NHL Valentine’s Day cards are cheesy enough to melt the iciest hockey fan’s heart
Every Valentine’s Day for the past several years, NHL teams have released a bounty of Valentines cards with pun-driven messages that pin the cheese-o-meter […]
Ken Griffey Jr. headlines Seattle Mariners all-time roster by Wins Above Replacement
Last year, Ken Griffey Jr. was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame after being selected on a record 99.32 percent of ballots cast. […]
Wee Welsh town of weird sports plays host to World Mountain Bike Chariot Race Championships
Llanwrtyd Wells, with a population of 600, bills itself as the smallest town in the United Kingdom, but the wee Welsh village is better […]
Omron’s ping-pong robot FORPHEUS coaches human table tennis players
It’s not known whether Microsoft founder Bill Gates had FORPHEUS in mind when he recently called for a robot tax to offset jobs lost […]
Trial rider Danny MacAskill is a one-man advert for Scottish tourism
Tourism boards the world over spend millions enticing visitors to their respective destinations, but Scotland’s stunning topography gets millions of free eyeballs per year […]
Sideline semantics: Bad lip reading with Eagles DE Brandon Graham, Chris Long et al.
With almost a year to go before Super Bowl LIII will be contested in Atlanta, Georgia, pro football fans can bide their time enjoying […]
Baseball in India: Rounding the bases from Manipur to Lucknow to New Delhi
Cricket is far and away the sport of choice in India, but its distant-cousin baseball has been slowly making inroads in the world’s second-most-populous […]
Welcome to Hell: Galatasaray’s Turk Telekom Arena headlines soccer’s most intimidating atmospheres
Playing on the road is never easy, but some venues have more intimidating atmospheres than others… like way more. We went on a globe-trotting […]
Water polo trick shots starring UCSB coach Wolf Wigo and LA Clippers forward Blake Griffin
Wolf Wigo helped lead Stanford water polo to two NCAA championships during his junior and senior seasons (1993-94), then followed his collegiate career with […]
Climbing at home with Sierra Blair-Coyle, Kathrin Houston and Roman Atwood
With the prevalence of people working from home (telecommuting), shopping from home (Amazon), and dining “out” at home (doordash), it’s only natural that climbers […]
Chip off the ol’ board: Tony Hawk’s son Riley is an accomplished pro skater
Tony Hawk, having pioneered half the tricks on the vert ramp — like the mind-blowing 900 — is inarguably the most famous skateboarder in […]
Experiments in Golf: Pro-golfer Edoardo Molinari takes 500 shots at 145-yard hole-in-one
Ever wondered how many shots it would take a professional golfer to make a hole-in-one? The odds of an average golfer making an ace […]
Top Ten Fan Cards — February 17, 2018
This week’s Top Ten Fan Cards chart sees a football card holding on to the top spot. The card tally by sport has football, […]
Hot dam(n)! World’s highest basketball shot travels nearly 600 feet
Full-court basketball shots are made only once in a blue moon, so making one from more than twelve times that distance should be near […]
A is for aerial, B is for back tuck: Rebecca Zamolo takes ABC gymnastics challenge
Games based on the alphabet are almost as old as the ABCs itself, but who knew you could make it all the way from […]
Kings of Instagram: Floyd Mayweather Jr, Mike Tyson, Anthony Joshua tops among boxers
Had Instagram been around since the advent of professional boxing, there is no doubt that Muhammad Ali would be the greatest in terms of […]
Poker Potpourri: Check out the best bluffs, biggest blowups, and baddest bad beats
Our friends over at the PokerStars YouTube channel have put together a series of videos with a lil’ sumpin’ sumpin’ for poker fans everywhere […]
Mountain bike descent of Corbet’s Couloir proves its time for Winter Olympics’ MTB event
The Olympic Committee is famously slow in adding any new events to the world’s most hallowed athletic competition — it wasn’t until 1998 that […]
