We don't just expect Olympic gymnasts to commit acts of nearly superhuman athleticism -- we expect them to do it while adhering to some pretty odd rules.
Florence Griffith Joyner, or Flo Jo, was a sensation in the 1988 Olympics, winning three gold medals in track and field events. She died tragically at 38.
Here are some of the final words and images shared by professional wrestlers such as Bray Wyatt, Sara Lee, and Shad Gaspard shortly before their deaths.
Top-tier athletes have a risk-filled life, and tragic deaths when young are all too common. For some, chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE had a grim role.
Baseball legend Willie Mays died on June 18, 2024, of natural causes. He was 93, and he left behind a long legacy. He also experienced his share of tragedy.
Controversial YouTuber and boxer Jake Paul seems to have made as many high-profile enemies as friends thanks to his antics both in the ring and out of it.
McKayla Maroney was an top-class Olympic gymnast, who also achieved internet meme immortality during the 2012 Summer Olympics. Her life has been far from easy.
Mike Tyson earned his name as one of the greatest boxers of all time, but outside the ring has earned scorn from a number of stars. Here are just a few.
Andre the Giant was literally and figuratively a larger than life character in the wrestling world. He worked with a lot of stars, even some he couldn't stand.
In 1995, football star O.J. Simpson was pronounced innocent of murder. Since then, and until his death in 2024, his life was never far from controversy.
The Simpson family asked for "privacy and grace" on their father's X account, but there has been one detail released - what happened to O.J. Simpson's body.
From selfless warnings and pleas for help to final words of wisdom after a long illness, here are the last words of some of wrestling's brightest stars.
Athletes are beloved by many, and Instagram allows fans to connect more than ever before. Sadly, this also includes their deaths, preceded by their last post.
For decades, text messages have become second nature to almost everyone. But when our favorite athletes text before dying, it takes a sharp turn for the tragic.
NFL players get fined for a variety of offenses, but fortunately the money ends up going somewhere that helps former teammates. Here's were the money goes.
There was one particularly infamous Super Bowl halftime show that hired an Elvis impersonator. Here's which one - and why it happened in the first place.
In 2013, model Reeva Steenkamp was murdered by her boyfriend, Paralympian and Olympian Oscar Pistorius. The tragic incident happened on Valentine's Day.