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If you enjoy this, click the bell for notifications whenever we upload. Or subscribe to the newsletter my dad sends out where he trashes every new video I make but still links to each one because he’s supportive in his own weird ways. The first time Odell Beckham Jr and …

In the early days of baseball, the role of the pitcher was more like that of a basketball ref at opening tip: get the action going and don’t get cute. But as the sport grew and evolved, pitchers became a more strategic piece of the puzzle. And that led to …

This is our stupid, violent spectacle sport for freaks and assholes that’s as legitimate as any other sport in the world. At least, it was ours at some point. The UFC has spent the 2010s sacrificing much of its magic in its desperation for mainstream legitimacy. This sport once transcended …

As Pride Fighting fought for its life in Japan, the UFC enjoyed unprecedented popularity in the wake of America’s own recession. The golden age of mixed martial arts had finally arrived, ushered in by the some of the most captivating personalities and rivalries the sport has ever seen. There was …

Japan’s garish, spectacular Pride Fighting Championships captured the imaginations of people beleaguered by an economic recession. Meanwhile in America, those struggling to process devastating and endless warfare suddenly rediscovered the cathartic refuge of competitive fighting: one person hit another, the other fell, no one died, and nothing about it lied …

The 1990s saw the introduction of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which quickly proved hugely popular within a certain demographic. Why then? Why did these unwashed masses suddenly clamor for these weird men brutalizing each other? And could it possibly survive within a newly sanitized, bloodless, corporate America? Subscribe: https://goo.gl/Nbabae Check …

We begin with the legendary encounters between UFC champions Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman, the touchstones of this modern era of fighting. How did we get here? The origins of this sport trace back to centuries ago, when a 5’2, 90-pound young man named Kano Jigoro revolutionized martial arts forever. …

The Georgia Bulldogs & the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have been playing each other in college football for almost as long as they’ve had teams. But the meat of this rivalry isn’t what happens on the field – it’s all the OTHER nonsense they’ve gotten into, from accusations of wartime …

It’s November 30th, 2013. We’re in Auburn, Alabama, for the 78th Iron Bowl. The #4 Tigers have drawn even with the #1 Crimson Tide at 28, and with just one second left, Nick Saban has sent out his kicking team for a 57-yard field goal, hoping to either break the …

Throughout its history, mixed martial arts have served as a refuge for people disillusioned and confounded by the world at large. People who just want to find some measure of escape within the honesty of primal combat, even if only for a few hours on a Saturday night. It’s no …