Karate Kid: Phenom Tenshin Nasukawa brings distinctly Japanese flavor to MMA game
Japan’s Tenshin Nasukawa has amassed quite a fight resume in the 19 sojourns the Earth has taken round the sun since his birth. The […]
Poker Potpourri: Check out the biggest blow ups and sickest bad beats of all time
Our friends over at PokerStars have put together a series of videos with a lil’ sumpin’ sumpin’ for poker fans everywhere. Here we present […]
Marshall “Major” Taylor is to competitive cycling’s early days as Tiger Woods is to golf
A century before golfer Tiger Woods became the first African-American to win the Masters with a record 12-stroke margin of victory, another black man […]
Zombie Parkour: Freerunning proficiency may help you survive the undead apocalypse
If there is anything to be gleaned from the plethora of zombie-themed movies, tv series and video games, it’s that the ability to run, […]
Badass badminton defense starring Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei
A point scored on a smash shot in badminton has the same visceral appeal as a slam dunk in basketball or a grand slam […]
Lessons in sport: Remember when Muhammad Ali and George Foreman duked it out in Zaire?
How good are you at deciphering visual sports puzzles? Instagram user @lessonsinsport has rendered another batch of stark graphics that hint at legendary sports […]
Wrestling gone wacky: Youth grappling matches provide even more drama than WWE
Having been around in one form or another since 1952, World Wrestling Entertainment has always been driven by its storylines. But with thousands upon […]
Breaking jump rope world records can be a real pain in the butt
Guinness World Records’ weekly Meet the Record Breakers series travelled to Wako in the Saitama Prefecture of Japan to watch Sadatoshi Watanabe attempt three […]
Cap Anson headlines Chicago Cubs all-time roster by Wins Above Replacement
One hundred forty years before Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo, Adrian “Cap” Anson was wowing Windy City baseball fans. When the Chicago Cubs franchise […]
NHL Name Game: Starring Maurice Richard Scott Gordon Mark Stuart Percy Jackson
Montreal Canadiens winger Maurice “Rocket” Richard was not only the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in one season (accomplishing the […]
Kings of Instagram: Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, AB de Villiers tops in followers among cricketers
Sir Donald Bradman may have been the greatest batsman of all time, but his genius on the cricket pitch came eight decades too early […]
Monday Motivation: David Goggins embraced suffering to become the hardest man alive
If David Goggins was a hot sauce he would make Heavenly Heat’s Meet Your Maker Retribution Sauce taste mild by comparison. As it is, […]
Do you know which team your favorite soccer star supported as a kid?
You probably can name all the clubs your favorite soccer player has played for, but do you know which team he supported as a […]
New Shoe Sunday: Digitsole Smartshoe is first auto-tightening, interactive, heated sneaker
For high-tech hipsters/hoopsters, the Smartshoe might be just the ticket. The footwear from French company Digitsole somehow manages to look like a cross between […]
Master Chief from ‘Halo’ shows off slick hockey stick handling skills
Anyone who has played Halo knows that the video game’s protagonist — Master Chief — is a biochemically and cybernetically-enhanced supersoldier, raised and trained […]
10000 Hours: Trainer Devin Williams puts in the time on the basketball court and in the studio
In Malcolm Gladwell’s bestselling book Outliers: The Story of Success he offers that researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number […]
Top Ten Fan Cards — April 28, 2018
This week’s Top Ten Fan Cards chart sees a basketball card holding on to the top spot. The card tally by sport has basketball […]
Revenge of the nerds — just wait until soccer robots have their own World Cup team
Soccer stars are among the most idolized people on the planet. From David Beckham posing in his skivvies to the nuances of Cristiano Ronaldo’s […]
