World Mourns The Loss Of Legendary Basketball Player Kobe Bryant
Sports fans around the world are struggling to reconcile with the sudden loss of American basketball icon Kobe Bryant. The 41-year-old died on January 26, 2020, when his...
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Nepalese Mountaineer Nirmal "Nims" Purja Conquers World's 14 Highest Peaks in Six Months!
Though thousands of adventurers have scaled Mount Everest, the highest and most famous of the world's 14 tallest mountains, only 40 climbers have conquered them all. Loca...
Eliud Kipchoge Is The World's First Person To Run A Marathon In Under Two Hours!
Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge has been dominating the world marathon stage since winning the Chicago Marathon in 2014. In the years following, the elite runner has won every mar...
Simone Biles Shatters More Records At The 2019 Gymnastics World Championships
Any doubt that Simone Biles is one of the greatest athletes of all time was laid to rest at the 49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. Th...
Canada's Bianca Andreescu Makes History At The 2019 US Open Tennis Championships
Though Bianca Andreescu was expected to be a formidable opponent, it was Serena Williams who was favored to win the US Open Tennis Championships finals in New York City o...
Pesäpallo: Finland's More Active Spin On Baseball!
Once considered America's national pastime, baseball is on a decline, especially among young Americans who seem to prefer more active sports such as football and basketba...
Fiona Kolbinger Is The First Female Cyclist To Win The Grueling Transcontinental Race
Fiona Kolbinger, a 24-year-old with little experience in competitive cycling, took the world by surprise when she became the first female to win the ultra-endurance Trans...
US Women's National Soccer Team Celebrates Second Consecutive World Cup Victory
The US women's national soccer team's quest for the 2019 FIFA World Cup began on June 11, 2019, with a resounding 13-0 win over Thailand. In addition to being the largest...
Plogging: A Fun Activity For Earth Day And Every Day
Looking for a fun Earth Day activity? You may want to try plogging, or picking up litter while jogging. Odd as it may sound, the new "sport" is becoming extremely popular...
International Ice Swimming Championship In Russia Attracts 400 Athletes
Swimming in water temperatures of 41 degrees F and below, with air temperatures between 6.8 degrees F to -4 degrees F, wearing just a swimsuit, cap, and goggles, may soun...
Baseball Hall Of Famer Frank Robinson Leaves Behind A Powerful Legacy
American sports fans are mourning the loss of one of baseball's all-time greats: Frank Robinson, Major League Baseball's first African-American manager and the only playe...
13-Year-Old Alysa Liu Is The Youngest-Ever U.S. Figure Skating Champion
Ice-skating phenom Alysa Liu is no stranger to shattering records. In 2016, the then 10-year-old became the youngest intermediate figure skating champion in U.S. history....
Kidney Stone Didn't Stop Simone Biles From Dominating At The World Championships
US gymnast Simone Biles, who has dominated the sport since the 2013 World Championships, is often described as “the greatest gymnast of all time” and “superhuman.” The 21...
Meet Naomi Osaka, 2018 US Open Champion And Japan's First Grand Slam Winner
Naomi Osaka was just two years old when Serena Williams beat the world’s highest-ranked women’s tennis player, Martina Hingis, to win her first US Open title in 1999. Sin...
43-Year-Old Gymnast Oksana Chusovitina Proves Age Is Just A Number
While elite athletes like Simone Biles and McKayla Maroney make it look easy, gymnastics is one of the hardest sports on the planet – both physically and mentally. It is,...
Amazing Sherpa Guide Kami Rita Summits Mount Everest For A Record-Setting 22nd Time!
For most climbers, professional or amateur, summiting Mount Everest — Earth’s highest mountain above sea level — once is a crowning achievement. However, don’t tell that...
Video Assistant Referee And Other Neat Technologies In Play At The 2018 FIFA World Cup
Unlike other professional sports organizations such as the NBA, NFL, or MLB, FIFA, the governing body of association football, or soccer, has traditionally been resistant...
Surfing Goes Inland With WSL Surf Ranch's World-Class Artificial Waves
Professional surfers in pursuit of the perfect wave will no longer have to depend on the whims of nature. Instead, they can head over to the farming town of Lemoore in So...
Brazilian Surfer Sets New World Record With 80-Foot Wave Ride in Portugal
When Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa flawlessly rode a massive wave in Nazare, Portugal on November 8, 2017, he knew it was the biggest one of his life, thus far. What the...
Teenage Sensation Chloe Kim Snowboards Her Way To Olympic Gold
On February 13, 17-year-old Chloe Kim made history at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, when she became the youngest woman to medal in the halfpipe. What made...
North And South Korea To Unite At 2018 Winter Olympics
The 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea will officially kick off with an opening ceremony at 8:00 pm local time on Friday, February 9. Among the thousands of...
Puppy Bowl 14 Promises Viewers A Paw-some Time On Super Bowl Sunday
On Sunday, February 4, millions of people will tune in for the year’s biggest game. No, we are not talking about the Super Bowl 52 match-up between the Patriots and Eagle...
New England Patriots And Tom Brady Hope To Make More History At Super Bowl 52
Last year, the over 110 million football fans who tuned in to watch the Super Bowl witnessed the New England Patriots make history — once again! After trailing 28-3 again...
Video Of The Week — British Adventurer Soars In The Skies Using Helium Balloons
On October 20, British adventurer Tom Morgan soared over South Africa seated in a camp chair strapped to 100 helium balloons. During the two-hour flight, the balloonist c...