Embed from Getty Images Ever since women began p...  ...er since women began participating in world-class sports competitions, winners have been suspected of not...  ...ting has ramped up in the past 50 years, although sports authorities and scientists disagree on whether an...  ...ir athletic careers.…in...

The following article is from Uncle John’s F...  ...c Bathroom Reader.Sure, you support your favorite sports team. You wear the team ball cap, have a team log...  ...!” Dubbed “Fireman Ed” by local sports radio shows, he became one of the NFL’s mos...

[https://youtu.be/ILZPT4Z8bg8] (YouTube link)Yeah,...  ...mental_floss List Show, John Green has plenty of sports facts that will be interesting to folks who don&r...  ...ll be interesting to folks who don’t follow sports too closely. You know what I mean: odd, strange,...  ...ball, and the Olympics as wel...

Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen. Visit Eddie at his website or at Facebook.All of the following are actual injuries to major-league baseball players.Babe Ruth knock...

Sam Dekker of Wisconsin dunks the ball so hard that the net swings around and it goes through the hoop a second time! The Badgers went on to eliminate the Oregon Ducks from the NCAA tournament 72-65 yesterday, but it was...

The U.K. government agency Sport England has a new...  ...s Girl Can to encourage women to become active in sports and recreational activities.It comes as research,...  ...vels, and abilities having fun in a wide range of sports . Watching it makes me want to dance, although I w...

[https://youtu.be/i1EoOlMkVjU] (YouTube link)Have you ever been to a rowing competition, er, regatta? I haven’t, either, but something tells me they usually go better than this. Last weekend, the Snowflake Regatt...

(Photo: Visit Lakeland)Wife carrying is an old sport in Finland and Estonia derived from a rather aggressive dating practice that has fallen out of favor in modern times: grab a woman, toss her over your shoulder, and ca...

(Photo: Unie Woodkopf)You have a wooden board balanced on your head. So does your opponent. Your task is to knock his board off without losing your own. You may do so only by hitting his board with your own.[https://www....

[http://youtu.be/aOU7Quzeh60] (YouTube link)In thi...  ...mental_floss video, John Green tells us about how sports have changed over time by giving us the rules tha...  ...ve never known, because I know doodly-squat about sports .