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The ring might be where the battles take place, but it’s also where some wrestlers find their biggest win: love. The sport has seen its fair share of couples who’ve slammed their way into each other’s ...
Golf continues to evolve. Once known as a sport for just the wealthy, the game has become much more accessible. With over 16,000 golf courses in the United States, there are more courses nationwide ...
Mike McCarthy’s tenure as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys has officially come to an end. After five seasons marked by solid regular-season performances but consistent playoff shortcomings, the ...
Individual performances are based on key statistics and metrics (namely, Wins Above Replacement/162 games), historical significance and team success, in that order. Each team includes nine players who ...
Nearly one of every four NFL games are tighter than lockjaw in the final minutes. Many of those are decided by a placekicker who had lugged his helmet around the sideline for all except a few seconds, ...
According to one study, 89 Major League Baseball umpires combined to butcher 34,294 ball-strikes calls in the 2018 season. That’s roughly 1.6 per inning. Or 34.3 million per century. That doesn’t ...
Baseball, football and basketball have endless statistics for measuring achievement. For fighters, the only stats that matter are wins and losses. They don’t play in leagues, and many rules are ...
For decades, Mount Rushmore was a large hill and tourist attraction in South Dakota. Then, fans and media turned it into the Mount Everest of sports, the most visited final four of all-time greatness.
No position defines college football more than quarterback. Since Notre Dame’s Knute Rockne and Gus Dorais figured out how to use the forward pass to their advantage as lifeguards in the summer of ...
There has never been a consistent metric for NHL players to gauge speed over the history of the game — like the 40-yard dash in football — but we know great on-ice speed when we see it. Hockey’s ...
There’s something special about growing up in a small town. The traditions. The bonds. The community. And, if you’re lucky, you might mix in a pretty amazing high school basketball team. Small towns ...