The Baseball Pro Who Became A Spy
He was known to speak Latin and Sanskrit exclusively on the field during his time at Princeton, where he graduated magna cum laude in modern languages.
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Bill Belichick's Refusal To Accept The Medal Of Freedom From Trump Is Causing Quite A Stir
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick announced on Monday that he will not accept the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Trump.
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What You Don't Know About The Athlete Jim Thorpe
In the 20th century, sports was mostly dominated by golf, boxing, baseball and horse racing. Then Jim Thorpe took the sporting world by storm.
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The Real Reason The PGA Just Stripped Trump Bedminster Of The 2022 Championship
The PGA just stepped forward to strike back at President Trump and just stripped Trump Bedminster of the 2022 Championship.
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Here's How Much Tommy Lasorda Was Worth When He Died
While Lasorda was winning games, the legendary manager also upped his salary and increased his net worth over the years.
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Football On Sundays Was Once Illegal. Here's Why
One Pennsylvania blue law that prohibited Sunday games of football was noteworthy in terms of how it affected the state's relationship with the game.
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A Look At Joe DiMaggio's Time In World War II
Joe DiMaggio's time in World War II from 1943 to 1945 was spent playing baseball alongside nearly 500 other MLB players.
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A Look At Joe DiMaggio's Ties With The Mafia
Joe DiMaggio had ties with the mafia, particularly after his legendary baseball career with the New York Yankees.
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Sports Mishaps That Destroyed Innocent Lives
High-speed action and bodies in motion, plus the intense emotions of everything in sports makes mishaps like these all too common.
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The Legendary Wave Duke Kahanamoku Once Surfed
You don't get nicknamed "The Big Kahuna" without having a story of riding a massive wave that propels you a mile down the coast and into the stuff of legend.
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Why Muhammad Ali Was Often Despised When He Was Alive
Though nowadays we are used to trash-talking sportspeople in boxing, and even chess and poker, Ali's ringside rabble-rousing was highly unusual at the time.
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The Strange Form Of Kung Fu That You Probably Won't Want To Try
Iron crotch kung fu is one of the many forms of "Tongbeiquan" kung fu practiced in Juntun, China. This specialized martial art focuses on protecting weakness.
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Crimes That Were Committed At The Olympics
These crimes were actually committed at the Olympics. It isn't always the big smorgasbord of international harmony it's cracked up to be.
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Athletes Who Got In Trouble Over Cell Phone Videos
These athletes got in trouble over cell phone videos.
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Mike Tyson's Face Tattoo Explained
When Mike Tyson first showed up in 2003 with his instantly recognizable tribal face tattoo, the first reaction of many folks was, "huh?" followed by, "why?"
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How Basketball Game Rules Are Different In North Korea
A number of special rules have been added to the North Korean version of basketball. Here's how basketball game rules are different in North Korea.
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What Really Ended Hulk Hogan's Wrestling Career
Many wrestlers retire due to the wear and tear of body slams and pile drivers over the years, but Hogan stepped away from the ring in a storm of controversy.
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Celebrities You Had No Idea Played College Football
Being a celeb definitely pays a whole lot better than college football. Here are celebrities you didn't know played college football.
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The Truth About Lhakpa Sherpa
Sherpa, who was born and raised in Nepal, has climbed Mount Everest nine times and holds the world record for most Everest summits by a woman.
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Here's What You Need To Know About Giannis Antetokounmpo
Basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was named Most Valuable Player twice, just signed a record $228 million deal to play for the Milwaukee Bucks.
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The Longest A Human Has Ever Run Without Stopping
The human body is capable of far more than what we ask of it in a normal day. Some people like to test those limits, like Dean Karnazes, a world-famous endurance runner who ran longer than anyone else, ever, to "test the physical limits of his body while raising money for childhood organ donation."
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Michael Jordan's Biggest Rivalries Ranked
Plenty of other players lined up for their shot at the king over Michael Jordan's fifteen seasons on the court, and some of them even walked away without looking like chumps.
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How Many Black Belts Does Jackie Chan Really Have?
Jackie Chan has dished out acrobatic beatdowns with punches, kicks and the occasional stepladder in over 140 movies, so it makes sense to assume that the man knows his way around a Kung Fu fight. Let's look at the ultimate tale of the tape: How many black belts does Jackie Chan have?
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Here's How Much Money Randy Savage Was Worth When He Died
Oooh yeah! Randy Savage was one of the true greats of the pro wrestling circle -- a talented performer with an arena-sized personality and enough charisma to actually use "Pomp and Circumstance" as his entrance theme and get away with it. Here's how much he was worth when he died.
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Would Stone Cold Steve Austin Ever Return To Wrestling?
Steve Austin retired from competition in March of 2003 after losing to The Rock in WrestleMania 19, but there has been chatter -- often spouted by the Stone Cold wrestler himself -- that he would come out of retirement to give the new generation of contenders a beer-soaked lesson in respect.
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How The 1936 Olympics Made Two Countries Realize They Had The Same Flag
At the 1936 Olympics, Haiti competed under its civil flag, a horizontal blue stripe on top of an equal-width red stripe. In contrast, Haiti's national flag includes a coat of arms in the center, per CRW Flags, but the civil flag was more commonly used for non-governmental affairs like the Olympics.
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The Untold Truth Of Barry Bonds
Barry Bonds was voted Most Valuable Player a record seven times (and finished second in the MVP voting twice). Second, there's his offensive output. Bonds holds the all-time record for career home runs at 762, a number so enormous there's almost no chance anyone will beat it.
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