11 Most Frightening Olympic Mishaps
Olympic athletes are the closest thing we have to superheroes. But occasionally, when you push your body farther than it was ever meant to go, accidents happen.
Read MoreOlympic athletes are the closest thing we have to superheroes. But occasionally, when you push your body farther than it was ever meant to go, accidents happen.
Read MoreBruce Lee's name is synonymous with martial arts. It's obvious that the man trained rigorously to become the ultimate kicking machine we all know and love, but have you ever wondered how he ate? Here's the truth about the 'Bruce Lee Diet.'
Read MoreAh, yes, Conor McGregor! As Biography tells us, you're looking at the biggest, brightest star the MMA has ever seen. But how much is that star worth?
Read MoreAndre the Giant, if anyone, could best be described as a 'titan of the industry.' But his ability to down copious amounts of alcohol is almost as legendary as his prowess within the wrestling ring. But how much, say, beer could the man really drink? Let's find out!
Read MoreIn the late 1990s, few NBA players seemed more uniquely qualified to enter a pro-wrestling ring than Dennis Rodman. On the court, Rodman wasn't just a Chicago Bull; he was a pit bull, and a very bad boy at that.
Read MoreAfter failing hard in 2001, the XFL is finally back … but things aren’t looking good for Vince McMahon’s football league. From stiff competition to the trouble with talent, here are the reasons why this new XFL is going to fail.
Read MoreAfter thousands of years of knuckle-popping physical inhumanity to our fellow man, have we found a definitive answer to the question "what's the deadliest martial art in the world?"
Read MoreNBA players are some of the highest paid athletes in the world, and among them, few are higher paid than LeBron James. But just how much has he made?
Read MoreWith his splits and spin-kicks, Jean-Claude Van Damme ruled the action movie scene from the late 1980s to mid-1990s. But does he have the black belts to prove it?
Read MoreWhen you own a highly profitable company and a vet school saves your dog from dying of cancer, there's only one thing to do... spend $6 million on a Super Bowl ad to thank them.
Read MoreFor 20 years, Kobe Bryant dominated basketball, joining the NBA directly out of high school and going on to win five championships and to be named 2008's All-League MVP. But none of that answers the real question: what was he pulling in before taxes?
Read MoreKobe Bryant was born on August 23, 1978, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On January 26, 2020 he perished in a tragic helicopter accident that the world will be struggling to process for a long, long time. Let's take a look at the timeline of Kobe Bryant's career.
Read MoreThe Python Bowl was a special ten-day event set up by state officials in order to raise awareness to the Everglades' massive python problem, and judging by the fact that it attracted over 750 participants, it's probably fair to say that the stunt was a successful one.
Read MoreJet Li has been a martial arts prodigy for about as long as such honorifics have been possible for him to achieve. With a track record like that, it's easy to believe that Li has more black belts than most of us have regular, keeping-our-pants-up belts. How many does he have, exactly?
Read MoreThe crowd goes wild. Bob Costas lauds you, and you take to the podium to claim your Olympic medal. Once the national anthem has concluded, photographers line up to take your picture. Do you pump your fist? Cry tears of joy? No. You open wide and bite down on your Olympic gold. But why?
Read MoreA Super Bowl halftime is more than double the length of a regular-season halftime, which lasts about 12 minutes. That must feel like an eternity for the teams in the locker room waiting to to complete their date with destiny. What do they do with all that extra time?
Read MoreOn Super Bowl Sunday, jubilant humans cheer like chimps and shovel ungodly quantities of calorie-rich deliciousness into their banana holes while watching two NFL teams try to eat each other alive on the gridiron. Here's how much food is consumed.
Read MoreFans who are dead-set on watching the Super Bowl in person will cough up the cost of a car or even a house just to get their hands on a Super Bowl ticket. Unsurprisingly, the priciest tickets are too rich for most people's blood. But who has hemorrhaged the most money for a ticket to the Super Bowl?
Read MoreGolfers and landscape design aficionados may be saddened to hear that Pete Dye passed on to the great sand trap in the sky at the ripe old age of 94 on January 9, 2020. For those wondering who Pete Dye was -- he was a World Golf Hall of Famer, and one of the sport's great course architects.
Read MorePaul Wight, known better as the WWE's resident giant Big Show, has been in the sports entertainment business for well over two decades, and he has used these years to craft a reputation as arguably the best-liked big man in the pro wrestling business. Here's how much he's worth.
Read MoreThe world loves a good butt-kicker, especially when that person also excels at butt-punching. In the annals of fist-to-butt combat there have been startlingly hard hitters, guys who seem liable to cave in your cheeks if you're unlucky enough to be on the receiving end. Who's got the strongest punch?
Read MoreIn 1984, a 42-year-old Muhammad Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, according to The Guardian. By then, he no longer floated like a butterfly. But the sting felt by seeing him in his later years was lessened by the fact of his success. Here's how much he was worth when he died.
Read MoreGeorge Foreman, who packed "one of the most powerful right hands in boxing history," had zero desire to have Mike Tyson all up in his grill. "I call him Mike 'Nightmare' Tyson," said Foreman. "I didn't want to have anything to do with that guy." How powerful was Iron Mike's punch?
Read MoreFootball. The sweet science. America's pastime. The long awaited answer to the question "how hard do you think we could get those big guys to run into each other?" For decades, American football players were paid on a low, per-game basis, but that's all changed. Who's the highest paid player now?
Read MoreThe UFC was purchased in 2016 for $4.025 billion, and if you believe the UFC president Dana White, its value has only gone up: In 2018, White stated it was worth no less than $7 billion. With that kind of money floating around, it makes sense that White is also making himself a pretty penny, right?
Read MoreFreediving is a competitive sport with different variations on the theme of going dangerously deep underwater without oxygen. "No limits" freediving is the discipline where the record for the deepest free dive ever done by a human was set, and boy was it deep.
Read MorePaige was the WWE's "Anti-Diva:" A pale, skinny goth girl whose rocker garb and unassuming attitude challenged the company's long-standing tradition of buxom, glittery female wrestlers who looked like cheerleaders. What made Paige quit her sport? What made her retire from the WWE?
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