The New York Giants don't mess around when it comes to NFC Championship Games. Five appearances. Five wins. No losses. That's not just impressive ' that's legendary stuff. Let's rewind the ta...
Brock Lesnar didn't take the scenic route into MMA. No long amateur career. No slow buildup. He just dove right in. By 2006, Brock Lesnar had already carved out a name for himself in pro wres...
On September 17, 2022, Iowa hosted Nevada at Kinnick Stadium in what was supposed to be a forgettable late-night non-conference matchup. Instead, fans got one of the longest, strangest, and most drawn...
Eddie Shore played hard. One of the NHL's earliest stars, he was known for physical play and a high tolerance for pain. But one story stands out, even in a career full of them. In the 1930s, ...
Alfie Moore had just finished another season of hockey with the Pittsburgh Hornets of the IAHL. It was April 5th, 1938, and Moore was sitting in a Toronto bar, enjoying his ice-cold beer. Later th...
On May 16th, 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin suited up to play in an exhibition ice hockey game to commemorate the 70th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War - aka World War 2. ...
The NFL used to be a much more dangerous place to play. If you need evidence of that statement, look no further than the various plays that the league has banned over the years, and then realize t...
On August 2nd, 2005, the Miami Heat pulled off the largest trade in NBA history, in terms of total number of players involved. The Miami Heat, which had a team that included the likes of Dwyane Wa...
For years, the NBA has been dogged by allegations that their draft lottery is rigged. With each passing year, it gets harder and harder to defend the league when it comes to this matter. Thing...
In the winter of 1971, things were looking up for Washington Redskins coach George Allen. The Redskins had clinched their first playoff berth in 25 years, and would ultimately finish the season wi...
Did you know that there was a very real possibility of the game of football being banned in the United States in the early 1900s? It's true - in 1905 alone, a staggering 18 young men died playing c...
President Abraham Lincoln is widely regarded as one of the best Presidents in the history of the United States. Much is known about President Lincoln, but did you know that he was a dominant wrest...
If you look at the Stanley Cup, there is a part of the engravings that says: 1919 MONTREAL CANADIENS SEATTLE METROPOLITANS SERIES NOT COMPLETED 1919 was the ONLY year in the history of the ...
Marty Turco, starting goaltender for the 2006-07 Dallas Stars, likely still shakes his head thinking about the first-round playoff series against the Vancouver Canucks. You see, Marty Turco posted...
"Slinging Sammy" Baugh was a one-of-a-kind athlete that earned himself entries into the College Football and Pro Football Hall of Fame. In a time when most quarterbacks were content to just hand o...
