Sports

There are so many ways to get hurt in the NFL in 2018. But back in the 1960s, even the first down markers could leave you with a career debilitating injury. That’s what happened to Bubba Smith while playing for the Baltimore Colts in the preseason. After winning a Super …

The NBA’s Christmas Day tradition has given us plenty of great, down to the wire battles. But the 2004 Heat-Lakers Christmas game had even more drama than usual, as it marked Shaq’s first showdown against the Lakers since the end of his successful, though often tumultuous, partnership with Kobe Bryant. …

NFL defenders have been sacking quarterbacks since the line of scrimmage was invented. But it took time for the concept to get a name. It took even longer for the NFL to decide that it was a good idea to track it as an actual stat. Good for you, football. …

Barbados needed to win by two, but they were only up one. So instead of scoring in the traditional way they intentionally kicked in an own goal to get to extra time. That way, they’d have a chance at a golden goal that for some reason was worth two goals …

You’re probably familiar with the moment where Mookie Wilson’s grounder goes through Bill Buckner’s legs in the 1986 World Series. But do you know about everything that got us to that moment, including a rogue parachuter, a freak spring training injury that almost blinded Wilson, the heroics of Dave Henderson, …

The modern NFL is a passing league. But back when football was only a college sport, the sport was a running game. And a dangerous game. Something needed to change, and the man to do it was President Teddy Roosevelt. He helped institute the forward pass and change the course …

Russell Westbrook vs. Patrick Beverley is a pretty straightforward beef. Westbrook arrived in the NBA as a touted lottery pick. Beverley was a stashed second-rounder who bounced around Europe before getting his shot. Early in Beverley’s NBA career, they collided … literally. Beverley lunged at Westbrook’s legs, and the resulting …

You probably remember plenty about the Malice at the Palace – Ron Artest charging into the stands, Ben Wallace and his brother getting involved, and Jermaine O’Neal slipping just as he threw what could have been a monster punch. But what happened before this brawl broke out? What was it …

The Winter Classic, Heritage Classic, and Stadium Series give us a chance to see our favorite hockey teams playing the game out in the open air. But the first time the NHL went outdoors, it was thanks to the gentle suggestion of some mobsters, a particularly ambitious prison athletic director, …

The option is designed around one core concept: force a defender to make a decision, and then make that decision the wrong one. That core has taken many forms in college football, from the wishbone at Oklahoma to the shotgun option at Oregon to the triple option at Navy. And …