 2007 […]

Professional athlete salaries are out of this world—they’re so huge that many of those professional athletes can retire with enough money to buy something really expensive. Like a professional sports team. Michael Jordan Michael Jordan is from North Carolina, and in 2006 he bought a portion of the state’s NBA team, the Charlotte Bobcats. Now […]

One of the many perks of being a celebrity: you just might get a chance to play in a spring training or minor league baseball game. BILLY CRYSTAL Baseball, particularly the New York Yankees, often figures into the movies of Billy Crystal (he even directed the movie 61*, about the 1961 race between Mickey Mantle […]

The NHL playoffs are about to get underway. And to celebrate the excitement, here are some of the weirdest things that ever went down on the ice during the post-season quest for the Stanley Cup. 2010: Game 6 In 2010, the Chicago Blackhawks won their first Stanley Cup since 1961…but not too many people realized […]

Sports teams: They’re institutions for major cities for decades, as loyal fans wear team colors and team logos with pride. And then the team goes and changes their name. (Usually for a good reason.) (1) Since its inception in 1965, the Major League Baseball team in Houston has endured a number of major changes short […]