Snows of Kilimanjaro: New Yorker Erik Conover realizes dream in climbing Africa’s highest peak
Late in 2017, travel vlogger Erik Conover, sleeping in his Manhattan apartment, had a vivid dream in which he was standing above the clouds […]
Top Ten Fan Cards — August 17, 2024
This week’s Top Ten Fan Cards chart sees a baseball card taking over the top spot. The card tally by sport has soccer and […]
Queens of Instagram: Jaqueline Carvalho, Sabina Altynbekova, Sheilla Castro tops in volleyball
With five World Grand Prix and two Olympic gold medals (2008, 2012) to her credit, Brazil’s Jaqueline Carvalho is the most popular women’s volleyball […]
Rugby or thugby? Florence’s ancient sport of calcio storico is part football, part MMA brawl
Almost all visitors to Florence become familiar with Ponte Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria, and the Uffizi Gallery — which houses Botticelli’s “The Birth of […]
Smashing good time: Mastering badminton’s smash shot with a flick of the wrist
Replayed in slow motion, badminton’s smash shot is revealed to be a ballet of muscle and tendons working in perfect tandem. When it all […]
Heavy medal rockers: Michael Phelps and history’s most prodigious Olympic medalists
Two summers ago in Rio, Michael Phelps presumably swam his last Olympic race — the third leg of the 4×100 freestyle relay final. After […]
Gary Carter headlines Washington Nationals (Montreal Expos) all-time roster by Wins Above Replacement
Born in California, Gary Carter came to define baseball for a generation of Canadians while he plied his trade behind home plate for the […]
Equal parts MMA and World War Z, Japan’s bo-taoshi is capture-the-flag game on steroids
Take the classic children’s game of capture-the-flag, mix in the zombie hoard from the popular World War Z video game and some MMA-style grappling, […]
Retro 60 Series custom soccer cards recall golden era of Pele and George Best
Retro 60 series is one of several premium custom soccer card designs that can be unlocked within Starr Cards award-winning Soccer Card Maker for […]
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup champ Finn Iles cannonballs his way through quick Quebec City tour
Your average Quebec City visitor likes to take their time exploring the city — maybe taking in the view from Château Frontenac before slowly […]
MTB rider Yannick Granieri brings spiked-wheel thrills to downhill ice track in Marseille
First it was a couple mountain bikers with a pioneering a ride down a white-knuckle ski slope outside Wyoming’s Jackson Hole, then it was […]
MLB’s 3000-Hit Club: Albert Pujols passes baton to Miguel Cabrera as last active member
On May 4, 2018, California Angels slugger Albert Pujols collected a broken-bat single in the fifth inning at the Seattle Mariners’ Safeco Field. With […]