Cal Ripken Jr. headlines Baltimore Orioles all-time roster by Wins Above Replacement
Long before Robert Downey Jr. was cast as Iron Man, there was another Junior that earned the moniker: Cal Ripken Jr. The native Marylander [...]
Bottle cap challenge taken up by Jason Statham, Adah Sharma, Brodie Smith, Nile Wilson and more
As sure as spring ushers in baseball and fall means football, challenge videos too arise with the metronomic passing of the seasons (see: Mannequin [...]
Skateboarder Mark Gonzales’ infamous circle board contraption reborn on ‘King of the Road’
Years ago, when legendary skater Mark Gonzalez saw that the upturn angle on skateboard noses had increased to the point it matched those of [...]
Top Ten Fan Cards — August 3, 2024
This week's Top Ten Fan Cards chart sees a wrestling card holding on to the top spot. The card tally by sport has soccer [...]
Greatest Of All Time: Serena Williams’ top ten totally-awesome quotes
Serena Williams' tennis odyssey began in Compton, California at the age of three, playing alongside her sister Venus, under the tutelage of their father, [...]
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 [...]
Pictorial history of hockey cards spans more than a century of ice heroes on cardboard
In 2010, hockey cards celebrated their 100th anniversary, and today — led by Starr Cards — the future of the hobby has never been [...]
Roll Tide Roll: Jermaine “Funny Maine” Johnson provides window onto Bama football fandom
Sometimes watching a die-hard fan watch their team in action is as entertaining, if not more so, than the game itself. That's the premise [...]
Teenage climber Ashima Shiraishi is pushing the envelope for women and men alike
Like Sasha DiGiulian before her, teenager Ashima Shiraishi is breaking new ground for female climbers. She is the first female — and youngest climber [...]
Brad McClain leads skateboarding quintet’s quest for the Blu Enigma
Word of a mystical bowl skating experience on a small Greek island had been circulating in skating circles for some time. Like Sir Walter [...]
Five fastest players in rugby history featuring Carlin Isles, Tonderai Chavhanga and Bryan Habana
Over the years, rugby has seen its fair share of speed demons, but here we take a look at the five fleetest-of-foot players of [...]
Watch Paul Rabil team up with Dude Perfect for epic lacrosse trick shots video
If you're looking to cast a professional in your lacrosse trick shots video, you really can't do any better than securing the services of [...]
Will Ferrell produces ten rookie baseball cards in one record-setting day
In 2015, Will Ferrell took MLB's spring training by storm, honoring the legendary Bert Campaneris by playing all nine positions in a single day. [...]
Top 12 March Madness buzzer-beaters of all time headlined by “The Shot”
There's nothing like March Madness — the drama, the heartbreak, the excitement of it all. As last year's NCAA Tournament was sadly wiped out [...]
Tom Seaver headlines New York Mets all-time roster by Wins Above Replacement
During a 20-year career starting in 1967, Tom Seaver compiled 311 wins, 3,640 strikeouts, 61 shutouts and a 2.86 earned run average, while winning [...]
No ifs, ands, or butts: Giving the derriere its due across each of the major team sports
Outside of Brazil's annual Miss Bumbum contest, and the occasional quixotic art film, derrieres are rarely mentioned in the mainstream press. This is true [...]
Watch rugby world records set for fastest ball caught, most tackles and largest scrum
There is a select number of world-record categories for the sport of rugby that are well known to fans — including most games, most [...]
Fail Friday Follies: When gymnastics goes wrong, flips flop and tumblers drop
Gymnastics can be brutal, just ask bodybuilder Gabriel Sey. With as much jumping, flipping, twirling and twisting that the sport entails, it's sometimes a [...]